P90X Day 40 Legs and Back + ARX

Day 40 Legs and Back + ARX

Well I wanted to give this my all today and didn't get off to great start with the balanced lunges, only managed 12 on the right leg I can normally do 16, but I did manage 17 on the left leg.

I upped calf raise squats to 4kg in each hand today and boy did I notice the kg increase and that kind of did me in for the rest I think as most of the leg stuff was really tough after that The sweat was pouring off me, my towel was soaked and I've never seen my mat so wet

My knees felt different today - better or worse not quite sure??

I decided to do all pull ups on bar with assist again today and I increased the assistance (not by original design - the tape that has been my marker for a few years decided to slide down without me realising grrrr) but I think in hindsight it did me a favour as it allowed me to get more reps in.

I can't decide to make it easy enough to get 8-10 reps every time before I make it harder (like weights) or to make to hard enough so that I can only manage 4 or 5??? Should I be only getting 2 or 3 each set and when I get to 5 make it harder again?

Any thoughts on assisted progress? - when to make it harder??? 

 

My HR was quite high today and I had to take a few breaks to slow it down.

 

 HRM 1hr 48 mins 836 cal 45% fat Max 172 92% Avg 130 70%