Wednesday, June 2, 2010

P90X, day 1

So amongst the people in my lab there is a P90X fad. P90X is this workout regimen where you have 90 days of pretty intense workouts. There is a cycle of 12 workouts: chest and back, plyometrics, shoulders and arms, yoga, legs and back, kenpo, stretch, core synergistics, chest shoulders and triceps, back and biceps, cardio, and abs. You keep to a schedule that cycles you through the different workouts to help you build strength and flexibility.

I decided to join the craze to see what it's all about. The first workout is chest and back, followed by abs. Now, I've never been able to do a pull up in my entire life and this workout was almost entirely a variety of push ups and pulls ups. I felt physically sick after getting through that work out because I never do straight weight training/muscle building exercises, I generally just run and do sit ups. Sometimes I do a tiny bit of weight lifting, but with like 5 or 8 pound weights. After doing this workout I realize I'm going to need heavier weights and Keegan will certainly need heavier weights. 8 pounds are the heaviest I own at the minute, but I'll probably need 10s and 15s once I get stronger.

We were able to get these discs from one of Keegan's friends, and we realized we're missing the plyometrics DVD, so since I'm supposed to follow the cycle, I guess I'll just run faster today or something, to get my heart rate up. And do a bunch of jumping jacks? Hopefully the next time I reach this DVD in the cycle we'll have it and I can keep with it.

My arms are angry with me. This morning I was thinking to myself "if I don't wash all the shampoo out of my hair no one will really notice, will they?" since that's how little I wanted to raise my arms over my head. Even reaching directly in front of me is a little taxing!

And my hands hurt. Will have calluses by the end of this...

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