R2D20 – Kenpo X

Today I came home at noon and decided to walk to the clinic as it is a 30min walk, so I walked there, got my blood taken and then walked back home. So basically I had an hour walk today, which is a great add on to a cardio day.

Let see how I did…

Kenpo X:

I certainly brought my speed and intensity yet again, there is no point in doing a cardio workout if your not going to bring it and burn those calories. As you workout you find it easier every time, the easier you find it, you will also find that your heart rate does not increase as much and you sweat less, therefore you need to work harder as time goes by, and in Kenpo all you can do is increase the intensity and the speed, now you increase the speed to a certain extent, you don’t want it to affect your intensity and form.

Again I took no break, because I don’t need no stinking break LOL. I will say that when you do something like this and take no breaks, you need to make sure your breathing, like Shaun T says in Insanity, when your feeling tired take a deep breath to bring in fresh oxygen. When your doing kenpo you will tend to match your breath with your punches and kicks, which means that you will be taking in lots of quick short breaths, therefore when you feel the intensity is dropping, take in a couple of deep breaths and that seems to work, as the muscles gain larger amounts of oxygen.

Also I wish I had a heart rate monitor for workouts like this, that way it would be easier for me to tell if I am in the zone or not and can try to maintain it there longer, as the longer you stay within your zone the more calories you will burn. What I do right now is just place my hand on my chest and try to feel my heart rate and have an idea on how I am doing, not the best thing, but at the same time it helps me understand my body a little better.

I also wanted to mention again that my diet this week has been pretty messed up, and I am trying to get back to watching what I eat and making sure I get enough fiber, nutrients and protein in my diets. I have another family dinner still pending on which I will cheat, I don’t want to go to someone’s house and then say I don’t eat that anymore LOL not nice after they cooked for me, but this will be sometime next week. We will see what my results are tomorrow.

Tomorrow I have a full days work, I have to redo all the power and network cable configurations in a classroom and I am booked to get it done between 8am and 4pm, and I will be moving some things around so I will be burning some calories LOL.

Tomorrow I have X Stretch and I will try and make sure I can get my stretches in.

Thank you for your time:

Mike