My entire Hybrid Schedule
My Story
MONDAY - JUNE 17, 2013 - P90X - Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps
I'm back at it after taking last week off to recover from my brief sickness. This starts the third and final month of the 90 day Hybrid and this month is going to be really tough. I can tell. There's very few "easy" workouts in the next 4 weeks. Today's workout went well. I got through it without the overwhelming fatigue I'd been feeling about 10 days ago. As I'm typing this about 15 minutes after finishing the workout, my arms are trembling a bit. I did Ok on the pushup moves but not great. I don't think I beat any of my pushup numbers from the last few times I did this workout in January, but I did match many of them. I was using 25 lbs on the triceps moves early on, but I noticed a little over halfway through that I was struggling with that weight and losing form, so I dropped down to 20s on the last few sets. That seemed to work better. Overall, I'm happy I got through it OK. When I was putting away the weights, I noticed the Ab Ripper X section starting. I don't know how I used to do this workout (or any other for that matter), and then follow it up with Ab Ripper X. I guess I was younger in those days.
Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 586; Avg Heart Rate: 128; Max Heart Rate: 215.
TUESDAY - JUNE 18, 2013 - P90X - Plyometrics
I think I'm getting back to normal. I was a bit sore after yesterday's workout, but nothing unusual Today's Plyo workout went well. I wasn't really crashing at any point. I did modify the Hot Foot move. Because I have no spring in my foot, I'm landing flat-footed, and it simply kills my knees, especially my left one, and I see no benefit in that. I did some sort of a hop-skip thingy instead. The last two or three days I've been eating like crap, craving junk food, Diet Pepsi, etc. Again, it's stress, but I need to control it. I'm actually feeling pretty good because I've been working out again, but the garbage eating will catch up to me sooner or later if I don't stop it.
Time: 58 minutes; Calories Burned: 649; Avg Heart Rate: 130; Max Heart Rate: 157.
WEDNESDAY - JUNE 19, 2013 - P90X - Back and Biceps
This one wore me out. I haven't done too much pure weightlifting during this Hybrid, so on a few of the bicep moves I backed down 5 lbs from the last time I did this workout in January. Overall, I did OK. I started the final Strip Set move with 40s, but I had to put down the weights after 4 reps, wait a few seconds, then pick them up again and finish the final 4 reps. The rest of the set I finished without having to stop. I didn't do well on the pullups, as anticipated, because I haven't done pullups in a month. I didn't even do one towel pullup. I can't get the grip down. I'm finding myself a bit sore from the last two days. Certainly more sore than I was yesterday. Trying to eat better.
Time: 51 minutes; Calories Burned: 546; Avg Heart Rate: 127; Max Heart Rate: 165.
THURSDAY - JUNE 20, 2013 - P90X - Yoga X
I can't say I was looking forward to today's 92 minute Yoga session, but I wasn't dreading it either. I was pretty relaxed going into it. There's some days when I'm doing "angry" Yoga, but today wasn't one of those days. I concentrated on keeping my big toe off the ground to stabilize my ankles on the poses in the first half on the workout, and it seemed to work. My ankles weren't rolling in like they usually do, and I wasn't losing my balance as much. Plus, it helped with my form in general. I even did OK on the balance poses to start the second half of the workout. It was somewhat encouraging.
Time: 92 minutes; Calories Burned: 698; Avg Heart Rate: 109; Max Heart Rate: 137.
FRIDAY - JUNE 21, 2013 - P90X - Legs and Back
A bit uneventful workout. I did 64 pullups total, which is way off my high, but 6 more than I did in Week 1 of the Hybrid. Again, I haven't been doing a lot of them lately. I'm weak on them to begin with, but even weaker when my muscles aren't constantly being trained. On most of the leg exercises using weights, I used 15's. I normally use 20's, but I grabbed the 15s and didn't feel like pausing and going back and getting the 20's. I also grabbed a set of dumbells that were 38 lbs each, for use in the Calf Raises, but after the first set of those I thought I might drop them on my foot, so I went back to the 15's for the final two sets. Overall, it was a good, solid workout.
Time: 59 minutes; Calories Burned: 582; Avg Heart Rate: 123; Max Heart Rate: 155.
SATURDAY - JUNE 22, 2013 - P90X - Kenpo X
I'm still eating poorly, so I didn't have a lot of energy for the workout today. It wasn't bad. It just wasn't as good as it could have been. I saw an interview with Beachbody CEO Carl Daikeler at Summit today. He mentioned you need a reason for putting yourself through all this. I knew that, but think I've lost my focus along the way. Sometimes (especially lately) I think I'm just going through the motions. I used to be excited about the weight losses. Now that I've plateaued weight wise, I need to find a new reason. Eating better is definitely something I can and need to concentrate on. I just need to come up with a workable plan.
Time: 59 minutes; Calories Burned: 434; Avg Heart Rate: 107; Max Heart Rate: 134
SUNDAY - JUNE 23, 2013 - P90X - Ab Ripper X and Weigh In
AB RIPPER X
Nothing special about today's Ab Ripper. I wasn't really into it, so I didn't do a lot of extra moves. Again, I stopped at 50 Mason Twists. As usual, I did it without the DVD and took my time.
Time: 19 minutes; Calories Burned: 155; Avg Heart Rate: 111; Max Heart Rate: 143.
WEIGH IN
Old Scale: Weight: 175.6; Body Fat: 22.4%. A loss of .3 lbs and .1% Body Fat.
New Scale: Weight: 189.8; Body Fat: 19.9%. A gain of 1.8 lbs and .2% Body Fat
Totally ridiculous that the figures between the two scales are that far apart. I'm tending to think the new one is more accurate because of the way I ate this week. But I'm still tracking things on the old scale because it's the one I've been using for the last five years, and it gives me a better frame of reference from where I started. I'll keep using both until the end of the Hybrid, then get myself weighed at my Health Clinic on a doctor's scale to see which one is more accurate. Either way, I need to commit to eating better. Despite what the scales say, I know I didn't eat well this week and I feel heavy and sluggish. Plus I'm getting a bit of a belly.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
It felt good to get back into it after the week off, but I've been annoyingly sore since Wednesday. I'm making a commitment to myself to eat better.
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