#P90X Day 43: Quivering Muscles Everywhere
Yesterday afternoon I was hit with the sad news that a family friend had passed away suddenly. It was a sad moment and, as I rushed away from work to be with my wife and her family, I was fully prepared to just take a day off from P90X and be the support that I knew I might need to be. And glad to do so.
However, it turns out I had some free time on my hands last night and I thought, “What better way to get my mind of all this sadness than to workout?” I truly believe that. Many of you can attest to the therapeutic gains that exercise can and does have on the mind, the body and the soul.
Funny how we never actually do this in the workout...
CHEST, SHOULDER AND TRICEP
So, I dove right into Chest, Shoulders and Triceps. The first time I did this workout, I ended up unintentionally focusing most of my effort on my shoulders. I love working them and I noticed my better numbers and my most sore muscles were my shoulders that week. 2nd time around, I, again unintentionally, worked my chest the most. This time around, I was aiming to really just destroy my pecs but I ended up giving my all on the tricep moves for some reason. Dunno why, but jeez….by the end of the workout, my arms were just shaking as I was in upward dog and child’s pose. Barely able to hold my weight. It was impressive to actually see I’d exhausted my body so thoroughly!
The areas I know I need some work are on the harder pushups. I’m putting up OK numbers, but nothing super fancy. Last night, I hate to report, I was working my triceps so well that some pushups had me on my knees just to get through the set. Not the worst option, but not “A-Game” either.
The highlights of the workout for me were upping my weight for the triceps moves, and really focusing on making those last 3 reps just tough as balls. My shoulder workouts were solid. I’m getting much stronger on the Scarecrows. I hate how the Weighted Arm Circles come so late in the workout. I feel like I’d get more out of them if they were earlier. That last set of 10 backwards is just brutal.
I realized last workout that my version of the Side-Tri-Rise wasn’t really isolating my triceps like I thought. I was using some core to get myself up. No bueno. So this time my numbers were down, but man I really was pushing it.
CHEST, SHOULDER AND TRICEP CALORIE BURN: 821 (really solid number. it keeps getting higher as I’m able to push myself harder)
Mason Twists: If do right...no can defense.
AB RIPPER X
This ABX set was really great. Getting better with having my hands in the air for the first 3 moves. I hit Fifer Scissors almost perfectly. My legs were straight for all but a few reps. The V-up Roll-ups are quickly becoming a favorite move of mine. As my core strengthens and my lower back gets stronger and thus I’m able to keep my chest high and strong, I love how that move works my abs.
I recently saw some clips of the core/ab work that is involved with P90X+ and I gotta say….I’m jealous. I really wanna get it and try it out! Seems like it would destroy my abs. Just tear them up.
Plyometrics with the wife tonight. Should be stellar and sweaty!
AB RIPPER X CALORIE BURN: 220
TOTAL WORKOUT CALORIE BURN: 1041
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DAILY DIET
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, basil, pepper, 2 strips turkey bacon, 1/2 grapefruit
Morning Snack: Red Delicious apple, 2 tbsp natural peanut butter
Lunch: Beef Vegetable Soup, Spinach salad w/ kidney beans, carrots, feta cheese, balsamic vinegar
Afternoon Snack: String cheese, Low sodium V8, Kashi Go Lean Fibre Cereal (my carb boost for the workout)
Dinner: Arby’s Turkey Bacon Ranch Wrap w/o tomatoes (On the go w/ family due to the passing of a friend)
Evening Snack: Whey scoop (33g), 1 c. skim milk
Coffee: 24oz in the Am
Water: 5 liters
