Days 70, 71 & 72

Confession: I skipped kenpo on Saturday. Usually, Saturday is my rest day but everything got thrown off when Jacob and I skipped plyo two weeks ago and pushed our workouts back a day to make up for it. We ended up on a schedule to have Sundays off. However, we don't want Sundays off because we prefer having Saturdays off. I did originally plan on doing kenpo on Saturday then starting our new week on Sunday and just nixing the rest day. Yet, I did not kenpo. Honestly, I just didn't make the time in my busy day for it. Saturday was my last full day at home with my family so I opted to spend most of the day out and about with my mom then go out with a bunch of extended family to hear my uncle play guitar and sing at a local family restaurant. I could've made time for kenpo, but I didn't. I know I should've. I felt guilty for skipping it! That happens, though. I'm glad I spent my entire day with my family even if it meant slacking a little on my workout schedule.

Sunday, I made up for my kenpo skip by bringing it super hard during chest/back and the ab ripper!! I'm talking, I pulled 16lbs instead of 10lbs and kept up with my 50lb resistance band at 14-22 reps per set. Beast mode activated! Ab ripper was a little more rough, considering the fact that my older brother was being a goof and making me laugh while I was trying to do it! I did like 20 of the 25 oblique v-up things I hate, though! I'm hesitant to admit this... but I'm starting to like my abs :O They're looking pretty good, if I do say so myself! Definitely not as defined as I want them to be, but I'm happy with the change I've seen since starting p90x. Maybe I'll just do the whole thing over again after I'm done in 18 days and then I'll see the results I want! ;]

Tonight was, obviously, PLYOMETRICS! I'm telling ya what, this workout really took it out of me tonight!! I'm not sure what it was, but I felt absolutely fried! Wasted. Drained. Zapped. It was rough. I think my body might have adjusted to the cooler temperature I've been working out in for the past couple weeks (I work out in the basement at my parents house), so the intense heat of my apartment just sucked the energy out of me. I stayed within my target heart rate zone the whole time and peaked at 191 again. Win. It hurt so good. Like Tony Horton says, it's a love/hate relationship with plyo. The endorphin high afterwards was pretty awesome, though! I love that feeling after an intense workout! 

On a side note, I started taking Osteo Bi-flex for my knees and I think it's helping! I've only been on it for a few days now but I can notice a difference. I think taking this every day is going to do my knees some serious good! :] My foot is basically healed up, too. It still aches/stings/tightens up from time-to-time but that isn't as bad as the constant pain I was having. Though my right foot seems to be tender now too. Also, I apparently have an abnormal heartbeat! I had my mom take my pulse (she's a nurse) to find my resting heart rate so that I could calculate my target heart rate (my "zone"). She discovered that my heart does not beat rhythmically. I have an arrhythmia. Awesome. I need to find a cardiologist and get tested to make sure it isn't anything major. I don't really think it's a huge problem because I exercise at such a high intensity, I figured I would've had a heart attack or something by now if it was a major problem. Then again, if it was/is a minor problem, my intense workouts could be exacerbating the issue. I guess we'll see! Whatever it isn't, I hope it won't mess with my cardio workouts! Haha.

One more thing- I made a fitness goal for 2012. By the end of this year, I WILL be able to do real, legit, no assist/modified pull ups. I'm going to do the real deal. Serious pull ups. It's going to happen. That miht sound like a lame goal, but I have been working my butt off the strengthen my upper body during p90x and I want to get to the point where I can do pull ups. I'm determined. 

Tomorrow is arms/shoulders and ab ripper. Another spaghetti arms workout :P I'm going to give it my best, keep pulling heavy weights so I feel the burn on my last three reps and bring it!