Archive for February, 2010
Day 12(R2): X Stretch
0I decided to switch workout today. Instead of Kenpo, I am doing tomorrow’s stretch. I’ll do Kenpo tomorrow. I was feeling more mellow today and since historically stretch has falled on Sundays for me it just felt like the better thing to do. I had one of my best stretch sessions yet. My legs felt really flexible today.
Day 11(R2): Legs & Back; Abs
0I worked out for a little over an hour today. I did the ab workout first, had a small breakfast and then went on to Legs & Back. I only did the first 12 exercises up to the first break. The next time I do this workout I’ll do the remaining ones. I did do the warmup and cool down so the whole Legs & Back routine still took nearly 40 minutes. I find myself pushing a little harder when I do these shortened workouts so I still feel I got a lot of benefit out of it.
Day 10(R2): Yoga X
0I had a good Yoga workout today. I was able to really focus which helped a lot with the balance postures that start the second half of the workout. My left leg is definitely more shaky than my right but I did pretty well on it. I made some adjustments with the yoga block which also made things easier.
I was pleasantly surprised with crane today. I was able to stay in that position for awhile. In fact when I realized how long I was in it, I guess I freaked myself out and fell out of it. But I jumped back in and held it a bit longer.
I’ve said it numerous times before, I just wish this workout was shorter. It just feels so neverending. Legs and Back and Abs tomorrow.
Day 9(R2): Shoulders & Arms; Abs
0Because I’ve been sick and not feeling great, I made a few adjustments to the schedule. Yesterday I felt really gross still and had no desire to tackle plyo for an hour. Instead, I opted to rest. This morning when I woke up I was feeling better so I decided to do the ab workout before going to work. I did pretty well with that although I was feeling kind of tired.
Tonight I did one set of the Shoulder & Arms workout. Since I did only the one set, I increased the weights on all of the individual exercises to make them extra intense. Surprisingly it still takes about 40 minutes or so to get just one set in, including the warmup and cooldown. Overall I was happy with today’s workouts despite getting over my cold.
Day 8(R2): Chest & Back; Abs
2My cold still rages on and my head feels gross but I thought maybe working out for a little bit might help get the juices flowing and push out some of the germs faster. I did the ab workout which is pretty short and then after a couple hours I did half of the Chest & Back workout, basically one set. I paused more than a few times to befriend my box of tissues but made it through alright.
Moving forward, in order to conserve a little time in my day, I plan on only doing the first set of the weight workouts. I’m trying to learn how to play guitar on top of everything else I need to get done so I have to shorten a few of the workouts a bit. I read that you get 80% of the benefit in the first set anyway so I don’t think I will be losing too much. We’ll see how that goes. Besides, it’s muscle confusion so mixing it up like that might be a good thing.
Now if I can kick this cold I’ll be much happier and productive.
Day 7(R2): X Stretch
0I tweaked something in my neck and upper back during my off week that is still bothering me. I aggravated a couple times this week with the workouts. Today’s stretch helped it a bit but I might need to put some muscle rub or a heating pad on it later. Anyway, I made it through week one of my second round. From a pain perspective, it wasn’t nearly as bad as the first week of round one. However, I found my energy level a bit low this week. Maybe I should have take more time off. Hopefully I’ll get in a better groove this week.
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