An extra day of rest did me a world of good.
Sat on my butt all day Monday. Sadly work got in the way and I didn't get to laze away the day killing aliens, I had to deal with the phone service being out at all four of our stores instead, but I did spend all day on the couch.
Had my Pilates lesson yesterday but didn't do any cardio prior. My Pilates teacher is incredibly knowledgeable and we did lots of chest/lung expanding work. She took it a bit easy on me, but I still got a decent workout and worked up a nice little sweat. Felt great afterwards. This morning will be the test. Going to try to do some LOW level cardio.
Still bugs me that I don't know exactly what happened. What makes it feel like you have someone sitting on your chest? I haven't been able to find any information online to help answer that question. I do think my hubby's right (yet again), I think I just overdid it. I'd been steadily upping the length and intensity of my cardio, and I just reached my limit. Throw in some bad air quality from the area forest fires, some decreased resistance from 5 days of vacation (too much alcohol, rich food, lack of sleep, second hand smoke) and whammo! So, I'm not invincible after all!
[addendum]Made it through my low level workout just fine. Warmed up nice and slow for 10 minutes, then gradually got my heart rate up to 105-110 for 35 mins, followed by a 5 min cool down (didn't feel like I needed a cool down from a 105 bpm, but it's part of the ritual!). Turns out 105-110 is enough to get a nice little sweat going. Stretching afterwards felt great. Respected my limitations. Very humbling!
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