Day 79: On my way to a full week of Phase 3

Two days down, three to go. Thus far it’s been a wonderfully productive week with sufficient sleep. I’m loving it!

When I woke up this morning one of the first things I thought was, “yeah, P.A.P. Upper is what kills my ab section.” But while doing P.A.P. Lower there were definitely some moves that didn’t help that feeling. I think Yoga will be a nice break tomorrow. I’m not motivated enough for organizing my thoughts or drawing conclusions, so…

And now for my random thoughts:

I could hold side plank better today. Almost made it for the full time once. I may want to try using the foam roller for my hand… it would make balance harder, but be a softer surface for my palm.

I really look forward to trying Scorpion. It appeals to me, but after a couple of attempts I won’t be trying again until I’m done nursing.

Fire Hydrant makes me laugh… well, the name anyway. The move is tough. Makes me think of the moves I hate in most thigh/butt type workouts.

In a similar vein, all the lunges make me think of Slim in 6. I wonder how I would do with that program now. I’ve gone through the 6 weeks before, as a “getting back to working out after kid #1” workout. It was hard. And redundant. But it might be good to try once I’m just supplementing running. Or it might be too much leg work. It was great for slimming the thighs for sure!

I really enjoy that P.A.P. has a different warm up than the other workouts. Nice to mix it up. Nice to skip around the living room. I wonder if I can teach my 2 year old to skip. That would be cute.

I enjoyed that no cats or kids were poking at me during today’s workout.

I can’t figure out why we need two medicine balls for P.A.P. Lower. One has been plenty. I think the second one may be used as a reference point once, but the spare dumbell works well too. Or imagination.

It’s weird to not use the stability ball at all during a routine.