Yesterday was a TOTAL day off. I did absolutely nothing physically strenuous or anything that made me break a sweat. I was thinking about doing some stretching but when I considered my knee, I figured I should just give it a rest. So, coming off an Off Day like that, I was ready to go. Also, this is the closer workout for P90X2 so I was excited to finally get to the end. But then the problem hit. For some reason, the DVD wouldn't plan in my computer and my DVD player. So I had to improvise. I found a beachbody coach on YouTube that had made a video of the moves in V Sculpt and posted it. So using that video, the worksheet and my memory, I started the workout.
Unfortunately, as I was going through the video, I discovered that not all the moves were included. In fact, only about half the moves were shown. So I had to dig back into my memory and figure them out. At the beginning, though, I put another DVD in and did the regular warm up, then used the same DVD to do the cool down and then later X2 Ab Ripper. But when it came to the main routine, I used the YouTube guy. Most of them were pretty self explanatory, but a few of them I was lucky that they were in the video, and the others, I just had to do something that worked out the target muscle. The most difficult style of move in this routine is the variety of Renegade moves there were. The thing that made this a very brutal routine is the amount, they varieties and the placement of the pull ups. Moves 9, 11, and 12, that run of moves, just killed me. Ending with 12. Entman's Chin Ups. I used a 5kg Med Ball and I could only do 8 reps. But that being said, I really felt that my Pull Ups and Chin Ups are a lot more stable than they were before. All the weighted moves, I kept around 10-12kgs. There were two exceptions, They came in the second half. Move 13. Ball Preacher, and 18. Straight Arm Pullover. I used 7.5kgs on the Ball Preacher, and 25kgs on the Straight Arm Pullover. I had to guess about the High-Rep Balance Curl. The worksheet says, "(Switch legs at 15 Reps)". Since I didn't have Tony's direct instructions, I wasn't sure if I should go with weights that were a lot lighter than what I was using, So I just went with the 10kgs and started off. I ended up switching at 8 reps. No way I was going to 15 reps twice. This routine gave me a huge burn and a huge pump. Felt good and totally woke me up.
Since this is my final P90X2 routine, I figured I'd go out with a bang and did X2 Ab Ripper. I popped another DVD in and did THIS routine with Tony. I had to add some time to move my furniture and mat around to make room or to have room for the different moves. I wanted to do every move at the fullest range of motion possible this final time around, so everything worked out fine. I got the burn I was looking for.
The Splits, after a full off day, were a little tight at first, but quickly warmed up and with the first straddle Splits, I hit the mark. I added time to several poses to push more and go lower. This is the longest session yet. The Flow was good, except for the right knee issues. I tried to be careful, but no go. I had to go for an off position pose just to get through some of the moves on the right side. Left was a breeze.
I was going to head down to take a shower, but it was occupied, so while I was waiting, about 15 minutes, I foam rolled my back, lats and other upper body areas. Felt really good.
In the end, I torched 1098kcals. Nice way to start off my week. But since P90X2 is done, I'm going to ChaLEAN Extreme for my resistance days from now on.
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