I thought my shoulders were tender from executing Roundhouse Punches, but no. Actually, I noticed while taking a shower I had small black and blues where the pain was coming from. I didn't injure myself, I was bruised from being manhandled...lol. I took my lumps and next week, I will be back for more :)
I was pleasantly surprised that my weight went down to 166.8. However, I will keep an eye on this because losing about 2.5 lbs in a week seems a bit excessive. I want to make sure I am eating enough for the amount of effort I am expending. I think adding all the cardio on the treadmill has really helped to burn the stubborn fat off. At this point, I have gone up to 4.2 - 5 mph for a half hour. I am still doing the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 minute thing with a 3.5 mph walk for 60 seconds in between. I am getting much faster and my endurance is definitely improving substantially.
I was also happy to discover that I can now jump. In Krav class, we do Knee Tuck Jumps, which right now are very hard for me. I don't think it's so much because I can't do them, but anything that involves jumping and taking the brunt of the impact with my knees literally makes me cringe:
I feel as if I am going to land and the pain from the knee is going to shoot up my leg, or my knee will buckle. This actually hasn't happened for a long time, but the fear is still there. But, this past Tuesday in Cardio Kickboxing Class, the instructor cued for Jumping Jacks and jumping an imaginary rope for a few minutes so I decided to give these a whirl and I was able to do them. The funny thing was that the class was way more intensive this way rather than what I was doing before. I would shuffle from side to side, but would not jump for anything. The best part was that even after class, my knees were fine. I think the running is now strengthening my legs even more and I am learning how to land more and more softly on my feet and manage the impact so it doesn't harm my legs.
So...good times!
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