Day 40 was Legs and Back and Ab RipperX. I felt great that morning and my lower back pain was even gone. I am so blessed that I heal quickly. It seems that whenever I get a small injury that it’s gone in a couple days. In the afternoon I ran 4 miles. I had planned on doing some of the P90X Upper Plus exercises but my schedule got rearranged and I ran instead.

Day 41 and I feel like I’m coming down with something. AGAIN!!! Man, I work at home and never leave the house. How do I keep getting sick?!?! It must be due to the fact that I have a pre-schooler in the house. She’s always bringing stuff home. And by stuff I mean germs! Ugh! I really can’t afford to be sick right now so I went out and bought some ZiCam. I usually don’t believe in the stuff but right now I’d try just about anything because I CAN’T be sick!

And because I was sick today I craved junk like you would not believe. Carbs, carbs, carbs! I’m surprised I only ended up at 350 calories over what I burned for the day.

I was scheduled for KenpoX today but was really dragging. I was going to skip it altogether. Then I decided to try one of the oldest tricks in the book. I told myself that I would go downstairs (to my workout area) and put the heart rate monitor on, and just workout for 10 minutes. Ha! Try it. Once you start you can’t stop! I started working on the heavy bag. I did that for about 15 minutes and had a good sweat going. Then I did my own cardio routine. I just made it up on the spot. Once you’ve done P90X and P90X + a few times you have an arsenal of awesome exercises to draw from. Thanks Tony! I just started doing some of my favorite moves. Super Skaters, Pike pull-ups, jumping jacks, prison cell push ups, and so on and so on. I even made up some of my own moves. What a great workout. By the time I was done 45 minutes had passed my heart rate was way up there and I had burned 550 calories.

I do feel a little pain in my right collar bone after my heavy bag work. That happens to me often when I over do it on the bag. Hopefully it will be like the rest of my injuries and go away quickly.

Tomorrow is a rest day but I plan on doing a long/slow run. I am only running 2 days a week now. One day for intervals and one long run.

Till next time… Bring It!!