Week 1, Day 1. T25-Alpha: Cardio + Tai Cheng: w1d1.

Week 1, Day 1. T25-Alpha: Cardio + Tai Cheng: w1d1.

A friend and I are starting T25 today! I want to thank him for waiting for me to do this program together. I look forward to the support and encouragement we can give each other during the next 3 months of T25. I'm not sure I can follow the program exactly as prescribed, specifically, the double workout on the 5th day of each week, especially if I'm already doing a double program. With my schedule, time is an issue, especially on Thursdays. I will have to stretch that out and do 6 days and rest/stretch on Saturday. I just want to lay my cards out on the table at the start.

And Yes, you read it right, I'm doing a double program for the next 90 days. I was asking around about doing something like this. I got some good feedback and some negative feedback. All very helpful in making my final decision whether or not to do a double program. I am just testing it out for the first week to see how the programs mesh, and so far, it was like Shaun T and Dr. Cheng got together and planned their programs to be used in sync with each other... REALLY!

Cardio was not a terribly grueling routine, but if you are not used to it, it can get really tough at points.  For me, the very beginning progression was really tough on my ankles, calves and arches. The running progression really pounds the feet. The lunge and squat progressions are not at bad, but the running and agility progressions... OUCH on my feet.  There were a few moves, Get Ups, I think they're called that I had to modify because my knee started to feel a bit hyper-extended and I didn't want anything to happen. So instead of bringing my back foot in front of the front foot when standing up, I just brought it parallel. That seemed to work just as well.

The time went really fast! I was surprised at how fast the time went. I started my heart rate monitor right as I was pressing play, and when the routine was all done, I had burned only 377 kcals.

I soon popped in the DVD for Tai Cheng and did the week 1 day 1 program. Neural centering and the first move took about 28 minutes and it was interesting to see all the unique moves, stances, and ideas I had never seen or heard before.  The static exercises were nice, but the thing that hooked me was the focused foam rolling on my calves, exactly where I needed it after T25: Cardio.  I also love all that martial arts stuff so this was really fun for me.

Grand Total, 670+ Kcals burned on Day ONE of my new journey. I was very happy that I didn't feel like throwing up during or after today's workout like I did on Friday. But I pushed as hard as I could. I'm very happy with way I got started on my new journey!