Day 9

Plyometrics (jump training)

While thinking of how to write about yesterday's Plyometrics workout, I went back to Day 2 and re-read about last week.  Nothing surprised me at all....

Again, its about an hour, including about 10 minutes of warming up.  But you feel the warm up as if it were a workout itself!  I had broken a sweat before that 10 minute mark (and I'm not one who sweats an awful lot).
The workout is an extremely active one, similar to what you get in a cardio workout.  In fact, the trainer calls it the mother of the P90X workouts, and suggests using the cardio workout instead if you're not ready for it.  It is a series of jumps, squats, and twists.
During the workout, my legs burned.  Really burned.  But after the workout, the burn was all about my midsection.  I suppose I could say it was my abs....  but I think it was more than that.  Really, the entire middle part of my body felt a burn.  I also felt some in my shoulders, I think as a result of some of the stretching.
I definitely understood the exercises better than last week, and got a MUCH better workout as a result.  I did have to pause/rewind a couple of times to see the form, but it was much easier to keep moving with a fluent workout than last week.  By the end, I was covered in sweat, out of breath, and hurting!

Later today I do Shoulders & Arms + Ab Ripper X.  Assuming I see the same improvement in form and understanding, I'm excited to rock this one out.  Of the visual improvements I've referred to, a widening of my chest, right up by the shoulders, is easily the most noticeable.

Feeling psyched about P90X today!