Workout 2 - Cardio!

I'm still pretty darn sore from my core and lower body workout on Tuesday.  But, I met my trainer this morning for a cardio workout.  We incorporated a lot of stretching too for my sore quads, so, that was helpful.

We did a lot of work on the track today - a nice walking warm up for starters.

Then I had to do some high knees...can't believe how much that hurt today!  I felt it in my quads, and I REALLY felt it in my lower abs...holy moly!

Did some walking and had to kick my own butt (literally) for a while.

Then we got into some walking lunges, and some grapevine work.  I remember having to do grapevines as fast as I could for softball practice.  I used to be really good at it and now I feel like some weird un-coordinated beast.  I'm sure that'll get better as time goes on.  Our focus today was to actually do them a little bit slowly to get some good stretching for my legs and hips.

Finished off the workout with a ride on the recumbent bike at about 17mph.  I usually ride 20mph when I ride at home, but, my leg muscles just didn't want to cooperate enough today. 17 was all I could eek out, but I made it!

After that I took another decently paced walk around the track for a while, and then cooled down, and did some more stretching.

Next week and moving forward from there, we'll meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.  Mondays will be upper body days, Wednesdays will be cardio days, and Thursdays will be core/lower body work days.

I have to say I'm REALLY excited for the upper body workouts, and continuing to work on my core and lower body.  Even though I'm sore, I feel AWESOME.  Of course as you all know, cardio is my least favorite activity, so I hope that I'll learn to enjoy it as much as I enjoy the things that focus on upper and lower body.

I'm also getting more comfortable with the facilities available to me at school, so I can continue to work out there even after my personal trainer finishes this capstone course and graduates in May.  That can only be a plus.  I still want to go work out at the Football House though ;)

Warmer weather HAS to be around the corner - I just ordered new harnesses for my little guys so we can take some nice long walks once it gets warmer!