16:00 HITT

I have plans to go see a comedy show after work today (Second City - whoo Chicago!), so any exercise I got would be whatever I could wake myself up for and get done in the morning. However, I am the.worst. at getting up in the morning for workouts. I just can't seem to drag myself out of bed when I know there's sweating looming in my so very immediate future. The irony is that once I'm actually out of bed, it takes me about 8 seconds to be fully on top of my game. You think that would motivate me to get out of bed -- "just stand, you know you'll be ready to tackle anything if you just PUT YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR" -- but it doesn't.

Boyfriend, however, is expect get-out-of-bed-er, and when I heard him getting *home* from his workout at 7AM, after waking up at 5:30 and only getting like 4 hours of sleep, and having worked out hard the day before, I was sufficiently guilted into standing. Unfortunately at that point I only had about 20 minutes to do something before I had to get ready for work, so I opted for a HITT-style workout. I say 'HITT-style' because this wasn't exactly "high intensity". While it did involve moving, and the timing was the same, I didn't have sufficient time to warm up so I wasn't exactly going all-out. But as I always say, something is better than nothing!

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 2

Sore Areas: Legs

Yesterday: BodyPUMP

Environment: Inside, early morning, barefoot

Workout
Equipment: none!
Work Time: 16:00

Minutes	Exercise
0:00 - 0:20	Lunges
0:30 - 0:50	Plank Tucks
1:00 - 4:00	Repeat 0:00 - 1:00 x3
4:30 - 4:50	Side Lunges
4:00 - 5:20	Side Plank + Toe Touches
5:30 - 8:30	Repeat 4:30 - 5:30 x3
9:00 - 9:20	Lying Upper Leg Lifts
9:30 - 9:50	Side Plank + Leg Lifts
10:00 - 13:00	Repeat 9:00 - 10:00 x3
13:30 - 13:50	Lying Lower Leg Lifts
14:00 - 14:20	Side Plank + Dips
14:30 - 17:30	Repeat 13:30 - 14:30 x3

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 3
Stretch Time: 0:00
Total Time: 20:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 4
Sore Areas: All leg muscles!

Comments
I was just making this workout up as I went, but in retrospect I could have balanced the obliques vs. frontal abs situation better. Next time I'll try to remember to throw in more regular planks (+ variations) and less side planks. This is what happens when I attempt to formulate a workout first thing in the morning...