Take care of yourself

I bought P90X.

Looking forward to trying it out.

 

It's pretty brutal. You may do well with it since you have a smaller build. When I did it a few years ago, I was a lot heavier than I am now, and I lasted for six weeks. I have back issues and my back was killing from some of the jumping.... I would bet that 75 percent of people who start it don't last a month.

 

A girl who does a bunch of Oly lifts at my gym told me the best way is to do pushups in a sort of pike position, which your abs clenched and your butt up in the air as high as possible. It's fairly difficult to keep your abs clenched that way, and all of the pressure is on your shoulders, which is the point of the HSPU to begin with.

 

Gotcha. So like a V pushup, basically?

Nice. Now, I can actually do some of the workouts that include HSPUs.

 

Yeah. I don't have the balance yet to try to do a full HSPU. At least this sort of replicates it, at a scaled level.

Did five rounds of
275-pound deadlift, 5 reps
25 situps

11:16. 275 is actually a great weight for 5 reps for me for deads. 315 would have been really tough. 225 probably too easy.

 

I'm thinking that I'll use P90X for the weight training-style workouts, and run outside (or on the treadmill if it's raining) for the plyometrics/cardio workouts and for the yoga workout, which I really don't care about. It's too nice right now not to run outside some, and I do like it, but I desperately needed an engaging upper-body workout program.

 

Or do the pike pushups with your feet elevated on a bench or step, hands on floor.

 

Low weight, high reps today:

3x25 Dumbbell thrusters
3x25 Lunges
3x25 Calf raises
3x25 Leg Press

My legs feel like Jell-O.

 

I had an elbow problem that kept me from benching or deadlifting for a month. Today was the first time I deadlifted after the injury and I was surprised that I didn't lose anything. Pulled 385, same as before.

 

God help me, but I signed up to run a half-marathon in November. Remind me, what the heck was I thinking?

 

I kind of feel the same way about the powerlifting meet I'm doing in October.

 

Been off of here for a while (too long, in fact), so I decided to get back into the swing of things and post what's going on.
This morning for PT, we did prep drill (10 count, look up Army PRT Preparatory Drill if you'd like to see the exercises), 3 rounds of: 30 seconds pushups, 30 seconds rest, 30 seconds situps, 30 seconds rest, Military Movement Drill 1 (Basically High Knees, Laterals and a Shuttle Sprint) and then about 2.5 miles worth of last-man-ups.
Good stuff, especially with it being so f'in humid outside.