I have been struggling during this second round to pop out of bed like I did for the first 90 days and was completely wasted from last week. Last week's efforts combined with poor diet and a sick kid left very little in the tank to start the week. I pushed myself fairly hard on Monday with Chest and Back and didn't get the ab ripper in. I had planned to do it that evening but there's a lot going on and I decided to do it before Plo on Tuesday. I got up a little late on Tuesday, sleep is such an important part of this regimen, sleep and diet effect you more than you may know before you start something like this, so I did the Ab Ripper Completed and kept up (it's soooooo easy when done by itself) then just didn't have the time or the energy to do Plyo yesterday morning. I thought I'd try to do it last night but as the day progresses things tend to get in the way of workouts and invariably it didn't happen. So, went to bed by 10:00 last night, woke up before the alarm 4:38 and got amped to go. On the way donwstairs, the girls started getting up so in a fit of panic, I rushed into their room and got them both back to sleep. Now, I'm starting late again today but I'm doing it.
My low energy levels combined with some mental issues ( I was becoming a bit depressed due to a perceived lack of improvement in my strength) had been weighing on me. I was becoming concerned, do I have it in me to go another 90 days of this shit? Well, I "pushed Play" and once I got warmed up, I started realizing that I've made tremendous gains in my overall conditioning. I was not only keeping up with all of the exercises but I was blasting ahead and doing double time jump KNEE Tucks! (say like Tony) Kept the HR in the mid 140's average and got a great workout in. I just needed a day off, I also realized that starting on a Monday is really difficult for me. The weekends typically take a lot out of me and for the first phase I used Monday as my rest day to alleviate some of the stress associated with a Monday morning and get a day to rest, as last week I found that even during my day off on Sunday, I was extremely active. As I said, I'm realizing how important Diet and Recovery time is to working out and as my body has changed so has it's needs. So, I'm going back to the Tuesday through Sunday schedule and focusing on diet and getting enough sleep. I am entertaining doing the doubles program which would add Cardio to 3 days a week in the next phase. I'd like to lose more weight and get below 210lbs!
Icee Out!
My low energy levels combined with some mental issues ( I was becoming a bit depressed due to a perceived lack of improvement in my strength) had been weighing on me. I was becoming concerned, do I have it in me to go another 90 days of this shit? Well, I "pushed Play" and once I got warmed up, I started realizing that I've made tremendous gains in my overall conditioning. I was not only keeping up with all of the exercises but I was blasting ahead and doing double time jump KNEE Tucks! (say like Tony) Kept the HR in the mid 140's average and got a great workout in. I just needed a day off, I also realized that starting on a Monday is really difficult for me. The weekends typically take a lot out of me and for the first phase I used Monday as my rest day to alleviate some of the stress associated with a Monday morning and get a day to rest, as last week I found that even during my day off on Sunday, I was extremely active. As I said, I'm realizing how important Diet and Recovery time is to working out and as my body has changed so has it's needs. So, I'm going back to the Tuesday through Sunday schedule and focusing on diet and getting enough sleep. I am entertaining doing the doubles program which would add Cardio to 3 days a week in the next phase. I'd like to lose more weight and get below 210lbs!
Icee Out!
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