Day 25 P90X KENPO X Feb 14 2012

Day 25 P90X KENPO X - Feb 14-2012 - Today was supposed to be X Stretch, a rest day of sorts, and I wish I would have done the X Stretch today along with the Kenpo and I will explain in a little bit. So last night, and ysterday, I never made it to the gym. I felt like shit because of it. Getting up and getting back to the gym this morning was a bit of a struggle, but the worse part of it was that I felt like it had been so much longer than just one day. ONE DAY out of the routine, and I felt like I had been away for a week or more. It was wild. I turned on the Kenpo DVD though, figuring it would be better to do that, skip the X Stretch, and get back on schedule. I did it, and felt like I did well. I was sweating like a mother f'er - breathing hard, needed to drink some water, but I was able to do all of the exercieses, didnt need any breaks, and though I did get tired and start to lose my form towards the end, I finished strong. At the end, they have this punch sequence where you stand in a horse stance, and punch over 100x. In the past, I have had to stand up, and let my legs get a break cause they burned so bad. Today, I told myself, I am going to fight through that, and do all of them, and I did. My legs were on fire when it was over, btu that was the last exercise of the day and I could rest after.

The shitty part, and I am a bit bummed out about this, si that when I got home, and was taking a shower, I could feel my neck and shoulder all tightened up. I know this feeling, it has happened in the past, and when I tried to move to loosen it up, it popped. Now I have this strain in my neck, shoulder, down my back by my shoulder blade. It happens often when I work out, and usually it puts me out of commsission for a little while, but Iam determined to keep it from putting me out at all. I will push it, and see if I can just manage it. I am going to ice it tonight, and do X STretch tonight when I get home. Hopefully it will loosen up, and I'll have no problems continuing. We'll see

The lesson I learned though, was that it is important to stick wtih the routine as much as possible. When you lose a day, or dont do it or whatever, it sets you back more mentally than physically. And if you do miss a day for whatever reason, dont beat yourself up over it, and get back to the routine as soon as possible, and get caught up.