Push-ups & I Want Those Arms

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Insane morning and who knows what the afternoon/evening will bring so I did a very quick workout this morning.

Did my push-ups while the I Want That Body DVD got through all the intro stuff I can't fast forward through (and there is a lot on this DVD). I did 30 knee push-ups today. I found the "point of exhaustion" with these. Those last 5 were extremely tough to get through and I wasn't sure I'd make it through the last one, my form probably wasn't good but I was trying very hard to hold my abs tight (which are a little sore from yesterday's pilates extreme too). I'm thinking I might keep trying to do 30 each time I workout for now, until they get easier and then add on. That's my plan for now but we'll see.

I did program 2 of I Want Those Arms. It is a quick 15 minutes but I really like it a lot. I used 5s (10s for the concentration curls) but I think I'll try 6s or 7s (and 12s or 15s for concentration curls) next time. This one is all seated except one exercise on the floor so very foot friendly. I might alternate between floor core work and this or other mostly seated upper body for now. My arms, thanks to pre-exhausting them (I guess that's what that is) with the push-ups, are lightly toasted and I'm feeling my abs too. Wonderful! Feet are feeling better but I need them to totally heal so my plan is for at least most of the month of June to not stress them whenever possible. I'm not sure what is happening with our health insurance after 5/31 and I know we can't afford $35 co-pays every week for me to keep seeing the podiatrist after that so I REALLY need them to heal. All is going well on the job hunt front. Lots of leads, some semi-promising. DH is literally busy 8 hours a day with networking, calls, sending resumes, researching companies, etc. So different from 2008 (thankfully). I'm trying to be hopeful it won't be long... doing well overall though and exercise, even little bits like this, certainly help.