Started the second recovery week at the end of phase 2 today, but, instead of Yoga, I hopped on our new elliptical machine for about 30 minutes or so and worked up a pretty good sweat. My legs were still feeling playing ice hockey less than 24 hours before, but it was a good spin to get the heart going and leave some sweat behind.
I was debating repeating a week in this phase, as I felt like I had to give up a bit for a bit there around Thanksgiving, with pulling my hip/groin playing hockey, the Thanksgiving holiday, and having a bit of a sore throat/light lung congestion for a couple days. I only took two days off completely, but I had to skip a lot of the ab workout with my hip not feeling so great. I kept up the other routines working on upper body strength, modifying Plyo, and subbing in alternate activities (mountain biking, hockey, and elliptical) where possible. Ultimately, I think I'm going to stick with the plan at this point and do the recovery week, take my 60 day progress pictures and data, and move onto phase 3. I'll see how phase 3 goes and add in extra as necessary...though I'm certain I'm going to do the program a 2nd time after a short break from this first run through.
On my results - I'm still on a downward weight trend, though it does not feel as rapid as the first phase. Strength and endurance definitely up from day Zero. Feeling a bit like I'm hitting a wall on my hips and stomach "goo" that doesn't seem to want to go away; I guess it's just not as noticeable because I'm starting to get back to more 'normal' proportions. I've been sticking with the "fat shredder" type diet, keeping the carb input really low, though I have done some quick carbs with a small glass of orange juice prior to some morning workouts - had a plyo session first thing one morning where I was definitely not fueled for it.
Keeping on and bringing it on!
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