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.
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.
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
Recovery (Half) Week: CARDIO
RevAbs.04 Power Intervals 1
92/77 (166/139) 526/36
lunges, jacks, burpees; 2 sets, 3 rounds. really rough on the knees but bearable. not as intense but doable. definitely in the recovery/lite cardio category.
Recovery (Half) Week: STRETCH
RY. Power Yoga – Flexibility
Forced my mom to do it with me. Hilarious, particularly the moment when i forced her into downward dog and she literally yelped in shock. Couldn’t stop laughing. She fell soundly asleep afterwards.
Recovery (Half) Week: CORE
OOO.202 Core Ball Sandwich
Recovery (Half) Week: ABS / YOGA
In & Out
Hip Rock n’ Raise
Fifer Scissors
Bicycle Crunches, Slow
Boat
V-Up Roll ups
Half Boat, L/R
Flutter Kicks
Flutter Scissors
Oblique V Ups, L/R
Halo, 35lb, top, middle, bottom
Farmer’s walk, 35lb
later in the evening, Rodney Yee, Power Yoga – Flexibility
Balance Cycle, Week 7, CARDIO 2
OOO.209 Cardio Confusion
goodbye sweet balance cycle: you improved my core while destroying my wrists and mangling my elbows. after a short recovery week, i will pay homage to your more refined cousin, P90X2.
on the road to 40: bring it motherfuckers…
Balance Cycle, Week 7, Shoulders & Arms
OOO.207 On One Leg Shoulders & Arms
R/L Military Press 35 15/15
R/L Scissor Curls 35 15/15
R/L Warrior Kickbacks 35 15/15
R/L Swimmer Chair 30 12/12
R/L 21’s 30 12/9
R/L Bridge Extensions 30 15/15
R/L Spike Pike FL 15/15
R/L Chair Extensions 30 15/15
R/L Military Tree 30 15/15
R/L 21’s (HAMMER CURLS) 30 11/11
R/L Warrior Kickbacks 30 15/15
this is going to be the last resistance exercise of this cycle. i had planned for the balance cycle to go up to 13 weeks, a typical 90 days + last recovery week but since P90X2 came out, and contains last of similar things i’ve already been working on between the Endurance/Strength Cycle and this one, i might as well just move onto it.
i’m excited and apprehensive: a lot of what i’ve seen so far in the videos is familiar (which is oddly disappointing) but also very strange (the rumble roller and extensive use of it, the 2 days of “rest”, etc.).
either way, starting Christmas, the next cycle begins!
(…nerd…)