Cardio wasn’t so bad considering it is freezing…
Today I started cardio, which I know I need to be doing, but because I was afraid that starting slow wouldn’t be enough I had been putting off. Well I bit the bullet tonight and set my goal to no matter how I could do it bust out two miles at the track.
Ok so I haven’t ran in a very long time, so running was out but walking I could do so I laced up and put on my ipod and got to moving and with that cranked out two laps quickly. After my lungs quit burning from the cold air I kicked it up a notch and before long noticed the gap between myself and two ladies who arrived after I had made if about half way around the track on my first lap closing in. I nearly lapped them and they were walking at a pretty ambitious pace.
As my music continued I could feel my legs heating up more and more and stretching out from a couple solid weeks of just lifting and it was great. Before long two miles were complete and I didn’t die!! I was shocked.
It is like a few blocks from my house to the track so I got back in the truck and came home to start lifting for the night, my schedule a little different from usual because of my husband’s work schedule. The usual routine of legs felt like an entirely different workout all together and I really felt the difference right from the start. The cardio actually gave me new energy in my workout and despite my freezing cold nose from the walking in the weather, I felt great!
Now my newest goal is to hit up cardio every day (6 workout days a week) until I can build up my distance in the same amount of time and possibly after I can do so do a morning session as well to further my routine and shake things up.
