Sanguinarius's blog: "Exercise"

Okay...my core is pretty sore, and my arms are feeling it, but my legs are recovering nicely. Work has been pretty hectic, but I am coming to a slow point here real soon, so I'll probably pop onto yahoo by tonight or tomorrow night. Can't wait for my pay check....probably going to take the family out after I get paid, who knows. So I'm off to do yoga and workout my stabilizer muscles. Time to bring on the pain....grr...

I don't want to move. Plyometrics was a lot harder then I thought it was going to be. I didn't take into account the workout was designed to augment jumping...so there was a lot of emphasis on legs. So yesterday's workout really took its toll on me.. Today I did shoulders and arms... I didn't realize how weak my triceps are, so I'll need to think about that in future exercises. I finished the routine off with some ab workouts. Boy that hurt. Technically I did 340 to 345 abdominal workouts at sets of 25. Optimally I did that...I would like to think I did sets of 15 or so. It was tough, and I'm starting to feel it. I'm ready for Yoga tomorrow....granted I know that's going to bust my ass too. The Warrior's Diet is still doing extremely well for me. I seem to be more responsive in the morning and ready to wind down at night, just like the diet asks. So let's see how I feel after yoga...I just have to make it pass this week and next week. After that I can be safe in knowing I can keep with it.

So I awoke to my legs as planks of timber. They were hard to move and very sore. They were not sore as in over worked sore...just sore. I lost a pound, so we're on the right track. Today I work shoulders and arms. We'll see how that goes.

So I finished Plyometrics. I made it all the way to the end instead of almost gagging.... So to people who don't understand this will sound really strange...buuuut..... Plyometrics wore me out. My legs feel like noodles and I can hardly walk normally. It's great, and I can't wait until tomorrow. This is the kind of hurt I was looking for. It's great, and I am ready for tomorrow. I completed the exercise routine all they way through by pacing myself, and I burn. It's fantastic. I hope to get into shape in time for Pankration. There's a competition coming soon and I'm too soft and pliable for the team. Now for those of you who do work out...I have that workman high...boy I missed it. Don't miss the sweat in the eyes, but the good hurt is sorely missed. No pun intended. So I'm off to go hang out with the ex.... Yeah I know, but it was a mutual and friendly break up. I want to shove my foot up her new boyfriend's ass...but you don't always get what you want. Twilight here I come....for the third time...

So it is the day after working out..and I'm a little disappointed in myself. All things considered I am marginally to very little sore. I see that I didn't push myself hard enough to actually affect change. So, I have done enough exercise to feel the hurt (the good hurt all body builders, martial artists, and general health nuts know about), but it is so meager that I feel I have let myself down. So it's time to bring it for Plyometics. My goal is to complete the exercise all the way, and with all the intensity I can bear to handle. We will see what tomorrow offers. I hope I don't let myself down again.

So, I have let my self go a long ways since my martial arts days. So I decided to get back on track. I just started P90X today, and it kicked my ass. It reminded me of that workout hurt. That deep ache that reminds you that your alive. Memo to self...don't max out before they tell you to max out. So I learned my lesson and am ready to try Plyometrics tomorrow...it'll probably kick my ass too...