Well, would ya believe that I am just the teesiest bit sore? And by that I mean that I can't even walk normally. If I had my quads all surgically removed and had to walk straight-legged for the rest of my life, it would look a lot like how I am walking today.
I opted out of my yoga class because there is a whole song (4-5 min.) where you stay in a wide squat position for the entire time and never come back up. You do all these crazy things with your arms to distract your brain, but the workout is that your legs just burn and burn and burn and you never straighten them until it's over. I just couldn't do that today.
The mission today was to get over some of this soreness and possibly get in some cardio. I biked for 20 min (which didn't hurt as much as I thought--it is the impact that kills, I guess), then I did the elliptical for 20 min., then I walked on the treadmill at a fast-ish pace for my broken, shrimpy legs, which was about 3.5 mph. My heart rate was between 130-140 for the whole workout and it felt pretty good. Afterwards I stretched a lot.
So, 60 min. of exercise and 15 min. of stretching. Soreness is improved, hmmm...30 %, I 'd say. That's a good start. Happy weekend, all. | 