hitting a bit of a lull, or as Patrick put it, reached a bit of a PCP valley this week. nothing to worry over, but def. needing extra motivation this week to do my exercises, as i'm just not feeling as energetic getting started, despite getting the 8 hours of sleep. might be b/c i'm trying to always do them before eating, to maximize fat burnage. flip side of course is that i always feel better afterwards and get super excited for breakfast :)
found a good rhythm on the skips today, but still unsure if i'm actually getting in more reps w/ the new timed system. ever since Patrick said that it's not the pace of jumping that matters so much, i've tried to keep a steady but more controlled and slower pace that probably results in fewer # of jumps.
strangely became sluggish after the skipping, with the rest of the exercises. 5 sets of pull-ups def was not an encouraging way to start things off ! i do want to get better with these, but it's a SLOW process of improvement. same with kung-fu pull-ups i guess.
overall, totally agreed with some of other PCP blogs that it's nicer to do more exercises focusing on one muscle area, so getting down to just back, then triceps, then abs today (and the pattern this week) has been a good change, allowing for more satisfying burn for each exercise.
My man, it's like you're reading my mind. Breakfast rocks, I think I look forward to it more then anything else in my life at the moment - how sad is that.
ReplyDeleteAnd my heart sank when i saw 5 sets of pull-ups this evening. I also think i'm not doing the kung-fu abs correctly, i can't seem to straighten my legs like Pat-Diddy in the work out pictures.
But as you say, slow progress. Think how much better we are now at all the other exercises compared to when we started 6/7 weeks ago. By the end of this we'll be PCP ninjas!
And embrace the lull. there is no way on earth you can get through 3 months of this without feeling tired or slightly demotivated at points. The important bit is to keep plugging away at it and before you know it you'll hit another burst of energy. And as a wise man once told me.....only 38 days to go !
Ditto.
ReplyDeleteFor me its not the night before .. but actually everytime I step up to that bar I'm dreading it. Sort of just think one set at a time.
Seems from our pcp seniors lulls are normal, lets push through it. I think the next round of pull-ups is this Sat - let's do them over at Vic Park again.