P90X Grouop to Finish the Year Strong

Give yoga another shot. It shouldn't be stressful. Just clear your mind, eliminate outside distractions and do your best. If you are going to skip anything, just skip Warrior Three and Half Moon. Do the Balance poses such as tree and royal dancer. I think you skipped just a bit too far in the video.

I feel better now. I think it was just an empty stomach thing. I plan to go back to making some home made granola again and having it first thing before I walk the dog in the morning. I usually push though the workout if I'm not feeling well. I do not want to get into the habit of making an excuse not to workout.

Day 6 - Kenpo X

Today's Kenpo workout went well considering I hadn't done it in several weeks. At first, I felt a little like I was in slow motion. Once got up to speed all was well. I was tossing my punches with authority and my kicks were pretty high. Total calorie burn was 763, right around my usual number for this workout. My glutes and hamstrings were definitely sore after Legs and Back yesterday. That Saunders Cycle at the start was a little rough. But doing the workout got me loosened up and feeling better.

Kenpo will seem a little complicated to some of you who are seeing it for the first time. Don't worry, you will get the hang of it quickly. Tony is a little crazy in this one. He asks "what's your heart rate" while you are in the middle of throwing punches. He then mentions that he has a heart rate of 164 after Star Blocks. Never have I gotten my heart rate that high after Star Blocks.

I hope everyone made it through the first week in good shape. I highly recommend X Stretch tomorrow. It feels really good on your tight muscles. You'll recognize a lot of the stretches too.

Day 8 - Cheat and Back, ARX

I decided to bring it a little more this round, so I am using push up bars. They really do make the push ups harder. My rep count is down a bit from last round, but I am certainly feeling the workouts. My chest gets sore just form the first set of moves. I upped my weights on Back Flys since my workout sheet had a note to try the larger weights. They felt good and I'm glad I knew to do that. I felt pretty tired my second trip through today though.I matched some first round reps, but fell back on others. ARX was nothing special. Fifer Scissors and I are not on speaking terms right now. They don't like me and I don't like them. My arch-nemesis, V-Up/Roll ups went down swinging this morning. One day I would like to be able to knock out ARX without much effort.

t's a bit of a late post this morning. I took my chilly walk (40 degrees here this morning) with the dog around 5:30 this morning. I got back in the house, tried to warm up a bit and then did my Plyo. I had a check up at the doctor this morning, so I had to fast. That mean nothing to eat after Plyo. I think I subconsciously knew that and took Plyo slightly easier. I ended up with a calorie burn of 923 calories, about 70 or more less than I usually do. My heart rate monitor never beeped at me either, another first.

After doing so many TurboFire workouts, Plyo almost seems slow by comparison. It is intense for sure and still tough, but it just seems a bit slower. Also, Plyo has taught us one very important lesson; Frodo failed and Tony has the ring.

The run squat moves are still the toughest for me. I am really trying to concentrate this round on keeping my back straight and my butt down. I'm also trying to get more air when I make those turns. Mary Katherines are still tough. I have a hard time getting a deep lunge with my front leg while not tipping over.

My blood pressure was 110/70 and my heart rate/pulse was 64. Not bad at all for a 40 year old guy that was hungry and finished Plyo about 90 minutes earlier. I'm anxious to see what the blood tests say. The doctor was impressed with the weight loss and numbers. Their scale was four pounds high, so I had to let him know about that.

mmhenry - Do that yoga. I like to have a quiet environment when i do mine too. Too bad there isn't an easy way to quiet the fan down.

MommaFuhrer - Cardio X is a nice little workout. The pushups in Chest, Shoulder and Triceps are pretty tough. They still toss me for a loop. Just do what you can, take a break, then try a couple more.

pmcder - Good to hear you love Plyo. I don't look forward to the video, but I always feel great when i complete it.

mbody - Kepp trying the Diamond pushups, you might surprise yourself and get one done. Also, try to do your first push p from your toes, then switch to your knees. You won't get better at them until you try them. Good to hear the soreness was better this week. I still get pretty sore after Plyo and Legs and Back though.

It's funny to see two very different opinions of the same workout back to back. At least you both like yoga if I remember correctly.