Workout: P90x Core Synergistics
Wow. So really, Tony? THIS is recovery week? Whatever, dude!
Core Synergistics. Ouch - this is by far the hardest workout so far, in my opinion. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I never, ever, ever work on my core/abs. So this was tough. It is a bunch of exercises that engage many muscles at the same time, mostly the core stabilizing muscles. There were a few exercises that I simply couldn't complete because I'm weak. And there were a few than I just said "screw it" on because I was so exhausted. I know that when I do it next time, I'll be better, because I will have done it once already - Tony does not demonstrate the moves before kicking off the timer, he just goes into them, so I have to watch him first and then do it... missing out on a few reps each time.
Yesterday was trick-or-treating. I usually begin a freefall of gluttony on the day of Halloween. In normal years, I will have already consumed large quantities of candy corn throughout the month and then while trick or treating with the girls I throw all self discipline out and eat candy while we walk, and then have more after they go to bed. This kicks of several weeks of eating 3-4 pieces every night before bed and maybe 1 or 2 during the day. Leading right into Thanksgiving, where I give up complete control for the 4 day weekend, which is followed closely by biscotti mania for the next 6 weeks. At that point I find it difficult to not give in to my intense desire for a treat with my morning coffee - and homemade biscotti fills that roll perfectly. I start out having one each morning and pretty soon it is 2-3 each morning. Add all of that to the mass quantities of butter and chocolate that pass the threshold of the house during Christmas and I find the scale to say I weigh 7lbs more than before halloween. It happens every year. Then I spend the next few months working it off.
I'm very happy with myself today, because I resisted candy corn all month. I have eaten about 15 pieces total - and that was a tiny handful on Sunday afternoon. With my candy-resisting confidence brimming over, I also resisted all trick or treat candy yesterday - while trick or treating and afterward. I knew that once I started, I wouldn't stop. I feel like I can now get through the next 3 weeks to Thanksgiving without getting out of control. I am living self-discipline right now and that always makes me feel really, really good about myself. Congratulations to me!
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Monday October 31, 2011
Workout: Run 3 miles (30:57)
Today begins the p90x recovery week. I was supposed to do Yoga this morning, but I really didn't feel like getting out of bed that early, so I opted to run instead. I'm not sure if that is Tony Horton/p90x approved strategy for recovery, but too bad.
Running was horrible. Actually I felt okay, but my heartrate was sky-high. After 1 mile my heart rate was 186. Obviously, I'm not getting enough cardio training in while doing the p90x, because that is way too high. It is not even slightly maintainable for very long. And I wasn't running very fast - 10:00/mile. I stopped to walk for 1:30/2:00 a couple of times, and my heartrate would come down, but it would go right back up there when I ran for longer than a minute. Its pretty discouraging, because I want to run and I enjoy running, but the high heartrate makes it nearly impossible to use running as a once in a while cardio workout... I feel like I have to give it up altogether, or I have to run several times a week consistently. Not sure if want to do either of those any more. Right now I'm not ready to train for a race, but was thinking of training for one after the New Year... however, with that high of heart rate problems, it makes me dread doing it, because it hurts to be working at that intensity for too long.
So maybe I'm going to have to consider adding some running into my p90x. Like maybe doing a second workout a couple of times a week. I'll have to think that through, because I don't know if I want to go that route. I guess I need to really sit down and consider my goals and whether 2x/daily workouts would be needed. I don't know... I'm just really bothered by how difficult it is for me to run and why it seems so effortless for anyone else - like most people can take time off for a while and then just go out there and run 3-4 miles, no problem. I think Dave could do that - he hasn't run consistently for several months, but I'm pretty sure that if he wanted to he could go out and run 3 miles without a problem. I really hate that it is so incredibly difficult for me... and that if I take any kind of break, then it is so hard and painful to get back.
For the last several days, I've thought about going out for a run down my 5 mile route. The weather has been nice, the route is really pretty at this time of year, I remember loving that run. But I can't just pick it up so easily and that bugs the crap out of me.
My weight was the same on Saturday - no gain/loss. I guess thats fine, but I do think that I was retaining some water because my hands are falling asleep a lot lately. So hopefully, I will make up for it this week and see a loss.
Today begins the p90x recovery week. I was supposed to do Yoga this morning, but I really didn't feel like getting out of bed that early, so I opted to run instead. I'm not sure if that is Tony Horton/p90x approved strategy for recovery, but too bad.
Running was horrible. Actually I felt okay, but my heartrate was sky-high. After 1 mile my heart rate was 186. Obviously, I'm not getting enough cardio training in while doing the p90x, because that is way too high. It is not even slightly maintainable for very long. And I wasn't running very fast - 10:00/mile. I stopped to walk for 1:30/2:00 a couple of times, and my heartrate would come down, but it would go right back up there when I ran for longer than a minute. Its pretty discouraging, because I want to run and I enjoy running, but the high heartrate makes it nearly impossible to use running as a once in a while cardio workout... I feel like I have to give it up altogether, or I have to run several times a week consistently. Not sure if want to do either of those any more. Right now I'm not ready to train for a race, but was thinking of training for one after the New Year... however, with that high of heart rate problems, it makes me dread doing it, because it hurts to be working at that intensity for too long.
So maybe I'm going to have to consider adding some running into my p90x. Like maybe doing a second workout a couple of times a week. I'll have to think that through, because I don't know if I want to go that route. I guess I need to really sit down and consider my goals and whether 2x/daily workouts would be needed. I don't know... I'm just really bothered by how difficult it is for me to run and why it seems so effortless for anyone else - like most people can take time off for a while and then just go out there and run 3-4 miles, no problem. I think Dave could do that - he hasn't run consistently for several months, but I'm pretty sure that if he wanted to he could go out and run 3 miles without a problem. I really hate that it is so incredibly difficult for me... and that if I take any kind of break, then it is so hard and painful to get back.
For the last several days, I've thought about going out for a run down my 5 mile route. The weather has been nice, the route is really pretty at this time of year, I remember loving that run. But I can't just pick it up so easily and that bugs the crap out of me.
My weight was the same on Saturday - no gain/loss. I guess thats fine, but I do think that I was retaining some water because my hands are falling asleep a lot lately. So hopefully, I will make up for it this week and see a loss.
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