Day 13 - The Long One

I was dreading this one. It was the double workout - 40 minutes of Pure Cardio then another 20 of Cardio Abs.
I'd done the Pure Cardio previously and it was tough - it's the one with the 15 mins of non stop exercise, rather than the 5mins/30secs workout/rest I've got used to. I suppose that's good though because the more the workouts vary then your body does not get a chance to get used to it.

I did it late (at about 830pm), so I wasn't going to finish 'til late and it had been a long tiring day in work.  I thought my stretching was crap tonight, I couldn't get as low as I have the last few days. One thing that made me laugh though was Shaun T telling you to hold your hands as though you are holding potato chips as you run - I'd love a bag of bloody crisps as I'm doing it!

The Pure Cardio stuff went quite quickly and I didn't feel as bad afterwards as I expected. I then skipped the ad's on the DVD and went straight in to the Cardio Abs. This was a lot of floor work involving stretches and pulsing of the abs. It was tough, probably because all the exercises were new and I was not used to them. I think it's going to take a bit of practise on them in order to learn the technique. It's a new way of balancing too because you are using your arms and/or legs to support you and then you need to make your core do the work. Maybe I'll try doing just the Cardio Abs workout with some others to try and improve my technique.