Strength Training 10/06/11

First,

This is what I do when I'm waiting for jack3d to kick in.  I listen to music and dance/pretend run around. I was showing someone what I think I look like while running while my power song was playing. I know I look like a hot mess and not all quirky like that in real life tho.  I was dancing around and I slipped in my living room. The floor is particularly slippery this morning!

Anyway, I was all ready to do this because I was planning on doing chest & back which involves my least favorite thing EVER- pushups.  So in the beginning I was like

COME AT ME BRO!!!

Then I was doing warm ups and dancing around and then I actually started chest & back and then after the warm ups and like 20 minutes of the actual work out I was like

YOU GOT ME BRO!  I give up.

I hate pushups. So bad. I kept on going anyway. Haha. It was so half assed I'm thinking of either going running in the rain or doing another set at 10/10:30. I need to motivate myself to do this. I had my cheat day yesterday because it was my riends birthday and I seriously need to work out. I had hella sushi, cheesecake & cookies. Well I had hella sushi and some cheesecake and cookies. I need fiber. I have a feeling I "gained" a lot of weight cuz I didn't have fiber. TMI, yes. But its the truth. YOU NEED YOUR FIBER!

Anyway, I've been having pain in my hip bone area. Its been hurting a lot. I'm not sure why but its been hurting a lot.

See where my right hand is? That area on both sides. It sucks. It hurts like my hip bone is bruised but I'm not sure why. I bruise easily tho. I wonder if being anemic has something to do with that. Anyway, I'm glad that I'm back to being pale in this cold weather. Or as pale as I'm about to get anyway. I'm so dark.

Okay dokay! Time to do a non-half-assed round 2 of chest & back or go for a run or another set of muscle groups. I suck at P90x. I need someone to correct my form.  I suck at dive bombers, flip-grip triceps kick backs and pretty much everything for P90x.

I do want to try P90x2 tho! I'm so excited for that! I'm almost more excited for P90x2 than MW3. Or maybe at the same level. I'm not sure yet. Haha.

Have a strong and beautiful day!

PS. I almost want to take a dance class for workouts. I need to switch up my P90x and running. I think I'm starting to get bored especially since I can't really run outside anymore. Its past drizzles and into hard core rain!  But I know I need my strength training!

Calendar

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I can easily see why this "stuff," stuff being working out, getting fit, eating right is midly addicting. I'm setting up my calendar for marathon training (green), carb cycling (orange), & p90x (purple).  Before, and I must admit even a really tiny bit now, I would be like f'ck it and give up. But right now, I'm really, freakishly, excited!

I haven't finished inputting everything. I'm waiting for my friend's opinion to see if I'm being too ambitious or if anything is more harmful than good. I'm scared that I might be a little too ambitious. Am I determined? Yes, but I also don't want it to be more harmful than good nor do I want to bite off more than I can chew, figuratively speaking.

Anyway, heres my calendar. I hope things work out.

For today, I was going to run but I think I need to face my laundry first and I haven't eaten and I'm pretty hungry right now. Gonna eat, do laundry, wait for the heat to die down a little and run today. I'll probably P90x, actually I should. I didn't do it yesterday.

The Hundred totally kicked my ass today.

As if it wasn't hard enough, putting your legs up higher and adding resistance bands (hooked on your feet, pulling down with your hands) just plain old kicked my ass.  My core is burning, but I admit its mildly addicting.

It also helped my freakin' spine! Oh hallelujah. I've been having sciatic nerve/slip disc issues (like I said, mixed diagnosis) and while I don't have to take vicodin because the pain is tolerable, the pain is still there.

I'm also learning and appreciating the importance of stretching. I don't normally stretch before my runs I just kinda jog for five minutes then go at it but I think thats one of the ways I damaged my lower spine/back. I did some stretches today for cooling down and I have to admit, I felt much much much better after my workout. Usually I feel like passing out and knocking out, but I actually feel pretty alert and I kinda want to keep on going but I know I need to let my  muscles chillax. I'm not sure if I'm alert cuz I had some caffeine tho. I couldn't wake up this morning without feeling mentally crappy so I had to get some caffeine in my system in the form of double caffeine Rockstar.

I'll probably do some P90X or Insanity later. I really want to work on my core and yeah, the hundreds help, but I want to push it, not too much, but just ennough.

::edited to add::
I did 3 sets of hundreds. My arms hurt, my core hurts, & a bunch of different muscles hurt. It would be okay if I wasn't super cold right now. The cold is just making me feel weird.