50 days! Let’s call that another milestone! I started out the week on a high note, following my birthday weekend with a vacation day, which gave me plenty of time to do my workout. I had a pretty good night’s sleep, too. I got into the Chest + Back + Balance DVD with the motivation to get back on track with exercise and reasonable eating habits after a weekend of fun.
I have just a few notes today:
- I am experimenting more with the stability ball for the plyo push ups, but the majority of my effort is done with the alternative (plyo push up on the floor, or side-to-side push ups).
- By the time I get to the Chattarocker, which is that infamous Sphinx push up combined with a Chaturanga push up while moving forwards and backwards, I am pretty pooped. I am still substituting regular push ups, and feeling it.
- How long have I been doing P90X and P90X2? More than wo years? I finally get what the Towel Pull Up is all about. Using resistance bands instead of a pull up bar for P90X, I didn’t like switching the towel from one hand to the other. In P90X2, he demonstrates it using a towel in both hands. Today, it suddenly occurred to me: It’s like holding a rope! Now I am motivated to perfect my form when these come up in the workouts.
- I was happy with my number of repetitions and my form today. I still have difficulty with exercises focusing on the forearms. It’s not like Tony Horton’s so-called “tiny calves” (which apparently he still claims to have in P90X2). I actually need to work on my forearm strength, a lot.
- My heart rate monitor is broken or has a dead battery. I use it for all my workouts, not just the cardio ones, and enter the results in Calorie Count. Until I get a chance to take it apart, I will have to estimate. It won’t affect my food choices much, but I like to see the graph of calories in and out.
How do you get back into your healthy eating and exercise habits after a vacation or special occasion?
P90X2 Tip of the Day: Maybe yesterday was your special day, when you let the healthy diet and exercise slide a little, or maybe it’s been a week, or a month. What you do today matters the most. Make the right choices starting now!
