Recovery week continued + week 4 day 1

2-1-10
Well, I took off a little bit in updating my progress, but that does not mean I haven’t stayed true to the schedule. I have a few things to update you on. I’m just finished week 5 day one: Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps. But before I get to that, I need to update you on the Core Synergistics workout. Looks like you only get this workout on recovery week but it’s pretty good. Got me sweating early. It’s hard (because it has a lot of things you just don’t do in working out). It’s an assault on the abs for 50 min. It’s not intense like plyo’s but you work hard, it goes fast, and you’re beat up at the end. Recovery week had two Yogas, two core synergistics , kempo, and two stretching days (which I did neither – It’s P90X people – do we not get enough stretching in the Yoga? – I think so).
Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps was hard, but just in a weight lifting way. I certainly was burnt out at the end (mainly due to a lot of pushups). This workout is just like the shoulders and arms in the way you focus on one area and move to the next (chest, shoulder, tri’s) then do it again. I like that it didn’t repeat itself. I made further progress on the Ab Ripper portion of the workout. The core is getting strong and I feel that I can push myself farther and through more pain than I have been able to before. I shoveled snow yesterday and my back is extremely sore. Nothing like getting in a little extra workout.