It’s week 6 in my P90X workout and week 4 of my running training and here’s what’s happening:
P90X - Going good so far. I’m not seeing any physical differences, really, but I am stronger. I continue to make improvements in that department. I’m just waiting for the physical results to catch up! I have one more week of breaking down muscle and then I start my second recovery week. Then on to the final stretch of 4 weeks. Yay!
Running - I’m seeing a big improvement in my ability to run. Though I’m technically on week 4, I thought it might be a wise move to do week 3 again, so I’m running for 90 seconds, recover for 90 seconds, run for 3 minutes and recover for 3 minutes, then do it again. What I’m noticing is that my calves and shins are doing okay. I’m able to get through my run without pain and swelling. I don’t know if it’s because I switched to one of my older pair of shoes, or if it’s the length of the run…I’ll find out next week when I have to increase my run times. However, I apparently need to work on my endurance because I can’t finish a 3 minute run without becoming winded. I’m doing something wrong. I’ve even tried focusing on even breathing - one inhale for every 3 footfalls and exhale for every 4 footfalls, and even switching it up. I can go for about 2 minutes before feeling like I’m going to collapse.
All in all, I’m pretty pleased with my progress. I still do my yoga but not as often as I like. Eventually I think it’s going to get to a point where I have to decide which workout is more important time-wise. This is a LOT of workout time and I can’t continue doing it indefinitely. Yoga will always win out in the end. However, I’m sure I can continue running (if I can get past my own limits) and weight training, maybe just not weight train as much as I’m doing now.
Stay tuned!
working out is my personal drug =)