P90X Plus Day 13: Upper Plus ... Shoulder Injury

My left shoulder has been screaming at me the last couple of days. I hurt it on like day 6 or 7 of P90X (3.5 month ago) and it has been a nuisance ever since. It didn't really slow me down but it has always been noticeable. I have been icing and heating it pretty much daily as well as doing extra stretches. Since I started PLUS is has been acting up again and at times limiting me a little.

Well, yesterday during the first exercise of Upper Plus (Double Double Dip'll Do Ya) I hurt it again pretty bad. I actually fell to the ground between the two chairs. It immediately started to burn and I tried to ignore it. I waited a few minutes and did the dead leg pullups incident free, albeit in a little pain. Then I tried to do the 2-Direction Circle Flys and couldn't even lift up 5lbs dumbells with my left arm -- not to mention the pain. I had to stop, it was that bad.

So, I iced last night on and off for a few hours. It felt okay when I went to sleep but it was also numb so I wasn't sure. I woke up this morning and it still feels like hell. I am afraid I finally injured the shoulder. I am going to call my doctor tomorrow and get an appointment but I am going to have to shut down P90X PLUS until I figure out what to do.

My biggest concern is not my shoulder but that I am going to lose all the positive physical gains I have accomplished over the last 4 months. Luckily, I still have a gym membership so I plan on doing the treadmill and I can probably work in some Ab Ripper X. I am guessing the Doctor is going to tell me to rest and after some time if it does not feel better to get an MRI. I don't think an x-ray will tell you too much. My fear is that I damaged the rotator cuff.

I will keep the blog going if for anything it will be a place I can vent my frustrations. I'll report back after I get the doctor appointment made. Thanks to everyone who has been supporting me along this P90X journey -- I will be back at it as soon as I can!

Keep on Bringing It!

Jeff

P90X PLUS Day 12: Yoga

Today was Yoga. I usually do not enjoy yoga but since I had the day off and time to kill I thought what the heck lets give it my all and Bring It!

I still struggle on a few of the yoga moves -- particularly The Crane. I tried and focus on the core while doing the crane and it did help some. I got up to 6 seconds holding it today -- twice! I was pretty happy about that. The yoga belly stuff gave me a good burn today also. Overall this was one of my more productive yoga sessions. I put my HRM on and burned 319 calories.

The last two days were not as bad as they could have been nutrition wise! I ate some stuffing and gravy and had some cookies, but overall I didn't over-indulge. However, my pug Ernie did --- my mother send us some of her homemade chocolate chip cookies. I had a few and so did Annie. Well, we went to dinner yesterday and got home and noticed the box that the cookies were in were now on the kitchen floor. Apparently, Ernie somehow got the cookies down from the kitchen table and managed to eat the remaining 18. I am sure his sister Bailey had one or two but that little shit Ernie didn't even leave a crumb! Needless to say, Ernie had a rough day today so he got what he deserved!

Tomorrow is Upper Plus and Abs/Core Plus.

Thanks for Reading,

Jeff

P90X PLUS Day 11: Rest Day - Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Yoga was scheduled today but it was a little to hectic to work in that 92 minutes, so I am taking today as the rest day and will pick up with yoga tomorrow!

Jeff

P90X PLUS Day 10: Total Body Plus/Ab Ripper X

Good day today. Got in my workout this morning and I feel great. Added in the Ab Ripper X at the end. I am glad we decided to add in more Ab Ripper X to the whole PLUS plan. Only problem is that Total Body Plus is so damn hard that I didn't have much left for Ab Ripper X!

Merry Christmas everyone and I'll see you tomorrow for Yoga.

Thanks for Reading,

Jeff

P90X PLUS Day 9: Interval X

Wow is this a good workout!

Breakfast this morning was a protein shake followed by protein bar. Lunch was a turkey and chicken salad followed by another protein bar. I then worked out, had an post-workout Protein shake and had Turkey and a cup of brown rice or dinner with an apple for dessert. Decent nutrition day!

Interval X is a pure ass kicker! I am still tired. My average heart rate was 143 and I actually got up to the low 180's a couple of times. I probably sweat two buckets also! The bad news is that I bonked on the 2nd to last exercise. Literally I could barely move ... then I saw the next exercise was, "running in place" and I knew I only had one more to go and I dug down and did it. This told me that the 60%protein/20% Carb diet is over. The last couple of days my energy level has been very low. At first I thought it may have been because I wasn't getting a ton of sleep but after today I am positive it is the lack of carbs in the diet. So, unless I want my workouts to be for shit I need to add in the carbs. All the advice from the experts at Beachbodies tells you to listen to your body and right now my body is screaming for carbs. I had brown rice tonight for dinner and immediately felt better. So from here on out whole wheat bread, bagels and tortilla shells are back and I am excited.

I plan on doing Total Body Plus tomorrow morning!

Thanks for Reading,

Jeff