Day 25 - X Stretch

Kicked off Memorial Day with a 5.2 mile run over 41 min. I felt like I could have run another 5 miles, but that was probably some dumb part of my body making it seem that way. It was sunny and hot today so I braved it out to the outdoor hot tub and got in. I was only there for 5 min and got out because 87 deg and sunny, elevated heart rate and scalding hot water did not seem to go together too well.

I went home to prep the boys for a return to the pool for their afternoon fun, but they detoured me to Fuddruckers for a lunch run. Yada yada yada, it started to rain and killed the remainder of Memorial Day.

Later I knocked out a well deserved X Stretch session of P90X. I can honestly say, that it was a lot easier pulling through this session than the previous one. I was able to perform some of the harder stretches like the Glute Stretch, Plough, Back Hero, Kenpo Quad Stretch and Frog. I was even able to handle the Dreya Forearm Strecth.

Glute Stretch - Lying on back and pulling kneww inward, place right ankle on the left thigh. Reach right arm between right and left thigh. Reach arm on outside of left thigh. Clasp hands around left shin. Lie back and pull knee in toward shoulder. If you can lie all the way to the floor, or even bend your arms more than slightly you are already there.

Plough - From Shoulder Stand with legs straight up in the air and only shoulders and neck on the floor, drop legs straight overhead until feet touch the floor. (right here let me say that at a certain point, I could not even breathe, let alone keep my feet totally straight but I managed through it briefly). If you can do this while keeping legs straight and touching feet to the floor without losing consciousness, you are really super limber.

Back Hero - Kneel with knees and fee slightly wide than hips. Slowly lie backward first keeping your chin on your chest, sitting between feet. Support body on elbows or like all the way back (at this point you can extend your head backwards, i.e. lift it off your chest). Come out of this pose slowly. If you can do this one, you can make your own stretch video and should market it to millions.

I plan to add X Stretch at least twice a week to increase my flexibility. This will definitely help me on my sit and reach test at the gym when they calculate my body age vs my chronological age. By the way, chrono age is 46 and my body age is currently 36 and dropping. I expect it to be between 29-32 when I retest on 7/29 (Day 90 of P90X).