I’m very pleased to announce that my first day back to P90X was a success! Not only did I wake up at a reasonably time, but I hopped right to it and started the lengthy 2 hours of exercise that I had planned for the day.
I wasn’t too thrilled about having to do the P90X workout, Ab Ripper X, and the scheduled Couch to 5K day, but I did.
Today was Chest, Shoulders and Triceps: a new workout to the program. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out which muscles this one works; it’s blatantly obvious from the title. It wasn’t so bad. I rather enjoyed it considering that the past two weeks had been kind of lazy. In this video, there are a lot of push-ups and dumbbells are used frequently as well. I was happy to feel the burn!
My favorite move from this video is something that I hadn’t actually tried before. As you already know, I began my first round of P90X in the garage whose temperature fluctuated only from frost bite cold to swelteringly hot. So, once I was in the garage, I was in the garage and strayed little from it until the workout was over. (I either needed to keep moving so that my appendages wouldn’t freeze or I just wanted to get it over with because it was so hot.) Regardless, I always forgot the grab the paper or plastic plate necessary for the move I am about to describe.
It’s a basic push-up except one hand is resting on a plate (or towel, as TH says is ok to use.) As you go down in the push-up, the hand on the plate moves away from you. As you come up in the push-up, your hand slides back toward you. You repeat this 5 times and then switch the plate to the other hand. It sounds rather easy but after a few reps, you start to feel the burn. I like it! (TH strictly discourages using a ceramic or glass plate.J)
After that hour was over, I trekked right through to Ab Ripper X. I didn’t do all of it because I am still unable to do all of it. The Oblique V-ups get me every time. Whenever I am balancing on my hips alone, they hurt!! I guess these babies are still so wide that the bone is the first thing to grate against the floor and I just can’t stand it. So, I skimped out and laced up my tennies.
With information gathered from the other day, I decided to Walk It Out today. I wasn’t about to go through another episode of Friday. So instead of running in intervals, I decided that I would walk at a brisk pace for 30 minutes. I burned about 300 calories and walked for nearly 2 miles (1.81 to be exact.) It was nice finish to my exercise for the day.
After getting home, I made myself make time to make my protein shake (I had been neglecting that after workouts for a while because I had gotten so busy.) I’m hoping to make myself do it from now on.
I was a little weary about today just for the fact that I didn’t think I’d be able to get back into as easily as I did. My mind was trying to psyche me out. Thankfully, it didn’t work and I’m on my way to 130, as has been my goal since January.
Hope you all have a blessed day. More to come tomorrow.
Signing Out,
It’s Possible!!
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