P90X Day 6: Kenpo X
Kenpo X: Bring It!
So, you may notice that I did not post a blog about Day 5: Legs & Back. That’s because I’ve not done it yet. I plan to do it tonight. Why did I switch you ask? This morning I got up at 5 to work out and at 5am, doing said workout would have woken up my ailing wife, and that’s just not something I do. So I switched it up. We’ll see how it goes knowing that tomorrow I have chest & back again.
But I digress….back to Kenpo X. BRING IT!
The whole workout started slow. It incorporated some yoga movements to stretch the legs. Tony said there’d be a lot of kicks and we needed to be good and warmed up. So after the stretching, the remainder of the workout was a series of sets of 3 kenpo maneuvers, punching combinations and kicking combinations. We’d do a set of three exercises then have about a 1:30 break. This time around, Tony & Co barely took the breaks, but rather chose to run in place, do jump rope, jumping jacks then finally X’s (silly, but marketable).
The moves all got more complicated as the workout went on, and thuse, I started to sweat more and more as I went on. There were a large stretch of moves done in Horse Stance, so my legs were forced to stay engaged. Really good stuff.
All in all, this was a fun and energetic workout. Not as tough or as engaging as Plyometrics, but worthy of P90X all the same. Strangely enough, this one reminded me a great deal of some of the workouts my wife and I have done to some of Jillian Michaels’ videos (gotta love Exercise OnDemand!). In that sense, it was the least original of the workouts so far.
SORENESS UPDATE: I’ve done a lot of working out this past week, but even though I’ve worked out more and longer the latter part of the week, I am nowhere near as sore as I was at the beginning. I don’t know if that’s me doing the workouts wrong, or if I’m adjusting, or if I need to Bring It better next time around. Time will tell.
I am, however, already seeing some gains in my physique. Muscle more visible. Fat burning away. My wife even noticed she could see my abs — from a distance without her glasses! So, that made me feel pretty dang good.
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DAILY DIET:
Today I actually tried to follow the Level II Phase I of The P90X Nutrition Plan. It’s incredibly similar to what I did when I lost all my weight in 08-09, so this first month will be pretty easy, diet-wise. The next two — where I have to eat more — will be a challenge.
Breakfast: Two strips of turkey bacon, two eggs over easy, dash of light salt, pepper and basil, 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar.
Mid morning Snack: Macintosh apple, 2 tbsp natural peanut butter, 1 stick of 5 Gum Lush.
Lunch: 2 c. spinach, 6oz slivered pork, 1/2 c kidney beans, 1 oz. feta cheese, 2tbsp fat free ranch dressing
Afternoon snack: String cheese, 12 oz. V8
Dinner: 2 c. spinach, 6oz slivered pork, 1/2 c kidney beans, 1 oz. feta cheese, 2tbsp fat free ranch dressing
Evening snack: protein drink.
