I was curious if I would see improvements today and the answer was mostly “no.” That’s what I get for taking a week off. It was nice to have my shoulder feel good, until the second push-up I did on a medicine ball… then the old pain came back a little… I’m really going to have to figure out an alternative. I need to see if it will let me do push-ups without medicine balls, so I can work on arm strength (or “chest” as the title implies). On the other hand, the use of balls (both medicine and stability) really challenges my core. Today I focused on getting into the positions (balancing on whatever combo of balls a move called for) and holding plank. This may be my preferred alternative for awhile. It challenges my core without the shoulder pain. Arms/back can still get a good workout with other moves (pull ups/chin ups, weights on other days). Other than weight loss, my focus is core and arm strength. I appreciate that the days with more cardio (like plyo) also work my legs… I’ll need that too when I transition to running at the end of P90X2.
Today I was able to do Ab Ripper immediately after the other workout. That was so nice. It pushed time a little bit, but my body was already sweaty and in the workout flow, so it was nice to just keep going. Some ab moves are getting easier, some still elude me. I call physically do all the motions (or at least the modifications), but not always for the recommended reps. Can’t wait to see progress on this workout! It’ll help that it’s on the schedule three days per week and I have to make time for it now.
My head was a lot stuffy this morning and I slept horribly last night. The easiest thing to do would have been to reset the alarm. But I did easy last week and I’m not doing P90X2 because I want easy.
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