Next week is our 4 year wedding anniversary and then I get to celebrate Mother’s day. We also have tons of Birthday, Baby shower, and wedding shower celebrations so this month is going to be action packed.

This morning we got up bright and early, after I ate a quick breakfast I took my buddy Cooper for a long walk. The weather this morning was PERFECT for walking. It was a tad cool once we started but I warmed up rather quickly.

I’m a huge fan of morning workouts on Friday because once the day is over, I get into weekend mode and I want to wear real-people clothing. Get me outa workout capris and sports tanks.

I decided to do an at home workout today with an Insanity Max 30 DVD. It’s fun to have Shaun-T kick my butt, and once again he did.

The title of this workout was SWEAT INTERVALS.. now I get it because I was dripping sweat about 6-7 minutes in.

During the first 10 minutes I wanted to quit, I was tired, my legs were sore, I didn’t have it in me. But then my fire came out and I told myself that it was in my head. Sure my legs were screaming but its not like I couldn’t keep going.

Sometimes its a wake up call when I workout by myself. I’m used to pushing others that every once in a while I need someone to tell me to keep going and that I can do 5 more or another 15 seconds.

At the end of the workout I felt accomplished and SWEATY.

Now I have some more work to do before my weekend begins. Tomorrow night we are headed to a 30th Birthday celebration for my Best Friend Lauren. We have been friends for all 30 years and I can’t wait to celebrate with her

Do you have any fun plans this weekend?

Do you ever do a workout at home and want to quit 10 minutes in?

On Sunday I did the first disc of the T-25 workout. Shaun T really knows how to kick butt… but he also has an easier version of the workout and one of his instructors demonstrates the modified exercises so I followed her. It still had my heart rate up and 25 minutes was plenty for a first full body workout!! I have done most of the exercises before and it’s similar to my style of boot camp training so I was all for it.. I can’t wait to try his next workout!

Last night at boot camp, I was much more involved in the exercises and was able to do more. I still have to ease back into the jumping exercises and core work but I already feel like I made progress by participating in more of the boot camp workout. The workout was based on cardio & strength using body weight and man did it feel great to sweat! I know it’s gross but wiping sweat off my face felt nice.. I haven’t done that in a couple months!

When I got home my inner thighs and glutes were FIRED up! A mini-stretch session is a must today! I can feel how tight my quads are today and I know they will thank me if I get them warmed up and give them a good stretch.

I prefer to do a light warm-up before stretching, that way I get some blood flow to my muscles!

My to do list for stretching today: Quads, Glutes, Hamstrings, IT Band, & Calves

I will take some pictures of the stretches I do so you can try them yourself at home.

Do you stretch? Do yoga? How do you keep your muscles loose?