Day 18: Yoga X aka Tony PLEASE stop yelling!

09Apr08

I did ARX last night. This is still so hard for me, and it’s really frustrating because although I see myself getting better at the cardio and weight work - increasing reps and weights, less breaks during Plyo - I’m STILL struggling with ARX. Some of the exercises are easy for me, and some are just so damn hard. My form is probably crappy, I can’t straighten my legs cause my hamstrings are so tight, I can barely lift my legs off the floor. Just UGH! I almost dread doing this one, but since I’m determined to stick to the rotation as is, I’m gonna keep going. I’m also going to try to just do this one at the end of a workout because the dread factor is a little too strong to save it until the evening. Last night I was >>thisclose<< to saying eff it.

Yoga was even off for me this morning. I don’t think I was in the right mindset or something. I just felt so uncoordinated and stiff and klutzy with it. It didn’t even FEEL good. My shoulders were burning, I was having trouble breathing because I think my allergies are acting up, I was wobbling, had crappy form, you name it. I wanted to turn the damn thing OFF so many times but I just powered through. And the last two times I did this one, I wasn’t really bothered by Tony yelling during the Yoga Belly 7 but this morning I just wanted him to STFU! (Sorry Tony!) Unfortunately I don’t think there is a “Tony OFF” option on this DVD.

Won’t be saying goodbye to this one, it’s scheduled twice during the recovery week. I’m SOOOO tempted to sub in another Yoga DVD for this one, but I don’t want to give up on it. Hopefully my mindset will be better then.

I’m still tired after I’m done. This time I’ll attribute it to lack of sleep. I usually go to bed at around 10, but last night I didn’t power down until after 11. Then I was awake before 5 contemplating hitting snooze and doing Yoga at night. Then I got real. I KNEW I wouldn’t have the time or desire to do this dreaded 90 minute thing when I got home. So I got my ass up anyway.

Eats are okay I think. I clocked in almost 1800 cals yesterday. Today’s meals are planned at 1635 and have more of the 50/30/20 breakdown I’ve been trying to reach. (49/25/27 to be exact). It’s getting there. I’m gonna stick with this for the rest of this week and the recovery week and then add more carbs in Week 5. Not sure if I’m gonna stick to 1600 or go for 1700 or even 1800.

And this has nothing to do with P90X, but I found out yesterday I got accepted to the MA program I applied for at The New School! I’m excited, but nervous at the same time. Which might have been why I wasn’t “there” for Yoga X this morning. I mean it wasn’t at the forefront of my mind, but it certainly was in the back of my mind. The stress of worrying about getting accepted is over, but now the stress of how I’ll pay for it and how this will affect my eating, my workout schedule and my vacations begins.

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Tags: P90X, The New School, yoga X