When I popped in the Kenpo X DVD and While I was putting on my weighted gloves, I was thinking, I have brought it big time the last few times I have done this routine, how can I out do myself today and do I have the energy to try to push the envelope further.
The warm up started and I thought to myself, I am sure I will figure it out and that I did. What I started doing was rotating my upper body more than usual, I put as much intensity on my punches while using the torso’s intensity as well and I tried going faster and doing more reps than what Tony does on the DVD. This for sure started working out big time.
During the breaks, when running in place I lifted the knees up as high as I could, when doing jumping jacks I also jumped higher, and same thing with the X’s. And I kept saying I don’t need no stinking break so BRING IT!!!
Halfway through I thought, damn I better bring this intensity down I am starting to run out of gas and somehow I just picked up a second wind, I yelled BRING IT!!! and I increased my speed instead like a mad man. I was alone at home so I just yelled and huffed and puffed and every punch and kick was accompanied by a loud humph sound, I did start wondering if the neighbors were listing to me LOL.
When I reached the end, I did elbow series really fast and with strong intensity and the vertical punches, I did them as fast as I could and when it was all over I looked at myself and my shirt and shorts were both dripping sweat like if someone would have hosed me down with a fire hose LMAO.
Needless to say that even though I have brought it before, I have not felt as sore as I feel right now, and I have been working out for 69 days so soreness comes by less then at the beginning, so you know I really really brought it like crazy today, even my back muscles are sore for all the extra twisting.
I am really proud of myself, I am starting to perform like I have never performed before, I feel so alive. The times when I am not sure what I can accomplish I start to wonder, how the heck I did not know I had this much energy to give out before I started LOL. The laziness in me is slowly starting to go, every once in a while I still have that nagging sensation of “This is to much work, maybe I should stop now and sit down” But I just ignore that thought and think to myself about what the end results will be, that I will be able to wear things I have wanted to wear before, clothes that I use to like to wear that I can’t anymore, that I will be able to go do outdoor activities and enjoy them much longer without getting tired, the factor that I will no longer require a CPAP machine to sleep with and the snoring will not be as bad where my wife wont want to sleep with me, and many other thoughts. All of these thoughts drown out the I want to be lazy thought and drive me to continue, and I believe this is why Tony says if you do not have a goal when you start P90X, you will not succeed, because if you do not have that goal to look forward to when those lazy thoughts come by, they will take over and you will fail.
Enough of that LOL So today was definitely P90XTREME! I was able to put X in P90X, YEAH BRING IT!!! and as I am writing this I just discovered that even my abs are a bit sore LOL.
Tomorrow I have X Stretch and of course there will be measurements and weight taken so don’t forget to come back.
Thank you for your time:
Mike
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