Day 10 (Arms & Shoulders) SORE!

Sore...as in from day 9.  I could tell as yesterday went on there was something wrong with my left knee.  I'm pretty sure it is MCL tendinitis.  The knee felt unstable and weak and there was occasional pain on the right (inside) side.  It must be from all the jumping and turning in the plyometrics.  I think I'm going to switch to normal tennis shoes for that workout and see if it improves.  If it doesn't, the program gives you the option to switch over to Cardio X instead of Plyometrics, but I would be bummed about that. 

I was pretty worried about it through this morning but as I warmed up for today's routine, the pain went away and the leg felt stronger.  I pushed myself more today...tried to get enough weight to max out at 8-10 reps.  And the secret I learned for today is: press the pause button.  If I don't have enough weight, have too much weight or I don't understand the exercise, I should press pause.  And I did that and it really paid off.  This isn't a cardio work out and there is no reason you can't stop for a moment and figure out exactly how to make the most of what you are doing.

Today I also made some small investments.  I purchased a pull up bar that attaches to the ceiling rafters and some push up bars to take the stress off my wrists.  The pull up bar will look a little odd in the upstairs loft where I work out, but God bless my wonderful and supportive wife who said that didn't matter to her.  The pull up bar I have fits in a narrow doorway.  Being 6'3", I have to bend my legs behind me just to get them off the floor as I go down.  I think this is making the pull ups way harder than they should be (perhaps explaining the low reps I am getting).  It will be interesting to see if that is the case or if I am just a weakling.

OK, off to do the 16 minute Ab routine and then Yoga tomorrow (which I previously thought was today).

Thanks for reading.