Friday, October 8, 2010
Day Sixty One
The good news - I can almost get close to doing the whole right angle pose in Yoga. The bad news - the nutrition plan has definately not become habit yet. (That's an understatement.)
~Stick to it!
~Stick to it!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Day Fifty Nine
I have discovered a dangerous error in the P90X program. Not only can the actual exercises be hazardous to your health, so can the results of said training. For example, did Shoulders and Arms/Ab Ripper this morning. Spiffed up for work, drove into town. Stopped to get fuel, paid inside and added a raspberry tea to my total. (Tea is healthy, right? The lack of carbonation makes up for the sugar?) As I left the store, I was contemplating how much better my upper arms are looking. (P90X: Good for the body, bad for the character.) My healthy self-esteem was quickly rising to an unhealthy level. The sun was shining, I was dressed to impress, and my biceps said I could do it, too. Confident, eyes straight ahead, I swaggered to the car, slid in effortlessly and...
Shut the door on my foot. Smooth. Very smooth. "Pride goes before a fall..."
~Stick to it!
Shut the door on my foot. Smooth. Very smooth. "Pride goes before a fall..."
~Stick to it!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Day Fifty Eight
Worst day of Cardio ever. I started out so tired that I wasn't planning on making it through the whole workout. But I thought, "I'll start it and I can always finish tonight." (Of course, that was not appealing at all, but I am determined not to get behind again.) And, what do you know, by the middle of the workout, I was doing better. Got a bit of the fabled "second wind." (Of course, then the sails deflated and by the end I was calling Tony Horton lots of nasty names!)
Good news is, I'm still on track for Shoulders and Arms/Ab Ripper tomorrow. Just take it a day at a time and do more than you think you should have to for the day.
~Stick to it!
Good news is, I'm still on track for Shoulders and Arms/Ab Ripper tomorrow. Just take it a day at a time and do more than you think you should have to for the day.
~Stick to it!
Day Fifty Seven
We're on the home stretch now! Four more weeks of lifting, one more recovery week, and it's finished. (Either that or we're finished. One of the two.) The motto for this month is "Leave it all on the mat." Push to the limit. All my muscles should be conditioned and stretched by now. (Plus, I am now used to being sore all the time. I hardly notice it!)
Revisiting Chest and Back/Ab Ripper today. I now have my arms in the air for the first two ab exercises. (Which means I'm back to rolling all over the place trying to keep my balance. How do they do it?) I can also do a few straight leg ("guy") pushups before going to my knees to complete the set. The weight amount I'm lifting has gotten a little better, though not as much as I was hoping for. Oh well - maybe this last month is where it really kicks in. :)
~Stick to it!
Revisiting Chest and Back/Ab Ripper today. I now have my arms in the air for the first two ab exercises. (Which means I'm back to rolling all over the place trying to keep my balance. How do they do it?) I can also do a few straight leg ("guy") pushups before going to my knees to complete the set. The weight amount I'm lifting has gotten a little better, though not as much as I was hoping for. Oh well - maybe this last month is where it really kicks in. :)
~Stick to it!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Day Fifty Six
Note to self: do not do Yoga and X Stretch on the same day either. Again, some serious duplication. Not that I minded this time - since I had already stretched out earlier, I was more flexible than usual. Would have made Gumby jealous. (Ok, not really. Gumby was ridiculous. And his donkey or horse or whatever that orange critter was...I think even it was more flexible than me. Of course, they don't have bones.)
I was contemplating gender again. Men are naturally stronger in their arms. They also tend to favor weightlifting, which increases upper body strength. Women typically have stronger legs. They tend to favor exercises such as Yoga, which strengthens the lower body and core. Both groups gravitate toward developing the areas of their body which begin genetically stronger. When in reality, maybe guys should do a greater proportion of Yoga; gals, more weights. Not saying ditch the other, but flip-flop the ratio for a more balanced body. Hmmm? (Of course, part of that theory stems from the number of muscled-up dudes with chicken legs. Makes me wonder what would happen if you pushed them over...like those little egg-shaped people toys, only upside down.)
Of course, "Welcome to the Leg-Gun show" doesn't have the same ring to it. (Reminds me of Legos, whose body parts detach. Don't want that!) And I don't want to have to slit my sleeves just so that they don't bind my biceps.
Anyway, apparently I am on a historical toy kick tonight. Gumby, Legos, the little egg-people. (Now, sonny, back in MY day they had real toys that fostered imagination and creativity, like Lincoln Logs. After I trudged three miles home from school, uphill in the snowdrifts, me and Billy, who was Jack's second cousin after he married the third-oldest Jensen girl who died of the flu which is why you should always get your flu shot even though now I have this awful creak in my left elbow, would always build forts out of Lincoln Logs.) I should probably go to bed.
~Stick to it!
PS-Disclaimer: I truly enjoy the opportunity to be around my elders, so the above was in no way meant as a personal slam on their conversation skills. It was meant to be a random, late-night conceived, rabbit trail. Any similarity to actual discussions is completely coincidental. :)
I was contemplating gender again. Men are naturally stronger in their arms. They also tend to favor weightlifting, which increases upper body strength. Women typically have stronger legs. They tend to favor exercises such as Yoga, which strengthens the lower body and core. Both groups gravitate toward developing the areas of their body which begin genetically stronger. When in reality, maybe guys should do a greater proportion of Yoga; gals, more weights. Not saying ditch the other, but flip-flop the ratio for a more balanced body. Hmmm? (Of course, part of that theory stems from the number of muscled-up dudes with chicken legs. Makes me wonder what would happen if you pushed them over...like those little egg-shaped people toys, only upside down.)
Of course, "Welcome to the Leg-Gun show" doesn't have the same ring to it. (Reminds me of Legos, whose body parts detach. Don't want that!) And I don't want to have to slit my sleeves just so that they don't bind my biceps.
Anyway, apparently I am on a historical toy kick tonight. Gumby, Legos, the little egg-people. (Now, sonny, back in MY day they had real toys that fostered imagination and creativity, like Lincoln Logs. After I trudged three miles home from school, uphill in the snowdrifts, me and Billy, who was Jack's second cousin after he married the third-oldest Jensen girl who died of the flu which is why you should always get your flu shot even though now I have this awful creak in my left elbow, would always build forts out of Lincoln Logs.) I should probably go to bed.
~Stick to it!
PS-Disclaimer: I truly enjoy the opportunity to be around my elders, so the above was in no way meant as a personal slam on their conversation skills. It was meant to be a random, late-night conceived, rabbit trail. Any similarity to actual discussions is completely coincidental. :)
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