TF Day 7

TF day 7 routine was Core 20 and Stretch 40. The core workout was amazing! We used the resistance bands for just about every exercise. The second exercise we did we held the resistance band behind our heads (at our neck area) and it was secured with our foot. We had to crunch. It was a good exercise but it hurt my elbows. I'm thinking I was doing something wrong, but I have no idea what. The second time through it I squatted lower (to take some of the resistance off) and I lowered my elbows more and it greatly helped...it didn't look like anyone else in the video was doing it that way though. Guess that's one of the problems with at home workouts - if you have issues you don't have anyone there to correct you.
Anyway, we did a few core exercises that had my abs screaming at me. This morning they are fine, no pain or anything. The 40 minute stretch was great too, it's basically yoga. It was very relaxing. When it's time to do round 2 of P90X I wouldn't mind doing this workout instead of P90X yoga. It had a lot of the same moves, but it was more enjoyable for me.
For part of the 40 stretch we used the green bands - those really improved some of the stretches. I liked using it!

Tabitha and I also met at 6pm to run last night (right before the TF workout). We only did 20 minutes (1.8 miles). Slow, steady run and a great warm-up for the nights workout. It'll work out great running on Tuesday's if the schedule keeps core on Tuesdays. Friday is our next run day and that's our rest day, so it works great.
I'm doing really well with my squat challenge too. Yesterday was 3 way jump squats. Basically you squat, then jump to a wide squat, then jump to a sumo squat, and then jump back to a wide squat, and then back to a basic squat and repeat. They went really fast with each set equaling 5 squats. I did 200 of them and could've done more. I really liked those. Today it was prisoner squats; basic squat but your arms are behind your head and you keep your elbows back out of your line of sight. I had to put a chair behind me so I could keep my balance (I didn't rest against it, I just had it there in case I needed it)...Denver thought it was fun to climb in the chair as I was squatting down. It was quite the game for him - LOL! I've got 600 squats done (I'm doing 200 of each kind). Tomorrow it's skater squats (just like the one's we did in P90X). Those should be fun. It'll probably be 100 per leg. Good times!