Holy soreness. The yoga I did Sunday and the strength training I did Monday left me really sore. I only went about 70-80% effort on these workouts knowing that if I went 90-100% I would just be crushed with soreness. Well I am still fairly sore. That's OK though. I was expecting it.
I did about 45mins-1hr of the 1hr 30mins yoga p90x DVD. The strength training workout I did 3 sets of max reps (leave 1-3 reps in the tank the first two sets then last set go for broke) with one minute rest in between. I left my logbook in my car and feeling too lazy to get it right now. The numbers don't matter right now anyways since I left several reps in the tank but I did v-grip pull downs, Rear foot elevated single leg squats (aka Bulgarian Split Squats), blast strap pushups with feet elevated (this is a push up variation that really forces the shoulders to stabilize themselves hard.), ab wheel roll outs, and reverse hyper machine (slow and controlled with slight pause on top and no swing at the bottom).
I took about 20-30 mins foam rolling/stretching today. I have a lot of work to do. I found many "hot spots." Some of this was just because I am sore but I have a feeling many of them will stay once the initial soreness wears off. I will write about this more, maybe do some pictures or even a video as I create a routine but basically I used the lacrosse ball on the bottoms of my feet, glutes, upper back, and chest. I then used to foam roller on my calves, quads, IT band and erectors. For stretches I stretched my calves, hip flexors, hamstrings, chest, and lats. I did all this while watching TV.
When I first posted my stats post I didn't take any "before" pictures. This came from being a wuss and being lazy. I took a couple pictures today. I think they tell much of the story. Unfortunately my phone isn't connecting to my computer or sending the photos to my e-mail. I played around a bit and can't get it to work so as soon as I can get this to work then I will throw them up on here.
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