P90X Day 10: Shoulders & Arms, and Ab Ripper X

I think part of the reason I have been so tired lately is that work has been very difficult, especially the last couple of months.  I am transitioning out of full time ministry to go into the martial arts/fitness/nutrition field full time, and I am in a fishbowl.  I will go into more details after May when I've moved on, but for now, the relevance to this blog is that stress wears you down in a very real, very tangible way, and I think that's a BIG part of what's bogging me down.


Today I woke up and I actually didn't have to drag myself out of bed this time.  Yes, it was hard, and no, I didn't bound out of bed like I was a 4th grader about to go on a field trip to Six Flags.  It still took a bit to get out of bed, but it only too 15 minutes, as opposed to an hour, and that is true progress!


The workout itself was fine.  I absolutely love doing the workouts with the PowerBlock Dumbbells as opposed to the resistance bands.  I will have to use the bands on the trip this week, but unless I absolutely have to, I will use the PowerBlocks.  I found that while using the bands I was using the "20 pound band", but when I did the same exercises today I had to drop to the 15 pound dumbbells.  That solidified my opinion that the bands just are not the same resistance as free weights, and that I'm getting a much better workout with free weights.


Even as I type this I'm a little bit rattled because of some stress I'm having to deal with, but here's today's video (I have no idea why the video and audio aren't synced up properly in this video):