More exercise - the DVD

Yowch. After not exercising three days last week, I have already lost some ground. I got back out of the habit of keeping my abs tucked correctly. On the other hand, sometime today, my legs figured out how to do a lunge correctly so that my knees don't twinge. It just happened; one minute I was awkwardly balancing and trying not to hurt, and the next, it just worked. I was able to do 'em right the rest of the workout. The key was in rolling down instead of just trying to bend things into the right place, if that makes sense. It's the difference between copying a form and doing a move.

I hope to keep that up tomorrow!

It's very frustrating to get tired doing something as simple as jumping up and down in place (a 'rest' move in the high-intensity aerobics and the 'bootcamp' workouts). I had the option to use weights for the exercises today and didn't, but my arms are still filing protests.

The DVD I've been using is this one. I'm using the week 2 workouts from the planned workouts, since I missed so much of last week. If you're looking for a workout DVD, you could do much worse! The exercises are clearly explained, and scalable if you find a specific move too easy or too hard. The people exercising are ordinary folks, not perfectly toned professionals. The trainer is very encouraging. All of this makes it easier for me to keep going with it.