P90x: Day 75 – Switching my exercises
So, my hamstrings are still pretty sore and stiff, I was thankful for the stretching yesterday, but it still seems that my legs need a little more time to recover, so instead of doing P90x legs and back, I am going to to do my cardio workout instead. And to remind anyone who has actually been reading this weird P90x Blog, I have substituted the P90x Kenpo x routine to just going to the gym with my friends and running a whole lot and doing other cadio workouts, because I feel like I can get my heart rate up more by running 3 miles rather than kicking and punching. I went to the gym today, and since my legs were feeling pretty tight, I did not want to just start running right away, so I went on the bike for about 10 minutes to see if I could loosen up my hamstrings a little before I run, and it seemed to work. After the Bike and watching a little bit of basketball, I went over to the Treadmill and started to run. Now running for me is like a love / hate relationship. I like running around 2.5 to 3 miles, but if I do it to slow it feels like it takes forever, but if I do it to fast I get worn out pretty soon. But I have gotten a lot better, I ran 2 miles in 15 minutes and 55 seconds, so I finally got under an 8 minute a mile. I then lower the speed to about 3.5 mph, to lower my heart rate down to around 155, this takes a little bit of time. But once my heart rate gets low, I bump back up the speed and do whatever is left on my 3 mile, so far I have been doing 3 miles in about 25 minutes, which is not to bad. It used to take me a lot longer, and If I didn’t try to lower my heart rate than I could probably do it in around 23 minutes, I think, that is a guess. Tomorrow I will see how I am doing if I am going to workout my legs or not. But I am going into the final two weeks of my P90x extreme workout routine.
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