P90X round 3: Day 26 - Golf

Time to bear down and demolish my golf game. That was the thought process for today. I had a 7-3 shift at work today, and right after I zipped over to Morgan Hills with my dad to start off at about 4:00 with the intention to play 9 holes. However, by the time we zipped through the first nine, we still had enough time to zip through an additional nine. So we ended up playing 18 holes in under just 2 hours and 54 minutes. Now, normally my pace with another player is around 3.5 - 4 hours. But today, it was cold and there really wasn't that many people in front of us. We did end up skipping a six-some as they were simply oblivious to us and couldn't let us play through I guess. So we played hole 8 at the end with 2 balls each. My foot did not bother me so much, but now I also have a very slight tweak in my thumb (nagging golf injury), but I can't imagine it slowing me down in anyway. When I came home, I was pooped and fell asleep rather early. Actually early enough to nearly miss an event I was invited to. But luckily, I awoke and drove over quick before it was over. I certainly don't have a lot of free time on my hands it would appear.

P90X round 3: Day 25 - Golf Practice + Weigh-in

Considering that for the last few days, I pretty much had a rest day, I decided that it was okay to do a little practice for my golf tournament. With the tourney a few days away, I may just decide to bag it here and not worry about the remaining 2 workouts during this recovery week. I know that I have to be smart, and at the same time I want to be 100% for the tourney. If anything, I will continue to hit golf balls at the range / in my net in the backyard, and possibly cycle here and there to keep the level of activity going properly.

As for the weigh-in, today I clocked in at 174.9 pounds. As we can see the fluctuation continues to show unreliable measurements of progress with regards to weight. I think this Saturday, I will redo my measurements to see if I am made any strides with regards to muscle building during the first 4 weeks. I believe that since my strength is still there, I have to be gaining at least a little muscle. The diet hasn't been 100% clean (probably more around the level of 80-85% clean), so there is still room to improve upon this during the remaining weeks.

P90X round 3: Day 24 - Cycling

I didn't do Kenpo because I didn't want to be doing all those kicks and set-ups to cause more issues with my foot. As a result, I cycled for the duration of how long Kenpo would've taken to completed. To me, this is an effective swap out, cause I feel like cycling is one of the best types of cardio one can have. I even worked out to the point where I had a nice sweat break out there.

P90X round 3: Day 23 - Rest?

Today, there was some real tough burning sensations, and I knew that core syngeristics would be out of the picture for today. Again, luckily for me it is the recovery week, and I won't feel uber guilty to make myself re-do this week entirely over again (after all, I have to stay on pace with Laura, who is doing well). Rest the feet, and I will come back stronger.

P90X round 3: Day 22 - Rest?

The first day of recovery week and what did I notice? A nagging left athlete's foot. It did start itching a little bit yesterday, but today the rash is very visible. I am disappointed that I didn't do Yoga today, but at least this did happen during the recovery week, which I am grateful for. I'm going to try to take it easy on my feet this week. I got a prescription strength cream for the athlete's foot problem, and I'm going to avoid things like running and jumping that will aggravate the injury further. I will probably try to work around this injury as much as I can this week, as I have a big better ball golf tournament at Mount Airy Golf Club this upcoming Sunday. And, as the captain of the team, I don't want to be limping around the entire time and hating my life. I will keep updates constant on this developing situation.