Almost a let down, but success (kinda) - Cycle 8

With my usual busy schedule getting busier with assignments, exams, and presentations, I hoped that I'd have the motivation to power through. My rest day today couldn't have come at a better time with the amount of things I have coming up in the next two days. I also had a case of the stomach flu for about 24 hours this weekend. While my output that day was far from my best, I did get through it. Another week checked off.

Breezing through Cycles 6 and 7

After exams were completed, getting P90X ACTUALLY seemed easy for the first time. In addition to the fact that I had extra time (due to spring break), my body is really becoming acclimated to the amount of work. At the end of each workout, I find myself feeling satisfied, but not as exhausted as I was in the first set of cycles. The workout program is starting to pay dividends in my other activities too, as I'm finding more consistency in my basketball game, as well as less fatigue in my arm following multiple consecutive days of dodgeball. It should be interesting to see how this current set of cycles meshes with some exams and presentations coming up. Details to follow next week

Powering through - Cycle 5

So, back to the grind, with the addition of midterms in the mix. Certainly wasn't a walk in the park, with 2 new types of workouts, in addition to a lot of studying, a busy calendar socially this week, and dodgeball in the mix as usual.

The finely tuned regimen was very helpful in overcoming the difficulty of motivation. In the past, on work out plans in high school and college, exercise would be largely put aside to focus on studies. But with the clearly defined time and activity plan, I was able to power through, as well as use the program as a way to decompress.

P90X was crushed and I won both my dodgeball games. Hopefully the tests went as well.

Rest week - at just the right time

So as I transition from one cycle to the next, I enjoyed my "rest week" this week. While the conventional thought would be that this means a full week off the workout regimen, it's hardly that. Rest week still involved yoga, specific stretching, and optional ab workouts which I completed. However, compared to the other workouts I was doing back to back 6 days in a row, this certainly was calm and relaxing. It came at just the right time, as studying for exams would have made it really tough to be exhausted physically as well. Excited for the new cycle to start up, with new workouts and routine.