Project Exercise

I was supposed to do P90X Plyo X today, however, I sub’d it out with Interval X Plus from the P90X+ series.  Although it is a shorter workout it is much more intense than the regular P90X plyo workout.  I handled the workout better than I thought I would.  After doing INSANITY the plyo and interval workouts don’t seem as difficult as they used to.  They are sufficiently intense, though, so I did get a good workout.  I admit that the “Carlito’s 3 Ways” are still tough.  They are tough just by themselves, however, they are a butt kicker when placed in the middle of the workout.    Jeff knows what I mean.

After I was done with my workout, I played ball with my son.  We got the baseball gloves out and threw the ball.  My son is a football player, so we enjoyed doing something different.  We haven’t really had a good session throwing a baseball so I was able to give him some tips and teach him about using his glove.  Within a fairly short time he was catching pretty well and he began catching faster balls.  It was very enjoyable.

As some of you folks know, I coached football for about 17 seasons.  I “retired” from coaching and I enjoyed just watching a game as a parent last season.  Today I got a call from a pop warner coach today and he asked me if I would help him coach.  I said I would.  Am I nuts!!!  Well, at least I won’t be the head coach.  I get to be an assistant coach this time around.  I haven’t been an asst coach for a very long time.  It will be nice to have someone else call the shots.  I guess I am just a little burned out with coaching.  Maybe I will feel refreshed after my short retirement.

I have a couple of days of posting to catch up.  On Friday, day 12, I did legs and back.  Last week I did burpees during one of the circuits.  That’s not a good exercise to do during a leg workout.  My legs get so wasted during the i30x5 workout that it is hard to get up off the ground and jump.  So at the suggestion of one of folks (Steve a.k.a boxcarvibe) who regularly stops by at Project Exercise, I sub ‘d out the burpees with plank pillars.  It was a good choice.  It was funny though.  I have never done these and I looked like an uncoordinated buffoon trying to do the movement.  By the third round I was getting the hang of the exercise, but I was so wasted that it still looked ugly.  Anyway, the leg workout was pretty decent.

I also had a good shoulder workout.  After round 3 I had to drop the resistance a bit.  2o sets and around 250 reps will give you a pretty good burn.  The i30x5 workout will exhaust the muscles if done correctly.  At the end of one of these strength workouts, you will leave everything behind.

I cleaned up with about 20 minutes of abs/core.

Today, just for the heck of it I did Interval X Plus.  This workout is extreme.  It comes close to the Insanity plyo sessions.  It starts out easy enough, but by the time you hit the mid-way point, the going gets rough.  For those of you who of done this P90X+ workout, you know how you feel when doing the Calito 3 ways.

Here is a video Steve recommended. They do the pillars at around 34 seconds.