Workout plan: exercise version
I really didn’t mean to go nearly two weeks between posts. I actually thought I posted a few days ago, but it turns out I merely left it as a draft.
Here’s my current workout plan that I started last Tuesday:
Sunday: P90x upper body/abs
Monday: Advanced TKD; Kali
Tuesday: P90x upper body/abs; Teaching beginner TKD
Wednesday: Hapkido; Teaching intermediate TKD; Advanced TKD
Thursday: Rest!
Friday: P90x upper body/abs; Hapkido
Saturday: TKD (90 minutes)
There are several P90x upper body routines: Chest & Back; Shoulders & Arms; Chest, Shoulders & Triceps; and Back & Biceps. I’ve only tried the first two so far, and they are definitely good, challenging workouts. The Chest & Back workout involves lots of chin ups, so for me that involves cheating (only lifting some of my body weight). My shoulders just aren’t that strong yet. My left arm is far weaker than my right — my left arm will fail on the final move while my right could have done more weight/reps. Hopefully that left arm will catch up. I haven’t had issues with my surgically repaired shoulder doing the lifting programs. When I first started doing push ups (a couple of months back), the scar tissue would crackle and pop, but that is no longer happening. So full speed ahead with strengthening.
Another quirk to my workout schedule is that I like to play tennis. I almost invariably play with the same guy, and we keep it very light and active when we play. We don’t bother serving or playing games, we’ll just rally back and forth workout ground strokes, approaches, and point construction. So it is a good cardio workout. We often play on Sunday (when my partner isn’t injured), so that will make for a tough double workout on those days. We’ll see how that goes.