P90X Chest and Back... DONE??
I did a last minute change of workouts this morning. I decided it's been a while since I did any sort of heavy lifting, and I feel like I need to get my strength back. So I traded out "great weighted workout" and went with P90X chest and back. I was thinking I would do STS 1, but P90X was on top of STS so I went with that.
Holy cow. I really stunk at this workout! I am stinking at barre, stinking at yoga, and now stinking at what I've always been good at... heavy lifting. I need to stop stinking. I did the first few sets of pushups with my hands on the weight bench, then moved to chest presses with 20's, then to chest presses with 15's. I could not even do ONE pull-up, even with my cheater bands. I had to use the cheater bands, PLUS have a foot on the chair. It was a mess. This workout destroyed me. Destroyed my confidence. I did it, but I didn't do it well. I used 5's for back flies. ugh. I did do about 14-30 reps for everything, but they weren't good. The pull-ups were so bad. The pushups were worse. I did it, but it wasn't good.
So I think I will be doing a week of P90X this week. I need to stop sucking at everything! I used to be so in shape. what the heck happened to me????? I know I backed off to work on my running, and I am getting better at that. I'm slow, but getting better. I backed off a lot of my other workouts to make sure I don't overtrain. However, it seems I am under training. I need to figure this one out! ugh. I have to remind myself I am still doing better than 90% of people out there. At least I am working out.
All I can do is move forward, and figure it out! I will get strong again! I will not bulk, I will be strong, I will run good, be flexible, and healthy! That's what I need to focus on.
Anyhow, I did it, I know now where I am fitness-wise, and I need to work on so much. Watching my workouts lately, you would never guess I have been working out most of my life. I was more beginner than the beginner.
OK, venting done. I will get past this and be positive! It's gonna be good!
Today was a nice day. The weather was nice! We went to an Easter event at the church, and LB's BFF was in a play we watched. It was really good! So we spent a ton of time outside in the sunshine with friends. That made a crappy, demoralizing workout get forgotten!
Eventmom: The cardio on Strong and Streamlined was pretty basic. Nothing too dancy, more like knees up, V steps, stuff like that. It was good, just kinda got boring. The weight lifting part would probably be good if I went higher in weights. I dunno. If you want the cardio on DVD, let me know! HA! I usually am all over 80's and 90's cardio. Like Tamilee or the Firm. But this just doesn't do it for me!
Waves to
Ebianco and
Lucie!
Oh, wait,
Ebianco: Eugene goes in for surgery on Thursday, and he has been limping around for 4 days on his back right leg. I think it's muscular since he stops limping after a few steps, but we are still trying to keep him kinda low key and rest. all Otis wants to do is wrestle with him, and of course Eugene wants to wrestle also. They love to do that! I keep trying to break it up. I will probably call the vet tomorrow and see if they have any advice. I worry because I was reading that being on antibiotics can make them more prone to ligament and tendon tears. I worry now about my biggest fuzzy friend! I worry that all these antibiotics are hurting him !!