Days 84 & 85

FIVE DAYS LEFT!!!

Yesterday was a perfectly timed day of rest. My upper back/shoulders/neck are killing me lately. The muscles are all knotted and sore... I feel stiff and tight and just nasty. It hurts. Kenpo made this ache and pain blatantly obvious on Friday. I needed a day to let my muscles recover a little. Even though one day was not long enough to make my tight muscles completely better, it was nice.

Yoga tonight was as annoying as ever. My stiff muscles made this already annoying workout a little less enjoyable (who knew that was possible :P). I felt too tight for all the poses/balance postures. It was very uncomfortable. I was happy to get it over with. It's hard to believe that the next time I do yoga, it will be my final day of P90X!! Crazy! I also think it's a little funny that I started P90X with chest & shoulders and the ab ripper and I end it with yoga. In like a lion, out like a lamb! Haha. Not that yoga is a "lamb" but it isn't as hardcore as chest/back and the ab ripper. I definitely prefer hardcore strength workouts.

On a side note, I think I'm going to do P90X2! I told Jacob that all I want for my birthday next month is P90X2 and a new pair of cross-trainer shoes. That's it. I've been told that P90X2 is only five days a week (yay for two rest days!!), focuses on explosive strength moves instead of straight up cardio and has a significantly shorter yoga routine (65 minutes as opposed to the 93 of this program). One of the workouts in 2 is called plyocide, which just sounds ridiculously nasty! In my mind, anything ending in "cide" generally has to do with death (suicide, homicide) so I'm sure this workout is NUTS. It makes me nervous but at the same time I desperately want to try it!! The theme is "tear the roof off your limits" and I want to do just that!! I want to do it to prove that I can! That's why I started P90X to begin with- I didn't think I could do it but I wanted to prove to myself that I could. I'm ready to push myself even further and get even stronger, healthier, more fit... I'm so anxious, eeeeeek! However, waiting until my birthday to get P90X2 means I'll have a month of limbo between 1 and starting 2. I'm leaning towards just doing more weeks of P90X until I can start 2. I want to keep going and working hard... I might do x stretch instead of yoga for those weeks, though, haha. I'm pretty sure that's what I'm going to do. Yeah.

Anyways, back on topic... Tomorrow is core synergistics. That workout is a total beast! A phenomenal full-body workout but tough to get through. In some ways, I'm ready for it- I want to scorch some calories and get a great workout. In other ways I'm not- it always kicks my butt and my muscles are feeling pretty rundown. I need to keep bringing it! 5 more workouts. I got this!