July 13, P90X3, Week 10, Day 1 (Block 3)- Deceleration.

July 13, P90X3, Week 10, Day 1 (Block 3)- Deceleration.

I'm still not at 100% yet. Still have a lot of phlegm in my lungs and coughing with it gets in the air passages. Not as bad as previous days, but as I said, not 100% yet.  Luckily, got a lot of sleep last night so I was feeling much better.

Every move in the routing went much better than last weeks run through. I felt stronger and better equipped to handle the workout. The Crane Cracker Push-ups were still challenging, but fun. They had me moaning and groaning though.

I lasted the whole minute on the bar following Tony's lead for the Elevator Pull-ups. I was very happy about that.

I made a mistake on the 2-Pop Hop.  I didn't notice the alternating feet so I did the whole minute on my right foot. At the end of the exercise, I expected Tony to say, "Now, let's do the left." But he didn't. I reviewed the move and saw him alternate. So I did the whole minute again on my left foot. I hate being unbalanced.

For some reason, the Holmsen Screamer Hold was really confusing today. My workout space is very small so I can't jump in the direction that the team jumps. But for some reason, I was jumping into weird positions and was unable to jump a second or third time because I was either too close to a wall or was on the wrong foot to make the correct jump.

I finally did the Chin Pulls correctly as well. Previously, I noticed that I was bringing my knees up simultaneously with my chin up. But this time, I was very deliberate and focused on going up, then bringing up my knees, THEN going all down. A lot harder and more intense that way. But I was able to get 10 done in the time allotted.

Again, the last two moves, Spinning Plyo Squat Lunges and Big Brother Burpees absolutely killed me. My legs were just dying after the SPSLs and I had to take an extra minute to catch my breath. I also wanted to recover enough to allow me to, when I did the BBB, actually do a Jump Knee Tuck at the end of the move. I was able to get in 8 in a minute.

After all was said and done, I burned over 700kcals on this workout today. Awesome way to start the week.