Wednesday, October 15, 2014

The basics...

I've been doing the P90X3 lately...

If you've ever done these videos, the first 3 weeks are the same work outs repeated every week.  I am in week 4 & was excited to do some new videos.  Well, so far, its looking like the 4th week is more of a stretch (yoga) & back to the basics kinda moves.

Last night was my Dynamix work out... & it involved a lot of moves I have done since the aerobic fun of the 80's...

Side leg raises
Inner thigh raises
Butt raises



We all know these simple moves.

But know what... my side leg raises & inner thigh raises?  I felt like it could have been part of a video work out called P90X Extreme Burn...

...Beachbody, if you take that name, I'll sue...


But it blew me away at seriously how bad the most basic moves could make my legs burn like that.

It's so easy to get in routine & forget to work the whole body...

Like when I was running, I didn't do any strength training - & I think that's what caused a lot of my injuries to start...

It all works together.

I was upset at first about this week's videos because I felt like I wasn't getting a good 'work out'... it felt like a cop out... not a big heart thumper, not a lot of weight training...

but I was reminded, sometimes its good to go back to the basics.

.... & reminded that it's always humbling to walk funny the day after....

Do you still do basic conditioning?

3 comments:

  1. I did a squats workout last week after not having done squats in months and months, and I thought my legs were gonna fall off.

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  2. I heard not long ago, that some of those basic moves are the ones that can actually benefit and sculpt the body the best. Leg lifts alone can just kick my butt after a minute or two:)

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  3. The Army is all about basic conditioning so I always incorporate them and they never fail to surprise me about their burn. I always forget. :)

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