Day 9: Plyometrics aka The BEAST!

31Mar08

I could tell in the first 20 minutes that this wasn’t gonna go well. Last week was great, but this week for Plyo my energy level just wasn’t there. Last week though I ate breakfast first, and I waited probably an hour, hour and a half, so I’m sure that made the difference between last week and this week. This morning, about 1o minutes before I started I drank a glass of apple juice trying to give myself a carb boost before I started because I KNEW, as I was getting dressed, that something was a little off, but even that didn’t help. I was working hard, that I know, but I had to take really frequent breaks because I felt my chest burning. My HRM said I was at 93% of max heart rate. I couldn’t even tell you how many breaks I took, there were so many. I couldn’t even do the bonus round and I was SOOO looking forward to pitching and jump shots! I probably should have just subbed for Cardio X. I thought about it briefly, but something about the flow of that one doesn’t really work for me. You’re standing… then you’re on the floor… then you’re standing again… then on the floor again. Oh well. Just an off morning I guess.

I’m thinking I might try doing Plyo in the evenings when I might have more energy. Although I’ve read things that say it’s good to do cardio in the morning on an empty stomach. The reason I work out in the mornings though is because I find all kinds of excuses at night NOT to workout. Plus I’ve got PT tonight so I knew I had to get Plyo done this morning. Maybe next week I’ll try doing it at night and see if I have more energy for it then.

Eating is going well. I actually planned out what I was gonna eat today, so I’ll be hitting all my target ratios for the day. Just trying to discipline myself and get my mojo back.

Tomorrow: Shoulders and Arms.

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Tags: Cardio X, discipline, energy, heart rate, P90X, Plyo X, Plyometrics