I felt better about this morning's program, despite having a hard time falling asleep last night. Ashleigh says I was asleep most of the night, but I kept feeling like I was in that weird space between asleep and awake.
Plyometrics (or 'jump-training') is pretty intense. Tony even says in the intro that this is the "X" in P90X. My heart was pounding through the entire disc, so I'd be inclined to agree.
Speaking of heart, it's recommended you have a heart-rate monitor for this. I really should invest in one. I'm pretty sure "the zone" happens before you hear your heart pounding in your ears.
This particular routine is mainly for burning calories. No real muscle training. Just sweating and moving. I seem to have master the former. Just need to work more on the latter. Unlike last week, I was able to finish this disk with only minor difficulties. Still felt nauseas afterward, but I finished it. (Near as I can tell, the sick feeling I was getting was from the cold water I was drinking from the fridge, because I didn't start feeling ill until after I refilled my bottle.) Maybe I overlooked that hint in the manual, but I think it should have been a bit more prominent.
I got a bit of a runner's high coming out of the routine, which is always awesome. But then I made the fatal mistake of stepping on the scale. It said I was three pounds lighter (Woo-hoo!), but it also said my body fat percent had gone up! I swear, that scale can't give a consistent reading for crap!
To purchase:
Heart rate monitor
New bathroom scale
Body fat measuring device
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