Well I've been slacking on the updates, and the P90x workouts... aye aye aye!
Day 4 was supposed to be yoga, but I decided to go to Karate instead.
Day 5 was leg and back. I went to karate and followed up with this workout. I believe my lower back injuries are affecting me. I used to have a lot of sciatica type pain and it had gone away, but now it's making a resurgence... could it be from the back workout? or being dropped on my @$$ in karate a few dozen times??? don't know, but it's been affecting my intensity level.
Day 6 was Kenpo but I had gone to a church conference for the long weekend, and didn't bring my videos with me! tsk tsk... well I got my cardio by playing in a bball tournament. our church actually won first place! it was a great feeling! any way
Day 7 was rest...
Last week I focused a lot on karate. I was staying later than usual and getting a lot more time with the sempais and sensei. I did do chest & back and shoulders & arms workouts, but the rest of the time it was karate, karate, karate... My back acted up again, so I took it easy...
Hoping to get back into a P90x routine this week!
Will keep you posted!
On Monday I had a lesson from the old school of hard knocks! I had the opportunity of learning from one of sensei's old students, and he taught me a lot. We started off with review of defense and counter-attacking using iyumiashi stepping and various blocks. And then the fun began... Kiso Kumite Dai Roku, where sempai went over every technique in great detail and excruciating pain for me! But it was worth it. One thing I realized is that I was not doing the techniques right. I had the motions right, but that's about it. People I was practicing with would just fall when I did my techniques with them. Not with this sempai though! There was a level of pain missing. It's one thing to be nice to our fellow karatekas, but if that means losing the purpose of the move, why bother practicing? These moves are devastating and meant to break limbs, and yesterday I learned that when practicing the moves we must focus and give the intent of the move, without breaking the limb of course. From a level of 1 to 10, where 1 is just motions and 10 is breaking the limb, I think I've been practicing these moves at 2, when I should have been at 6, 7, or 8. So just as in P90x, I need to up the intensity!
Speaking of which, I came back from Karate and went directly to Plyometrics. I didn't bother changing, and my dogi was already heavy with sweat from karate. I think it added at least another ten pounds to me, which intensified the jump training workout.
Day 3 was Shoulders and Arms. I used the bands again, but with a larger loop. I think I did really well. My numbers are up, and I am sore this morning in all the right places.
I need to start focusing on the diet aspect more. I've been slacking at lunch. I need to hit the subway and get the 6" subs instead of going to Wendy's for the chicken sandwich. Has anyone started counting calories???
More to come!
