Recovery Week...It Does a Body Good!

Can you tell I have to remind myself of this??? And thus, the reason for my blog this evening!

This morning I woke up early because I knew the tile guys were coming to caulk the shower. I wanted to get my workout in first thing. Now I knew that on the schedule was Core 20 and Stretch 10, a recovery week for Turbo Fire. I had planned on doing some Bum Bum too, because well...I have a hard time with recovery weeks even though I know they are good for me!!! But I reminded myself why we have recovery weeks and I crawled back in bed with Maggy, figuring I could fit in my 30 minutes after the tile guys left. AH, it felt so good to go back to bed and REST!!!

The tile guys came and went and I headed upstairs. But I couldn't quite my mind that kept saying...."I think your thighs were touching this morning"! So after Core 20, yes I admit it, I threw in Bum Bum Live! Well...um...I didn't do the full Bum Bum so that's ok right???

The answer is a resounding NO!!! I give this advice to my customers all the time....your body needs the recovery week! It allows your body to rest and it allows your muscles to recover and grow. And perhaps most important of all, it prevents injury! Our bodies need this, especially after going hard core for 3-4 weeks. Now recovery week doesn't mean we sit around on the couch eating donuts! It is active recovery, but recovery nonetheless, and there for a reason.

I am not sure why I have a hard time following my own advice. Probably for the same reason people ask me..."do I have to take the recovery week?" For me, I think it is hard to get over the feeling that I didn't do enough, that I didn't burn enough calories, and oh my goodness...am I going to get fat!!! Oh yes, I still have that mentality hidden in the back of my head, although I do have to admit it has gotten much better! I am, after all, human. Yes, there was a time when I probably wouldn't have eaten this week, knowing I wasn't getting the amount of exercise I usually get. But I am learning to love my body and what it can do for me, flaws and all. But it is a process, one that I continue to work on.

It is Wednesday. I vow to follow the recovery week schedule as written for the remainder of the week because recovery does a body AND MIND good!!!