I am cranking along on the recovery week and it is not too eventful.  The challenge is to complete the entire workout by the end of the week.  I am not sure if I will be able to due to those near impossible (for me) hip flexor burners.  But I sure came close today!

I made it through the walking plank, which is one that I had stalled on before and got to the dreaded hip flexor burners ready for the challenge.  Well, they beat me again ;-)   I think I took about 30 seconds total of a break between working both sides in that exercise.

The final exercise as mentioned before is the Shoulder Burners in Plie (I think my shoulders are burning just writing the words!).  I came so close yesterday and was determined to finish them no matter what . .  . and I did!  It was darn painful and I was wincing with my eyes closed, but I kept the shoulders up through those last dreaded 30 seconds.  Afterwards, my arms felt like noodles.  It was even hard to bring them above my head just to do simple cool down breaths.

So, overall, all I need is about 30 seconds more of strength in the hip flexors to finish this entire workout.  It feels sort of like an empty goal in a way though knowing that my ass is about to be handed to me next week again!

Day 31 – Concentrating on Form

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