P90X+ Day 1

Upper Plus (50 minutes)
Abs/Core Plus (12 minutes)

Squat/Glute challenge: Wall Squat 1:23.75

I started my workout with the Wall Squat. I surprised myself with how well I did with it. I put a song on my iPod, and propped myself while singing along ... hoping that by singing, I would distract myself.

Then, I moved into the X+ workouts. Upper Plus required a lot of pausing ... partly because I was pooped, and partly because I had to see what they were doing! I ended up cutting Abs/Core Plus short, due to time constraints.

Upper Plus:
Double Double Dip'll Do Ya: 6 ... my chair situation isn't real steady
Dead Leg Switch Pull-Up: 5 assisted
2-Direction Circle Flies: 18/5#
Lunge Curls: 12/10#
Hammer Kick: 10/5#
Frog Push-Ups: 7
"L" Chin-Ups: 3 (freefall) ... poor form, and definitely no control on the way down!
Fly Blaster: 8/5#
Lean Back Curls: 15/10# ... these will take a while to master, my elbows wanted to come forward
1-Legged Bridge Dips: 12 (2-legged) ... I chose to not lift my legs (yet), to get more quality and quantity
Spiderman Push-Ups: 3 ... uh, yeah ...
7-Point Pull-Ups: 5 (assisted)
Warrior Swim: 5/5# ... balance was an "issue"
Pumper Curls: 12/10#
Side Hammer Kick: 10/5#
Iso Climber Push-Ups: 5
Clean to Negative: 5/1
Shoulder Everything: 9/5#
Bicep Everything: 10/10#
Combat Push-Ups: 3

Abs/Core Plus:
Hanging Toe Tap Knee Raises: 4
Tip Toe O Crunch: 8 ... took me a little bit to get it ... or my numbers probably would have been bigger
Scorpion Plank: 6
Banana Cannonball: 2 ... all I can say, is, at least I tried
Hanging Up & Overs: 2 ... hands were hurting ... gotta remember to wear my gloves
Discus Throwers: 8/5#
Warrior Bow: 6
Scissor Climbers: 0 ... I watched
Hanging Knee Kicks: 2
Wood Chopper: 8/5#
-- cut the workout short --

I can say that this workout today was a good baseline workout. A beginning. I can only go UP from here! Actually, in 12 weeks, I think I'll be cranking these exercises out much more effectively.

Already this evening (I just finished 5 hours ago), I am feeling the effects of the workout!! My core is going to be sore in the morning!! Not sure how I'm going to do that workout again tomorrow. With all the discussion about recovery, I do find it odd that the schedule has the Abs/Core workout on back-to-back days.

My shoulders were surprisingly tolerant of the workout. I did chose to go with slightly lighter weights, mainly because I didn't want any of my injuries to flair up on me and cause me to have to sit out, again. I think by week 2 I can feel more confident in pushing myself to my max again. (Part of my hesitation to workout, during the last 2 weeks, was mainly because I was afraid of re-aggravating the injury. So, for me to feel comfortable, I think I need to ease into it, for right now.)

Food was better today. Not as great as it could have been ... not that I ate "bad" stuff ... I just didn't fill in all the boxes today. And, it's late enough, I'm not eating any more!! Tomorrow, I'm going to work a little harder at getting all the servings in. I've planned a slightly higher protein-content breakfast for the morning, which should help.

Plan for tomorrow:
Interval X Plus
Abs/Core Plus
Eat "on plan"
Drink 6 bottles of water