My ass got kicked by arms & shoulders today. Not sure if its cuz I'm in a rush, or if its because I didn't take jack3d or whatever, but I didn't finish, I'm beat. I am running late, but thats not the primary reason I didnt' finish. I'm just beat.
I'll do a full session, including ab ripper, when I get back.
But this is how I felt:
I was tired, I didn't want to do anything but goof around and or lay down and just be silly. Its okay tho. I just really want to break through the plateau. I want to loose 10 more pounds by the end of this year, totally do able if I get serious about it. Going to be tougher since it is the season of food and indulging. But totally do able!
Anyway, have to jet. I don't even want to take a protein shake since my workout was so half assed and since I want to drop more weight, I really am in that bad mentality of "don't eat anything if you don't have to."
So I decided to go out and run/walk/jog for 15 minutes. Not set distance or pace, just get out there in rain and in the cold and have fun for 15 minutes. So I laced up my Lunarglide +2, shoes I don't mind if they were to get dirty or wet.
It was cold and I'm trying to be careful with my immune system because its on the weak side right now so I wore some long socks. I love my long socks. They keep me warm. These aren't my compression socks. I actually took them from my brother, they were his soccer referee socks. Haha. They are big and loose but they keep me warm.
This also greeted me outside
Loving those clouds! It was just a light drizzle when I left and it actually stopped during my run. But man, I love this weather. As much as I want to stay under my warm blanket and just sleep in, this weather is begging for a run or just some outside time. Plus I want to get summer body read. So excited for this summer. Don't ask why, I don't have any solid plans, but I know things will fall together. I have a feeling I'm going to be in SoCal a lot, again. I want to take up surfing or something in the water. I'm terrified of sharks, NorCal beaches are shark territories, and drowning but I haven't seen a shark yet or drowned.
Anyway, I did 15 minutes worth of stuff. I actually logged just a mile but it was more than a mile. My time was dismal, but like I said, I wasn't focused on that. When I was about to turn the corner home, this started playing:
And of course when Sandstorm starts playing, the legs start pushing! Sprinted the last few home and when I got home I was sweaty like heck. I love power songs. I have so many that pretty soon my running/workout playlist will all be power songs that I'll just have no choice but to run like hell all the way through! I also always forget that no matter how cold it is, if you put in honest work, you'll be hot. I wore my over sized long sleeve white tee again over my compression tank (+ sports bra = compressed to the max = sweat) and damn. I was sweating bullets. I love this white tee. I have no clue where it came from, I just found it. Its a guys tee too and I feel like I'm drowning in fabric when I run but its so comfy.
Theres my favorite white tee and my pink in ear ear buds! You guys know how much I rock pink when I run or work out! Ignore my chapped lips. I always get chapped lips during the winter and no amount of chapstick, EOS, BurtsBees, Vaseline can fix it. Its annoying as hell but its what I got. Is there such things as prescription chapstick?
Got home and decided that I have time and energy to do some P90x! Took jack3d, by the way, I can't wait to finish this jar so I can try new flavors, and did some arms & shoulders. I know I've been doing arms & shoulders forever but I really want to work out my arms. I should do my other upper body work outs tho. I know it all works together but damn, I want my arms to lean out. I'm also kinda annoyed at my legs. This is going to sound stupid complaining but I'm loosing a lot of fat from the mid section, which is great. Don't get me wrong its great but I was hoping to loose a good amount from my arms and legs too. Legs I'm not too worried because I run, but my arms. I know they are shrinking because my clothes tell me so and I have muscles and I'm getting stronger and my tape measure tells me so, but damn. I want to "be there" already. I just need to remember that most of the fun is in getting there. It takes work, but not gonna lie, its hella fun.
Heres some fun proof:
PROTEIN SHAKE POWER! Haha! Yes I love my crazy facial expressions too. I'm one of the most animated person you will ever meet. I'm a walking cartoon! Or so I've been told, I just wear my heart on my sleeve and apparently my heart is very crazy 8-)
Anyway, this girl and her over sized long sleeved & white tee will see you soon! Love you guys!
Have a strong day!
Craziness brought to you by endorphins & the natural crazies <3
I hate mind games. I hate it in life, and I hate it in fitness.
Right now my mind is so pre-occupied that I'm having the hardest time concentrating on running, on P90x, on anything.
You know what sucks more?
Knowing that a bad ass run or workout is exactly what I need to get out of this slump. But I can't get that in because of mind games. But alas, that blog entry is for another blog. Damn you.
I did some plyometrics today instead of running because of my knee. Don't get me wrong, I know what plyometrics is. My knee still went to work and it hurts right now, but at least I'm at home, close to the ice. Anyway, plyo was what it was. It wasn't the best, it wasn't the worst. It was something.
I think I'll go for a quick 5k when I get home from work.
Oh wait, I'm a girl, another fix to this slump? Get new shoes. Lunarglide+ 3 in black & pink [solar red], you are officially mine.
I seriously have no strength or something, which is why I'm strength training. Duh.
Someone call the police and lock up those push ups! Those push ups were killer.
KILLER. KILLER. KILLER.
At least I did my best. Now I can forget the rest.
Haha.
So 6 mile run + 1 mile walk to and from park & chest & back.
I was going to do ab ripper but after the halfway point of chest and back, I started seeing double and felt like puking so I think I'll call today's workout done.
Plus my core is pretty sore right now from push ups cuz "I sucked it in." Haha. I should probably do ab ripper. It will only benefit me. Man.
To ab ripper or not?!
PS. I'm cleaning my work out mat now. Its always dripped with sweat and I don't want it to be all germy. Ewe!
Ab Ripper is a killer but I love the way it feels after. Like I'm about to puke with every breathe I take.
Motivation? I had a cheese roll post workout with my protein shake!
I also took double the dosage of jack3d and it helped get me through it. Still tingly right now, hopefully it will pass in an hour at most. Last time, I was tingly all day. I haven't had caffeine in a while.
I really want a stronger core. I find myself slouching when I run after a certain miles and a stronger core will help me not slouch. I know that this will benefit running and vice versa so I really want to keep at it.
I won't weight myself for two weeks either because I just got back from LA where I hardly watch what I eat. I still did but I gave myself soom room for nom nom I don't have up here.
Yeah! Loved it. I can't wait to work myself back up to 10lb weights then 15... I think I'll probably top at 20. I want to be lean, not bulky.
I finished my workout hours ago, and now decided to document it cuz I talk about running a lot but not P90x.
I have one problem, I have no clue where to put my fraekin' resistance bands when I do Chest & Shoulders!
I have a ghetto rig and I think its not working because I'm not feeling the "burn." I'm going to double up resistance but I don't want to put too much strain on my ghetto rig because I have a feeling it will snap. And I don't want that to happen again.
I should get a pull up bar (I returned mine it was so faulty!) but I wouldn't know what door way to put at when I work out.
::sigh::
#firstworldproblems
Anyway, its going good. I'm really enjoying it and with Jack3d, time seems to fly and I know I'm a bit more focused and it pushes me to do well.
DISCLAIMER "well" is relative. Alright. I'm getting there, but my "well" would probably be the normal person's "easy peasy." =]
I think I'm going to half my jack3d tho because it lasts too long and I'm just all over the place for two-three hours. Its crazy.
I also don't follow the P90 calendar because I run and I don't know if running justifies not following the calendar but I really don't want to strain my body. I'm only hittig 1200-1500 calories a day and on my runs I know that it isn't enough. I'm tapped out by 5 pm.
I also feel like I can push it some more while working out. I feel lame, like I wasted time, if I'm not feeling the burn after because it feels like I wasted my time. But I'm trying to do P90 with good form. And that takes a ton of effort in my part because I have bad form. Both in P90x & running.
Anyway, yeah. Thats that. It should be fun to see what happens in a month or two.
runner. p90x-er. artist. i like to share life, probably over share. what i come up with usually pops up in the brain post run or work out when i'm on the floor, cooling down. hoping to run a 26.2 with a smile in my face in every mile!
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