The decision was made. I will be using the resistance routines in P90X3 on my resistance days, and the cardio routines when I don't have either tennis or Pickle-Ball. The way my schedule is working out is one of two ways: 1. Sunday - Tennis with my Wife, Monday - Club Tennis, Tuesday - Resistance, Wednesday - Mid-week Recovery, Thursday - Pickle-ball/Cardio, Friday - Resistance. or 2. Sunday, Tuesday, Friday - Resistance, Monday - Tennis, Wednesday - Mid-week Recovery, Thursday - Pickle-Ball/Cardio. Those are the two patterns that I am following right now. 1. has two resistance days while 2. has three resistance days. The reverse is the same for Cardio days. So I am happy with either.
Today was a rainy day so definitely no tennis, so I was able to think about it and go over my options. My main reason for going with X3 is time. I don't have a lot of time during the week so I would like do maximize my family time when I can. I am thinking of going back to the original P90X during summer vacation when I can do my workouts during the day. But that is a couple of months away, so I'm staying in the moment.
The last time I did X3 was almost exactly one year ago. So I'm glad to be getting to it. As I was saying on Friday, I was wishing for a routine that mixes cardio and resistance. Well, it turns out that this routine, Total Synergistics is one of those types of routines. I was surprised at the Pump and Burn I was getting throughout this routine. The first move was fine, but I was used to doing it at a much slower pace with ChaLEAN Extreme, so I got a little behind and had to go a little overtime to get the 12 reps in. I wanted to match the last run through. The second move, Crescent Chair, I stuck with Tony and did only 6 reps. I was wondering how I did 8 reps before. Move three was Pull Knee Pull. I actually did the 8 reps to match the last time's count, but I still had time so I added 2 more reps. From there, everything went pretty well, and I was able to pretty much keep up with Tony and the crew. Move 7, another set of Chin-Ups, I did the 10 reps to match the previous total, but I had to tap out at 8 reps, take a break, then get the last two. It is just a tough move. I needed to have a lot of control. This routine also has some really tough ab moves, so I pushed on those and maxed out, or should I say I Cramped out. For the weighted moves, I used two different weights, I used 7.5kgs and 4kgs. From move 9 on, I matched every move from the previous time. Except for the final move, Move 14. Warrior Squat Moon. Previously, I had done 8 reps. Today, I did 8 reps, but I had to tap out at 6 reps, shake out my glute, then finish out the last 2 reps. It just started to suddenly cramp up and I could hold my leg up anymore. But I was very pleased with how this routine really worked my total body. My balance was pretty good, too. I was feeling all sorts of burning. I am very happy with the choice I made.
Since the X3 routine had some good ab moves, and my abs were already feeling pretty worn, and I couldn't motivate myself to even do Ab Ripper 200, I figured I had done enough. I was planning to move on to the Splits and Flow, but while I was doing to preliminaries, I was called and had to go. So That was it for the day's workout.
In the end, I torched a nice little 540+Kcals. I figured it was a good start to the week. I felt satisfied.
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