I officially started Round Two of the Lean schedule for P90X3. Considering it's been so long since I've done Accelerator or The Warrior, they really kicked my ass. Doesn't help that I'm a bit under the weather. Not sick, mind you, just in a state of body confusion from the weather going from rain in the 60s one day then sunny in the 30s overnight. I was out for about 3 hours today, due to a shopping trip that should have only taken me 45 minutes tops, except I forgot the pin on the v-chip card, left my phone at home, and even once I sorted that out, didn't get home before realizing a box of tea hadn't made it into the bag. Needless to say a lot of extra walking, but my fish are going to have to wait another day to get their tank changed because I am exhausted after that. Workouts always come first, followed by everything else. The workout just sets the tone for everything my body feels in a day and missing it is setting myself up for a bad day.
Since I have yoga tomorrow, it seems like the perfect way to stretch out before I'm lugging about 30-35 gallons of dirty water downstairs and lugging the replacement water upstairs. 5 gallons of water weighs about 30 lbs I believe, so it's one hell of a strength workout, typically taking about 2 hours to accomplish. Gravel vacuuming is always a huge pain in the ass, but definitely needs to be done. They can manage to make it damn near opaque with waste deposits. I can't really afford a decent sump pump system to cut all the extra work out, but as I mentioned, it's a free strength workout. Only sucks because it is strenuous and doesn't get done as often as it should be.
A lot of fish owners are meticulous and do it every 7-10 days. I have a filter too powerful for my tank, underpopulated, and an algae eater, so I do it once every 4-6 weeks even though it never looks like it's needed. I do use conditioning chemicals to keep nitrates/nitrites low, chlorine non existent and ph levels were they should be at least. We have hard water, which cichlids like anyway so I don't worry about that. They're spoiled. Don't feel bad for them for not getting weekly water changes. They get pellets, flakes and algae wafers. I swear they eat better than I do.
Anyways, that got its own paragraph for skipability... It's been a slow start for the week, but it always takes some time to get into a phase. The minute you feel like you're nailing it, Tony Horton snatches it away from you, no doubt for the sake of muscle confusion. It's always 3-4 weeks of a basic repetition, a transitional week that is more stretching and cardio than strength, then you keep maybe half of the old workouts, swapped out for 2-3 new ones. I think most of the workouts use all three a bit, nothing is just all strength/cardio/flexibility/balance. They tend to be one or two elements heavier than the rest, but still well-rounded. Some I still groan when they come up, but I file that under 'shit I do anyway because they don't get easier if I swap them out'. There should probably be a shorter way to say it because it's something of a mantra, telling myself to just fucking do it. lol I'm not a brand whore, so I'm ignoring Nike pretty much covers that. I don't mind their little check showing up on my clothes or shoes, but I'm not a fucking billboard.
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