CIC 2 Day 1

Today I woke up before my alarm, even though I didn’t feel like I slept well last night (according to the FitBit, I got over 6 hours).

Day 1 started at 9 this morning. I finally met Megan, our instructor for CIC, in person. She’s a great leader, and I love her teaching philosophy. We all got to know each other and talked about our expectations. Then one of my classmates led us in a warm up. We practiced some basics and discussed how to teach them until lunchtime. After an hour lunch break, we learned about pedagogy. Our homework for tonight is to write a lesson plan for a basic skill.

We were supposed to work out some more, but we ran out of time because we had a women’s self defense seminar this evening. We all helped and watched Megan teach. After a quick de-briefing, we were dismissed.

I’m feeling pretty good. I expect tomorrow will be more active. I didn’t reach my step goal today. My back is really sore, and I’m not sure why. I used Michael’s foam roller before i finished my homework, and my treat for finishing my homework was a soak in the bathtub.

I’m ready for tomorrow.

Today was officially rest day for me. I got some stuff done around the house, and when Nik went to lift before fencing, I tagged along to do cardio.

At the gym, I tried a new machine that appears to be the unholy union of an elliptical and a stair master. I tried to keep my heart rate between 135-145. That was certainly a challenge. In 30 minutes, I think i logged about 3 miles.

After that I went to fencing. I was a little bit nervous, but I got to work with new people, and I did more actual fencing than I have in ages. I had a really good practice. I felt really healthy today.

Day 1

I decided there was no time like the present to start, so I came home and knocked out the first 100 lunges. I’m switching hands every 5 or 10 reps. Today my target was a section of wall sectioned off with tape, but I’m going to innovate something new soon