Day 17: Avoiding An Injury

Today was Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs again. I checked my Insanity schedule last night about what workout I was supposed to do this morning and, needless to say, I wasn’t that excited about doing it. So, I did stay in bed a lot longer than I wanted or needed to but still managed to drag myself out and do that insane workout!! (I have a really bad habit of not getting out of bed when I actually want to. So, I set my alarm for 8, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 and 9 because I actually wanted to get up at 9. Only, I accidentally forgot to set the 9 alarm and ended up sleeping for 2 hours more. L I think once I get an earlier job or a baby, I’ll be waking up a lot earlier.)  

We stared with the warm-up (of course) and I got through the first set with no problem. (The warm-up is divided into 30 second intervals of jogging, jumping jacks, heisman’s, 1-2-3’s, butt kicks, high knees and mummy kicks. So, 3.5 minutes 3 times for the warm-up.) On the second set of jumping jacks I noticed that whenever my hands went up and my feet when out, there was a sharp pain in my left foot. I did a few more jumping jacks but then decided to take mini water break until the heisman’s began so that I wouldn’t hurt my foot even worse. I did the rest of the second set with practically no problem, a little tinge of pain here or there but nothing serious. For the third set, I decide that I would jog through the jumping jack section so as not to irritate my foot further. And, I think that is exactly what I needed because my foot did not hurt for the rest of the Pure Cardio session or even after the workout was over. Something was telling me to take a little break or to modify the jumping jacks and I am sure glad I listened.

I talked a little bit about this yesterday in the “dedicating your body” section. If something gives you a sharp pain when you do it, do something different!! As you read above, it’s imperative because something worse could happen that could set you back for longer than just a few seconds (as did with mine). Don’t feel bad if you have to skimp on your workout either. It’s better to leave a few minutes out as opposed to a few days if something serious comes of the pain.

Also, if you are doing your workouts barefoot on carpet, make sure to vacuum the floors once every few days. I haven’t vacuumed since last Friday and I stepped on a chip crumb dropped from my husband. Can you say ouch!!

Signing Out,

It’s Possible!!