Fuck that scissor routine. Fuck it hard. Goddamn.
Since last year, I've been running/dieting to lose weight. I'm down 45 lbs, with about 5 to go before I hit my goal weight. So I decided to try P90X to start tightening myself up while I burn out this last layer of flab. I ordered a pullup bar from Amazon yesterday, and since it hasn't arrived yet I decided to do my usual 3 mile run and try some ab ripper since it requires no equipment, it's only 15 min, and you do it after a lot of workouts through the normal program anyway. I also wanted to get a taste of the activity I was in for and start acclimating a bit.
Fuck me in the face. It absolutely murdered me. I've been running 3 miles a day/ 5 days a week consistently since February, and I thought I was in pretty good shape until I tried Ab ripper. I've now realized I have 0 muscle development. What blows me away is that this routine used nothing but my own body weight... no resistance, no weights... just me and my own ability to move my own body. And it was only 15 minutes! I was drenched in sweat. Granted, I ran 3 miles a couple hours previously, but I filled up with water, rested, had a carb-ful dinner... Fuck this is going to kill me.
I thought I could fit in a routine in addition to my usual 3 miles, but fuck no. FUCK no. FUCK. NO.
Even though it was hell and I can barely move today, I loved every minute of it.