3-27-16 HY: P90X-Legs & Back + 0-6 Abs- P2: L14 + Splits + TCF + Football.

3-27-16 HY: P90X-Legs & Back + 0-6 Abs- P2: L14 + Splits + TCF + Football.

The day started off slowly, but quickly got busy.  I was finally able to begin my workout around 4pm.  I was not looking forward to today routine because it is my P90X Nemesis routine, Legs & Back.  Also, since my left glute and hamstring are still tight, I was afraid of aggravating it more.  Plus, my right front hip flexor is just starting to feel better and I didn't want to aggravate that. Yeah, I'm just falling apart at the seams.

There are only a few weighted moves in the routine so I decided to keep the weights the same as the previous run through of this routine. Which, by the way, were all 10kgs except for the last weighted move, Calf Raises, for which I used 19.5kgs.  I did all the prescribed reps.  The only moves that didn't have a set number of reps were the Pull-Ups and Chin-Ups.  And for all the sets, I did 12 reps, except for the last set for which I did 14 reps.  The first move, Balance Lunges, otherwise known as Bulgarian Lunges, pretty much killed me right off.  But the funny thing is that despite the extra soreness, my left leg did better than my right leg.  There were only four varieties of Pull/Chin-Ups done twice every third move.  The first time through, I did full range of motion on the reps.  But on the second time through, went to about a 150 degree angle on my elbows.  I didn't use any assistance.  I started off doing pretty well through the routine, but after Wall Squats, my inner thigh started to ache.  Also, during the Pull/Chin-Ups, my legs started to cramp.  They didn't, but I could feel the muscle start to contract, so I quickly started to stretch out.  That helped a lot.  The move that killed me the most was move #8. Alternating Side Lunge.  I did that with a pair of 10kg dumbbells.  It is probably too much weight, but I muscled through it, and I could really feel the inner thigh muscles activating on every rep.  The second set of Wide Front Pull-Ups I went super wide!  Man, that was tough.  At the end of the workout, my legs were shaking like jello.  I know I'm going to eventually feel it sometime down the road.

I was determined to finish off the 0-6 Abs program this week, or possibly go through 2 weeks until I feel comfortable with the routine.  The two moves today were the one-legged two-direction Swiss Ball Circles, and Weight overhead double leg raises.  Doesn't sound like much, but I was dying at the end of the 4 sets.  Bad form from the 3rd set.  My back kept arching off the floor on the leg raises.  I tried to WILL my back flat, but I just couldn't keep it down.  It looks like this might take at least two weeks to master until comfortable.

The Splits were a very welcome activity.  I was able to get low and I kind of figured out how to adjust my hips to get lower.  I also took a lot of time to do some extra stretching on my glute.  The Flow was good, smooth and clean.

Afterwards, I had to pick up my son from his tennis club, and my daughter wanted to come.  Since this was my son's last session, he wanted to take time to talk to his friends.  I brought a football, and I was playing with my daughter, running patterns, etc.  FUN!  We had to wait (and play) for about 20 minutes.

In the end, I torched a good 1400+kcals.  Awesome way to start off the week.