Round 2 Week 8 P90X Plus

Wednesday: P90X Chest & Back + HOT Biking ;)

Thursday: P90X X Stretch + Abs Core Plus & More Toasty Riding

The "lack of energy" express rolled into the ol' Chest and Back P90X brick wall today... I'm truly stumped. Is it the heat/summer? Am I *really* needing to jack up my calorie intake even more?
Those push ups are getting crazy -- I hit 11-12 reps and BLAMO my arms/chest are begging me to stop. I go all the way down, then push as hard as I can to get back up and... nothing. Nada. Zilch. My body is failing me.

Honestly, coming back to this routine after many weeks in P90X+ land -- was hard. This was the very first workout I ever did when I kicked off this crazy "next phase" of Tony Horton craziness -- made the jump from a year of Power 90 to P90X in January. And I remember hitting so many reps, enjoying it the whole time.

My body has changed. I certainly in MUCH better shape -- but one small part of me misses the ready energy stored in every fat cell in my bod. They've been burned at the stake on my altar of health consciousness and... vanity? ;)

Now I'm left with the stragglers, and what I put in my mouth. More? Maybe. It's hard to get over the mindset of limiting calories and kicking your own butt all day long to achieve a huge deficit and lose weight. But, we all know that this leads to a mini-stavation response, and your bod holds on to fat/calories even tighter since it thinks it's being... starved.

Ahh well, I'll get through it. Anxious to hit the trails today -- Will is back to school today, his last weeks before a short break and... first grade. Man, time flies.