Day 17

Good morning fellow fitness people! If I didn't have to be up to open the door for the window replacement guys, I wouldn't be up right now. Thankfully, they had to be here at 8:30, so I'm up and have already gotten a workout in. Sweat is the new coffee (although I might have some later).

I decided I couldn't keep up with the intro TurboFire DVD, so I just went with whatever DVD Zach had in when he did it the other day, which was one of the HIIT workouts. Now, trust me when I say that I think Chalene needs to switch to decaf, especially this early in the morning, but the girl knows her stuff. I'm not comfortable enough yet to pull a Lauren and make my own clilp that shows me doing the moves, but the following is a sample of TurboFire:


I'm still new to this whole thing, so if my body started telling me I couldn't do something, I stopped. She does three rounds of each, and I found myself doing one and a half to two, stopping when I couldn't do it because I was out of breath. I'm literally going from being a couch potato to TurboFire, so my lungs aren't used to this kind of exertion. I did back it up a few times and try it again, and then my brain kicked in and reminded me that if I hurt myself, I wouldn't be able to do it at all. Listen to your body - there is a difference between pain and muscle tightness, and your body will let you know which is which. I figure no matter how long I can keep up, I'm still lapping my old self on the couch, and there's always tomorrow to try again. 

Yes, you read right - Zach has been doing this as well. Although he needs to learn how to land lighter, as he's coming down hard enough to shake Joseph in our nativity scene completely around. Poor guy almost looks like he's in time out on the cresh. BUT at least he's doing something. In fact, he's also doing weights, so he's really doing good - and looking good, if I may say so. 

If you're not sure about doing this workout (I admit, it looks intense, you wonder if you'll be able to keep up, and the negative voice in your head isn't helping - tell that voice to shut up), just remember it's only 15 minutes long, and you'll be burning calories long after it's over. Plus, you could kill 15 minutes or more sitting on Facebook, and all you're getting out of that is gossip and possible carpal tunnel. Get up! Get moving! And for the love of all that's holy, keep moving forward!