Day 4 Thursday 14th March

Day 4 Cardio Recovery

The title does not do the workout justice. While it might not be cardio, it certainly is not recovery. The whole basis of this workout is strengthen your core and legs. My legs were shaking like jelly after this one, even more so than the P90X leg workout so I will hopefully see good results and improvements in this area.

After the usual warm up which is still a killer and I can not get through it without at least 2 rest stops, although I can go longer before a rest is required you are staright on to core strengthening moves, a lot of work from the plank position (low and high), with emphasis being on tightening and controlling your core.

There are some good leg excersises as well, ones that if done correctly are a killer, but if form is not exact then they might not seem to be as bad, for instance if you kneel down on the floor and then lift your knees 2 inches off the floor and be sure to be on your toes, then extend your right knee out, keeping your your left knee no more than 2 inches off the ground. Then contract your core and bring the right leg in and then out etc for a count of 8, which works the core. This is repeted on both sides, then done again on each side for a count of 16. Then again on both sides but you bring the leg to your side which works your obliques, this is done for a count of 16. So you are getting a massive workout on you core but also your supporting leg (if the knee is kept low) is getting slaughtered as well. POINT TO NOTE if the knee of the supporting leg is too high than you miss out on all that lovely pain. This type of excercise is a recurring theme in Cardio Recovery.

Tonight was made extra hard because it was between 12 hr night shifts, so I had to do the workout as soon as I got up, so had no time to fuel myself. Some people choose to do this all the time, but at the moment I will try to load up on carbs first