Laziness abounds

Apparently I'm following Muddy's example in not posting yesterday. Don't worry though - I got my workout done. It was the ol' legs and back routine that I've classified as a so-so workout. I don't particularly mind doing it, but you won't see me chomping at the bit to get at it.

What I found very surprising during the workouts where you work your legs individually is just how weak my right leg is as a support versus my left. I am right handed and right legged, so I predominantly use my right leg for kicking. After five years of training that has resulted in my right leg being REALLY good at kicking, and my left leg being REALLY good at supporting. That means my balance is better (MUCH better) on my left leg, and my hip flexors and groin are also much stronger on that side. It makes certain exercises like one-legged squats frustrating because when I do them with my left leg I'm rock solid, but using my right is like trying to stand up on a moving herd of cattle.

Ab Ripper X was a casualty of my laziness yesterday. I got my workout done around 2:30pm, and when I was done I just wanted to crash, so I decided to push the extra 15 minutes of pain to today. Since there is a good amount of abs work in the Yoga workout I think I'm going to permanently move my third abs day to Saturday. This way I'm not hammering my mid-section three days in a row. I know my abs can take it, but my hip flexors are not faring as well. Between Ab Ripper X, yoga, and the legs workout they take a pretty brutal pounding for three days. I know my abs routine last Friday was decent, so I'm thinking the extra rest will make an ab workout stronger today. We'll see - I'm probably just spouting BS from the back end.

On a completely different note, I've decided that I'm going to start supplementing with some creatine. I've used it in the past and seen some results, but usually I never stick to the workout program long enough to really make it matter. Since I'm committed to this whole P90X thing I figured now's the time to try it out. I'll be loading this week with 20g/day, and then maintaining at 5g/day. There is about a million different ways to load/maintain/washout, but I figured I'd just go with this since it's the easiest. In 77 more days if all goes well I'll try one of the more customized supplementation schedules. add to del.icio.us saved by 0 users