P90X – Day 27 – Yoga X and Much More

January 28, 2010 by Shane

Today I managed to get 3 different workouts in. My goal is to increase my physical activity and help drop some of the access weight. Ideally I want to do more than just P90X. I have manged to incorporte swimming, brisk walks and now basketball.

Workout 1 – Yoga X

My morning started off the same, a solid Yoga X routine. This was my first time using my new Yoga Block, and it really helped. My moon poses where a lot wider because I could balance myself on the block. For $10.00, it is well worth it. During the routine I really fought to keep my thighs off the ground during upward dog and adding push ups between upward and downward dog. I was happy with progress I made at that. There was only one time I hit a child’s pose during the transition. My balance poses are getting better and I feel myself reaching and stretching further.

Workout 2 – Team Workout

As I mentioned in previous posts, my employer is sponsoring a fitness program at work. You create a team of 8 fellow employees and work out twice a week with an instructor pushing you for an hour.  There are a number of teams participating and the winning team will be the one who looses the most weight. This ties into my P90X program very well. What is really nice is it takes place during business hours. So you basically get paid to work out! We do a lot of different exercises in one hour including cardio, upper body, legs, and back. I enjoy working up a sweat but a lot of the routines go against my P90X goals. The instructor likes us to 75+ reps with routines mixing on and off with a partner. I am a firm believer in 1 -3 sets doing as many as you can and alternating routines. However, I still enjoy getting two extra workouts in a week.

Workout 3 – Basketball

After work I decided to play some basketball with a co-worker. It has been about 5 years since I played basketball last, and it really showed. My ball handling and shooting was aweful. I could not find my rhythm for the tempo of the game. Not to mention the fact that I was sweating like a pig. If I was not 27 days into P90X, I may have had heart failure. Well maybe not, but even with the exercise I am getting from P90X, I was still way out of basketball shape. So, I am going to add basketball to my weekly exercises and focus on getting what little skill I used to have back.

Overall, today was burner on my body. On the way home from basketball I tried having a healthy sub at Jersey Mike’s. After researching nutrition facts online after eating my tuna sub, I realize there is no such thing as a healthy sub at Jersey Mike’s. It was loaded with fat and calories, however I worked extremely hard today and I am sure my body burned right through it. I am off to grab a Casein protein shake and then hit the hay. Hopefully I can catch some good REM sleep and let my body heal.