Sloppy performance as of late

First my updates seem to be crawling and now my P90X performance is in decline...

I've 'skipped' ab ripper the past four times it's come up. That isn't good. I've also skipped the stretch routine. While not inherently bad, I was doing everything without fail for the first two months. Why I've started this decline, I'm not sure. I'm still doing all the core components (the main events on resistance days, at least), but I'm falling behind and need to step it up.

I need to stop talking and just DO it. But my motivation is wavering. Again, I'm not sure why. I'm in the best shape I've been in my entire life. Even with my poor performance as of late, I'm still improving. But I'm not improving at the rate I want to. That's my fault. I'm not going to hit my 90-day goals at this rate. I didn't think I was one of those people who were so out of shape they needed to do P90X more than once to get to their target, but it would seem I was wrong. It looks like a second round of P90X is before me. That would put me at a finish date of January 8th. Not to mention I'm going to have the temptations of Thanksgiving and Christmas to deal with during that time frame.

Time for the cursory update on the days I haven't posted about.

Thursday was Back and Bicep. I really like working my biceps (my triceps have been strong, but my biceps have always been a bit under-developed) and I especially like the striped set curls at the end. I missed ab ripper this day...

Friday was Yoga, per the norm. Went into it stressed, came out feeling better. My right leg still isn't as strong as my left, but there's not much I can do aside from working it until they're equal.

Saturday was Legs and Back. Wall squats use to be the most challenging part, but now they're cake. At this point, the only really hard exercises are the squats where I have to jump. Not because I get worn out or anything, but my knees start to ache. I should invest in some ace bandages to help support the joints, but the damage has probably been done already. (My dad has had both of his knees replaced. Of course my dad is 80 this year.) I missed ab ripper this day...

Sunday was to be Kenpo, but I skipped it like I did the previous Sunday. This time, however, my wife and I spent the day at the Seaworld, Universal Studios, and Islands of Adventure theme parks. Lots of walking around and sweating. I'm sure that, over the course of the day, I burned an equal amount (if not more) calories than I would have just doing Kenpo. (I did have chicken strips and fries for lunch and we did share a 20oz Coca-Cola, but that was it as far as the bad stuff.)

Today should have been a stretch day, but I did Kenpo instead. I don't mind missing the stretch day so much, but I do mind missing an actual workout day. (That's my philosophy, at any rate.) I claim an 'off' day, but make up for the exercises on my actual 'off' day. (I should do an ab ripper tonight.)

Ashleigh and I have a trip to Virginia planned for this Thursday to Sunday. I'm going to take P90X with me, but I don't know how much I'll be able to do. I'll work on getting up early and pounding them out before we start our daily adventures.