Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Day 1 - P90X Legs & Back - 11/7

I retroactively decided that this would be the start of my winter routine.  It came about after a couple weeks of finding myself settling into a pattern of days that I was doing certain activities - when I looked at it more closely, I realized I was 90% of the way there, just had to make a couple minor tweaks).  One thing I wasn't giving thought to before was following the nutrition guide for P90X - but I'm actually starting to give more thought to it.  I'm still unsure, to be honest - but I'll likely decide this by the end of this weekend, knowing that the more realistic possibility is that I'll just record what I eat instead.

So until I settle in on what to actually document (will I bother to list out how many reps, and the corresponding weights?  Or will I just mention improvements I notice as I go along?  I don't know), there isn't really a whole lot to mention other than that I did the Legs & Back routine today.  Usually, when it comes to performing one of the exercises, I look at what I did previously, and depending on how I feel, try to improve on it in some way.  So if I did six total chin-ups last time, with a mid-set break at four, then the next time I'll see if I can get to seven, or maybe do all six again but without the break.  So thats what today's back workout portion was mostly about - trying to either improve by one rep, to do the same number as before but without a break. 

The leg routine was fairly typical - since it is all about reps first, and weights second - I often don't end up recording whether I was holding 4 lb or 8 lb weights during things like the calf raise squats.  So I suppose I need to get better about documenting that as well.  It was one thing to be a slacker about that during the summer when I was just doing the routines as a way to break into the program, but if I really want to
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then I have to start writing some of this stuff down.

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