P90X Review Chest & Back (Day 22 - Phase 1)
I guess I was too rested on Tuesday since I overslept instead of getting up at the crack of dawn for P90X Chest and Back. That was a first for me, I haven’t slept through the alarm and missed a workout yet. Over course that meant I had to come home after work and complete the workout.
On the way home I stopped by Sears and bought a new pair of New Balance running shoes for my workouts. The shoes I have been using, I am ashamed to admit, were about six or seven years old. I’m sure you’re imagining some really ratty looking shoes. They really look pretty good. I rarely wore them outside so they look new. However, most of the articles I have been reading about how to cure shin splints suggest replacing your gym shoes. I found a pair with great heel padding so I’m ready to bring it with my new kicks.
I hate working with spectators around and my wife found great amusement in watching me do Dive Bomber Push-Ups. She really exercised great self control and didn’t critique my form at all during the work-out. She did show me that some of the Ab Ripper X exercises that I said were really hard, didn’t seem so hard for her. She’s been doing the Hip Hop Abs workout while I’m at work and the kids at school and she’s getting great results.
Speaking of results, Tuesdays are weigh-in nights. My wife and son are fans of the show Biggest Loser and they get a kick out of seeing dad stepping on the scale to check his progress. I often have a hard time seeing the scale’s display because they want to see the numbers first. A cheer went out when we saw that I had dropped 3.5 lbs since last week. That has been the largest one week weight loss since I started P90X. It was a great way to end the day. Really got me motivated to keep pushing play!
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