Ok, Kenpo is the easiest, by far, routine of the week. It had my heart rate up nicely, and sure I'm still not very flexible, but nothing really kicked my ass like some of the other workouts. I guess having naturally good cardio come in handy sometimes. Now, don't get me wrong - I'm not ready to go defend myself with Kenpo after one day - I was fairly uncoordinated when having to punch or kick with my left side (just as I am with everything lefty) and at times I had trouble getting my feet back to the "starting" position; but overall I was able to keep up with the guys for the entire hour and never had to slacken my pace or drop out of a move early. Overall Kenpo felt pretty good.
I could tell it worked my lower back a lot so that will probably be pretty stiff tomorrow. In fact I think it probably worked my core a lot so I can see that it will probably help me with the Ab Ripper stuff tuesday. That's right, I don't have Ab Ripper again until Tuesday because today is the last official day of week 1. Tomorrow is rest day where I can choose to do nothing OR do the X Stretch. My choice is the X-Stretch since my flexibility is so bad. If the X-Stretch feels good I may incorporate that into my week more often; perhaps just before I do the workout routine.
I'm anxious to start week 2 - it will be a slightly abbreviated week becuase we are going on a Ski Trip next weekend starting thursday. However, the skiing should serve as great leg and core workout for the four days so I think I will just take the exercise bands and do some pushups on two of the days to work my chest and shoulders since that is where I need the most help. Then I will pick up in week 3 like normal (unless the doctor wants me to have surgery). I'm feeling great and can't wait to continue improving.