P90X Workout – Day 36
Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps – I struggled to get out of bed which seems to happen to me every Monday morning. Once I get myself to stand up, the rest is automatic. I am not as alert as I would be if I worked out at night and that might be a good thing. I wake up, walk downstairs, put my sneakers on and press play. I always appreciate the warm-up as I am still waking up. Once the first set comes, you do not have time to think about anything else so you just do it. Not everyone can work out in the morning but I highly recommend it if you can, especially if you have kids. I find it very easy to exercise early when everyone is sleeping as there are no distractions whatsoever. I worked out in the afternoon on Saturday and all I heard was my two young kids fighting with each other in the room outside my workout area. I was thinking if I did not press “pause” to see what was going on, I would probably hear from my wife. Typical guy, I let them hash it out for a few more seconds and they eventually stopped. The whole time it was going on, I was not focused on exercising. It made me realize even more that working out in the morning is much better.
This morning’s workout was great, I felt a good burn on each exercise. The push-up exercises are designed for you to do maximum reps. I always max out but my goal every time is to do push-ups until the time clock runs down to zero. I will do as many as I can, take a few second break and max out again…the second set of reps is usually just a few more as I am exhausted at this point. I use both dumbbells and bandson the shoulder and tricep exercises. I love using the bands on the straight-arm shoulder exercises, the tension at the top is far greater than what you would get if using dumbbells. If you have bands, definitely try them on the shoulder exercises next time, you will not be disappointed.
Also – I completed the “mason twist” (ab ripper x) for the first time this morning, I did all 50!!
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