P90X2 Week 10, Day 2 PAP Upper

P90X2 Week 10, Day 2

PAP Upper

So today we went to the garden centre and putting a few bits in the car and had a weird shooting pain down my back and left glute  
I shook it off and carried on. 

Later had some more not impressed at all - half spasm have vervy pain??? I assume something is just upset and it will calm down. Took a nurofen to help with any inflammation. Got a going over with the massager and got to it.

Did my workout tonight but cautiously. I didn't do the step up part of the hammer press - I did 1 leg for rounds 1 & 2 and two feet down for 3 & 4.

I didn't do the med ball plank and did it on stable ground just to be on the safe side. After all the side plank holds yesterday and not sure what I've upset I thought better to be safe than sorry.

Got it done but after lots of careful consideration I think I'm going to finish X2 here. I don't want to quit with only 1.5 weeks to go but I think it's in my best interest.
I'm not enjoying thrashing my body in exactly the same way twice a week and really question the programming of this final phase. I feel like I'm loosing strength too. My push ups which were doing great seem to be worse than ever - 4 seems tough and 6 only just, when I was doing 8 great ones on 2 med balls!
My legs are doing ok being worked with all the lunges and step up but my upper body strength just seems to dripping away  

So in order to continue to work towards my goals of getting stronger and building some more muscle I feel finishing out X2 would only hinder my progress more.
I'm gonna take it easy the rest of the week and recover fully ready to start my own X based hybrid.

P90X2 Week 9, Day 6 PAP Upper

P90X2 Week 9, Day 6

PAP Upper

I did this downstairs tonight and it was much better. I had more room and could just move to each station  

For Renegrade rows I just did the rows each time and not the push up - that way I could get all 10 reps in and keep up with the kids  

I'm not attempting plyos as my wrist really doesn't like it so 1st and last round I did full push ups as fast as I could and 2nd & 3rd round I did knee push ups faster so like plyo but without leaving the ground.

The med ball planks I still find really tough and am taking 2-3 breaks to get through it  

I held the supermans for the full time each round:) 

I had to use bands for towel pull ups but It was easier so I could get more reps so probably not a bad thing. All 10 reps each time. Will try heavier black band next time and move further away.

Pikes are tough but got better as I went on like last time!

I did all the step up hammer presses with 2x 10lb / 4.5kg for all 4 rounds too  

and Roller angel is getting better too I can now do the full range of motion with my fingers on the floor  

So pleased with progress and it was good to enjoy it after being shell shocked last session!

P90X2 Week 9, Day 2 PAP Upper

P90X2 Week 9, Day 2

PAP Upper

I don't know what to say about this one other than I was some how shell shocked! 
It went by crazy fast and the pace is relentless.

Similar to Lower in that 4 moves done in circuit complex, twice.

Renegade Rows (with push ups), Plyo push ups, forearm plank with feet on med ball for 60 secs, Superman with weighted bar for 45 secs

I think yesterday took more out of me than I thought because this was tough today. My push up strength just wasn't there on the Renegade Rows, which I normally really enjoy. I did 2 x 10lb / 4.5kg sets 1 & 2 then down to 7.5lb / 3.4kg because I just couldn't keep up with them.
Plyos I did fast normals on my knees, Plank I did the best I could which was better than I thought it would be and the Supermans I could hold for the full time in sets 3 & 4.


Towel Pull ups, Med ball pike, Step up Hammer Press & Roller Angel

Towel pull ups I also struggled with only managing 6 or 7 reps, Med ball pike was crazy hard even with no weight. I could do the step up (not really a step up just lean on the raised leg) I did 1st set with 2 x 7.5lb / 3.4kg but then did the rest with 2 x 10lb / 4.5kg. Roller Angel is well a roller angel I can do them but lots of work to do to get my elbows, and hands to touch the floor.

There is so much kit needed for this and I was in a small room and changing kit and moving on to the next move was craziness!!! I thought things moved fast in P90X3 but wow this was super fast, next to no breaks at all   

It felt like about 20 mins had gone by when it was actually an hour  
It was weird!!! I know new workouts take a little getting used to but boy my body feels a bit like it been rolled over with a steam roller tonight