Kicking It Up A Notch...

So here I am at the end of Day 11.  We made a great addition to our fitness quest today.  We went to Lifetime Fitness today to check out their facilities.  That is one NICE facility.  So the price was reasonable and we ended up joining.  Yeah, we have compulsive buyer written all over our faces but hey we are kicking it up a notch!  We are going to start adding the gym to our workout regimen so that we can get some extra cardio in.  I am shooting for 6x a week to go along with our current Tony Horton Power 90 schedule.  I am digging the fact that we can go jump on an Elliptical machine, Treadmill, or Bike and then jump in the whirlpool, pool, or sauna.  They even have racquetball, volleyball, and basketball courts should I feel like letting out my inner athlete.  My son is stoked about the kid's area and activities they have to offer while Mommy and Mimi are working out.  This is a good thing!

So we did our Sweat / Cardio / Ab Ripper workout with Tony and crew.  I can tell that my stamina is getting much stronger each time we do this video.  I did have some problems with most of the jumping exercises.  My knees feel like a sledge hammer is hitting them on the outside of my leg/knee everytime I land on my jumps.  I did my workout barefoot today and am thinking that that may have been the reason for the pain.  I am going to test this theory next time and wear my tennis shoes like I have been doing on the past videos.  So, needless to say, I modified the jumping exercises to be more jogging and scissor leg exercises and threw in some extra arm movement to keep my heart rate up.  I can proudly report that I did only modified 1 of the Ab exercises and banged out all of the reps for them.  That is 10 reps + 10 different ab exercises = 100 Ab crunches!  I can also report that there have been no more near knockout instances with my punches.  I am really starting to look forward to the workout days and not feel like it is such a chore!  So here is to a great day and an even better future with my fitness quest. Stay tuned...

Signing off...Lara