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P90X2: Foundation, Week 1: REST / STRETCH

the new p90x2 program suggests 2 rest or stretch days. if you stretch, they recommend the Recovery & Mobility video that features extensive use of the foam roller. however, these rest days or not meant to be “do nothing” days, but rather days away from the program doing something else, like hiking, biking, running, etc.
so me and mz headed off into Manhattan kids in tow on the LIRR: walked from 34th street up to the tree at Rockefeller and then headed on over to Wollman rink where we ice-skated for an hour or so. it was hilarious: mikey literally had spaghetti legs and ioanna mustered enough courage to start going “really fast daddy!”
hopefully yoga later tonight. gonna need it.
update: no yoga; but ended up doing an impromptu stretching routine instead while we watched MI:4.

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P90X2: Foundation, Week 1: CORE

P90X2.02 Core
Sphinx Plank Crunch 22
Warrior 3 Cross Crunch 10/10
Single Leg Walk Out to Sphinx 5/5
Half Angel 9/9
Roller Boat 12
3 Speed Med Ball Push-Up 11
One Leg Lateral Leap Squat 14
Core Circle N/A
Holmsen Screamer Lunge 12/12
Med Ball Dreya Roll 8lb / 5
Plank Burpee on Stability Ball 4/4
Banana Ball Switch Crunch 10
3-Point Squat Press with Med Ball 14lb / 16
Slo-Mo Balance Climber 16
X2 Diver 6
Ryan Sphinx Twist Crunch 7/7
One Leg Med Ball Burpee 5
difficult but not impossible. merry christmas homey.

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Recovery (Half) Week: YOGA

P90X2.06 Yoga
ok, well, i dunno. not as intense as a few of the one on ones. it was good, i needed it. but, i didnt feel like approached any sort of limit or boundary. then again, my ass and thighs were sore as shit from that fucking RevABS Power Intervals crap.
as prepping for P90X2 and the motherfucking road to 40. here we go.

frags

and quiet falls upon us, the hush of winter

and quiet falls upon us, the hush of winter, the hush of promises waiting to be fulfilled it’s christmas time and we’re waiting ever so carefully, like orpheus, fearful to turn around, fearful to look over our shoulders and to see what we’ve lost, what we’ve worked so hard to acheive, fearful and hopeful and expecting and snuggling up under the covers, keeping warm against the seeping cold, reaching to each other through the dark, entangling each other in the dark, candle light spirits, flickering against the drafty windows and creaking doors, waiting quietly, patiently, for winter to envelope us and deliver us unto christmas morning