WEEK OF 08/28/2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - ROUND 6 - WEEK 11

I took a week off. I got home from work last Monday and got quite sick. I couldn't do the workout, which has only happened a few times (twice that I remember) since I started this in 2008. I was in bed at 7:30. My body was feeling beat up to begin with, so I decided to take the entire week off to let myself recover physically and mentally.

MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Chest, Back, and Balls

I turned 66 today. I've had a few health issues the past few years. In early 2021 I found out I was diabetic, which I seem to have under control, and during some testing also found out I have a hereditary disease call Charcot Marie Tooth ("CMT"), which is a form of neuropathy. I can't feel my feet. Doctors don't know if it's from the diabetes or from the CMT. It really doesn't matter. It's there. I can't jump straight up or spring off my feet at all. One day I could do things, it seemed like a few weeks later I couldn't. I just deal with it. Some of the Plyo and Cardio workouts, which I had always taken from granted, are now almost impossible, so I do the best I can, and find ways to modify. It can get frustrating at times, but I don't feel sorry for myself. I don't think I've posted any of that stuff here before.

Now that that is out of the way, today's workout went pretty well. I hadn't been able to do Four Ball Pushups on any of the workouts, but today I was able to get in 20. I was also able to get 12 of the Three Ball Side to Side Plyo Pushups, whereas before I could hardly do any. The one downfall was that I wasn't able to get in any of the "Possible" Pushups. I just couldn't get into it and decided not to force it and possibly hurt myself. I did all pullups with the pullup assist, and did eight on most sets. The week off really had me refreshed. I hadn't charged my heart monitor watch, so I don't have those numbers.

Start Time: 7:25 pm; Workout Time: 60 minutes; Calories Burned: ???; Avg Heart Rate: ???.


TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Plyocide

I did what I could. A lot of modifying, as I can't get off my feet. But I didn't skip it!

Start Time: 8:00 pm; Workout Time: 66 minutes; Calories Burned: 356; Avg Heart Rate: 99.


WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Rest

Once again, I wasn't feeling well and didn't have the strength to do a workout


THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Yoga: MC2

I still wasn't feeling great, but knew I really needed to get back at it. This one is just long and tedious. I got through it with a lot of modifications. My heart rate and calories burned were a lot higher than usual for this routine. Not sure why, unless I was working harder because I'm still feeling a bit weak.

Start Time: 7:50 pm; Workout Time: 66 minutes; Calories Burned: 524; Avg Heart Rate: 115.


FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Base and Back

8 pullups on each set with the pullup assist, and poor effort on the plyo moves. Even though I can't really get off the ground anymore, I wasn't reaching to the floor on a lot of the moves like he was. I was still gassed at the end though.

Start Time: 8:05 pm; Workout Time: 51 minutes; Calories Burned: 275; Avg Heart Rate: 103.


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Total Body X

This is a shorter workout. One of Tony's UCML's (Upper/Cardio/Middle/Lower). There are a few tough moves, but the rest are OK. I got through it all right.

Start Time: 8:20 pm; Workout Time: 42 minutes; Calories Burned: 343; Avg Heart Rate: 118.


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Shoulders and Arms: MC2 and ARX2

Shoulders and Arms: MC2
This was a makeup from Wednesday's missed workout. I'd thought about skipping it entirely, but knew deep inside that I didn't really want to. The problem was that I didn't know when I was going to be able to make it up, as one workout a day was wearing on me, let alone two. I have a fantasy football draft late morning today. I woke up early, felt good, and got it done. I'm so glad I did. I feel great afterwards. I used the same weights and reps I did last week, except I didn't do the first set of Crazy 8's with 20's. I stuck to the 15's I finished up last week with. I also increased my weight from 30 to 40 on the Stability Ball Overhead Tricep Extensions with no problem. I'll get in ARX2 later tonight, and I'll be caught up..

Start Time: 8:00 am; Workout Time: 58 minutes; Calories Burned: 431; Avg Heart Rate: 115.

ARX2
It was tiring because it's long, but I did OK. My form wasn't always perfect, but I don't think I modified anything..

Start Time: 8:45 pm; Workout Time: 45 minutes; Calories Burned: 198; Avg Heart Rate: 95.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 153.0 (-2.2 lbs)
Body Fat: 12.4% (-0.1)

I'm starting to get a little concerned abut the weight drop. I wasn't feeling good earlier in the week nd didn't feel like eating for a few days, so that might have had something to do with it, but I'm still going to keep an eye on things.


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

These Volume Three workouts are long and tough. They're wearing me out a bit and aren't things I can get through if I'm feeling a bit weak. That's one reason I took last week off and also this Wednesday. However, I do feel abit stronger. I'm just going to do my best and push through.

WEEK OF 08/14/2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - ROUND 6 - WEEK 10

MONDAY - AUGUST 14, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - UBX

This one is sneaky tough. I did pretty good. I modified a few things, like the Chatarockers. I couldn't really do too much with the Three Ball Burpees, as it's tough for me to get my foot back on the ball and balance again, once I've removed it. I certainly broke a good sweat.

Start Time: 7:50 pm; Workout Time: 60 minutes; Calories Burned: 391; Avg Heart Rate: 108.


TUESDAY - AUGUST 15, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Core Synergistics: MC2

Probably my least favorite workout of the One On Ones. Core Synergistics was also my least favorite P90X workout. I can't balance too much anymore, certainly not of one foot, so I had to modify a whole lot. Sometimes I did one-footed moves with both feet, like on the two burpee moves. I substituted the Dreya Rolls with a ball with V-Ups with a med ball. I felt I would getter better results doing something rather than doing zero reps on something that wasn't going to happen. I still don't like the workout, but maybe next time I'll look at it as more of a challenge by finding comparable things I can do, 

Start Time: 7:50 pm; Workout Time: 67 minutes; Calories Burned: 341; Avg Heart Rate: 98.


WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 16, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - V Sculpt

I started very late. I used 25's on a lot of the bicep moves, but they were feeling really heavy. The pullup moves were all done with the pullup assist, usually getting in eight reps a set. Overall, it went OK. Certainly not a waste of time.

Start Time: 7:50 pm; Workout Time: 56 minutes; Calories Burned: 383; Avg Heart Rate: 110.


THURSDAY - AUGUST 17, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Yoga: MC2

I just took it one move at a time. I'm starting to realize that works better than watching the clock and dreading how much longer this is going to take. A couple move I can't do, so I don't, and I don't beat myself up over it. I do what I can. I also wasn't doing a lot of pushups in between upward dog and downward dog. I was much fresher because of that.

Start Time: 8:40 pm; Workout Time: 66 minutes; Calories Burned: 413; Avg Heart Rate: 103.


FRIDAY - AUGUST 18, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - PAP

Bad day at golf. Very cold, and I was feeling the effects of it most of the day. I wasn't looking forward to the workout. I sat through the majority of his warmup moves, which took about 20 minutes. I realize it was part of the workout, and maybe ever harder than the actual workout, but I had a bad attitude about it. I just wanted to get to the actual PAP portion and get it done. I ended up modifying most of the moves because I physically can't do them as is anymore. I held onto a chair during the Forward to Back Lunges. I jumped from side to side on the Plyo jumps because I can't jump straight up anymore. I didn't raise my leg on the side planks. I did the Plyo Pushups on my knees. On the Four Ball Chaturanga holds, I only used two balls. I tried using four, but my feet kept sliding off the rear balls because I can't feel them. I just modified when I had to.

Start Time: 7:00 pm; Workout Time: 69 minutes; Calories Burned: 280; Avg Heart Rate: 92.


SATURDAY - AUGUST 19, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Stretch and Recovery

I wasn't really into it. There were a few stretches I didn't feel like doing for one reason or another, so I foam rolled my back (with the Rumble Roller) a bit instead of those moves. Overall it was OK.

Start Time: 4:55 pm; Workout Time: 69 minutes; Calories Burned: 339; Avg Heart Rate: 98.


SUNDAY - AUGUST 20, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - ARX2

This went OK. I did 20 reps on each of the moves.

Start Time: 8:40 pm; Workout Time: 45 minutes; Calories Burned: 172; Avg Heart Rate: 90.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 158.2 (-2.2 lbs)
Body Fat: 13.6% (-0.5%)


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

Some tough workouts, but I got through them.

WEEK OF 08/07/2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - ROUND 6 - WEEK 9

MONDAY - AUGUST 7, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Chest, Back, and Balls 

Starting month three and Volume 3. These workouts were the testing grounds for P90X2 and are all long and tough. I struggled a bit with the ball workouts in month two, but did a little better today, which was a bit encouraging. I was actually able to do a few plyo reps on the balls. Not as many as in the past, which was last in 2020, but more than last month. I used the pullup assist on the pullups.

Start Time: 6:55 pm; Workout Time: 60 minutes; Calories Burned: 427; Avg Heart Rate: 112.


TUESDAY - AUGUST 8, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Plyocide

I physically can't jump "up" anymore because of the nerve damage in my feet, so I thought this was going to be a worthless workout. However, that didn't turn out to be the case. There were plenty of moves where I couldn't get up, but I tried, sometimes just getting my heels barely off the floor. I modified when I could, or just changed the move. I did Heisman's instead of the one foot hop move. Overall, I was happy with what I did. I didn't just give up. I made it work. 

Start Time: 7:50 pm; Workout Time: 66 minutes; Calories Burned: 412; Avg Heart Rate: 104.


WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 9, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Shoulders and Arms MC2

Nothing new here, but it can wear on you. I did what I thought I could do weight wise and did get through it OK. My weights were a bit less on some moves than 3 years ago, but i was still feeling a bit of pump at the end.

Start Time: 8:00 pm; Workout Time: 58 minutes; Calories Burned: 412; Avg Heart Rate: 115.


THURSDAY - AUGUST 10, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Yoga: MC2

I was dreading this one. I remember I never liked it. It was always too confusing with no flow and seemed to go on forever. It wasn't as bad as I thought, but I still felt it had no flow, and it went on forever. He just kept adding stuff at the end just to add it. He kept saying "one more", then went on for 15 minutes after that. I tried to keep an open mind and take it move for moves, and that seemed to help. I modified a lot on things I can no longer do, but didn't feel bad about it. I just did what I could, which is all I can do.

Start Time: 8:05 pm; Workout Time: 66 minutes; Calories Burned: 432; Avg Heart Rate: 105.


FRIDAY - AUGUST 11, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Base and Back

I did all pullups with the pullup assist and did 8 reps each time. I had to modify most of the plyo moves. On a lot of them I just tried to jump up, but only really got me heels off the floor.

Start Time: 8:45 pm; Workout Time: 51 minutes; Calories Burned: 267; Avg Heart Rate: 99.


SATURDAY - AUGUST 12, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Total Body X

Not real good. I wasn't in the mood, couldn't do many of the moves the way he was doing them, so I dogged it a bit, even doing a lot less reps than I had in the past.

Start Time: 8:30 pm; Workout Time: 42 minutes; Calories Burned: 221; Avg Heart Rate: 98.


SUNDAY - AUGUST 13, 2023 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - ARX2

I got through the moves. There are a few at the end that are kind of funky. I did what I could with them.

Start Time: 8:30 pm; Workout Time: 45 minutes; Calories Burned: 185; Avg Heart Rate: 93.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 160.4 (+3.4 lbs)
Body Fat: 14.1% (+0.7%)

This is approximately where I was two weeks ago. I was expecting to bounce back.


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

I was a bit nervous going into the week because I know Volume 3 is tough, and there are no easier workouts. I got through it OK, even with some modifications.