Day 20 – X Stretch Legs and back – a.k.a. Making up for a lost day
Weight: -4 lbs from start
Real pull-ups: 3 (goal of 10)
Today was supposed to be the stretch day, but I decided to try to make up for not being able to do the workout from yesterday. I was running out of time but I got through about half of the workout.
Pull-ups are really hard for me. I used to be able to do 7 or 8, but when we started I could do about 3. There are 6 sets of pull-ups during this workout, so what I’m trying to do for each set is do one real pull-up and do the rest assisted by my foot on a chair. While at the time, I feels like I’m doing 70% of the work in my legs, by the end of the workout, my arms and back is dead tired, so it must be working. My goal by the end of the 90 days is to be able to do 10 un-aided underhand pull-ups in a row. I’ll start reporting on that every workout we do pull-ups.
Day 21 – Kenpo X – a.k.a. FINISHED A WHOLE WORKOUT!!
Weight: -4.2 lbs from start
That’s right. Every Rep. Every Set. Every bone crunching punch and kick to my invisible opponent. Some of them might have been a little sloppy, but I did all of them. It makes me wonder when I’ll be able to do all of another workout.
I’ve noticed that I’ve been trying to positive with the workouts and my reaction to them. This isn’t really a conscious effort to do this, but it’s really helping. A friend of mine told me once that in sports, it’s important to use whatever state you’re in at halftime to get yourself going for the second half. You’ll always hear athletes and coaches do this.
“The other team played a great first half but we’ll make some adjustments and come back strong in the second half.”
“We put out a lot of energy and heart during the first half and we’ll ride it through the rest of the game.”
I guess I’m learning how to do that with these workout as well. Thanks to all who’ve been doing it from the stands!
Day 22 – Yoga X – a.k.a. The Start of Rest Week
Weight: -4 lbs from start
Every fourth week is a “recovery week,” meaning no strength workouts and an extra day of rest/stretching. Mind you, we’re still doing 5 workouts this week and there’s a lot of cardio involved. Plus Yoga is still pretty brutal. It’s gonna be a while until I can stand on one leg for over 5 minutes straight. But the slight slowdown is welcome.
Day 23 – Core Synergistics – a.k.a. I thought this was a recovery week
Weight: -5.4 lbs from start
There aren’t separate recovery week and non-recovery week versions of these workouts. Ah well, do it as well as possible, right? As Tony likes to say, “Do your best and forget the rest.” True words…but he still is a bit of a tool.
