P90X Fat Man - Phase 2!

I struggled with Core today. I just felt zapped, and my form was sloppy. Now that my heart rate doesn't peak as often, I find that I work my muscles more. No more excuses to sit the last half of an exercise out.

But I was able to do three real Prison Cell push-ups today, which is progress!

Today was tough, but I just keep pressing play each day and I know I'll improve.

CardioX tomorrow!

Good job we are getting stronger everyday we workout.

Yes! Sticking with it is the key to progress!

I had a great CardioX day today! I was really strong and active. CardioX is still a routine that I need to pause after nearly every exercise, but I've noticed that my pause times are getting shorter. Often I'll finish the exercise just before my HRM kicks in but I'll still pause to get my heart rate further down into my zone and ready for the next exercise.

I did great on the Kenpo routines. I didn't have to pause at all. Yoga is getting a lot better too. I still struggle on kicking my foot up into runner's pose, but the rest of my vinyasas are getting stronger and more fluid. I'm doing a lot better on Plyo. I feel bouncier; less stepping more jumping, and I can make it all the way through the Swing Kicks routine now.

It's great thinking back to just over a month ago where these same routines totally kicked my butt. I'm already thinking about doing a second round of P90X when I'm done with this one.

Pretty exciting!

I'm glad you had an awesome time with cardioX today. Progress in health and what you find you can do is amazing, isn't it?

secret: I've done P90X a few times and I still have to readjust my knee into runners pose. I can get it 'so' far under me but then have to skip it forward to in between my feet.

It *is* amazing. I've been sort of peeking at my scale this week and my weight has even gone up a bit. But I'm totally cool with that because I sure feel stronger. I love doing this every day.

So today was CST again. And my triceps are on fire! I watched a video on the web about how to go from zero to 100 pushups. He talked about doing counter pushups if you can't do knee pushups well. Counter pushups are you standing at an angle and pushing against a counter.

So, it's kind of embarrassing to admit that I can't even do knee pushups well. But I swallowed my pride and tried the counter pushups. They were easier to start with and I could keep better form, and I started to fail when I hit 8-10 reps. So, I think I'm going to stick with these for a while. Maybe the better form of the counter pushups is why I feel it in my triceps.

Well, tomorrow is Yoga day! Looking forward to it!

My pants are definitely looser and shirts that were tight on me fit better now too. So, yeah, there's stuff going on for sure. It's probably water weight. It's been challenging keeping my sodium down recently.

But, like I said, I'm not worried. Fitness is my goal and today's workout was a pretty good example of that.

YogaX! I was able to make it through the strength section without triggering my HRM. And I really pushed myself with the form. I kept falling out of the one-legged warrior three and my legs were ablaze, but I pushed through it all. The balance poses were quite shaky after all that, but I did my best.

Also, last night I had a bit of insomnia and all this pent up energy, so I decided to do a late night CardioX. It didn't help the sleep this time, but man I sure felt great!

Legs and back tomorrow. I like this shift from trying to keep up to trying to do things well. I hope I can stay at this level.

Yeah, a mid-week rest day can make a lot of sense.

For pull-ups, I got a set of resistance bands off Amazon with a door mount. They are nice because they have clip on handles and you can use multiple ones together. So I use the three largest together and put some tape on the floor where I need to be kneeling and do them like that. It works really well for the time being and I think I have some room to grow, since I can still scoot further back for a bit.

Hey, whatever works, right? I just checked out the table pull-ups. That's pretty wild. Man, when I was a kid, snow days meant you got to be lazy, not workout! Great job sticking with it and getting that extra cardio in.

Legs and Back for me too today. The leg routines still get my heart pumping and there was one I had to quit early because of my HRM (I can't remember which one). I'm still heavily modifying wall squats, those are killer.

But I'm rocking the arm routines. At the current resistance I'm able to do 10-15 of each exercise.

You know, I'm not seeing a lot of progress currently as far as NSVs or even SVs go, and I emphasize "seeing". But that's fine because my goal is daily fitness, and I definitely do experience daily fitness.

Today even I was pretty stiff getting up this morning. And honestly, I had a bit of doubt creep in. "Man I'm sore and stiff, maybe I should just take the day off," I thought. But I quickly reminded myself that if I did that I wouldn't be fit for today. I wouldn't be taking care of myself the best I could. I stuck with it and now I feel so much better. Loosened up energized and ready to go for the day.

Tomorrow is my favorite, KenpoX!

Thanks everyone! I'm glad people are finding this encouraging! Yeah, keep at it Rev. I promise it gets easier, but you need to stick with it. Happy to light the fire!

And, I just finished week 6 of P90X!

XStretch was great as usual. I did have a strange pop that happened behind my knee when I was doing the Down Dog/Calf Stretch, but there's no pain and nothing looks weird, so I guess I'm ok. It kind of startled me though.

I weighed in today and was actually down 0.6 pounds! I'm actually quite happy with that as I feel like I've gained a lot of strength this week.

So, I'm almost to the halfway point! Looking forward to Core Synergistics tomorrow! It's a challenge for me, but the tough stuff is what changes me, so bring it!