Day 38: Pay No Attention to Your Alarm Clock

It was another late morning thankfully I set two alarms last night.  I slept through the first one at 4:40AM but woke to the second at 5:30AM too late to exercise.  I committed to doing 21 days of AM exercise, but to be honest at this point I don’t see myself stopping.  I have fully enjoyed some of the AM benefits discussed in the book I got.  I do feel better throughout the day and the best part is having more time in the evening to get gardening and other things done.

I was disappointed that I missed my jog this morning. My legs felt great.  My upper body was a different thing all together.  Maybe it was all the planks or the Pilates but I was sore.  Every muscle from my stomach to my shoulders felt beat and it of course got worse as the day went on.

My “Power Core” is not so powerful.  The muscles in my stomach were a full 360 degrees of hurt.  Shoulder, biceps, and triceps were all feeling the “Plank,” “Cobra,” or whatever.  I don’t think it would have stung my pride so bad had I done the advanced videos, but these were the beginners.  I mean, come on!

No exercise this morning meant one thing; Afternoon jog!  I get to fight the traffic, sun, and bugs, I was so excited.  After suiting up I thought about what I was wearing.  See, I wear a long sleeve shirt to jog in.  Even when it is 90 degrees outside, hear me out before you start shaking your head.  When it hot outside I have found your shirt becomes soaked with sweat in about 5 minutes.  The benefit to this is every little breeze makes it feel like a cool towel against your skin. 

Back when Fat Matt became Skinny Matt before becoming Fat Matt again he wanted to show off his body a bit.  I become one of those obnoxious shirtless joggers.  It was all fun and games until I did a 5 mile jog in the middle of the summer in South Georgia.  If you have never been in the “Low Country” you have to understand that along with our heat indexes we get UV warning as well. 

Let’s do some Algebra:

High UV (Fat Matt + 5 mile jog)=Really bad sun burn. 

Did you figure that one out yet?  I’ll give you the answer, I got cooked.  Like any good friend would do mine all slapped me on the back and asked me how my jog went. Lesson learned.

I went jogging in my long sleeved shirt and hat braving the traffic all in the name of getting fit.  I actually had a really good run.  Towards the end my legs were hurting in some of the places they have been since I blew them out lifting weights but I did get in three miles.  I call that a success. 

Daily Recap:

Matt:     43 Minutes (3 Miles)

Kelly:     TBD