So I thought it was about time I got back into exercising after taking a couple month hiatus.  I was in pretty decent shape back in July, after I had been living at my condo where I had a gym right downstairs and would make my way down there 3 or 4 times a week.  Since then I have been either too lazy, too busy, or too tired to get at it.  And at my age I really can’t afford to be fooling around with this stuff.  My metabolism just isn’t what it used to be. So while I’m no Chris Farley in the midriff department, I’m no Leonidas either…

So a friend of mine had given me a DVD from the P90X series - this one happened to be titled the Ab Ripper.  Since that is the area most in need of maintenance I figured it was perfect. Now I do crunches every now and then so it’s not like my abs never get a workout, so I thought this would be no problem - I’ll jump right into it!  Little did I know that aside from the abs, it also works another portion of the body pretty hard.

The whole routine is only 20 minutes long, but it’s one exercise right after the other, no breaks.  I ran through the whole routine, but only did about 3/4 of each exercise, not wanting to overdo it too much.  I felt great when I got done!  The next day I played racquetball at lunchtime with some guys at the office.  Afterwards I felt a little tight in the left hip flexor region, but nothing crazy.  This morning when I woke up I knew right away I was in trouble.  Both hip flexors were so tight it felt like I had spears stuck in them!  I couldn’t stand up straight!  All day long I was walking around like I was handicapped or a 92 year old man.  I feel pathetic.  I took a bath tonight to try to loosen it up.  I never take baths.  No relief.  Here’s to hoping I feel better tomorrow…

On the bright side, my abs feel great!  I’d do it again if my hips ever heal…