It Hurts to Drive My Car

I’m now on Day 3 of the RTP-Transformation system and boy, are my muscles SORE! Wow – I have a serious case of DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) that make even turning my car’s steering wheel an incredible feat. But I LOVE it because it means things are changing. I’m breaking down muscle tissue and rebuilding stronger, leaner, meaner muscle fibers. I had forgotten how much I really do like working out. It’s a rush pushing my muscles hard, getting the blood circulating, working up a sweat and feeling a sense of accomplishment after a good session.

Today was my first cardio day after two days of weight training. I seriously didn’t think I would be able to do 30-minutes of steady state when I struggled to get out of bed this morning. The DOMS was so intense, I tried to roll out of bed and stand up without bending any limbs. Not easy – lol. But after puttering around a bit, I knew I could push my way through 30-minutes of running.

So I opted for the treadmill instead of an outdoor run just to make my first cardio day a bit easier on a cushiony surface. Treadmill running is SO much easier that outdoor running! I ran 5k in 45 minutes including a 5 minute warm-up walk. Definitely room for improvement. My goal is to do a 5k in 30 minutes by the end of April. Also want to do some beach running. Now that’s tough stuff!

Tomorrow is a new weight training workout and I got to say, I love the way the RTP System is laid out. The workouts are varied so your muscles never get “used to” it, which allows you to keep getting results. Same principle as in Turbulence Training – muscle “confusion” prevents adaptation and promotes increases in strength. The best part is the downloadable Excel file of all the workout sheets! In fear of shattering my cool image and revealing my tech geekiness, I love having everything organized and the training worksheets are perfect – one for every workout AND it will auto-populate my info the next time the workout is repeated 7 days later! So easy to keep track and review my progress in one place.

The accountability log also REMEMBERS my foods in a drop-down list AND calculate my daily accountability score. So smart. Adam thought of everything. The only little thing I would change is placing the whole day’s workout on one sheet instead of a separate sheet for the day’s ab workout. No biggie – just a paper saver.

I just posted my day one photo in the private RTP forum. I think I like that much better than placing pictures on my public blog. I still get a big dose of accountability by sharing it with the other members, without all the crazies sharing my photos as “girls in bikinis” (yes this actually happened to me – haha.)

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juli

Girls in bikinis.... What a weird idea! Adam was abused by a pill-company and your pics from strange bikini-picture-collectors!

I also love the way the RTP-training is laid out, it is so much easier tan everything else.

Rock on, Lilla, ;-)