After a short hiatus, I picked it up again starting on day four. Yoga X is the program of choice for today. Having never done yoga before I found the stretches to be fairly difficult and the program extremely long. YogaX runs an hour and thirty minutes where the other programs run roughly an hour.

I definitely again struggled through the program. The first half of the program will have you in the plank and upward dog positions a lot, wearing your arms down. If you find yourself wanting to give it up, keep in mind that the last 20 minutes roughly are spent in your butt or back which helps take a lot of stress off your legs and arms which are worked pretty hard throughout the program.

Things over the course of the next week or two should be a lot more smooth as I am off work, and looking for jobs. Current plan is to wake up, and do the workout immediately. Do a few other things I want to get done then write the post for the day.

Tomorrow is legs and back, and a third round of Ab RipperX. Bring it!

Yesterday was day two. I can say that I am already quiet worn out as far as my shoulders go. Part of that I think is due to the extreme nature of the workouts and me being so out of shape. At the same time I think it’s also due to doing the same routine twice in a matter of 3 days. Either way, i’m definitely fighting fatigue.

Definitely was feeling some soreness from the Ab Ripper program. Seems to be forming around my rib cage first and radiating out. That was an extremely hard program for me. My thighs were burning equally if not more than my abs.

Today was somewhat interesting as it was Plyometrics. Lots of jumping and things like that. Being on the 5th floor of an apartment building i really have to make sure I land well and quietly on each move. I feel that my building is constructed pretty well, I guess this will be the ultimate test. I wasn’t able to complete the entire plyometrics program mainly due to fatigue in my hamstrings and feeling like I was starting to get a bit sloppy. So I finished about two thirds of the way through. This from my research is pretty common and often recommended your first time.

Still need to take my measurements. I have the before photos done but need to make an effort to do the measurements this evening.

With day one in the books, and my body being tired and sore I wanted to quickly write up my thoughts for the day. One quick note before I get into things too much. I don’t want these daily writings to get too in depth or detailed. I would like to keep them general, short and sweet. Outlining things that I have found that do or don’t work as well as generally documenting my ninety days.

So as far as the day one goes, I think it goes without saying that it was difficult. I felt generally weak and had to pause the video a few times for recovery. Not totally unexpected. An Ripper was pretty brutal as well. Expecting some serious soreness tomorrow from that alone. I had done a lot of research about this program and most said that the first week is pretty brutal. That’s okay though. I will continue to fight through and having done strength training before I know it will come in time.

I also thought that now might be a good time to talk about equipment.

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