No workout today, but I don't think I'll get any more workouts in this round of P90x. I'll summarize it in a blog at the end of 90 days, but in a nutshell I got 60 amazing days on the program and then fell off motivation wise.
However, the running is still going fine. I haven't missed a planned run yet since I put everything down on paper and I have ever run between now and October 11th on paper so there is no more guess work or excuses.
Today was a 2 mile run that I got in at about a 10:15 pace. Pretty average run but felt good to get out and go. I need to start post-stretching more. I'm starting to realize that.
Other than the failures on the workout front and generally disappointing eating habits things are good. My wife and I have been talking and when she starts P90x in 2 weeks I'm going to do another phase and cut my daily calories down to between 2000 and 2200. It'll be a struggle to start counting calories again I'm sure, but it's what needs to be done if I'm going to lose some weight. I'll be eaiser to lose weight in June/July/August because the runs are constant but aren't incredibly long yet. Toward the end of August all the runs are over 12 miles and I can't imagine a low calorie diet is going to be easy to sustain with the amount of calories I'll be burning. I still have a hope of losing 20-40 pounds before August so I can run. Of course with the way I've been eating lately it won't happen. But I just need to stop making those decisions, it's in my power to do so.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
P90x Day 84 - 3 mile run
Yesterday's run was moved to today. I'm absolutely exhausted, but I went out and still got my run in. I had thought about getting 4 miles in, but instead I opted for gradually increasing my miles and got another 3 mile run under my belt.
3 miles in 32:00 today was a slightly slower pace than usual but it felt pretty good. I could probably keep this pace up for bit longer if needed.
What a long weekend.
3 miles in 32:00 today was a slightly slower pace than usual but it felt pretty good. I could probably keep this pace up for bit longer if needed.
What a long weekend.
P90x Day 83 - No Workout
No workout today but spent all day slinging a hammer and a 3lb sledge in my basement. I forgot how hard manual labor can be.
I'm working on finishing my basement and my parents came into town and my dad gave me a hand. Spent the entire day slinging nails and wood and am absolutely exhausted.
Didn't run today due to time, but moved it to tomorrow. I making my "Saturday" runs into "Weekend" runs. This will make me slightly more flexible.
I'm working on finishing my basement and my parents came into town and my dad gave me a hand. Spent the entire day slinging nails and wood and am absolutely exhausted.
Didn't run today due to time, but moved it to tomorrow. I making my "Saturday" runs into "Weekend" runs. This will make me slightly more flexible.
P90x Day 82 - No Workout
Missed workout today, but got an old fashioned workout mowing my yard.
Not much else to add. Extremely busy.
Not much else to add. Extremely busy.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
P90x Day 81 - No Workout, 2 mile run
I didn't get a workout in today but got a really great run in tonight. I continue to struggle with eating and motivation, but I'm already working towards the next 90 days and am planning out my eating changes that I will be making in about a week.
I got 2 miles in tonight in under 19 minutes. That's pretty quick for me but I felt really good running. Between 1.5 miles and 1.75 miles I had to fight a real doozy of a side cramp that I just couldn't get rid of. I took me almost a quarter mile of focusing on my breathing to get it under control. I finished strong and was really glad when it was all over that I was able to power through it all.
No run tomorrow. Legs and back. Looking at a 3 mile run Saturday. I'm looking at 2 miles T,W,Th next week with a 4 mile Saturday. Then I'll bump my weekday runs up to 3 miles and my weekend runs up 1 mile until i get to 3,3,3,6. That's where I'll "hold" until the second week of my marathon training when I start going up from there.
Overall feeling pretty good. Wishing my eating was better, but it's currently not important enough to me to make the change apparently. Truth is easy to type, harder to accept and change.
I got 2 miles in tonight in under 19 minutes. That's pretty quick for me but I felt really good running. Between 1.5 miles and 1.75 miles I had to fight a real doozy of a side cramp that I just couldn't get rid of. I took me almost a quarter mile of focusing on my breathing to get it under control. I finished strong and was really glad when it was all over that I was able to power through it all.
No run tomorrow. Legs and back. Looking at a 3 mile run Saturday. I'm looking at 2 miles T,W,Th next week with a 4 mile Saturday. Then I'll bump my weekday runs up to 3 miles and my weekend runs up 1 mile until i get to 3,3,3,6. That's where I'll "hold" until the second week of my marathon training when I start going up from there.
Overall feeling pretty good. Wishing my eating was better, but it's currently not important enough to me to make the change apparently. Truth is easy to type, harder to accept and change.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
P90x Day 80 - Back, Biceps, No Run
Today just flew by. I swear that for every hour that everyone else had today, I got 20 minutes, it just went by that fast.
Workout this morning was sub-par but I got some back and bicep work in. I've now mentally convinced myself that I have to baby my back, so I allow myself to skip alot of exercises I shouldn't. I need to work on that.
I should have ran today, but I got home late from work and between that and trying to get out the door to play poker (I do this every Wednesday) I just didn't get my run in. No excuses, I just chose not to do it. I'm not in my "training schedule" yet so I won't knock myself too much for missing it, but come June I hopefully won't be missing any runs. I could have done it when I got home from cards, but I figured running at 11pm was counter-productive. I'd probably end up awake all night.
Big Winner tonight at poker. I always love when that happens. Took some advice and worked on my game about 3 weeks ago with a friend of mine. It's been paying off. Still feels weird to play this way.
Yoga tomorrow, but will be stretch X I'm sure.
Workout this morning was sub-par but I got some back and bicep work in. I've now mentally convinced myself that I have to baby my back, so I allow myself to skip alot of exercises I shouldn't. I need to work on that.
I should have ran today, but I got home late from work and between that and trying to get out the door to play poker (I do this every Wednesday) I just didn't get my run in. No excuses, I just chose not to do it. I'm not in my "training schedule" yet so I won't knock myself too much for missing it, but come June I hopefully won't be missing any runs. I could have done it when I got home from cards, but I figured running at 11pm was counter-productive. I'd probably end up awake all night.
Big Winner tonight at poker. I always love when that happens. Took some advice and worked on my game about 3 weeks ago with a friend of mine. It's been paying off. Still feels weird to play this way.
Yoga tomorrow, but will be stretch X I'm sure.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
P90x Day 79 - Cardio X, 2 mile run
The last 30 days has been a very strange roller coaster in regards to my workouts. There are weeks that I start out feeling like a million bucks and by Thursday I'm done with it all and having to start over on Monday. Other weeks I get the entire workout week finished and feel like a million bucks. It's strange how things go from good to back from week to week. But regardless this last 30 days has been a significant struggle in relation to the other 60 days.
Today I got a good workout in. The schedule says Plyometrics, but I did Cardio X instead. It's a little Yoga, a little Plyo, a little of this and a little of that. I actually like this workout. It's a good quick workout that hits a bit of everything and leaves you feeling pretty good.
Today was back to running. I did a 2 mile run in just under 20 minutes. First mile was way to fast and I finished it in about 9:10 the second mile was not as fast but I had to back it down to keep from giving into the "this sucks, give up" voice in my head.
My legs are still a bit sore from Saturday's race, but hopefully this will help them out. I need to continue to stretch my calves, because I've got some every so slight heel pain in my left foot that I need to make sure it doesn't turn into something else. Overall I'm still feeling pretty good though and I'm going to try to run 2 miles Wed and Thurs of this week and get in a 3-4 mile run on Saturday.
Back and biceps tomorrow. Should be a good workout hopefully.
Today I got a good workout in. The schedule says Plyometrics, but I did Cardio X instead. It's a little Yoga, a little Plyo, a little of this and a little of that. I actually like this workout. It's a good quick workout that hits a bit of everything and leaves you feeling pretty good.
Today was back to running. I did a 2 mile run in just under 20 minutes. First mile was way to fast and I finished it in about 9:10 the second mile was not as fast but I had to back it down to keep from giving into the "this sucks, give up" voice in my head.
My legs are still a bit sore from Saturday's race, but hopefully this will help them out. I need to continue to stretch my calves, because I've got some every so slight heel pain in my left foot that I need to make sure it doesn't turn into something else. Overall I'm still feeling pretty good though and I'm going to try to run 2 miles Wed and Thurs of this week and get in a 3-4 mile run on Saturday.
Back and biceps tomorrow. Should be a good workout hopefully.
Monday, April 20, 2009
P90x Day 78 - Chest, Shoulders, Triceps
Baby did a bad bad thing. I broke another one of my "rules" today. I figured I was already missing workouts and eating poorly, why not throw another rule in the trash.
So I got on the scale. It wasn't pretty, but it honestly was needed. I needed to see the effects of my actions and it'll give me 2 weeks before the end of my 3rd phase to get it turned around. I no longer am hoping to lose more weight this phase, but if I can get back to where I was or lose some weight, I'll be more than thrilled.
My bad feels good and my running is going really well considering. I'm 7 weeks away from the "start" of marathon training. The first week of training is 3 mile T,W,Th and a 6 miler on Saturday. I've almost got the 3 miles on T,W,Th under my belt and I feel confident that I'll be there when training starts. The longer runs I'm not so sure. I really need to do another 3 mile run this weekend and ramp up probably a mile a week until 6 miles. I think it's going to be hard no matter where I am, but If I can get to that point I think I might be able to move up slowly over the next 20 weeks.
It's a big undertaking and I'm really nervous about doing it, but I have a plan in place and I feel like it can be done.
Plyometrics tomorrow. I'll probably try to do this again, but I might go out to Cardio X instead. The number one goal is still overall fitness and not getting hurt so we'll keep that as the focus and move from there.
I'm regretting the lost opportunities of the last 30 days, but there is nothing I can do about that at this point. Forward moving.
So I got on the scale. It wasn't pretty, but it honestly was needed. I needed to see the effects of my actions and it'll give me 2 weeks before the end of my 3rd phase to get it turned around. I no longer am hoping to lose more weight this phase, but if I can get back to where I was or lose some weight, I'll be more than thrilled.
My bad feels good and my running is going really well considering. I'm 7 weeks away from the "start" of marathon training. The first week of training is 3 mile T,W,Th and a 6 miler on Saturday. I've almost got the 3 miles on T,W,Th under my belt and I feel confident that I'll be there when training starts. The longer runs I'm not so sure. I really need to do another 3 mile run this weekend and ramp up probably a mile a week until 6 miles. I think it's going to be hard no matter where I am, but If I can get to that point I think I might be able to move up slowly over the next 20 weeks.
It's a big undertaking and I'm really nervous about doing it, but I have a plan in place and I feel like it can be done.
Plyometrics tomorrow. I'll probably try to do this again, but I might go out to Cardio X instead. The number one goal is still overall fitness and not getting hurt so we'll keep that as the focus and move from there.
I'm regretting the lost opportunities of the last 30 days, but there is nothing I can do about that at this point. Forward moving.
P90x Day 76 - Missed Workout, 5k run
Today should have been Kenpo but instead a went a ran a 5k. I set a new personal record at 30:12 which for the first 5k of the year is actually somewhat surprising. I really have to attribute this to some of the running I've been doing lately, but mostly to Kenpo, Plyometrics, and Leg day.
I really think that once my conditioning catches up with my fitness I could easily be looking at a sub 30 mile if not closer to 29 or even 28. That's hard to imagine.
I really think that if I could stop giving in to every dietary whim I come across I could slim down and then it could get really interesting.
Overall I'm extremely thrilled with my finish.
I really think that once my conditioning catches up with my fitness I could easily be looking at a sub 30 mile if not closer to 29 or even 28. That's hard to imagine.
I really think that if I could stop giving in to every dietary whim I come across I could slim down and then it could get really interesting.
Overall I'm extremely thrilled with my finish.
P90x Day 75 - Missed Workout
Today should have been Legs and Back, but tomorrow I have a 5k to run and I figured it was better to rest my legs in preparation.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
P90x Day 74 - Stretch X, 2 mile run
What a great fitness day.
I ended up not doing Yoga today. I know, harbor your surprise a little longer. Instead I did Stretch X after my run and I feel really good right now. Hopefully this will keep up and I'll continue to feel good for the future weeks.
Anyways, I got home and got in a really good 2 mile run. Got 2 miles in right at 20:00 which is right about my normal pace. I was a bit faster on the first mile than the second, but it averaged out.
I'm taking tomorrow off from running, but I'm supposed to do legs and back. That'll be in preparation for my 5k Saturday morning.
Anyways, so far so good. Almost 2 weeks left.
I ended up not doing Yoga today. I know, harbor your surprise a little longer. Instead I did Stretch X after my run and I feel really good right now. Hopefully this will keep up and I'll continue to feel good for the future weeks.
Anyways, I got home and got in a really good 2 mile run. Got 2 miles in right at 20:00 which is right about my normal pace. I was a bit faster on the first mile than the second, but it averaged out.
I'm taking tomorrow off from running, but I'm supposed to do legs and back. That'll be in preparation for my 5k Saturday morning.
Anyways, so far so good. Almost 2 weeks left.
P90x Day 73 - Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps, 1.5 mile run
I actually missed this blog update last night because I got in late from playing cards but yesterday was a good workout.
I got an excellent Shoulders and Arms workout and only had to skip a few workouts (bent over flys) in order to play it safe for my back.
1.5 mile run in just over 15 minutes. I think I pushed the 1 mile pace a bit faster than I had recently because about the time I rounded 1.25 I was really starting to feel it. Between increasing the distance this week and running back to back days I got to 1.5 and decided that it was good enough. I've got another run tonight that I'm hoping to get 2 miles in.
Overall I'm feeling really good the last few days. My back issues haven't bothered me in a week or two and I seem to be mostly back on the P90x wagon although I'm not sure the intensity is there to the degree that it was the first 30 days. Something I need to look at.
Next workout is supposed to be Yoga. I think I'll sub out stretching instead and get my run in.
I got an excellent Shoulders and Arms workout and only had to skip a few workouts (bent over flys) in order to play it safe for my back.
1.5 mile run in just over 15 minutes. I think I pushed the 1 mile pace a bit faster than I had recently because about the time I rounded 1.25 I was really starting to feel it. Between increasing the distance this week and running back to back days I got to 1.5 and decided that it was good enough. I've got another run tonight that I'm hoping to get 2 miles in.
Overall I'm feeling really good the last few days. My back issues haven't bothered me in a week or two and I seem to be mostly back on the P90x wagon although I'm not sure the intensity is there to the degree that it was the first 30 days. Something I need to look at.
Next workout is supposed to be Yoga. I think I'll sub out stretching instead and get my run in.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
P90x Day 72 - Missed Workout, 2 mile run
I missed a workout today. I missed "A" workout, but I still got exercise in. I wanted to do my P90x today in the morning and get my planned run in this afternoon.
I woke up just a hair late today to get my workout in because I had to go in to get screened for diabetes. I got a flyer in the mail a few weeks back offering free screening for diabetes so since I hadn't had a screening before I figured knowing was better than not knowing. Good news, I'm rock solid and don't have anything.
But anyways so I had to do that this morning and got a late start to the day. I had planned on doing my workout at night and getting my run in after that but I just didn't feel like working out till 10pm.
So I figured I'd test the waters and I bumped my running distance up today. I got 2 miles in with about a 10:35 pace which I'm happy with. No significant pain or stress anywhere, but I did notice a few twinges in my right knee while I was running. Assuming there is no significant pain tomorrow, I'll keep the same distance tomorrow.
Anyways, I'm irked that I missed my P90x workout today, but I think I balanced the scales.
Tomorrow is Shoulders and Arms. Looking forward to that.
I woke up just a hair late today to get my workout in because I had to go in to get screened for diabetes. I got a flyer in the mail a few weeks back offering free screening for diabetes so since I hadn't had a screening before I figured knowing was better than not knowing. Good news, I'm rock solid and don't have anything.
But anyways so I had to do that this morning and got a late start to the day. I had planned on doing my workout at night and getting my run in after that but I just didn't feel like working out till 10pm.
So I figured I'd test the waters and I bumped my running distance up today. I got 2 miles in with about a 10:35 pace which I'm happy with. No significant pain or stress anywhere, but I did notice a few twinges in my right knee while I was running. Assuming there is no significant pain tomorrow, I'll keep the same distance tomorrow.
Anyways, I'm irked that I missed my P90x workout today, but I think I balanced the scales.
Tomorrow is Shoulders and Arms. Looking forward to that.
Monday, April 13, 2009
P90x Day 71 - Chest and Back
I can't believe I'm less than 3 weeks away from completing my first round of P90x. I can seriously remember a time when 90 days seemed like an eternity, and here we are almost finished with it.
Another good workout today. Chest and back. It's still amazing to me the improvement I've made in doing push-ups over the last 2 months. When I started I could do more than 1 good set of push-ups and today's workout I was able to do almost all of them without issue.
I'm still babying my back some so I didn't do bent-over flys today. I don't regret this decision though because my back actually feels really good today and did for most of last week.
I hope that I'm able to keep up my lifting and my running over the next few weeks and my back only gets stronger. I'm just going to be aware of the exercises that put more strain on my back and be diligent about doing them with proper form.
This coming Saturday my work has a 5k that I signed up for a while back. I'll run it, but I'm not sure how my time will be. But I really don't think I care. My goal will be to finish and feel good about it on Saturday and Sunday. This will be a real test of my running and if it's causing my back pain.
Anyways, feeling good for a Monday. Plyometrics tomorrow. We'll see if that or Cardio-X gets done.
Another good workout today. Chest and back. It's still amazing to me the improvement I've made in doing push-ups over the last 2 months. When I started I could do more than 1 good set of push-ups and today's workout I was able to do almost all of them without issue.
I'm still babying my back some so I didn't do bent-over flys today. I don't regret this decision though because my back actually feels really good today and did for most of last week.
I hope that I'm able to keep up my lifting and my running over the next few weeks and my back only gets stronger. I'm just going to be aware of the exercises that put more strain on my back and be diligent about doing them with proper form.
This coming Saturday my work has a 5k that I signed up for a while back. I'll run it, but I'm not sure how my time will be. But I really don't think I care. My goal will be to finish and feel good about it on Saturday and Sunday. This will be a real test of my running and if it's causing my back pain.
Anyways, feeling good for a Monday. Plyometrics tomorrow. We'll see if that or Cardio-X gets done.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
P90x Day 69 - Kenpo X, 1 mile run
Just because it's a weekend, doesn't mean you can't get a little bit of exercise going.
Today was a really good workout. Kenpo is my favorite workout I think of all the DVDs. It really goes by quickly and at the end you've ended up with a pretty good workout.
I had to ease up on 2 exercises during the workout because I could feel it starting to really workout my back. I still completed them, but I had to go a bit easy on it.
I also got a really good run in today too. Finished the mile in about 10:30 and then walked with my wife for about another 1/2 mile. Overall it was really good.
Really glad that I ended up turning this week around. Feeling really good right now and with 3 weeks left I'm optimistic that I'm going to end up on a high note.
Today was a really good workout. Kenpo is my favorite workout I think of all the DVDs. It really goes by quickly and at the end you've ended up with a pretty good workout.
I had to ease up on 2 exercises during the workout because I could feel it starting to really workout my back. I still completed them, but I had to go a bit easy on it.
I also got a really good run in today too. Finished the mile in about 10:30 and then walked with my wife for about another 1/2 mile. Overall it was really good.
Really glad that I ended up turning this week around. Feeling really good right now and with 3 weeks left I'm optimistic that I'm going to end up on a high note.
Friday, April 10, 2009
P90x Day 68 - Legs & Back
Today was an odd day.
I woke up crazy early this morning because I'd been drinking water all night and had to hit the restroom. So on the way back to bed I was thinking of all the things I had to do today. Mow the lawn, wash the car, maybe grill out. Then it hit me... today wasn't Saturday. UGH!
So there I was, super awake and I decided that if I went back to sleep it wasn't likely that I'd get up with the same awakeness that I had at that moment. So I did the bizarre thing and just went ahead and got up to work. So I was at work at 4am and then got to leave at lunch. I actually got a ton of work done with the hours where nobody was around.
So anyways, I was really tired and the rest of the day sorta played out as it did. But then after the kid went to bed I realized that when I came home I didn't work out like I had planned. So I ended up working out later than I wanted to and with alot less gusto than I wanted to. But surprisingly it turned out ok. I did 10 reps of every exercise and took no breaks. So after 10 reps I'd skip to the next workout and while they were setting up or talking I'd be doing my 10 reps of that and moving on. I cut about 30 minutes off the workout from just following the DVD and felt pretty wiped out afterwards. I was really surprised at how much of a sweat I worked up and even though I felt pretty tired before, it ended up being an ok workout.
I really almost skipped the workout because of the day's circumstances, but I couldn't stand the idea of having to mark down another missed workout. After the last 2 weeks of spotty workouts I am doing everything I can to stay the course.
Tomorrow is Kenpo and another run. Hopefully with all the Saturday chores I'll fit it in without having to do it late at night.
I woke up crazy early this morning because I'd been drinking water all night and had to hit the restroom. So on the way back to bed I was thinking of all the things I had to do today. Mow the lawn, wash the car, maybe grill out. Then it hit me... today wasn't Saturday. UGH!
So there I was, super awake and I decided that if I went back to sleep it wasn't likely that I'd get up with the same awakeness that I had at that moment. So I did the bizarre thing and just went ahead and got up to work. So I was at work at 4am and then got to leave at lunch. I actually got a ton of work done with the hours where nobody was around.
So anyways, I was really tired and the rest of the day sorta played out as it did. But then after the kid went to bed I realized that when I came home I didn't work out like I had planned. So I ended up working out later than I wanted to and with alot less gusto than I wanted to. But surprisingly it turned out ok. I did 10 reps of every exercise and took no breaks. So after 10 reps I'd skip to the next workout and while they were setting up or talking I'd be doing my 10 reps of that and moving on. I cut about 30 minutes off the workout from just following the DVD and felt pretty wiped out afterwards. I was really surprised at how much of a sweat I worked up and even though I felt pretty tired before, it ended up being an ok workout.
I really almost skipped the workout because of the day's circumstances, but I couldn't stand the idea of having to mark down another missed workout. After the last 2 weeks of spotty workouts I am doing everything I can to stay the course.
Tomorrow is Kenpo and another run. Hopefully with all the Saturday chores I'll fit it in without having to do it late at night.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
P90x Day 67 - Stretch X, 1 mile run
Starting to feel like the old me again, or at least the cobwebs are gone and I'm starting to get a bit of that energy spark back.
Today's workout was supposed to be Yoga, but I woke up and instead did Stretch X. I can't say for certain if that was the right move, but I still feel pretty good today. I actually got my stretching done in the morning and did my running at night, which puts me close to my desired schedule.
Got another run in tonight. 1 mile in 10:45 is off the pace I want to be at, but really not THAT much slower than where I want to be overall. Once I can get a steady base of running under my belt I'm pretty confident I can shave any time that I want off of my time and get me down to where I want to be. For now this pace is getting the miles I need under my belt and I'm still feeling pretty good.
Tomorrow is Back and Legs. Need to keep a mental focus on my lower back and make sure I don't do anything to set me back. No running tomorrow so it'll be nice to rest up.
Today's workout was supposed to be Yoga, but I woke up and instead did Stretch X. I can't say for certain if that was the right move, but I still feel pretty good today. I actually got my stretching done in the morning and did my running at night, which puts me close to my desired schedule.
Got another run in tonight. 1 mile in 10:45 is off the pace I want to be at, but really not THAT much slower than where I want to be overall. Once I can get a steady base of running under my belt I'm pretty confident I can shave any time that I want off of my time and get me down to where I want to be. For now this pace is getting the miles I need under my belt and I'm still feeling pretty good.
Tomorrow is Back and Legs. Need to keep a mental focus on my lower back and make sure I don't do anything to set me back. No running tomorrow so it'll be nice to rest up.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
P90x Day 66 - Back & Biceps, 1 mile run
3 days into this week and so far I'm still alive.
I can feel that my back is pretty sore but it's not enough to hinder me from anything or make me change my schedule...yet. It always seems to be worse in the morning so I'm hoping that tomorrow morning won't be me waking up and going "what have I done". That was pretty much what happened last Thursday.
Another good workout today. Much better than my Monday workout. I have noticed that some of the exercises on P90x assume that you have a rockin' core and a strong back because things like bent over rows and whatnot are really putting a strain on my back. I realized that pretty early into this DVD and had to skip some of the exercises that really involved my lower back. Better safe than sorry.
Today's run was ok. I'm still slowing it down alot which makes finishing the jog alot easier. I know I could do it alot faster, but for some reason I think that was jarring my back more. However I'm starting to notice that the slower runs seem to be more stressful on my knees. Can't win for losing I guess.
Diet is still a weak point. Correcting that slowly, but it's far and away the hardest area to reign in.
Tomorrow is Yoga. We'll see how that goes. I haven't been good about doing Yoga recently and If I don't get up in the morning my chances of doing it tomorrow go down drastically because of the time it takes to do that routine. Between that and running it'd be a 2 hour workout easy. Here's to wishful thinking.
I can feel that my back is pretty sore but it's not enough to hinder me from anything or make me change my schedule...yet. It always seems to be worse in the morning so I'm hoping that tomorrow morning won't be me waking up and going "what have I done". That was pretty much what happened last Thursday.
Another good workout today. Much better than my Monday workout. I have noticed that some of the exercises on P90x assume that you have a rockin' core and a strong back because things like bent over rows and whatnot are really putting a strain on my back. I realized that pretty early into this DVD and had to skip some of the exercises that really involved my lower back. Better safe than sorry.
Today's run was ok. I'm still slowing it down alot which makes finishing the jog alot easier. I know I could do it alot faster, but for some reason I think that was jarring my back more. However I'm starting to notice that the slower runs seem to be more stressful on my knees. Can't win for losing I guess.
Diet is still a weak point. Correcting that slowly, but it's far and away the hardest area to reign in.
Tomorrow is Yoga. We'll see how that goes. I haven't been good about doing Yoga recently and If I don't get up in the morning my chances of doing it tomorrow go down drastically because of the time it takes to do that routine. Between that and running it'd be a 2 hour workout easy. Here's to wishful thinking.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
P90x Day 65 - Cardio X, 1 Mile Run
Back to the basics.
So far so good on the new fitness front. I didn't do Plyometrics today but I did Cardio X for my workout. I haven't done this workout before because it's not on my "training schedule" for the normal P90x program. But it really wasn't a poor workout. It's sort of a bit of everything workout. You do some Yoga, do some Kenpo, some regular cardio, some core work. It's really not that bad of a workout, and considering that it's a much shorter workout than the others it's definately going to be my "if nothing else do this workout".
I got my 1 mile run in today. I didn't get a time on it because my iPod ran out of juice between usages apparently. I'm sure it was much slower than my usual runs, but I intentionally backed it down some. It was a slower pace but I was able to do it without alot of stress. I am trying to eliminate things that might be the cause of my back being sore. I didn't know if it was moving up in distance too fast, so I'm correcting that. I didn't know if it was pushing myself to run faster so I'm working to correct that.
It's somewhat irritating to not be out there pushing myself to run faster, but if I'm able to finish a marathon at the pace I ran today, I wouldn't be upset with that feat.
Overall today was ok. I set out to sabotage myself from the start but by the end of the day I had rebounded and gotten a good workout anyways. Tomorrow is Back and Biceps.
Here's to start of the next 25 days.
So far so good on the new fitness front. I didn't do Plyometrics today but I did Cardio X for my workout. I haven't done this workout before because it's not on my "training schedule" for the normal P90x program. But it really wasn't a poor workout. It's sort of a bit of everything workout. You do some Yoga, do some Kenpo, some regular cardio, some core work. It's really not that bad of a workout, and considering that it's a much shorter workout than the others it's definately going to be my "if nothing else do this workout".
I got my 1 mile run in today. I didn't get a time on it because my iPod ran out of juice between usages apparently. I'm sure it was much slower than my usual runs, but I intentionally backed it down some. It was a slower pace but I was able to do it without alot of stress. I am trying to eliminate things that might be the cause of my back being sore. I didn't know if it was moving up in distance too fast, so I'm correcting that. I didn't know if it was pushing myself to run faster so I'm working to correct that.
It's somewhat irritating to not be out there pushing myself to run faster, but if I'm able to finish a marathon at the pace I ran today, I wouldn't be upset with that feat.
Overall today was ok. I set out to sabotage myself from the start but by the end of the day I had rebounded and gotten a good workout anyways. Tomorrow is Back and Biceps.
Here's to start of the next 25 days.
Monday, April 6, 2009
P90x Day 64 - Chest, Shoulders, Triceps
Starting over. It look 60 days but I hit the wall. I didn't work out the last few days of last week and on top of that I didn't blog either. But I'm past that.
I've looked up some marathon training plans and I think I'm going to an additional day to my running plan. I'm going to do 1 mile T,W,Th with 2 miles on Saturday or Sunday. I'm going to try and slow it down some by only going up .5 miles every other week. That'll put me around where I need to be by the first of June hopefully. I'm hoping this will be slow enough to get me to where I need to get. I honestly can't get any slower if I need to be running 3-4 miles by the first of June. If this doesn't work out I'm going to have to rethink my marathon.
I've decided to overhaul my diet for a short-term sprint. I can't "live" on a diet where I eat the same thing every meal for weeks and weeks but I can lose alot of weight on that and I think that's the best think for me. I'm going to target somewhere around 2000 calories per day and stamp that meal out over and over again till the first of June. Hopefully if I can lose a chunk of weight before June it'll help my overall running effort. I've done a strict diet like this before and had good results, but 3 months in I crashed. I'm hoping to get about 2 months out of this diet before I ease off it somewhat in order to train for my marathon and get some more energy.
I'm not giving up on P90x either. Today wasn't the best workout but it got done. Tomorrow is suppossed to be Plometrics, but I think I'm going to sub it out for Cardio X. Because I'm going to be running tomorrow I just figured that the extra high impact exercise was something to replace as a precaution.
I took pictures for my 60 day. I haven't looked at them.
Less than 30 days remaining. I think I've turned the corner. Although I thought that last week. If we can make it this week with no missed workouts I think I'll be back on course.
I've looked up some marathon training plans and I think I'm going to an additional day to my running plan. I'm going to do 1 mile T,W,Th with 2 miles on Saturday or Sunday. I'm going to try and slow it down some by only going up .5 miles every other week. That'll put me around where I need to be by the first of June hopefully. I'm hoping this will be slow enough to get me to where I need to get. I honestly can't get any slower if I need to be running 3-4 miles by the first of June. If this doesn't work out I'm going to have to rethink my marathon.
I've decided to overhaul my diet for a short-term sprint. I can't "live" on a diet where I eat the same thing every meal for weeks and weeks but I can lose alot of weight on that and I think that's the best think for me. I'm going to target somewhere around 2000 calories per day and stamp that meal out over and over again till the first of June. Hopefully if I can lose a chunk of weight before June it'll help my overall running effort. I've done a strict diet like this before and had good results, but 3 months in I crashed. I'm hoping to get about 2 months out of this diet before I ease off it somewhat in order to train for my marathon and get some more energy.
I'm not giving up on P90x either. Today wasn't the best workout but it got done. Tomorrow is suppossed to be Plometrics, but I think I'm going to sub it out for Cardio X. Because I'm going to be running tomorrow I just figured that the extra high impact exercise was something to replace as a precaution.
I took pictures for my 60 day. I haven't looked at them.
Less than 30 days remaining. I think I've turned the corner. Although I thought that last week. If we can make it this week with no missed workouts I think I'll be back on course.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
P90x Day 60 - No workout
Hooray for 60 days... I'm going to celebrate today with...another...missed...workout. Wooo.
What a lousy day. I have no idea what happened last night in my sleep. I'm pretty sure I jolted up in my sleep about 4am and lurched for the end of the bed for some reason and pulled my back. Either that or I dreamed that, I honestly am not sure. But when I woke up my back was really killing me which sucks because it felt good when I went to bed.
Add that together with the fact that I had to be out of the house early to take my dog back to the vet. It was just alot of stress for the morning and I didn't deal with it well. Turns out my dog is going to be ok. They took an x-ray and found out that the lump on his nose was really just a backed up infection caused by one of his teeth. I got his teeth cleaned while he was under and after that and analyzing the xrays he ended up getting two of his teeth pulled out. I feel terrible that I had to choose that over getting his teeth fixed, but it was SOOOO much money to get that work done. I didn't get the news about his health until later in the afternoon so this morning was just full of worry and stress and I didn't make good eating choices as a result.
Stupid ass stress. I very rarely have stress. I mean I do but I don't let it get to me very often, but when it does and I get worried about stuff I get in a real funk. I'm disappointed in myself that I didn't power through it or at least get in stretching, but it is what it is.
Tomorrow will be Legs and back. Note the WILL. I'll also get Day 60 pictures taken.
What a lousy day. I have no idea what happened last night in my sleep. I'm pretty sure I jolted up in my sleep about 4am and lurched for the end of the bed for some reason and pulled my back. Either that or I dreamed that, I honestly am not sure. But when I woke up my back was really killing me which sucks because it felt good when I went to bed.
Add that together with the fact that I had to be out of the house early to take my dog back to the vet. It was just alot of stress for the morning and I didn't deal with it well. Turns out my dog is going to be ok. They took an x-ray and found out that the lump on his nose was really just a backed up infection caused by one of his teeth. I got his teeth cleaned while he was under and after that and analyzing the xrays he ended up getting two of his teeth pulled out. I feel terrible that I had to choose that over getting his teeth fixed, but it was SOOOO much money to get that work done. I didn't get the news about his health until later in the afternoon so this morning was just full of worry and stress and I didn't make good eating choices as a result.
Stupid ass stress. I very rarely have stress. I mean I do but I don't let it get to me very often, but when it does and I get worried about stuff I get in a real funk. I'm disappointed in myself that I didn't power through it or at least get in stretching, but it is what it is.
Tomorrow will be Legs and back. Note the WILL. I'll also get Day 60 pictures taken.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
P90x Day 59 - Shoulders, Triceps, Biceps
Feeling really good today. Got up again this morning and knocked out a great workout. I got up a tad later than I wanted to this morning and if that happens tomorrow I won't have enough time to get my Yoga X workout in because of the additional time sink.
I took my dog into the Vet this morning so I hope everything is ok with him. He's got a bump on his snout that's very tender to him that's been there for a couple of weeks. We've watched it and gave him benedryl thinking it might just be a ant bite or something, but it's still there. In light of the things that went on this month with John Stone's dog Turtle I'm going to go ahead and get him a clean bill of health.
Workout today was Shoulders and Arms. It's nice to get back to this workout as I've been "push/pull" for the last month. My arms are really tired today, and it's funny how you can do the same exercises, but based on what order you do them in or what you pair them with you can get entirely different results.
Anways, Yoga X tomorrow. I'm going to be disappointed in myself if I miss this workout.
I took my dog into the Vet this morning so I hope everything is ok with him. He's got a bump on his snout that's very tender to him that's been there for a couple of weeks. We've watched it and gave him benedryl thinking it might just be a ant bite or something, but it's still there. In light of the things that went on this month with John Stone's dog Turtle I'm going to go ahead and get him a clean bill of health.
Workout today was Shoulders and Arms. It's nice to get back to this workout as I've been "push/pull" for the last month. My arms are really tired today, and it's funny how you can do the same exercises, but based on what order you do them in or what you pair them with you can get entirely different results.
Anways, Yoga X tomorrow. I'm going to be disappointed in myself if I miss this workout.
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