I Did Some Cardio!

Yeah, I finally did some cardio. I did Cathe’s Low Impact Step today. It’s one of her easiest workouts and as you can tell from the title, it’s low impact, so I thought it would be a good one to test the ankle and try to ease back into cardio workouts. I felt great (though still a bit tired) and finished it (only 40 minutes) without ankle twinges. Then I was carrying some laundry downstairs and bam, fell down again. Grrr. I did that last Friday as well--just missed that last step. I guess I need to go back to counting steps every time I go up or down stairs like I used to do. So I mainly hit the left ankle on the fall but of course it hurt the previously injured right one as well. I hope it’s just a little brief hurt like last week’s crash. Some of you may remember my recent discussions of whether or not (historically) I am a klutz. I think this proves that I am in fact a total klutz.

Anyway, I think I’ll be fine, and I enjoyed finally doing some cardio. After I make sure my ankle doesn’t swell up overnight or suddenly give me pain, I will continue to just ease back into it with low impact cardio alternated with weights. I’m not sure yet what I’ll do tomorrow, but possibly some total body weights. Then I’ll work up what kind of rotation to start next week.

I found out yesterday that Cathe’s new series (which I preordered) will be sent out later this month, so I’m glad I’m getting back on track before it arrives!