I've been able to stay on track with the P90X though, mainly because I've switched these workouts to the afternoons where I have more energy.
Started Phase II today so two of the resistance workouts are different. On day 1 of the week, I'm doing today's workout. I was pretty intimidated when I looked at some of the exercises (plyo push ups, one-armed push ups), but I studied everything last night and tried a few reps to prepare.
The tricky thing about starting a new routine is knowing what weight to use. Luckily some of the exercises overlap Shoulders and Arms, namely In/Out Shoulder Flys, Chair Dips, Side Tri-Rises and Lying Tricep Extensions. So I already knew the weight to use for those. For the rest, I had to guess and then pause the workout if I needed to adjust. This happened several times, but I wanted to get the right weight instead of pushing ahead with something too light or too heavy.
I actually did better with this workout than I expected. All of the weight exercises went very well. I will admit I struggled with the push ups. I didn't really fall apart until I got to the "two-twitch speed push-ups" which involve four very fast push ups followed by three very slow ones and then repeats. I didn't make it to the repeat. This was the 10th exercise and I was already starting to feel a little fried. I was able to do 6 right and 6 left one-armed push ups although I didn't go super deep. The secret to these is to do them on your knees and to twist your body away from your push up arm (they show this in the video). It isn't too bad then. I was able to at least make some hand-to-hand contact for the plyo push ups (I did 15 of these) although I had to go on my knees again. By the time I got to the one-arm balance push ups (the 22nd exercise), my arms were "toasty toast" as Tony Horton would say. I could only do 2...my arms could barely hold me up.
One thing that was surprising was the number of calories I supposedly burned...703. And that was with numerous breaks to change weights. Right now, it looks like I'll need a 5, 10, 15 and 20 lb setup. I only have three dumbbell bars, so I can see I'll have to change weights at least once.
Didn't eat so hot today. With the calories burned, I still net a few hundred over maintenance. That isn't such a big deal by itself but a lot of those calories were Cokes...I MUST cut those out. They don't do anything for muscle growth...I've got to find some protein rich foods to replace those calories with.
Tomorrow is Plyometrics. Haven't done that in quite a while. Looking forward to burning 1100 calories and hopfully replacing those with non-Coke calories.
