Week 2 complete - sorta

Well I should've finished week 2 last week - but the holiday, picnic with friends and having kid duty really killed the daily routine. It will be tough to keep up a 6 days a week schedule.

Here are a few things I learned in Week 2 (technically Week 1.5):

1. P90X is much easier in the evening (for me): I've been trying to wake up early to do the workout before I start my day - but I've only successfully done that once. The aerobic nature of the program doesn't mix well with early mornings. I do much better at night.

2. Plyometrics is still a killer: After only finishing half of the program in the first week (see my previous post about corn dogs) I was able to do the entire plyo workout in week 2. I wanted to die halfway through - but I think I caught my second wind and I also did a better job of pacing myself (see #3)

3. Pace yourself: Especially in plyometrics. Every movement in plyo saps your energy pretty quickly - so be sure to save some energy for the second set. I did a horrible job of doing that the first week. I did much better of doing about 80% effort on the 1st set (that still killed) - then giving as much as I could the second set. I liked this much better than giving it all I had in the 1st set - then trying not to puke during the 2nd.

4. Yoga is still a killer: Yoga was still insanely hard the second time through. That being said - I did notice gains on my flexibility. Hopefully I'll be able to touch my toes by the end of the entire P90X schedule.

That's it for week 2 (really 1.5).