What do you do on a rainy day? WORKOUT!!! Thunderstorm conditions all morning. Not much else to do, so after a quick errand, I got to it. I was considering having my lunch ShakeO first, but decided to go for it before the ShakeO. It went well.
Shoulders and Arms is probably the least complicated routine so far in X2. Just three rounds of 7 basic strength moves with the added balance component. But you know what happens when there are three rounds! Body Beastiness. Once I realized that the three rounds were of the same moves, I had it decided in my mind to start with low weight and high reps and increase the weight every round while reducing my rep count. But once I got started things changed a little bit. You can see the progression on the graphic below. There were a few anomalies. Like I accidentally missed the balance part on move 04., so I added the balance part for move 11. keeping the same weight but adding a rep to the total to keep even. When you see a number like "8-8" That means that due to the balance component, I did 8 reps on one leg and 8 on the other. Switching in the middle to keep even. When there is just one number in the rep count side, that just means that I did both weights at the same time. Of the 7 moves, there were two moves that especially killed me, move 05. and 06. Those Crazy Eights were intense. In the last round, I did half, 8 and 8 no problem, but needed a quick break before the 3rd and 4th sets. Also, no reduction in rep count despite the rise in weight. The Y-T Fly was so tough. I knew I wouldn't be able to go over 4kgs, so I did 3kgs twice at high reps, and went down in reps a bit and up in weight a bit for the last round. Round 3 saw a rise in all the weights, and a reduction in all the rep counts except Crazy Eight. Although I was thinking to go a little less. But since I couldn't change the name, I couldn't change the count. I got a huge pump and burn from this workout. This routine showed the one complaint I have about P90X2. There are long breaks between moves, and that is fine, but instead of talking, I wish Tony would introduce the move. He does once in a while, but on most routines and on most moves, he shows the moves as the time for the move starts, so I ended up watching the move, then rewind the DVD. This is one big reason why I add so much time to the workout. At the same time, I welcome the idea of having a little extra rest time between intense moves. Still and awesome pumping burning routine.
I knew X2 Ab Ripper was quickly coming up, but I wanted to do something a little different but just as intense so I went with Chalene's Extreme Abs. It has been a while since I did this routine, so I was looking forward to it. KILLER to the max!!! I really felt the advantage of Shaun T's advice about quickly blowing out the air to give a quick recovery. That blow out helped a lot. Major core burn. Great abs work today.
The Splits went to a new low today, and the Flow was spot on again. Feels good when everything comes together. KNOCK KNOCK!
The pain in my right hip flexor is almost totally gone, so I was very happy about that. Also, no knee pain either. Woo Hoo!
In the end, I torched a good 989kcals.
In looking over the remaining X2 routines, I don't see a lot of lower body routines or work except for P.A.P. Lower, So to keep some balance, I might change up the progression of the routines and go with that one to finish off the week. But I'm glad that I could get a good jump start on the month with a week of vacation that allows me to focus a little more than a regular week would allow.
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