Today I was feeling super unmotivated and the last thing I wanted to do was workout and move my body. I managed to force myself out of bed and get it done which I knew I would be happy about afterwards, and I was. I did the HIIT workout again today which consists of 45 seconds of exercise and 15 seconds rest. These are the exercises:
- Windmill
- Squat punch
- Slow crunch
- Ballet half kick
- Inch worm (altered to stay in high plank position for longer)
- Legs only ab bike (altered to bicycle crunches)
- High plank to down dog
- Front lunge
- Plank
- Standing ab bike
- Leg drop (altered to leg raises)
- Arm and leg raise
- Walking burpees (altered to normal burpees without pushup)
- Legs flutter
- Shoulder tap and thigh tap
Although feeling really unmotivated, I knew this was the last HIIT exercise in this 2 week program, so once I got up, I wanted to give it my all. I can see a considerable amount of progress from the first time I did this, for example, I really struggled with ballet half kick but now my legs feel so much more flexible and able to do it. I also found it really difficult to do the whole routine at the start, and now I've altered some of the exercises to make them more challenging for me. Yet again, the most challenging exercise was the shoulder tap and thigh tap, but this time I managed to complete it without stopping. I can also tell a massive difference in my plank abilities, as I used to really struggle, but now I know I can go for much longer. For a cool down, I followed a 10 min full body stretches, which were:
- Sky reach and toe touch
- Neck
- Triceps
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Quads
- Calves
- Forward bend
- Hip flexor
- Wrists
- Cat and cow
- Abs
- Shoulder rollover
- Hamstrings
- Butterfly
- Body twist
- Knee to chest
- Glutes
- Happy baby
- Child's pose
These felt so relaxing and relieving, after really pushing myself in the workout. My favourite stretch is the butterfly as I can feel the burn in my adductors. I drank a lot of water today to keep myself hydrated, but my diet could have been improved. I ate quite a lot of food, high in fat and sugars, which was nice at the time but I felt worse afterwards.
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