Just finished up my second round of Drench with ten minutes to spare before dinner. Drench is a perfect description for this workout, despite having cooled off I keep having to take my glasses off because they are fogging up as I try and type this…SO MUCH HEAT!!!
I was initially very nervous about this workout when I saw it coming up and I avoided it for a couple of weeks in the program. I dove in this past Saturday and was very satisfied with the experience. By the twenty minute marker my lungs were heaving, face was sweating, and legs were shaking, so much cardio (I hate cardio). It was also about this point I had an internal pull to just call it quits realizing I was just over the half way mark, but I was not ready to give up on myself. Fortunately, the final half of the workout is primarily flow based working through a variety of yoga poses at a pretty quick speed to maintain the intensity. She finished it off with some pushups mixed with stretching and my arms were basically screaming. I tried to limit my use of the modifications but this is a very long very intense workout so that became pretty difficult. It felt great to feel the power and potential in my body despite being utterly exhausted.
So above, that was my first day with Drench…today was a little different. Yesterday was Mother’s Day and boy did we celebrate. This time last year we said goodbye to my grandma so I got together with my mom and sister and we spent the afternoon reminiscing over old photographs and some wine. It was absolutely lovely and I wouldn’t change a thing. But today was rough, I was tired, weak, and unable to maintain my balance. Giving up at twenty minutes sounded sooo good. I’m grateful that I had done this program previously and knew that it would be tapering down. I took so many rest breaks and generally felt pretty crappy.
Tomorrows workout should be better. To all the moms out there reading this I hope you had an amazing Mother’s Day. No matter what your situation always remind yourself that you are amazing and doing God’s work.