Danger to my Ankles!

Yesterday I was barreling through Cathe’s Rhythmic Step when I fell--bam!-- right off my step. Ouch! I twisted my right ankle as I went down and immediately knew I was done for the day. I had gotten most of the way through the workout by then, at least--so it was a short skip ahead to the cool down. I was able to stand up and hobble around the room (quite the piteous sight) and it started to feel a little better, so I thought everything was fine.

Then I woke up in the wee hours with a nasty ache in that ankle. Yowza. It was a little better after walking a bit, and I walked all over the mall this morning. I came home and had to decide what to do about today’s workout. I was supposed to do a full body toning workout, but I had the urge to do a step and weights circuit and get a bit of cardio in as well. However, I didn’t know if my ankle was up to snuff. So I chose Cathe’s Low Impact Circuit, because it’s a circuit but obviously low impact. I did have some ankle pain on a couple parts, particularly during lunges and the one-legged squats (which I decided to modify and did plie squats instead--great for me since I always want to tone my inner thighs).

Also, I chose Low Impact Circuit because it’s fun--and because it’s my birthday! I deserved a fun workout today (not that i didn’t also work--burned almost 600 calories).

So tomorrow will be kickboxing. Hi-ya!

OK, I just looked at the aforementioned ankle and it is all ugly and swollen. Hmm, should I rest it tomorrow? I’m thinking I might have to. :(