July 20, P90X3, Week 11, Day 1 (Block 3)- Decelerator.

July 20, P90X3, Week 11, Day 1 (Block 3)- Decelerator.

Today was a day of ups and downs. Saturday night, I stayed up really late preparing a sermon I have to deliver next week. So I got up really late, close to 10am Sunday morning, today. I'm still feeling really heavy in my chest from my summer cold and a little hazy from the previous late night. I had a small breakfast and went back to working on my sermon. I was thinking to do my workout at 2am. When I looked up, it was almost 3am. My wife said, "You should workout now before we have to leave." I started to rush to get ready then thought, I should just relax now, have my Shakeology for lunch, then workout when we get back (we were planning to go out shopping for my son's birthday). I was thinking we'd get back around 6pm, eat our pizza, I'd rest a while, then workout from 7:30 or 8pm. To make a long story short, I ended up starting my workout close to 9pm. And on top of that, my daughter became really interested in the moves I was doing so she wanted to workout with me on a few of the moves. That slowed me down, but I didn't mind because my daughter was SO funny. She is like a rubber band and she was dying of laughter at me when we were doing Superman/Bow. Anyway, I said I started my workout at close to 9pm. Unfortunately, it was too close to the finishing of our heavy pizza dinner, so after the workout, I started to feel a little sick. So I took about 30 minutes to do some meditative breathing to calm myself down. After the sick feeling passed, I did my regular cool down routine. Definitely not the ideal plan for a workout, but I guess that is what happened, so no crying of spilled milk. Next up, Tomorrow!

Now, about the workout.

I had a good workout. Crane Cracker Push-ups were a little shakier than usual, but I got a good 8 in the time. Again, I was able to keep up with Tony during the Elevator Pull-ups. For some reason, I was falling off balance on the right Starfish Push-up, I was pretty steady on the left. I was able to go up by 2 reps on my Vaulter Pull-ups, which made me happy. For some reason, move 15. Spinning Plyo Squat Lunges always kill me. By the 30 second mark, my legs are just dying and my arms are flapping like a pterodactyl just to try and help my body get elevated for the jump between lunge and squat and spin. That is one killer move, and to put it at the end of the routine, Killer genius! Needless to say, I had to take an extra minute to catch my breath before the ultimate P90X3 move, Big Brother Burpees. I think those last two moves were most of the reason I felt sick after the workout. That combination is the ultimate to the extreme of move combos I have ever experienced. MERCILESS!!!

It was an awesome workout and I can't believe I have only one more week left of the regular routines. Exercise-wise, this was an excellent start to my week. But I'll definitely do better next week. Have a great week everyone!