P90X Day 9
Started off the day with a protein shake. I am actually starting to enjoy them. I even made this one myself this morning (usually I ask Jen to get up and make them, I’m not too good at cooking and stuff). But they taste good and it’s a hell of a lot better than the other crap I used to eat for breakfast, if I even ate breakfast. For lunch I had the shrimp stir fry with cashews. I think I like this stuff better than take out chinese. My stomach doesn’t feel like ass afterwards. My day was good. It was very very stuffy. I inhaled my fair share of diesel fumes today. We had a lot of them in the shop and it just seemed to be in the air all day. It didn’t help that it was hot as hell in the garage. Couldn’t wait to get out because Jen said she was making a turkey roast for dinner. I must say our meals are sounding a lot better these days!
Plyometrics was just like last week. Very in your face and has got to be the hardest workouts in P90X. Very tough on the legs during lunges and jumping. I do notice there is still a burn in my arms from yesterday’s workout, but not as bad as last week. I feel my body becoming used to this kind of training. Did a lot better with the rock start jumps this week. I am paying more attention to their forms and trying to keep it clean. Now that I have kind of an idea of what is happening I can pay more attention to the small things. Just like last week, you really need a towel and water. You’ll see in my video how this exercise will leave you soaked. Other than that I feel great. I feel much more full of energy and I will be better for tomorrow’s workout. I chose not to get the recovery drink tonight. I don’t want to pack things on if I don’t need it. So until tomorrow!!!!!
P90X Day 2
Had my strawberry and banana protein shake for breakfast. I had a P90X Recovery Drink for my morning snack. For lunch I had homemade, low sodium vegetable soup. My afternoon snack was 3 lowfat cheese sticks. 3 cheese sticks seemed like a hell of a lot but I ate them anyway. Later on that afternoon I got a call from my wife. Our van was towed because she parked on the wrong side of the street during a street cleaning day. $170 later she got the van back. After all that she came back to the shop to make sure there was no damage done to the van when it was towed. Like I said before, I’m a mechanic and I wanted to make sure they didn’t bugger up my front end. To top it all off I only made a few hours at work. Being a flat rate technician can sometimes be tricky, that’s why you have to constantly being moving. You don’t make no money sitting on your ass. I did notice leaving work today that my upper body actually strated feeling sore. I can only assume this was from yesterday’s workout. I usually do a lot with my arms and back at work, but this was a different kind of hurt. So after ending that day we decided it would be good to treat ourselves to a little Applebee’s. No one felt like going home and making a big meal and doing dishes. But don’t worry, I ordered the Weight Watchers Garlic Herb Chicken Breast with broccoli and some small red potatoes. I ordered water instead of soda too. I’m a usual diet soda drinker on a daily basis. I figured water would be better for me and now with starting this program I’ve decided to cut way back on the soda. Perhaps treat myself a few times a week to a glass.
Came home after dinner and waited an hour and a half and then started day 2 which was Plyometrics. WOW!!!! Let me tell you something, you’re constantly moving. You’re legs pretty much don’t stop jumping and moving for the entire workout (other than a few small water breaks, but you’re still supposed to move around during those so you’re heart rate doesn’t drop). Even in the first 10 minutes of the workout I was already sweating and breathing heavily SOME ADVICE: KEEP BREATHING, TAKE THE BREAKS, KEEP DRINKING You’re going to need it as this is very intense. During the entire workout I was sweating a ton. When they changed the routine up (about every 30 secs to a minute) I had to keep wiping my face because I was drenched in sweat. Towards the end when you’re doing the one legged cross jump, my knees couldn’t take it because they’re not too sturdy thanks to years of mechanic work. I am really proud of myself though because I made it all the way through. And you’ll be hearing from me tomorrow as I start my day 3. And I definately got the recovery drink after the workout!……………AND A SHOWER!
