P90X2: Week 8 Day 2, Plyocide
Wow! I don’t know what it was about today’s workout but that really got me going! Plyocide, as tough as it is, is usually a relief day because it’s quick, you’re in and out, there’s no Ab Ripper afterwards, etc. But today, today was something different. I had run out of my customary long sleeve shirts that I like to wear when I’m working out (as if I didn’t sweat enough already) so I went with a good old hoodie. I was already hot and sweating in the warm up, which we all know isn’t exactly strenuous. I kept up rep for rep with the video except when I needed to take a break during the one legged slalom hops. After doing 16 frog burpee hops I was just dead. Initially, I was doing push ups with those and I just couldn’t fathom how Traci was able to get up to 16 reps. I was going to just keep on pushing doing the pushups and just keep on driving for the rep count. Then I stopped and watched for a second, she wasn’t doing push ups!! Ooooh man are you kidding me?! So I told my roommate James cause he was doing push ups too lol. Not that there’s anything wrong with doing the push ups mind you, they make the move extra hard. But, I wanted to see if I could hit the rep count that Traci was at so I went without the push ups today.
I think that one decision just screwed the rest of the workout for me! Not really, I hit the 16 reps but I was breathing hard like no tomorrow. Had to take a little break for the one leg slaloms but otherwise I held on for the rest of the moves. At the end though, I felt like my chest was going to explode and just collapsed on the floor for a minute. Afterwards, I was still warmed up and sweating even after the cool down. My body is a furnace I tell you! When I think too hard I sweat!
So that’s me right after the workout, sweatshirt off. I’ve still got lots of work to do to improve to the point that I want to be at, but it’s definitely progress over where I started this year, a LOT of progress. I have no intention of letting up either, Always Forward. I’ve got a trip to the Bahamas coming up and I gotta look good!!!
