Workout Routines for 1-25-10 to 1-31-10
Monday (1/25/10) Chest and Back – I didn’t listen to Tony when he said to pace yourself for the first set and tried to do more then last weeks best set. Halfway through the second set I was spent. My elbow was really getting sore as well, not a good thing.
Tuesday (1/26/10) Day off – Well, seems I’ve been pushing a little too hard. I didn’t get any sleep last night as every time I moved the pain in my elbow would wake me up. Looks like I’m going to have to lay off the weights for a bit and stick to cardio. I can try some of the Insanity or RevAbs workouts while I rest my arm. When I get back to the P90X program I’m going to go for less weight and more reps, I’m not sure how to do that with push-ups and pull-ups though. Typing with a wrist brace on isn’t the most comfortable thing to do….
Wednesday (1/27/10) Cardio X – I thought I’d give this workout a try as I wanted to take it easy on my arms for a few days and I hadn’t done this one yet. It was easy compared to the other workouts in P90X and was more like a Master Series one. It was only 45 minutes with elements of Yoga, Kenpo, Plyo and Core. I was easily able to do the whole thing which was nice, it showed me just how far I’d come. Sometimes it isn’t that obvious when your struggling to do some of the P90X stuff you forgot how you struggled with the original Power 90 workouts in the beginning that are now a cakewalk. A nice moral booster.
Thursday (1/28/10) Cardio X – Yup, Cardio X twice in a row. My wife didn’t go to the gym after work so we did this one together. It’s always more fun to work out with someone else! I still wanted to do something without weights and thought this one would give her a little taste of what the other workouts have. She has done Plyo with me before, but not Kenpo yet. She has also does Yoga classes at the gym but I think she’s in for a surprise when she does Yoga X with me. Maybe I’ll suggest it over the weekend.
Friday (1/29/10) RevAbs Abcentrics™ and How to Capoeira – Just to try something different I did the introductory disk to RevAbs in which Brett teaches the basic moves (and how to pronounce them) along with a little history of this form a martial arts. He then puts them all together into a short routine.
Saturday (1/30/10) Yoga X - My wife joined me for another workout today. It’s always more fun to work out with someone else. Except when they make you laugh when your already on the edge of falling over doing Yoga X… She has done a few Yoga classes at a local gym but always says she doesn’t see how they are much of a workout. Anyway, I made it through another one, still trying a few of the harder positions before hanging out in child pose. Even though I didn’t think I stressed my elbow much I had to ice it down when I was done, it seems to be getting worse. I hate to stop working out entirely but might not have much of a choice. I really don’t want to go through another surgery for this.
Sunday (1/31/10) Rest Day – Kathy did comment that her upper arms were a little sore after yesterdays Yoga session even though she didn’t think she was working that hard at the time. Just shows how some of the workouts can sneak up on you.
