Stats…
- Weight: 207 lbs.
My weight stayed relatively consistent this week. I was expecting very little change, so I wasn’t surprised. I figure the contributing factors are: 3 days of rest instead of 1, weighing myself with clothes (since we had company last week and our scale is in a public place), and putting on some muscle as I am noticing improvements in number of reps, amount of weight, and my overall stamina throughout the workouts.
In case, you haven’t followed my other P90X entries… for ease of tracking my progress, each bullet point represents the 2-digit date of the activity followed by a “:” and the 2-digit number indicating my progress within the 90-day course for P90X (i.e. – 27:01 indicates September 27th, day 1 of P90X).
October 2010 – Week 3
- 11:15 Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X
- 12:16 Plyometrics
- 13:17 Sick
- 14:18 Yoga X
- 15:19 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X
- 16:20 Rest, chiropractor appt.
- 17:21 Rest
Having a workout buddy is a LIFESAVER. Especially as we work to transition our P90X time to mornings before work so we have evenings free to relax or go to Bujinkan training. Mornings are rough for me as I don’t sleep well. I’m definitely a night owl on the spectrum of sleep habits. My husband, who is my workout buddy, is a great help pushing me out of bed on mornings I’d rather sleep in an extra hour. His support as I try to get to bed earlier has also been helpful, especially on days I can tell he would prefer I stay up longer with him. I am really jealous of all the people in the world that can lay down in bed and fall asleep within 5 minutes… *dreams*. Maybe someday I’ll acquire that skill… until then, earlier to bed for me with the hopes I fall asleep in 30 minutes (and not an hour!) at a reasonable time to wake up by 4:30 AM. I can do it!
I’ve felt this week like I have either a mild headcold or a nasty sinus infection, which has really affected my overall energy. I missed work on Wednesday and didn’t work out so I could rest and try to recover. Thursday, after Yoga X, my right shoulder reminded me how weak it has become since my collarbone break in 1998. Friday, I modified the “back” portion of the workout to accomodate the sharp shoulder pain from certain ranges of motion. I did low number, careful, 2-feet-on-the-chair reps of the pull-up variations the first round through. For the second round of the pull-ups, I switched to red bands and did higher reps at a careful, slow speed. Saturday, my chiropractor helped alleviate much of the shoulder pain, and gave me instructions to ice my shoulder immediately after subsequent yoga workouts until it’s much stronger and can handle them without joint pain.
Despite the shoulder pain, I’m still very excited to see my strength increasing and can’t wait to see how next week goes with the change of P90X modules.
