A Decent Plus Week
So this week was my Week 4 of P90X Plus. They don't call them recovery weeks any more, which is kind of funny. And they're not really much easier, not that recovery weeks were ever easier.
Monday was Back & Biceps, but since I have my VB Plyos class on Monday mornings, I decided to do it on Sunday. It was supposed to be followed by an Ab Ripper, but family obligations made me stop right at the end of Back & Biceps, so no Ab Ripper. Monday was the plyos class and Tuesday was Core Synergistics. Wednesday was the first day this week that I missed a work out. But since Thursday was supposed to be Abs Core Plus and a Stretch, I decided to do Chest, Shoulders & Triceps on Thursday (Wednesday's workout). I was planning to follow it with Abs Core Plus, but that was ambitious and didn't end up happening.
Friday was Legs & Back, but yet another miss. Saturday was supposed to be Yoga, but I decided to do something a little more intense. That and my garage has been taken over by the tools needed for some household projects. Saturday I went to the gym and did some of my old Gym Jones style workouts.
I spoke about them briefly toward the end of the bet, but I really think they played a big part in getting me to those final shots. I started with a swim (not Gym Jones). I followed that with 5k on the rowing machine (a Gym Jones favorite). Normally I was doing 5k in sub 20 minute times every time toward the end of the bet, but having not done it in some time resulted in barely beating 21 minutes. Not bad, but not very good either.
Next I did 3 sets of box jumps. I'm not sure how high they are. But using those awesome aerobics step thingies I did the box jumps using 14 boxes and the step. 2 sets of 15 and finished with a set of 20. Finally I finished with some work with the medicine ball. A whole bunch of throws, catches and situps using the heaviest ball I could find. You can see some of where I get my ideas at the Gym Jones video section.
That workout felt awesome. It reminded me of some of the best workouts I had at the end of the summer. Intense, different and athletic. I wanted to do another one of those today or go surfing. The plan was to go surf, but the wonderful wife made me aware of a big ass swell and possible 10' waves. I'm not quite that pro yet so I had to bail on the surfing. Then the day just got away from me. Between some prep work for the household projects and taking care of the little one I just didn't have time.
Tomorrow is the plyos class which is a pretty good workout. Then I'm supposed to be in week 5 of the Plus, but the garage is still a mess and full of tools. So my plan is to do all workouts at the gym this week. Mostly Gym Jones style and maybe some more traditional shit. I may go back and only count next week as week 5, but that all depends on how intense and frequent my workouts will end up being this week. The plan is the usual 6 days of workouts (minimum 1 workout per day). That's the goal always as a minimum. Nice to surpass, sucks to fall short.
Monday was Back & Biceps, but since I have my VB Plyos class on Monday mornings, I decided to do it on Sunday. It was supposed to be followed by an Ab Ripper, but family obligations made me stop right at the end of Back & Biceps, so no Ab Ripper. Monday was the plyos class and Tuesday was Core Synergistics. Wednesday was the first day this week that I missed a work out. But since Thursday was supposed to be Abs Core Plus and a Stretch, I decided to do Chest, Shoulders & Triceps on Thursday (Wednesday's workout). I was planning to follow it with Abs Core Plus, but that was ambitious and didn't end up happening.
Friday was Legs & Back, but yet another miss. Saturday was supposed to be Yoga, but I decided to do something a little more intense. That and my garage has been taken over by the tools needed for some household projects. Saturday I went to the gym and did some of my old Gym Jones style workouts.
I spoke about them briefly toward the end of the bet, but I really think they played a big part in getting me to those final shots. I started with a swim (not Gym Jones). I followed that with 5k on the rowing machine (a Gym Jones favorite). Normally I was doing 5k in sub 20 minute times every time toward the end of the bet, but having not done it in some time resulted in barely beating 21 minutes. Not bad, but not very good either.
Next I did 3 sets of box jumps. I'm not sure how high they are. But using those awesome aerobics step thingies I did the box jumps using 14 boxes and the step. 2 sets of 15 and finished with a set of 20. Finally I finished with some work with the medicine ball. A whole bunch of throws, catches and situps using the heaviest ball I could find. You can see some of where I get my ideas at the Gym Jones video section.
That workout felt awesome. It reminded me of some of the best workouts I had at the end of the summer. Intense, different and athletic. I wanted to do another one of those today or go surfing. The plan was to go surf, but the wonderful wife made me aware of a big ass swell and possible 10' waves. I'm not quite that pro yet so I had to bail on the surfing. Then the day just got away from me. Between some prep work for the household projects and taking care of the little one I just didn't have time.
Tomorrow is the plyos class which is a pretty good workout. Then I'm supposed to be in week 5 of the Plus, but the garage is still a mess and full of tools. So my plan is to do all workouts at the gym this week. Mostly Gym Jones style and maybe some more traditional shit. I may go back and only count next week as week 5, but that all depends on how intense and frequent my workouts will end up being this week. The plan is the usual 6 days of workouts (minimum 1 workout per day). That's the goal always as a minimum. Nice to surpass, sucks to fall short.
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