Late night run

I rarely do late night workouts on a busy schedule. My new schedule with night classes have been affecting my usual workout schedule. If it's a holiday and there's no work for me to worry of for the next day, I wouldn't mind. This blog is more for the endometriosis readers. It's only been two weeks since I haven't done my consistent workouts, but today I started to feel more of the symptoms as usual. I use to take Seasonique, but got off it since I've been taking it for 3 years. My significant other and I figured, since I'm working out more compared to years ago, maybe that's what is making me not feel the symptoms I used to complain of.

Feeling these symptoms come back isn't a good sign to me, especially since it's rare I feel it. Therefore, I forced myself to do a late night run. It was already 9pm, so I stayed with just a quick 4 mile run. Felt so good! Can't wait for this week's 5k.

P90X - Chest, Triceps, and Shoulders

I always start with P90X2 Ab Ripper before a workout. Very rare I will do regular P90X Ab Ripper, the original P90X AB Ripper is only done if I workout in the gym consecutively in days and will be doing resistance instead of cardio.I haven't done Chest, Triceps, and Shoulders in a long time. This workout was pretty great. However, even though I've been doing P90X for almost 2 years and now I'm in P90X2 or Crossfit, I still can't do the one-arm push-up. I did try to do an attempt, holding in one arm, my strength has improved. So, maybe in time this can be done. Alternatives I do for this is do one-arm push-up towards a bench, legs on ground and hand on bench. Usually, when their height on what you're pushing towards to it helps. Another alternative if I don't feel like doing that, I grad a medicine ball and push-up towards that.

Short Intervals

No matter how busy my schedule can be. I try to find a short workout in between even though it's just for 30 minutes or less. Decided to do running intervals today. Always doing long distance running won't help increase your time. There are times we'll have to find a day just to do intervals. Basically, sprint for a minute, then walk for a minute and repeat. This time I did it for every 50 meters I sprinted, then walk. Light posts are usually 50 meters apart, so that was my guide.

Recovery week and missing a day

Today I was suppose to go to the gym and hit the weights. Unfortunately, due to work schedule and having to bring home work for deadlines. I had to give up today's plan for gym. I guess it's okay. I haven't had a recovery week yet for more than a month. I'm overdue for one. The past two days was my scheduled rest days. Technically, we should have 3 weeks of intense workout, then one week of light workouts to allow our bodies to rest and recover. I use to do that program when I started P90X. However, due to traveling schedule or events, I've just saved recovery week for the week I'm super busy or I'm on vacation.

Tomorrow, will be running intervals hopefully if no rain.

Why Sunday?

Who works out on a Sunday? Well, I did for once. Mainly due to schedule change from now to the next two months to come. Since, yesterday was cardio day for me. I worked on resistance today. Started with P90X2 Ab Ripper and worked on P90X2 Shoulders and Arms. Except for this one, I didn't do too much balance moves.

My boyfriend and I learned that doing the balance moves of the P90X2 Shoulders and Arms works more of the core and you can't lift heavy on that. What we do to work both core and work on mass, since this workout requires 3 rounds. We do at least one round without balancing and focus on lifting heavy. I actually do one round of the balance, and two rounds without balance. I need the muscle mass gain, especially since I know I won't be working out the next two days.

Saturday afternoon run

Ran another 5 mile run again. Consistent running in the week has been quite a long gap from the last time I did this. I ran on Thursday and now today, I felt much better today. The feeling of getting back into it was just relaxing. Keep in mind though running long distances isn't always the key. If you want to run faster, you need to find another day of doing running ntervals. I think the upcoming Thursdays will be my intervals day.

P90X2 Chest and Back

I must say this workout is one of my favorites. My blogs will eventually be switching back to P90 mode in the days to come. I'm afraid will all the running coming up, I will be losing all the muscles gained. So, definitely need to get resistance higher than usual. What I love most in this workout is working on push-ups on medicine balls. It's so fun. However, I'm not that great in doing the specialized pull-ups such as Lever. If you can't do the specialized pull-ups. Just try one, and do more reps of a regular one.

X2 Ab Ripper is always my warm-up instead of following the video were it's done at end. I think though in time I'll have to add more reps to X2 Ab Ripper. It's beginning to get too easy now. 

5mile Run

It's been a looong while since I've done a run longer than a 5k. I use to run 2-3 times a week, but the past 6 months I've lessened it to just once a week but it was a 5k day. I was hoping to do more than 5 miles, but decided not to push myself too hard on the first day back to it since it's been awhile. More runs to come! A great excuse to carb up more now in diet.

Usual Wednesdays

Wednesdays are my favorite workout days. I always try to make this day P90X or X2 Shoulders and Arms along with X2 Ab Ripper. I love it when at the end of the workout you're dying to have your shake right away to feed your body, the only thing I hate of it is IF the shake didn't become enough for you.

Starting a new week

Crossfit workouts will be done less now temporarily due to a new temporary schedule and also training for a half marathon upcoming in October. I think it'll only be done once or twice a eek for Crossfit. Today's WOD was pretty medium. Not too crazy, not too light.

WOD:
5 reps of barbell on clavicle bone and squat with elbows out
10 military push-ups
15 box jump squats
30 jump ropes 

5k, Body Pump, Swim!

Today, was a surprising day. Didn't really expect to do anything extra but just run a 5k and a gym. Ran a 5k at 6am as usual, but it's been a month since I did a 5k or did any type of running for more than a mile. Crossfit's 400meter run warm-ups aren't really considered for training. Unfortunately, my running time for a 5k has dropped to a whole minute! No running at all really makes a difference in time. I am looking into getting back to running if I want to do a half-marathon next month.

3 hours after the 5k run. I tried a Body Pump class for my first time. When it gets to weights I normally don't like to do light weights and more reps, I'm more of lifting heavier weights till I can't lift no more. Normally, the heavier the shorter the reps. With Body Pump, you are forced to do reps with a barbell. It's a one hour class working total body. Usually a song is 3-4 minutes, so for each song is working continuous on that body part. The order was Warm-Up, Back, Chest, Shoulders and Arms, Legs, and Abs. Definitely, had to go lighter than usual in this. However, the many reps just burn your arms at that time-frame. The workout wasn't extreme intensity compared to Cross-fit or P90X. So, I don't expect any soreness from it as I'm not feeling it much at all. But Body Pump does help for that definition in arms, but needs the right diet as well.

After Body Pump, aimed for a tan and did some swimming. Beautiful Saturday to relax and enjoy the leisure of a sweet body work.

Abs and Arms

Purposely did a very short workout today due to a 5k tomorrow. All I did was P90X2 Ab Ripper and some shoulders and arms workouts in gym. Didn't really do a full program like I normally do, as the weekend I'll have more time. Better to do something rather than nothing.

Long 5 Rounds

Another 5 round WOD was done today, but killer. I didn't even bother to check my time, but I'm assuming it's at 18 minutes or so.

WOD for Thursday:
1) 5 Ring Push-Ups (the rings that is used for Gymnastics)
2) 10 Sumo High Pulls with Kettle Bell
3) 15 Medicine 20lb Ball Cleans
4) 100meter rolls

Wednesday Rest Day

Due to my schedule of work ending late, no workout was able to be done on this day. Which in a way helps as I need to recover from the past two days of soreness from Crossfit. Especially from yesterday. My back is a little bit sore. Nothing broken, just the lower back muscle was really worked on to the extreme. Difference from Crossfit and P90X.

Main reason why you're sore from Crossfit, is because the repeated workout in the rounds of WOD only works a particular muscle. For P90X, you don't feel the soreness pain because the workout is even out in muscle confusion. In P90X we do a wide push-ups, then military push-ups, decline push-ups and etc. The different types of push-ups work a particular part of your body, so it evens out the pain. I feel like my back is broken in the bones, which actually would be really bad and I wouldn't be able to work out at all for awhile. So, thank goodness it's not. But realizing how serious the back can get injured, proper form is very important for Crossfit especially as the workouts are faster.

21, 15, 9....

Today's Crossfit WOD started with 1st round is we do 21 reps of each workout, then second round was 15 reps of each. Last round is you do 9 reps of each.

Here's the WOD:
1) 75lbs deadlift pull on the barbell
2) 35lbs kettle bell thrusts
3) regular push-ups

Crossfit Intensity and additionals

My trainer is just making crossfit even more intense as it was. Did crossfit, along with some P90X arm workouts at gym and X2 Ab Ripper after. What a way to do a workout on a Holiday.

Crossfit WOD:
5 rounds
1) 7 decline push-ups (feet on box or square, and push-ups to ground)
2) 5 incline bench press at just 45lbs of the barbell alone
3) 7 kipley pull ups
4) 5 left hand hammer slams to giant tire, and 5 on right hand