When I saw "Plyo" on last night's workout schedule, I got a little nervous, particularly since it's a 55 minute long routine.The plyometric routine in month one wasn't my favorite, to put it mildly. Besides that, I had gotten significantly more sore as the day progressed. I sat down on the couch with Liam as he went to sleep, and when I got up to put him in his crib I was extremely stiff and sore in my glutes and upper back between my shoulder blades. I was fully expecting last night's workout to be a horror show.
It started out with the same warm up routine as Monday, and by the end of the third set I was feeling much looser and not nearly as sore. The stretch was a little rougher than day one, but it felt good to get those sore muscles stretched out. In the back of my mind, I knew that not being sore when we were working out was going to mean I'd be even more sore today because that would allow me to push as much as I could with no pain to hold me back, but I didn't really acknowledge that thought. Not until I got out of bed this morning. My glutes and quads are significantly more sore today than they were yesterday. Going from sitting in my desk chair to standing is the worst, but it's manageable. My upper back between my shoulder blades is tight and sore, but that's relieved if I stretch my arms out in front of me and lower my head between my elbows and really pull to stretch that area out. My sides under my armpits and my pecs are a little sore, but nothing too painful. My core still feels tight but isn't sore, which is fine because last night's routine wasn't really a core-focused routine. As defined by Wikipedia "Plyometrics, also known as "jump training" or "plyos", are exercises based around having muscles exert maximum force in as short a time as possible, with the goal of increasing both speed and power. This training focuses on learning to move from a muscle extension to a contraction in a rapid or "explosive" way, for example with specialized repeated jumping." Roughly translated, it's going to suck. It's all about training your muscles to be, not just fast, but insanely powerful in their speed. That's just peachy.
After the warm up, you know the routine. Water break. Stretch. Collect yourself for the torture about to ensue.
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