Today was by far the hardest I've hit any workout since the start of the program. I can get through, for whatever reason, plyometrics the easiest out of all the workouts, but today I focused on being very intense and giving it 100% the whole time. Notice I didn't say 110%, that's not even possible...stupid professional athletes don't realize that. So, each set of exercises has four different routines that you do twice. The first three exercises are only 30 seconds long with the fourth exercise is 60 seconds long. I did each exercise for the whole time limit and I did it just like Tony and the crew. In fact at times I was better than the black girl and the guy with one leg. By the way, that guy is amazing! He has one leg and he's doing an hour long jump training program that I bet most people couldn't even dream of finishing half.
I think I can only do it because I've been playing basketball consistently for the past 6 years, 3 to 4 times a week. That's a lot of jumping. So while Plyometrics is not easy for me by any means, I at least feel up to par with the guys on the video. It is a very good workout though and I have to push myself 100,000,000,000%.
I kind of skipped out on the sports bonus round today though and there's a reason why. I don't get much out of it, so I jumped rope instead. I think that's a better finish to Plyo than the bonus round, it at least makes me workout harder. Even if I am intense and giving it my all for the sports round, I just don't get much benefit out of it, especially the baseball part. The jump shots and the football training are decent workouts, but I prefer jumping rope. It gets my heart rate up and pushes me to the limit by the end of the program.
Normally I skip through the stretching, but I think from here on out I will include the st etching in each workout, at least the end of the workout stretching. I think it's a good wind down and it obviously will keep the soreness at a minimum and will ultimately help with my flexibility. On basketball days, i just skip through the first few minutes of the stretching since I'm already warmed up and ready to go, but I am committing to the end of the workout cool down/stretch for the next 75 days.
Breakfast was the same as usual, for lunch we went to Red Robin. I got a turkey burger on whole wheat, and it was really good, so I knew it wasn't good for me. Sure enough I got back to my office and looked online for the nutritional facts, and it had 700 calories, as much as a cheeseburger. Christine made some really healthy and good bean/brown rice tacos. I kept my calories down considering the mistake I made at lunch.
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