It’s always nice looking forward to Thursday and the Max Recovery days.  Today was no different.  Although it is still 47 minutes long, there is not the usual cardio to kill you.

Today was quite good.  I was able to do more of the exercises than in previous weeks.  There is a lot of deep muscle work that will have your arms or legs shaking at some point.  The slow push ups are deadly, but feel good at the same time.  I was also surprisingly better in the plie squat exercises (although I did have to break a few times).

My one concern is still my left knee.  Going into the workout it had been bothering me throughout the day.  I can feel it when I stand up, or go up stairs, or just bend a little too far.  I was very careful during the workout not to overextend it.  Since everything is a little slower, it makes it easier to maintain the form.  During the workout, the pain was more noticeable than ever before.  Some simple moves, like jumping back into plank , were causing me pain.  I just took those moves slow and walked the leg back.

Now for the odd part.  I noticed after the workout was done that the knee actually felt better!  It is not back to normal, but it seems as though the pain has gone away?  I wonder what happened.  Maybe the knee got stretched out or something or magically has popped back in place.  I don’t really know, but I am knocking on wood right now that it is getting better.  I will let you all know tomorrow if the pain returns.

I also did not wear the heart rate monitor today.  Since there isn’t much cardio, you don’t really need to monitor your heart rate.  It’s all about stretching and muscle work on Recovery day.

Day 52 – Max Cardio Conditioning

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