2-01-18 (Thursday) HY: P90X2 - X2 Yoga + TCF + Ab EMS.

2-01-18 (Thursday) HY: P90X2 - X2 Yoga + TCF + Ab EMS.

Happy February!

I didn't have my usual night class tonight so I was free to do a longer mid-week recovery workout.  The two routines I was weighing were both from P90X2, either Balance and Recovery (the Foam Rolling routine), and X2 Yoga.  Obviously Yoga won that battle, because I wanted to do some active stretching moves.  But I will almost definitely do B&R next time.

It's a lovely routine, and it started of great!  It was awesome until the first Standing Progression.  Half-Moon, still a problem.  But this time around, not with my balance, rather with simple leg strength.  I didn't seem to have the strength to hold my body weight on one leg for that long.  I had to tap out a couple of times to shake my leg out.  But once Standing Spits was done, I was doing fine.  Half-Moon was shaky, but not as much as I thought it would be.  I was able to inter-lock my fingers much deeper on the Wrap on both sides.  Also, today was the first time I was able to actually try "CRANE" pose.  I wasn't able to the true Crane Pose before because my Triceps were to sore to rest my knees on them.  Today, I set my knees just under my armpits.  Immediately, I could feel the difference.  A whole new ball game with that knee position.  I was only able to hold Crane Post for a few seconds before tipping over onto my head.  After the Standing Sequence, most of the rest of the routine is pretty standard.  I love it because it also works on the abs and the better warrior.

Then, I got my Flow series and EMS in later in the evening.

In the end, I burned a modest 349kcals.  That is the lowest for this routine so far.  But I felt great afterwards.  I'm ready for resistance tomorrow.