Busting My Butt!

"Get Fit Fall"   

"Off Your Ass October"

"No Excuses November"

Yeah, there have been a lot of names I have thrown out for my attempts to stop being lazy.  At least this time, I'm making sure I'm sticking to my exercise regimen.  Granted I'm only on day 3, but I'm feeling pretty good about all this.

Yesterday was day 2 on DailyBurn, and I got to dance!  Metabolic HipHop with Keaira LaShae.  It only took 23 minutes, but damn was I sweating.  Kearia shows you a few moves, with modified versions for the adventurous, and after a few times of doing them individually, you then get into making a routine.  What I love is she is super fun, and tells you to make sure you have fun with it.  The whole point of dancing is to get out there and add your own flare and style, and Keaira encourages you to do that.  So it never feels like exercise, it's just plain fun!  I will let you know though, I was dying the rest of the day.  Legs hurt every time I tried to move.  It was bar night though, so the wine was extra delightful knowing I kicked my own ass so hard that day.

Now to today, day 3.  This was the workout I have been fearing since starting.  Cody Storey's Tactical Cardio.  It was hellacious... but yet not so bad with Cory leading the way.  He is like the Best Friend Drill Sargent you never knew you wanted, but always needed.  Cody Storey is a former professional snowboarder with a chill California attitude.  LOVE HIM!

Tactical Cardio... what is it?  Basically his version on an Insanity workout.  You go through 5 different movements, do them balls to the walls for 90 seconds straight, then take a 30 second break before moving on to the next... repeat for 3 rounds and there you go.  So yeah... I was terrified to do this when I looked ahead yesterday.  My body was already in so much pain I knew it couldn't be good to do something like that with the way I was feeling.  Surprisingly though, I was astonished at how much I was able to do!  In fact, I felt better when I was done than when I started.  And Corey, though he keeps pushing you to go farther, he also reminds you to do what you can, but not give up.  

Tomorrow is a "recovery" day with Corey.  Mostly just stretches and yoga moves.  Can't wait!