June 11, P90X3, Week 5, Day 4- Eccentric Lower.

June 11, P90X3, Week 5, Day 4- Eccentric Lower.

I normally would have done this workout in the morning, but I had my school health check today, so I couldn't eat anything so I went in early to work. I ended up doing my workout in the late afternoon. Thank goodness for the short workouts because I was really pressed for time. I ended up being about 30 minutes late for a class. hehe. My workout had priority.

This was a KILLER workout. All the moves were moves I had done before, but NEVER in an Eccentric way. The pattern of my progress, or should I say regress was that the first 2-3 reps were relatively easy and could explode concentrically. But as the move continued, my concentric move got slower and slower. I was afraid to tweak a hip flexor like I had done in the past by pushing too far, so I just tried to keep in check.

In other workouts I would usually go really heavy (for me) on squats. Something like 25kgsX2 (that is the limit of the dumbbells I have at the moment). However with the eccentric component, I could only handle 17kgsX2. For the other moves as well, I went down about 20% of what I would have used with the normal move.

I could feel my muscles burning on the slow half, then springing back with the fast return. The kick moves were in interesting addition to this type of workout. My leg wouldn't go any higher than parallel on the side kick, and got up just under parallel on the front kick. I have absolutely terrible range of motion on the Bridge Kick move.

The final move, Calf Dog, was surprisingly easy. Either I have very strong calves, or I'm doing it wrong. And I don't think my calves are that strong. I'll need to check my form more carefully the next time I do this routine. At the end of this workout, I was shaking. Again, like Triometrics, going down the stairs was tenuous at best. It was like my legs were used pipe cleaners.

I was glad there were only 13 moves. The 30 minutes went by really quickly. I had to take a little extra time adjusting my dumbbells. If I get one more set, I'll be golden. I may have to invest in one more set, but space is an issue. I wonder how sore I'll be tomorrow.