Week 2 was tough. It was the overall week of soreness that I had to get through due to not having done P90X in a long while. That wasn't actually all that bad, but Zulema presented an entirely different level of toughness...
Kicking. And. Screaming.
Usually without fail, the beginning of the routine I'd sort of see her go through most of 5 stages of grief right before we'd even start. Although, a little out of order. It would start even while she's at work before we'd even be about ready to get going. She'd sort of hit her own personal stage of denial. I'd get a message like "what are we doing today?" sort of as if one time, I might actually magically say
"Nothing Zu!!"
Of course, this never happens which sort of starts her on her path to anger. By the time she gets home she always attempts to bargain. "Can't we just skip today and make it up tomorrow?" She only gets one of those a week and it usually means she gives up her 1 day off from working out on the weekend. I can imagine that raises the anger some. Her depression about it may happen some time before even reaching home and maybe briefly while I walk in and start up the PS3, because at that point she knows there's no escaping.
The anger usually tends to rear it's ugly head while we're in the workout. I don't know what it is with her, but it seems to be amplified on the day we need to do Yoga X. On one hand, I guess I can kinda understand. Yoga X is very, very uncomfortable. The Moves are tough and it feels like it just goes on forever in the beginning. On week 2's Yoga X, she hit full tantrum again. I mean like flailing and losing her shit. Now usually, when something like this happens, I'm just expecting that she's done and I probably wouldn't see her again until the workout is done. So I just take that into account and continue on. What happens next surprises me every time.
She calms down, grabs some water, or gloves, or socks, or whatever that was driving her nuts. She gets back into position, and then she's back usually by the next move even. Even after verbally saying "I'm done with this... I can't do this". She breaks through to that last stage and accepts that she needs to do this. I don't really show it well (probably because I'm nearly dying myself) but it fills my heart seeing that happen. Every. Time. Once she finally breaks that last barrier down (it happens on every single day) she actually starts enjoying the workout. She'll finally start to push herself and then she amazes herself with something she's done. For that week 2 Yoga X, we were finally into stretch positions and right after being angry at the chick on screen doing the hamstring stretch holding a yoga block beyond her foot, she goes for her foot...
...and actually reaches them!
I'm sitting here going "holy shit!" I decide to give it a try because I figured what the hell. I was totally able to touch my toes! I've NEVER been able to touch my toes in a seated position. I was not always an overweight kid. I was pretty average up until about the 3rd grade I'd say. Even so, there was never a point that I could reach down and touch my toes without having to bend my legs. Just couldn't do it, and now here I am touching my toes. Then Zu reaches a bit further and grabs the bottom of her foot... You little showoff!! :-P
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| Week 3 after Shoulders & Arms. Check the definition forming!! |
It's good seeing her push herself on these routines. She always ends them way happier than when she started. I think she's starting to get it. We just finished Yoga X again yesterday, and she went through without any tantrums. That's awesome! She still had the sour mood at the start though, but I knew that Yoga X would take care of that, and it did. She even skipped using the yoga block for a lot of the bent over and balance postures.
I'm improving a lot still as well. My weight is on the rise, but I'm pretty sure it's all muscle at this point. I'm happy about that.
With our 3rd week of P90X pretty much out of the way, Zu's going to get her first taste of the recovery week. Hopefully it feels like a recovery week for her. Maybe not with Core Synergistics, but I know she's got it in her.
I'm gonna end this with a smoothie recipe. I call this one "Peachy Greene"
1-2 handfuls of greens (I used spring mix)
1 cup peaches (frozen)
1 cup blackberries (frozen)
1 tbsp peanutbutter (or favorite nut butter)
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 cucumber (juiced)
2 granny smith apples (juiced)
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