Starting Weight: 177.0
Starting Body Fat: 19.6%
The plan was to give myself 4 weeks off, and starting around the first of the year but I was getting antsy. Last night I did Holiday Horton, a 17 minute workout, which I'd never done before, from the One on One series. I was still debating on whether to get started today, but decided to do so.
One thing I'm going to add to my notes is my Intensity (how hard did I go after it), and my Form (how well could I physically do the moves). I'm going to subjectively give myself a number from 1 to 10, based on how I felt I did each day. I'm probably going to be harder on myself than I should, but that's because I always think there is room for improvement.
MONDAY - DECEMBER 24, 2018 - P90X2 - X2 Core
This is the first time I've done X2 since doing Month Three of the One On One's which were the tests for X2. I remember hating the One On One version of this one. This was a little better, but not much. I stumbled a lot, especially on the one-legged moves. I did however, do 8 of the Dreya Rolls with the Medicine Ball with very little problem, For some reason, I couldn't do any during the One On One's. One complaint here. The warmup on the X2 workouts is pretty much the same for each workout, and I hate it. Today's was 17 minutes long, which is ridiculous.
Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 262; Avg Heart Rate: 121; Intensity: 6/10; Form 3/10.
TUESDAY - DECEMBER 25, 2018 - P90X2 - Plyocide
There are a few moves her which require some balance, and I sucked at them, but I tried. This isn't my favorite workout, but I got it done. I'm also not a fan of the Neuro Integrated Stretches at the end, and to be totally honest, I'm not sure Tony is either. Just his body language. I'm coming off a few rounds of the One On One's which are direct, hard-core workouts, and I'm feeling like I'm getting thrown into some scientific mumbo-jumbo workouts that may or may work. I've been through X2 twice before and got OK results, but I don't want to lose what I've done for the last 9 or 10 months.
Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 311; Avg Heart Rate: 124; Intensity: 7/10; Form: 6/10.
WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 26, 2018 - P90X2 - Recovery and Mobility
I generally like Recovery workouts, and I do like this one, but I've just never personally gotten the foam roller. I have both kinds, the smooth one, and the rumble roller with the spikes. I don't know if I'm not doing it properly, but I can't seem to find the "knots", so I spend most of that time going through the motions, hoping I can find one. I did OK on the stretches. The only thing I had problems with was the one legged balance reach down thingys. I just can't balance on one leg, let alone reaching down and across my body while doing so. However, I do appreciate the structure of this routine.
Time: 57 minutes; Calories Burned: 99; Avg Heart Rate: 93; Intensity: 5/10; Form: 7/10.
THURSDAY - DECEMBER 27, 2018 - P90X2 - X2 Total Body
Twelve moves working six parts of the body, then repeat those twelve, but balancing on the other leg if necessary. I balanced on the left leg during the first half, then balanced on the right leg during the second half. I mostly used 15 lb weights throughout, except I used 25's on the first set of one armed Balancing Chest Presses, and upped it to 30's on the second set. This is a frustrating work out for me because I can't balance on one leg. On those moves I feel like I'm getting nothing out of the balance component and getting nothing of of the weight component, because the weights are so light. This frustration caused my effort to flounder a bit. I didn't fight for more reps because it seemed pointless.
Time: 63 minutes; Calories Burned: 286; Avg Heart Rate: 114; Intensity: 5/10; Form: 4/10.
FRIDAY - DECEMBER 28, 2018 - P90X2 - X2 Yoga
I was looking forward to this one a bit. I hadn't done it in four years, but I remembered I didn't mind it. The only thing I really remembered about it were the Single, Double, Triple Warrior One sequences, but I didn't remember them going so fast. I'd also remembered the Happy Cow move was in it, but ironically it was only an alternative to Pigeon, so I didn't even do it. My mind was right throughout. There were still a few moves I couldn't do properly, notably the Warrior 3's into Half Moons, and the reach under your leg and grab your wrist move. Other than that I was OK. I was happy with it.
Time: 67 minutes; Calories Burned: 157; Avg Heart Rate: 105; Intensity: 9/10; Form: 8/10.
SATURDAY - DECEMBER 29, 2018 - P90X2 - Balance + Power
More core-centric work, which is the purpose of this program. When I was finished, I realized I was trying harder that I thought I was when doing the workout. There were moves where I couldn't do as many as they were, simply because of my lack of balance. There were also a number of moves on the stability ball where I was doing less, because I was losing my balance there too, but that's part of the adaption process. So, it really wasn't a lack of effort. It was a lack of being able to do things. I was really gassed a few times, and even paused it for a minute or two midway through.
Time: 62 minutes; Calories Burned: 307; Avg Heart Rate: 117; Intensity: 7/10 Form: 4/10.
SUNDAY - DECEMBER 30, 2018 - P90X2 - Ab Ripper 2
After doing 25 to 45 minute ab routines in the One On One series, this one felt relatively easy to me. I came out of the last move twice, and came out of Scissor Clapper one because I thought it was only 20 reps, but other than that I went all the way through OK.
Time: 16 minutes; Calories Burned: 32; Avg Heart Rate: 97; Intensity: 8/10; Form: 8/10.
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 177.6 (+0.6 lbs)
Body Fat: 17.5% (-0,1%)
No concerns. I really don't want to be losing weight every week.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
I was getting great results with the One On Ones, which were more P90X-esque than this program, which is mostly core work. I wanted to do something different because I didn't want to get tired of the One On One's, so I chose this. I didn't really like most of the workouts this week, but I'm think I'll still get results, just maybe not as noticeable on the outside.
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