Yoga Sunday, Double Trouble Monday

So some social engagements (again), plus some much needed sleep disrupted my plans on Friday and Saturday, so things kinda got pushed around a bit.

Day 60.1 Yoga X
Pulled out the mat and block on Sunday for probably one of the best sessions of Yoga X I've had in awhile. The whole Moving Asanas section went quite well. I am really getting the hang of making adjustments in my positioning to get to and maintain the holds as well as possible. And breakling a huge sweat at the same time.

The Balance Postures were okay. My problematic right leg threatened to betray me, but I managed to hang in there and not completely fall out of the poses. Also got throught the Floor Work and Yoga Belly 7 on par with the last time. The more I do Yoga X the more confident I feel about it and that hour and half actually seems to go by so much quicker now. So now I am getting the days back on track with the whole Phase 3 re-boost.

Day 61: Legs & Back, Chest, Shoulders & Triceps and Ab Ripper X
So today I was determined to make up for lost time and pull my first double! Wow, that was quite intense. Pretty much everything got worked on today. Starting with Legs & Back, pretty much went toe-to-toe with Tony & friends on the leg exercises. A little shaky at the start with the Balance Lunges, but after that things went on swimmingly. I up graded to the green band on the Pull-Up exercises. Numbers dipped slightly due to the added resistance. But I was sort of expecting that. Still did respectably on those.

I held off on Ab Ripper X and went right into Chest Shoulders & Triceps. So this workout had some adjustments to it from last time. I was determined to continue my quest for completing all Push-Up exercises off of my knees. I was pretty successful with that notion during the first half of this workout. I was pretty spent from the Legs & Back workout and numbers on the Push-ups took a downturn. But since I was doing them extended legs, I am okay with that because the effort was definitely there.

Returned to my knees for the second half of the workout and numbers went back yo where they were before. The other adjustment I made to this workout is using different bands on the shoulders and tricep exercises. Now that I have a better variety of bands to choose from I was able to up grade to the green on the exercises that were becoming less challenging. And I was able to downgrade to the burgundy which allowed my to get proper extension and form on the ones that the red band would not allow. this was very evident with the Shoulder Flys, Scarecrows, Pour Flys, Slo-Mo Throws and Fly-Row Presses, of which I got a personal best of 11 done! Numbers were the same for the most part, but better form was the norm and I am happy about that.

So Ab Ripper X finally rolled around and as wasted as I was starting to feel, I knew I couldn't quit now, so I dived right in. This session was on par with the last one, which was good. At this point I am still modifying when necessary, especially on the sit-ups, which are still glorified crunches for me at this point. Plus I still have to hold up my legs for the Pulse-ups. But I can feel definite improvement in completing the exercises.

I was back to 11 of the V-Up/Roll-Ups! My goal is to get back to and surpass 12 and finally get to 25. But I think the nature of that exercise combined with my still prominent girth will make that a long journey. But I will get there.

All-in-all, very happy with how my first Doubles turned out. Not sure if I am ready to do that on a regular basis, but my messed up schedule necessitated the need to do it today. I think this week will be free and clear without distractions and I can get through week 2 of Phase 3 with any bumps in the road.