1-24-17 HY: P90X2 - X2 Yoga + Splits + TCF.

1-24-17 HY: P90X2 - X2 Yoga + Splits + TCF.

It's Tuesday, but it is also my "Mid-Week" recovery day.  "Why?" you might ask.  Well, the reason is because I started my workout week on Saturday instead of Sunday.  So, depending on whether or not I get to workout on Friday or not, this may happen next week as well.  But actually, it sort of works out because I get morning workouts the next two days to finish out a regular 6 day cycle.  Anyway, I really needed today because my body is feeling the results of me pushing hard the last three days on some brutal routines.  Plus, since I had the time today, I was able to do a longer recovery routine that I have wanted to do for a while.  A routine that I haven't done in a while.

The only thing that I really remembered from this routine is that it doesn't have the Extended Leg with Toe Bind move.  I was a little relieved.  Everything started out well.  Tony really takes his time in X2 Yoga so there is a very relaxed feel to it.  Not like X3 Yoga where they push it because of the time, and sometimes it feels rushed because we can't really get into a move or a position.  But here, you sit in a position for a good long 3 or 5 breaths.  Everything is very deliberate and not rushed.  As I said, I was doing fine until the leg portion.  The one with the Standing Splits, and Standing Crunches.  OMG!!! I couldn't keep it going, on both sides, my glute just started to cramp and I had to come out of the pose.  The circuit before this one, the one with the Half Moon and Reverse Half Moon was already causing me pain.  But the Standing Splits and Crunches just did me in.  On BOTH sides!  No more stamina for those types of moves.  Also, I started sweating like crazy.  I could feel the sweat being ejected from the pores on me head then stream down my scalp to my face.  Yoga, as I was reminded today, is a great body weight resistance workout as well.  I was able to do all the moves, some better than others, but it was like getting back on my bicycle.  It all sort of came back after a few minutes.  What I was really happy with was my push ups.  Doing the push up between Up Dog and Down Dog, at first was so hard, but I must have hit a second wind or something because there was a definite point that the push ups suddenly became really easy.  Then for most of the rest of the routine, I had fun with the push ups.  But at the end, I hit a wall, then I was struggling to get up.  Frog was Awesome.  But I pushed really hard, and I had to VERY SLOWLY come forward out of Frog.  A lot slower than usual.  Hip Flexors were feeling it today.  AWESOME!!!

The Splits, I did a modified routine and focused on hip flexors and hamstrings.  But I feel that I got lower.  The problem with doing this modified splits stretch routine is that if I'm not careful, and push too hard, I could re-injure my lower back.  But I'm finally learning to feel the warning sights that my back will be thrown out.  But got a great stretch on my inner thighs.  Really opened them up today.  The Flow was also very stable.  Happy with the progress and maintaining work.

In the end, I torched a nice 456kcals.  A lot more than usual for a recovery day.