I'm seeing a difference-if not necessarily in inches or pounds, in the amount of work I'm able to do. Oh, and I think pullups are up by one or so!
Time was when there was no way I'd contemplate 3 workouts in a row, but that's exactly what I'm thinking about tonight as we head into a new week. We'll see: I'm in this for the long haul and would rather skip a workout here & there for the sake of keeping this going for a while.
Kenpo tonight. Yeah, out of order, wrong night for kenpo, blah blah blah, but I did it to get one in and wanted to change the order up a bit. Did this with my honey and we kicked its butt.
I really like kenpo - it's challenging from a skill standpoint and I'm not the most agile grasshopper. I can see why it's not the MOST difficult of the series, but still, I get a rockin' sweat going. Those kicks are tough for an inflexible old coot like me. But I feel like I'm getting better and more height on my kicks as time goes on. My legs are getting "tougher", if that makes sense.
Don't think I'll be P90Xing tomorrow; 3 on - 1 off is good enough for me. But I'll see how I feel. It's more about keeping it going.
I'm not watching my diet TOO strictly. Eating ~relatively~ clean, but not denying myself anything in moderation. I'm not a huge junkeater to start with; I like what I like, but for example, if I have ice cream it's maybe a couple smaller scoops, and not every day. I had ice cream the other day for the first time in maybe a month. My downfall is carbs-I like carbs and they're easy and fast. I've tried to up my protein, though. I figure maybe our first pass thru, I won't get too hung up on diet-small changes first.
I'll see how I feel at 7ish tonight, but I might just crank out shoulders and arms tonight. I'm feeling good, not blasted, and I know tomorrow night's going to be impossible to get anything done, so it's tonight or bust until Thursday, 10-1. Friday is football night so that's out. So it's looking like tonight, Thursday then Saturday. I'm gettin' my rhythm on with this routine.
At some point I am going to get some measurements, but quite honestly, it's not even about that at this point...it's about getting in the garage 3-4 times a week. I do that, the measurements will be there. I don't, they won't.
I have to be totally honest; this wasn't one of my better workouts. I like chest and back better at this point.
I think this is maybe the third time I've done the workout and my poundages weren't what they should have been. I couldn't really get in a rhythm and could never get to the point where I felt I was jamming. A lot of the moves are flye-type moves which don't call for a lot of weight so sometimes I feel like a sissy man using lighter poundages. And I got off to a late start last night (it was after 7 when we started) and I felt like I was running around tying to round up all the proper equipment and get off the line before it got too late.
I did OK, it's a workout, it's in the books but it's not one of my more stellar ones. (I must have done SOMETHING, though, because I'm sore this morning...or should I call it 'stimulated').
On a positive note: I LOVE those one arm side pushups that we do in the last series of the workout. Man, I feel every rep and I don't know why I haven't done these before now. They should be a staple in anyone's triceps workout!
Side note - as an improvement, I'm thinking of creating my own pre-printed workout forms with the exercises so I don't have scribble this down every time. That's right folks: I don't have the entire P90X program so I don't have the log I think they give you. SO I need to create something in Excel and keep it in my workout binder so I know what I did. Writing down 20-odd exercises at 7:05 pm when you're trying to get started in your workout is NOT conducive to a good workout, I'll say that much.
It's time for a day off. Four in a row is new territory for me and I was feeling it last night and this morning. Gotta take a day off and will hit it tomorrow night with something - not sure what - maybe legs and back.
IF I could scan my workout sheet scribbles that I make on notebook paper, I would.
After the workout, my honey and I watched "Biggest Loser", which made me feel great knowing that I've got 4 workouts in this week. That's right, 4-for-4. PS: I know some people view this show as a joke, and reality TV gets old, but I find the show oddly and unusually motivating to me, so that is why I watch. Somehow watching 350 to 400 pound men running on treadmills and sweating while Jillian and Bob yell at them makes me want to do more and be more. So, I continue to watch.
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Legs and back tonight.
Tonight's workout left me gassed. I don't know why but I didn't have much gas tonight. I thought with the layoff I'd have tons of energy and be busting out squats and lunges like no one's business..instead my legs felt like rolled up newspapers and I had the intensity of a drunk elephant the day after New Year's.
I was drenched in sweat, but this wasn't one of my better workouts. I felt like I was lunging all over the place like an out of shape 57 year old insurance salesman with a toupee and a bad paunch. I know I'm 46, but I don't sell insurance and don't have a toupee. The paunch, well, I didn't think I had one of those, either, but Tony made me feel like I did.
I won't beat myself up too badly, but I don't know if it was too long a layoff, or not enough of one...but I felt like I didn't have it tonight. I actually got mad and slammed down some equipment tonight in frustration!! Not sure what to make of that.
I'm thinking Kenpo's the plan for tonight. I don't feel quite as destryed his morning as I thought I would - but still, tons of squats and lunges aren't in my future today, I don't think.
I could do chest and back, but that involves a lot of pullups, which we just did last night. I'd rather pass on a hefty number of pullups and come back to C&B maybe either tomorrow night or maybe later in the week.
If you haven't noticed, we kind of do the routines in our own order. We do them all, but not in the prescribed order, if there is one.
Legs sore, calves not so much-what's up with that?
Kenpo tonight with my sweetheart.
Boy, we kicked some butt tonight!
Felt 150% better tonight. I think I got some rest and some calories in me which helped me tonight. You know how you sometimes get a "good" sweat going versus a "bad" sweat? A "bad" sweat is cold, clammy, doesn't feel good kind of feeling...well, tonight was a "good" sweat night. Felt like the intensity was there and I had something in the tank this time. Felt like an athlete tonight.
I'd like to know how many calories we burn in this Kenpo routine...it's got to be something nice.
All in all, a great workout...and got my freaking legs loosened up a bit, also!
Don't know if tomorrow's on or off...we have gymnastics class for my youngest, so that usually means it's a rest night. But we'll see how we feel, and maybe if we're feeling frisky, we'll do "Bob" which is a short 30 minute video but gets the sweat flowing and the heart a-pumpin'.
On to "Biggest Loser" TV tonight. Hope it's not another cryfest. Show us the dang workouts and Bob and Jillian, and don't spend 45 minutes on the weigh-ins! That's my input for the show's producers.
Rest night. No workout today. I'm pretty sore.
I probably ~should~ have done some cardio to work out the kinks, but I'm going to be back on the horse tomorrow night. I think it's going to be C&B, but we'll see how it plays out. And it doesn't look like Friday night will involve a football game, since Stow plays in Lakewood (which is like an hour away) so I could fit in plyo on Friday, good Lord willing.
Thinking intermediate term, I'm really liking this program. It's not about busting huge weights, and I've not added any bonus sets of conventional barbell and DB exercises at the end, but I like how I am feeling. Every workout leaves me soaked in sweat and I've got the feeling that I've accomplished something worthwhile. You can't really ask for much more than that, can you? Not in my world.
Plus, I like the variety it offers. No getting stale.
With that said, I don't see any reason why this couldn't be the program to get me thru this winter. This'll be good for fighting winter blob, and the metabolic aspect of it will keep the engines firing all winter and ready to come out of the gate in spring. No reason I couldn't add a cardio day and maybe some bonus weight work at the end if time allows. But in and of itself, I think it's a good program. It sure beats set after set of bench press, bent rows, curls, etc followed by 40 minutes of mind-numbing exercise on the exercise bike! Altho, I'm reserving the right to go back to that at some point just to stay on a first name basis with the bike.
Sounds like a plan. Plus I like that it allows me time working out with my honey and you can't ask for more there, either.
Chest & back tonight.
For some reason it wasn't a great workout, maybe I just wasn't there mentally, but I only did one round.
I think one mistake I made was, I burned out like 30 pushups on my first set of pushups, feeling like a monster, and I was kind of burnt thru the rest of the workout. I did ~ok~ but didn't have my usual fire. I stopped after one round, figuring something was better than nothing.
Came down with a serious bug this past weekend. I'm going to be down for a while, gang. This one's nasty and it's my "twice-a-year crud". Chest cough, sore muscles, slight fever, coughing like crazy and watery eyes. Missed work with this, which I almost NEVER do.
Anyhow, when I'm back online I'll get back to P90X. First I have to focus on survival!
This was a nasty bug I had. I've actually been "better" since about Monday, but I'm still shaking off the after-effects of this respiratory illness I had - still coughing and spluttering around.
I'll be back on the horse soon, maybe tonight or this weekend sometime.
Still here, folks, but I've been dormant for about 3 weeks. Still not right and while I was getting back on my feet, things went crazy at work.
I reeeallllly need to figure out how to fit everything in. I'm thinking heavy duty drugs may be the answer. Just kidding! I've never taken any kind of performace enhancing drug in my life and never would.
Well, I'll get back on the horse, but I don't know what I'll find once I start back in. :]
Still here. I'm enjoying some time off. Work's been crazy and I haven't had time to breathe. I'll be back into SOMETHING soon. Just getting my energy back and my mind right. Plus my yard has a foot of leaves and 3 acres of 'em, so do the math.
I'll be back on the program soon but first I've gotta do triage.
Man, it's been a LOOOONNNG layoff...six weeks, by my math. October 8 was my last prior workout, and I felt it last night.
C&B isn't especially hard - more workmanlike than anything else - just plug your way thru - but I didn't know where my poundages would be, where my reps would be, or what I'd feel like. I only did one round, not wanting to bite off too much, too soon. I was kinda gassed.
I had the real swine flu about a month or so ago, and I can definitely feel its after effects. It's taken me some serious recovery time, and my appetite is just now starting to come back. For me, it was all respiratory-type ailments, but it's seemed to take a while to get it out of my system 100% and I think I'm still working on that.
It became immediately obvious that I'm not drinking enough water. I became almost instantly parched and couldn't get enough water in me, so in addition to feeling gassed from the layoff, I cut it short due to dehydration. It's just not worth going nuts the first time back, to me.
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