Day 20 P90X KENPO X Feb 9 2012

Day 20 P90X KENPO X Feb 9 2012
Today was Kenpo X and I almost didnt make it to hte workout. For the first time since I started, I heard my alarm, and shut it off, and kept sleeping. I was tired, adn my body was telling me i needed more sleep I guess. I woke up and it was around 540am, uusally I am up at 5am, and I jumped out of bed and ran down to get all my stuff. I got the gym and got to it almost immediately.

When I was doing the KENPO X workout, my shoulder/back/neck area was hurting a bit. I mean, I have said it over and over, but this is my problem area, and has been for a long time. I am always very conscious of this area, because I dont want to reinjure it again, and then screw myself out of the chacne to keep working out, and keep getting better. It didnt get to bad, but it was this annoying pain that I think may have just come from doing the arms/shoulders and Yoga DVDs thsi week. I think the KENPO was good for it, and tomorrow doing the X STRETCH will be great for it.

I have been fighting throug that mental wall all week, where my mind has been telling me I dont need to go, but this morning I didnt have the chance. Sicne I woke up late, it was more of an, "OH SHIT" thought and ther was no time for anyhting else. Probably a good thing.

The KENPO X DVD for me, is a bit tough. I sweat my ass off today, and have trouble keeping up with them, rep for rep. I have found that I need to count my own reps, and make sure I am doing the full set whether it is 20 or 25 reps. If I jsut follow them on the DVD, I usually find myself about 5-8 short by the time they are done. I had to pause the DVD 4-5 times to make sure I was finishing the work. That is something I am finding is important, to not cut corners, and slack. If I am doing this, if I am putting in the time, and energy, and committment, I might as well do the best I possibly can, and not short myslef by half ass'ing it.

Tomorrow is day 21 - cant beleive I am on the brink of finishing with 3 full weeks.

After that we enter into the "REST" week, which is something I have never done. I always just took a literal week of rest, and then got to the next 3-week phase. This time, I plan on doing everything next week that it calls for.