Defeated

Bob 2 Justin 0. I went after the ultimate cardio body DVD again today and went in with a mind set that I was going to kill it this time. The first time was learning the DVD and the second time was mastering it. I would not call what I did today mastering the DVD at all. It opened with the same 10 solid minutes of lunges and squats but this time I knew it was coming and was ready for it....so I thought. I did have to pull up and rest during the opening again but this time it was only once and for a shorter amount of time. As the workout moved on I did all that I could to keep up with the moves and was doing a really good job of it, there were a few times when I wanted to take a quick breather but didn't and was happy with myself for the decision. Then the end of the DVD came and the extra effort I put in the start of it really started to show, when there was about 10 minutes left  I was pretty much spent. I had to walk away from it for a minute and get a glass of water before going back into it. When I got back we were on the last 8 minutes or so that is filled with jumping and if they say white men can jump, this guy is not one of those men. I was getting about an inch off the ground because my legs were so worn out. I finished the workout and was ready to move on to my abs. I figured since by this point I was totally spend and there was not a dry part of my shirt left I would go after the Yoga Abs....why not right? I got started and even though just putting the DVD in and pressing play is an improvement over the last time I did the Bob cardio, I just could not make it through the 15 minutes of abs. At about 5 minutes in my abs were burning like they had never burned before and at about 8 minutes I had to call it, I could not get my shoulders off the mat to do a single crunch. It seems I used my abs a lot more than I thought I did during the cardio portion of my morning. If I had to put a number on it I would guess that I burned off around 700 calories or so this morning. I packed up my lunch and it was off to work. As I sit here waiting for my first client visit to start my abs are on fire and my chest and shoulders are killing me from yesterday's workout. Saturday's X stretch could not come soon enough I tell you. Tomorrow is legs and back and I am thinking my leg rep count might take a hit tomorrow since I will be using a little more resistance and this mornings cardio may still be hanging around when it comes time to start the workout. Remember it is not about the numbers and the ego it is about progression in your program so if some of my numbers take a hit I am not going to be worried about it because I know I am still doing my best and working to get closer to the results that I want. Come back tomorrow to see how the workout goes.