Day 26

Week 3, Day 2 Agility X today. As in the previous week, I felt stronger and did better with balance and the movements. I felt really good until I tweaked my ankle during one of those quick feet movement exercises and I turned my ankle slightly. It was at about the 10 minute mark left, so there were a few pushup exercises at the end to keep it easy for my ankle. Although it did hurt slightly, I did continue to do the workout with minimal issues. The most pain I felt was if I were on my toes and not getting support from the heel.

I know tomorrow is X3 Yoga and then the next day is The Challenge. I will get some relief from more aerobic type movements and not stress the ankle for a couple of days. I have a huge history with bad ankles and injuries with both of them since my high school football days. Since high school, I have broken and sprained both ankles more than once. My left ankle actually had an achilles injury in 7th grade from football. I know it's not a bragging point, but I rarely have an sustained issues with ankle injuries any more as my ligaments are so stretched out they 1. don't stabilize my ankle well and 2. they don't really sustain any prolonged damage. I will have soreness for a day or two and then no big deal. I hope this is the case as not doing this is not an option. I don't even get swelling in my ankle for "sprains" anymore. Trust me I have had softball size swelling before and the massive bruising, but those days are way over for minor or mild sprains.

I do like to see the increase in leg strength and balance, albeit small, but the idea that 30 minutes can't do the trick is not true. I also remembered my mandate of increasing my workload for each workout, and I can say that I was more sustained in my efforts and can feel it. I still have pauses and most likely will throughout the whole 90 days, but I am working that out slowly but surely. No transformation for a human involving 100 lbs takes place over night no matter if it's a gain or loss. It takes time and effort to lose weight. 90 days will not be the end of the path, it is only the first few steps. The trick is to not trip, but when you do to get back up and keep moving forward.