Week 2 Phase 3

Today I started the second week of training phase three but before I go into that I should bring everyone up to speed. The first thing I have to say is that I got the date of the run I am doing wrong and it is actually this Saturday so I have not done it yet. I know I didn't get a lot of posting done last week due to how crazy busy it was but I am hoping that I can get back on track this week. First of all come Wednesday I did the next set of weight training exercises which was the arms and shoulders workout. I am happy to say that yet again I was able to get either more reps or more weights out of each of the exercises and I really felt pretty strong when  I was finished with it. Yoga came on Thursday an I was able to continue to improve on the poses as well. One really cool thing was that I have done Yoga enough times now that I don't have to look at the screen to see the poses I can just listen to Tony and get into each of the poses as he calls them out. This helped me in a few ways, I was able to keep the poses more solid since I didn't have to change my balance in order to move my head and see what was next and it also allowed me to really clear my mind and think only of the pose and the form. I know that this both added a level of intensity to the DVD as well as put me in a really good state of mind and when I was finished I was totally ready for whatever the day brought. Then came Friday, Legs and Back, this was going to be the day I found out if I was going to have to move the around the workout schedule this week to give my legs some time to rest before the run. As it turns out I think that I will be ok and I will keep the schedule as it is supposed to be with the exception of making up the missed kenpo of Sunday. (Like I said before I don't want to miss a workout even if I am running 13 miles in between). Kenpo went well as always and I was happy to finish it up, I got a really good cardio workout in because of it and burned some crazy calories. Yesterday my workout was yard work and X Stretch, nice light day. I did want to run but by the time I finished the yard a good part of the day was gone and I didn't want to miss any more of it. I was able to get deeper in a lot of the stretches than I have before so I guess Tony is right when he says that anyone can be flexible but you have to work at it. Today was what I call the Devil workout, chest shoulders, and triceps. This is one of those workouts where I love it but I hate it. I love it because I know that these three muscle groups are the weakest in my body so they need the most work but because of that this workout is the most difficult to me. One thing I am happy to say is that for the most part I was able to get more reps in of each of the exercises than the last time I did it with the exception of one but I think it was just because I was so wiped out from working so hard up to it. I am not going to lie there were still times in the push up exercises that I had to go to my knees to finish the set but it happened later in the set so I was getting more normal reps first before going to knees and getting a larger number total. I hope to feel some serious soreness in my chest by the end of the day and tomorrow. Tomorrow is my next Plyo day, only three to go and I am done with that workout until my next cycle. I am going to try and keep up with Dom in the video and jump higher and do double time jumps as much as I can until I am beat. Like I said before I am using this last training phase to push myself harder and harder with each workout and really get the results that I am hoping for. I can't wait to be able to walk around and tell people not only did I do P90X but I finished it with amazing results. I am sure much like anything else you get out of it what you put into it, and trust me I have been putting in everything I have.