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Monday, September 21, 2009
Week 6 - P90X in progress
So I've taken quite a break from posting. We've had just a hellacious couple of weeks at the office caused by a former employee. I'll be the first to admit it took me off my game, big time.
I entered week 4 on track. My rest week quickly turned into little to no exercise at all. I missed both Yogas, Kenpo X, and I missed the second Core Syngeristics. Wow! I did manage to get in a run during the middle of the week. Lord knows I needed it.
Week 5 was much better. I returned to my normal program although I ended up doing a double header on Wednesday..which btw...totally sucks, don't do a double header. I was exhausted.
I started this week on schedule. I did the Chest/Shoulders/Triceps today per the schedule. I suprised myself and even did two pylo pushups!!! Yes, me! Before I worked out, I ran 3.7 miles at 6.4 MPH..so I basically did two exercises, a 40 minute cardio and my weight lifting.
I've got some serious Yoga X make up to do though...
I entered week 4 on track. My rest week quickly turned into little to no exercise at all. I missed both Yogas, Kenpo X, and I missed the second Core Syngeristics. Wow! I did manage to get in a run during the middle of the week. Lord knows I needed it.
Week 5 was much better. I returned to my normal program although I ended up doing a double header on Wednesday..which btw...totally sucks, don't do a double header. I was exhausted.
I started this week on schedule. I did the Chest/Shoulders/Triceps today per the schedule. I suprised myself and even did two pylo pushups!!! Yes, me! Before I worked out, I ran 3.7 miles at 6.4 MPH..so I basically did two exercises, a 40 minute cardio and my weight lifting.
I've got some serious Yoga X make up to do though...
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Week 3 Complete - Phase 1 Circuit Training
I ran 4.23 miles today in 42 minutes at 6.4 MPH (including 6 minute cooldown).
Weight: 216
I've now completed 3 weeks of P90X phase one. My diet took a serious turn for the worse this week as I grew disillusioned with the lack of success and results that I got during Week 1 and Week 2 with weight loss. Result? Virtually identical in weight to before. I know I'm doing something wrong on the diet...and I don't mean like this last week, where yes, I virtually wasn't even following the diet. I mean during Week 1 and Week 2. I should have lost more weight, and didn't. And I'm not sure why.
Brief recap of week 3.
Plyometrics.
Still a tough brutal workout. It's so hard.... That stretch in between minute mark 35 to the 20 minute mark is just brutal.
Shoulder & Arms.
I continued to improve. I'm not putting all the stats here unless requested, but here's a few highlights:
01 Alternating Shoulder Presses 14 w 30 / 11 w 35 (up from 17 reps 25 lbs / 12 using 30 lbs)
Notice I increased weight even more on second rep.
In & Out Biceps - No real change here.
Deep Swimmer's Press - Increased weight by 25%.
Chair Dips - I continue to own these. 25+ one legged. Am I doing it wrong? Gotta be, right?
Upright Rows - Increased weight by 20%
On many exercises I did exactly what I did before. This indicates I probably could really use that recovery week.
Yoga X.
It sucked as usual. I sweat like a pig from a about the 80 min mark until the end of the first half (right around the 50 min mark).
Then we have the Tony Horton downward dog magazine slash balance transition from the 50 min mark to the 40 minute mark. I pretty much suck at all the balancing exercises. I'm not eager to continue those, but I will be curious to see if I have made improvement by the end of this program.
Legs & Back.
Here we experienced significant gains in the back muscles. I managed to do 3.25 pullups without any assistance. First time I've done that since I started the program. I continued to use the "black band" primarily for my back muscle exercises. I am doing 25+ reps now on almost all o fthem so I know it's time to find something with more resistance. Tony says that I should just go back further and stretch the band more to get more resistance, but I'm not sure how much more that thing will stretch...it's stretched out alot as it is. In any event, I've made a note to get myself back even further in week 5. Hopefully by then I'll be doing more pull ups. I figure once I can get to where I can do 8 of them, I'll start experiencing significant gains quickly. I'm looking forward to that day.
Kenpo X.
Fun as usual.
Weight: 216
I've now completed 3 weeks of P90X phase one. My diet took a serious turn for the worse this week as I grew disillusioned with the lack of success and results that I got during Week 1 and Week 2 with weight loss. Result? Virtually identical in weight to before. I know I'm doing something wrong on the diet...and I don't mean like this last week, where yes, I virtually wasn't even following the diet. I mean during Week 1 and Week 2. I should have lost more weight, and didn't. And I'm not sure why.
Brief recap of week 3.
Plyometrics.
Still a tough brutal workout. It's so hard.... That stretch in between minute mark 35 to the 20 minute mark is just brutal.
Shoulder & Arms.
I continued to improve. I'm not putting all the stats here unless requested, but here's a few highlights:
01 Alternating Shoulder Presses 14 w 30 / 11 w 35 (up from 17 reps 25 lbs / 12 using 30 lbs)
Notice I increased weight even more on second rep.
In & Out Biceps - No real change here.
Deep Swimmer's Press - Increased weight by 25%.
Chair Dips - I continue to own these. 25+ one legged. Am I doing it wrong? Gotta be, right?
Upright Rows - Increased weight by 20%
On many exercises I did exactly what I did before. This indicates I probably could really use that recovery week.
Yoga X.
It sucked as usual. I sweat like a pig from a about the 80 min mark until the end of the first half (right around the 50 min mark).
Then we have the Tony Horton downward dog magazine slash balance transition from the 50 min mark to the 40 minute mark. I pretty much suck at all the balancing exercises. I'm not eager to continue those, but I will be curious to see if I have made improvement by the end of this program.
Legs & Back.
Here we experienced significant gains in the back muscles. I managed to do 3.25 pullups without any assistance. First time I've done that since I started the program. I continued to use the "black band" primarily for my back muscle exercises. I am doing 25+ reps now on almost all o fthem so I know it's time to find something with more resistance. Tony says that I should just go back further and stretch the band more to get more resistance, but I'm not sure how much more that thing will stretch...it's stretched out alot as it is. In any event, I've made a note to get myself back even further in week 5. Hopefully by then I'll be doing more pull ups. I figure once I can get to where I can do 8 of them, I'll start experiencing significant gains quickly. I'm looking forward to that day.
Kenpo X.
Fun as usual.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Week 3 - Chest & Back
This morning before work I ran 3.45 miles in 34 minutes at 6.5 MPH. I had a recovery drink immediately after and then went to work. After I got home I did Chest & Back followed by Ab Ripper X. Weight results were really weird. This morning I weighed 218. However, immediately befrore my P90X workout I weighed a mere 216...now that's more like it! I did make a few nature calls today..but doesn't this all beg the question?? If I'm at the point of considering when I'm going to bathroom and factoring that into my weigh in, aren't I just a little too bit obsessed about the weight? Err, my guess is that's a yes.
Here's my results from Chest & Back today. You may note that I went down on a couple of work outs compared to last weeks results. Maybe it's time for that recovery week eh?
Day 15/Monday - Weight 216 (@ 5:30 PM) - Chest & Back:
# --- Name --- First rep # * Second Rep#
01 Standard Push Ups - 31 * 18 + 4 more to failure + 5 more to failure
02 Wide Front Pull-Ups 2 + 1 (minibreak - "mb") * 8 (HA)/16 Black band - GB
03 Military Push-Ups 16 * 8 + 0 more (2 attempts for a couple more on phase 2)
04 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups 4 (A)/15 Black Band, GB * 17 Black Band, GB (Good Burn)
05 Wide Fly Push-Ups 26 * 18
06 Closed Grip Overhand Pull ups 3(a)/12 Black * 12 Black Band - GB
07 Decline Pushups 13 + 3 (mb) * 11
08 Heavy Pants 10 using 40 lbs (form was bad) * 12 using 30 lbs (form much better)
09 Diamond Pushups 11 +6" width * 10 +6" width
10 Lawnmowers 14 using 45 lbs * 10 using 40 lbs
11 Dive-Bomber Push-Ups 9 * 7
12 Back Flys 12 using 25 lbs (Bad form) * 15 using 22.5 lbs
I declined performance on these exercises:
Standard Push Ups, Second Rep (Down 4) ... Up 1 On First Rep
Military Push Ups, Second Rep (Down 2) ... But I was up 2 on First Rep
Decline Push Ups, First Rep (Down 1), but add'l 3 after mega-mini break
Heavy Pants, Second Rep (Down in weight by 5 lbs, resulted in better form)
I increased performance on these:
Standard Push Ups, First Rep
Wide Front Pull Ups, First Rep
Wide Front Pull Ups, Second Rep
Military Push Ups, First Rep
Reverse Grip Chin Ups, First Rep
Closed Grip Overhand Pull Ups, First Rep (went from 5 heavy assist + 12 black band, to 3 assist + 12 black band)
Decline Push Ups, Second Rep
Heavy Pants, First Rep (but bad form)
Diamond Push Ups, First Rep
Diamond Push Ups, Second Rep
Lawnmowers, First Rep
Lawnmowers, Second Rep
Dive Bomber Push Ups, First Rep
Dive Bomber Push Ups, Second Rep
Push on these exercises:
Reverse Grip Chin Ups, Second Rep
Closed Grip Overhand Pullups, Second Rep
Back Flys (Both Reps)
I'm doing this with my wife. We are seriously considering repeating phase 1 again because of our dieting issues. We haven't totally decided, but we'll decide at the end of next week before making the decision to repeat weeks 1-4. Maybe we should just move on to Phase 2?
Here's my results from Chest & Back today. You may note that I went down on a couple of work outs compared to last weeks results. Maybe it's time for that recovery week eh?
Day 15/Monday - Weight 216 (@ 5:30 PM) - Chest & Back:
# --- Name --- First rep # * Second Rep#
01 Standard Push Ups - 31 * 18 + 4 more to failure + 5 more to failure
02 Wide Front Pull-Ups 2 + 1 (minibreak - "mb") * 8 (HA)/16 Black band - GB
03 Military Push-Ups 16 * 8 + 0 more (2 attempts for a couple more on phase 2)
04 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups 4 (A)/15 Black Band, GB * 17 Black Band, GB (Good Burn)
05 Wide Fly Push-Ups 26 * 18
06 Closed Grip Overhand Pull ups 3(a)/12 Black * 12 Black Band - GB
07 Decline Pushups 13 + 3 (mb) * 11
08 Heavy Pants 10 using 40 lbs (form was bad) * 12 using 30 lbs (form much better)
09 Diamond Pushups 11 +6" width * 10 +6" width
10 Lawnmowers 14 using 45 lbs * 10 using 40 lbs
11 Dive-Bomber Push-Ups 9 * 7
12 Back Flys 12 using 25 lbs (Bad form) * 15 using 22.5 lbs
I declined performance on these exercises:
Standard Push Ups, Second Rep (Down 4) ... Up 1 On First Rep
Military Push Ups, Second Rep (Down 2) ... But I was up 2 on First Rep
Decline Push Ups, First Rep (Down 1), but add'l 3 after mega-mini break
Heavy Pants, Second Rep (Down in weight by 5 lbs, resulted in better form)
I increased performance on these:
Standard Push Ups, First Rep
Wide Front Pull Ups, First Rep
Wide Front Pull Ups, Second Rep
Military Push Ups, First Rep
Reverse Grip Chin Ups, First Rep
Closed Grip Overhand Pull Ups, First Rep (went from 5 heavy assist + 12 black band, to 3 assist + 12 black band)
Decline Push Ups, Second Rep
Heavy Pants, First Rep (but bad form)
Diamond Push Ups, First Rep
Diamond Push Ups, Second Rep
Lawnmowers, First Rep
Lawnmowers, Second Rep
Dive Bomber Push Ups, First Rep
Dive Bomber Push Ups, Second Rep
Push on these exercises:
Reverse Grip Chin Ups, Second Rep
Closed Grip Overhand Pullups, Second Rep
Back Flys (Both Reps)
I'm doing this with my wife. We are seriously considering repeating phase 1 again because of our dieting issues. We haven't totally decided, but we'll decide at the end of next week before making the decision to repeat weeks 1-4. Maybe we should just move on to Phase 2?
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Week 2 Complete
As the title says, Week 2 is a wrap. Today I have been resting taking a well deserved day off from the rigors of P90X. Here's a day by day blow from last week:
Day 8/Monday - Weight 217 - Chest & Back:
# --- Name --- First rep # * Second Rep#
01 Standard Push Ups - 30 * 22 + 4 (22 to failure, then added 4 more to failure)
02 Wide Front Pull-Ups 3 (assist - "A"), 15 using black band * 7 (heavy assist - "HA"), 15 Good
03 Military Push-Ups 14 * 10
04 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups 2.75 (A) * 3 (HA)m 10 Black Band, GB (Good Burn)
05 Wide Fly Push-Ups 24 * 15
06 Closed Grip Overhand Pull ups 7.5 (a) * 5 (HA), 12 black
07 Decline Pushups 14 * 10 + 2 (10 to failure, then 2 more to failure)
08 Heavy Pants 8 using 40 lbs * 10 using 35 lbs
09 Diamond Pushups 8 +6" width* 7 +6" width
10 Lawnmowers 15 using 40 lbs*12 using 40 lbs
11 Dive-Bomber Push-Ups 8 * 6.5
12 Back Flys 15 using 22.5 lbs* 12 using 22.5 lbs
Day 9/Plyometrics
Tough workout, didn't seem to have same energy as last weeks. It burns, it burns!
Day 10/Shoulder & Arms - Weigh 215 - First rep #/Second Rep#
# - Exercise name - Rep/Weights * 2nd Rep/Weights
01 Alternating Shoulder Presses 17/25 (must go up) * 12/30
02 In and Out Bicep "12" + 4/30 lbs * "16"/22.5
03 Two-Arm Tricep Kickbacks 12/15 * 15/15
04 Deep Swimmer's Presses 12/20 * 12/22.5
05 Full Supination Concentration Curls 12/22.5 * 10/25
06 Chair Dips 20+ (one legged) * 21 one legged
07 Upright Rows 12/25 * 12/25 (should go up next round)
08 Static Arm Curls "16"/25 * "16"/20
09 Flip Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks 10/10 * 12/10
10 Two Angle Shoulder Flys "16"/15 * "16"/15
11 Crouching Cohen Curls 8/22.5 * 8/22.5
12 Lying Down Tricep Extensions 6 blue, then 5 green band * 10 green band
13 In & Out Straight Arm Shoulder Fly - "16"/10 * "16"/8
14 Congdon Curls - 7.75/25 * 14 (mb used)/20 (mb=minibreak)
15 Side Tri Rises - L 34, R 18/ L 23, 10 R
I also ran 3.5 miles on this day.
Day 11 - Yoga - Weight 215
Argh.. I have a tiny bit of improvement. Cant' really do much of this stuff, especially from the 40 minute mark on when it becomes about 30 minutes of extreme balancing. I'll be interested to see if I make some good progress with this workout at the end of P90X.
Day 12 - Legs & Back of Pain - Weight 214.6!
Legs & Back consist of 4 back exercises that are repeated twice and sixteen leg exercises. The good news is that you do not repeat any of the leg exercises. You do each leg exercise only once. The bad news is that this is one of the most painful exercises there is, maybe even worse than plyometrics (but it's a close call there). Because I don't get detailed stats on the leg exercises, I'm providing some basic info on the leg exercises for the first phase of Legs & Back. By the time Phase 2 starts, my notes on the Legs exercises gets really suspect.
I've pretty much switched to using the bands for back exercises because I can't do the pull ups. I did 3 in the beginning before week 0 but I can not seem to get it done at all now. Although I do 3.25 chin ups on Friday. The issue that I'm having with the bands is simple: I get really good burn using the black bands from Beachbody, but the problem here is that I need so many reps (15-25) to get there that I'm wondering if I'm really building much muscle in that area or just toning (which does me no good)...Thus making it even harder to ever to get to the point where I can do more pullups because I have to do so many reps to get to the burn using the black bands.
Remember the key
A - assist (lite assist using a chair with only one leg at an angle)
HA - heavy assist - both legs on chair, chair is close
BF - bad form
GB - good burn
BB - Black Band (at this point, if you see a high number rep for a pull up or chin up, you are pretty much assured I'm using the black band)
Note - I'll attempt pull up/chin up, and if I don't get the burn I think I should get, I switch and do more with the bands. Example - Exercise #1 "Chin ups" - I did 3.25 chin ups, then switched to the Black band for another 18, on the second rep (phase 2) I did 15 using the black bands, using them slowly, and I felt a "good burn" from doing them.
# -- Exercise Name -- Number on First Rep * Number on Second Reps
01 Reverse Grip Chin Ups - 3.25 /18 BB * 15 BB Slow GB
02 Legs - Calf Squats
03 Some Lunge thing
04 Wide Front Pull Ups - 7 (a) * 17 SLOW BB GB
05 One Legged something
06 Wall Squat - 90 secs (pain)
07 Closed Grip Overhand Pull Ups - 5.5 (HA)/12 BB * 20 BB GB
08 One legged something - Pain
09 Side lunge
10 Switch Grip Pull Ups 24 BB GB * 20 BB GB
11 Single Legged Wall Squat - serious pain
12 Something else that burns
Last leg exercise "Debbie" - R 30 slow, 5 air/ L - 30 SLOW, 6 Air
Friday night was our bad eating night. We went to Azteca, and I apparently gained 3 lbs from eating there......although I estimate that my total caloric intake for the day was about 3600 calories, that's assuming that I had a 1800 calorie dinner at Azteca...which I may have had...
Day 13 - Kenpo X - Weight 217
[RANT]
Weight 218?!?! WTF! I couldn't have gained 3 lbs from Azteca last night, could I have? I got on the scale this morning (Sunday) I weighed even more... 219.6 lbs! 2 lbs from Yesterday?? Are you frakkin' serious??? I've gained 5 lbs in 2 fucking days??? WTF!
[/RANT]
In addition to Kenpo X, I ran 4 miles at 6.4 MPH in about 41 minutes. I ran before my Kenpo X. I followed Kenpo X immediately after. I then did Ab Ripper X after that because I forgot to do it on Friday. Total calories burned was probably in the 1,500 range. Had the recovery drink after (man that tastes great!) and then went to Snohomish for a birthday party for my grandma. She turned 85 and was in good spirits.
My weight, as noted above, contiunues to piss me off. With exception to Friday night and Saturday, I'm following the diet pretty darn good. I don't get how I gained 5 lbs in 48 hours. In fact, it just pisses me off. I realize I eat fairly unheathly at Azteca and the following day at Taco Bell...but I watched what I got from Taco Bell and only ate 800 calories worth of food from there. So what the heck happened? What about the fact that I burned 1500 calories working out that day? Doesn't that account for something? Anyway, that's the report for the week.
Week 3 is next week.
Day 8/Monday - Weight 217 - Chest & Back:
# --- Name --- First rep # * Second Rep#
01 Standard Push Ups - 30 * 22 + 4 (22 to failure, then added 4 more to failure)
02 Wide Front Pull-Ups 3 (assist - "A"), 15 using black band * 7 (heavy assist - "HA"), 15 Good
03 Military Push-Ups 14 * 10
04 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups 2.75 (A) * 3 (HA)m 10 Black Band, GB (Good Burn)
05 Wide Fly Push-Ups 24 * 15
06 Closed Grip Overhand Pull ups 7.5 (a) * 5 (HA), 12 black
07 Decline Pushups 14 * 10 + 2 (10 to failure, then 2 more to failure)
08 Heavy Pants 8 using 40 lbs * 10 using 35 lbs
09 Diamond Pushups 8 +6" width* 7 +6" width
10 Lawnmowers 15 using 40 lbs*12 using 40 lbs
11 Dive-Bomber Push-Ups 8 * 6.5
12 Back Flys 15 using 22.5 lbs* 12 using 22.5 lbs
Day 9/Plyometrics
Tough workout, didn't seem to have same energy as last weeks. It burns, it burns!
Day 10/Shoulder & Arms - Weigh 215 - First rep #/Second Rep#
# - Exercise name - Rep/Weights * 2nd Rep/Weights
01 Alternating Shoulder Presses 17/25 (must go up) * 12/30
02 In and Out Bicep "12" + 4/30 lbs * "16"/22.5
03 Two-Arm Tricep Kickbacks 12/15 * 15/15
04 Deep Swimmer's Presses 12/20 * 12/22.5
05 Full Supination Concentration Curls 12/22.5 * 10/25
06 Chair Dips 20+ (one legged) * 21 one legged
07 Upright Rows 12/25 * 12/25 (should go up next round)
08 Static Arm Curls "16"/25 * "16"/20
09 Flip Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks 10/10 * 12/10
10 Two Angle Shoulder Flys "16"/15 * "16"/15
11 Crouching Cohen Curls 8/22.5 * 8/22.5
12 Lying Down Tricep Extensions 6 blue, then 5 green band * 10 green band
13 In & Out Straight Arm Shoulder Fly - "16"/10 * "16"/8
14 Congdon Curls - 7.75/25 * 14 (mb used)/20 (mb=minibreak)
15 Side Tri Rises - L 34, R 18/ L 23, 10 R
I also ran 3.5 miles on this day.
Day 11 - Yoga - Weight 215
Argh.. I have a tiny bit of improvement. Cant' really do much of this stuff, especially from the 40 minute mark on when it becomes about 30 minutes of extreme balancing. I'll be interested to see if I make some good progress with this workout at the end of P90X.
Day 12 - Legs & Back of Pain - Weight 214.6!
Legs & Back consist of 4 back exercises that are repeated twice and sixteen leg exercises. The good news is that you do not repeat any of the leg exercises. You do each leg exercise only once. The bad news is that this is one of the most painful exercises there is, maybe even worse than plyometrics (but it's a close call there). Because I don't get detailed stats on the leg exercises, I'm providing some basic info on the leg exercises for the first phase of Legs & Back. By the time Phase 2 starts, my notes on the Legs exercises gets really suspect.
I've pretty much switched to using the bands for back exercises because I can't do the pull ups. I did 3 in the beginning before week 0 but I can not seem to get it done at all now. Although I do 3.25 chin ups on Friday. The issue that I'm having with the bands is simple: I get really good burn using the black bands from Beachbody, but the problem here is that I need so many reps (15-25) to get there that I'm wondering if I'm really building much muscle in that area or just toning (which does me no good)...Thus making it even harder to ever to get to the point where I can do more pullups because I have to do so many reps to get to the burn using the black bands.
Remember the key
A - assist (lite assist using a chair with only one leg at an angle)
HA - heavy assist - both legs on chair, chair is close
BF - bad form
GB - good burn
BB - Black Band (at this point, if you see a high number rep for a pull up or chin up, you are pretty much assured I'm using the black band)
Note - I'll attempt pull up/chin up, and if I don't get the burn I think I should get, I switch and do more with the bands. Example - Exercise #1 "Chin ups" - I did 3.25 chin ups, then switched to the Black band for another 18, on the second rep (phase 2) I did 15 using the black bands, using them slowly, and I felt a "good burn" from doing them.
# -- Exercise Name -- Number on First Rep * Number on Second Reps
01 Reverse Grip Chin Ups - 3.25 /18 BB * 15 BB Slow GB
02 Legs - Calf Squats
03 Some Lunge thing
04 Wide Front Pull Ups - 7 (a) * 17 SLOW BB GB
05 One Legged something
06 Wall Squat - 90 secs (pain)
07 Closed Grip Overhand Pull Ups - 5.5 (HA)/12 BB * 20 BB GB
08 One legged something - Pain
09 Side lunge
10 Switch Grip Pull Ups 24 BB GB * 20 BB GB
11 Single Legged Wall Squat - serious pain
12 Something else that burns
Last leg exercise "Debbie" - R 30 slow, 5 air/ L - 30 SLOW, 6 Air
Friday night was our bad eating night. We went to Azteca, and I apparently gained 3 lbs from eating there......although I estimate that my total caloric intake for the day was about 3600 calories, that's assuming that I had a 1800 calorie dinner at Azteca...which I may have had...
Day 13 - Kenpo X - Weight 217
[RANT]
Weight 218?!?! WTF! I couldn't have gained 3 lbs from Azteca last night, could I have? I got on the scale this morning (Sunday) I weighed even more... 219.6 lbs! 2 lbs from Yesterday?? Are you frakkin' serious??? I've gained 5 lbs in 2 fucking days??? WTF!
[/RANT]
In addition to Kenpo X, I ran 4 miles at 6.4 MPH in about 41 minutes. I ran before my Kenpo X. I followed Kenpo X immediately after. I then did Ab Ripper X after that because I forgot to do it on Friday. Total calories burned was probably in the 1,500 range. Had the recovery drink after (man that tastes great!) and then went to Snohomish for a birthday party for my grandma. She turned 85 and was in good spirits.
My weight, as noted above, contiunues to piss me off. With exception to Friday night and Saturday, I'm following the diet pretty darn good. I don't get how I gained 5 lbs in 48 hours. In fact, it just pisses me off. I realize I eat fairly unheathly at Azteca and the following day at Taco Bell...but I watched what I got from Taco Bell and only ate 800 calories worth of food from there. So what the heck happened? What about the fact that I burned 1500 calories working out that day? Doesn't that account for something? Anyway, that's the report for the week.
Week 3 is next week.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Week 1 Complete
I finished Week 1 strong doing Kenpo X. This was my favourite workout so far. Very quick passage of time. I planned to run today so I kept my heart rate in the fat burning zone (130-140). The workout contained a good combination of kicks, blocks, and punches. Interestingly, it actually started pretty slow with the first 10 minutes being some kind of Yoga Karate Combo thing. Did I mention that I only have another 15 Yoga X sessions left before I'm finished with Yoga X? I wasn't too thrilled with the Yogo/Karate introduction, but once we got passed that Yoga stuff we got down to business and the workout flew by.
One thing I noticed that was interesting was Tony Horton's idea of "Rest" which consisted of running in place, doing jumping jacks, and leaping to the ceiling for two minutes. That was Rest? Welcome to P90X.
I kept my heart rate in the fat burning zone for the workout, but I could have easily went aerobic (heart rate 145-160) for the entire video. During the course of the workout, there were several times in which I hit 150 bpm before slowing down my intensity to reduce my heart rate. Tony said his heart rate got up to 164/65 bpm. If true, based on his age, he would have been training in the anerobic zone.
After Kenpo X, I ran for 37 minutes on the treadmill at 6.2 MPH. Heartrate ranged from 150-167 bpm.
My diet was very good today. I ate 3/4 lbs of Chicken for dinner, Zucchini, spinach, and 1 cup of wild rice. It felt like a good dinner. I'd give my diet a 4.5/5 today.
That's it for Week 1 of P90X! Tomorrow I get to rest.
One thing I noticed that was interesting was Tony Horton's idea of "Rest" which consisted of running in place, doing jumping jacks, and leaping to the ceiling for two minutes. That was Rest? Welcome to P90X.
I kept my heart rate in the fat burning zone for the workout, but I could have easily went aerobic (heart rate 145-160) for the entire video. During the course of the workout, there were several times in which I hit 150 bpm before slowing down my intensity to reduce my heart rate. Tony said his heart rate got up to 164/65 bpm. If true, based on his age, he would have been training in the anerobic zone.
After Kenpo X, I ran for 37 minutes on the treadmill at 6.2 MPH. Heartrate ranged from 150-167 bpm.
My diet was very good today. I ate 3/4 lbs of Chicken for dinner, Zucchini, spinach, and 1 cup of wild rice. It felt like a good dinner. I'd give my diet a 4.5/5 today.
That's it for Week 1 of P90X! Tomorrow I get to rest.
Week 1 Mostly Complete
Current Weight: 217.2
I've survived 5 days of P90X following the diet in very good form with the sole exception to last night's Olive Garden Pasta Nirvana. I know they are a chain, but I just love their Alfredo sauce. I can't get enough. Not to mention their salad dressing...
p90X is incredibly intense. Monday was intro to P90X and we hit it off with a bang. Chest and back. Pushups and pullups. Tuesday was just murder on my legs. Wednesday was "glamour day". It was one of the easier workouts. Thursday's Yoga X just sucked ass hard. I'm counting down how many more of those Yoga X's I have to do before I complete the program.
I've survived 5 days of P90X following the diet in very good form with the sole exception to last night's Olive Garden Pasta Nirvana. I know they are a chain, but I just love their Alfredo sauce. I can't get enough. Not to mention their salad dressing...
p90X is incredibly intense. Monday was intro to P90X and we hit it off with a bang. Chest and back. Pushups and pullups. Tuesday was just murder on my legs. Wednesday was "glamour day". It was one of the easier workouts. Thursday's Yoga X just sucked ass hard. I'm counting down how many more of those Yoga X's I have to do before I complete the program.
Pullups and Chinups
Yesterday was Back and Legs. I still can't do a complete 3 pullups without assistance, so I started using the bands during the workout because I've been growning concerned about my lack of burn on the back exercises (namely because I can't do very many without heavy assistance..and then I'm left wondering..am I working out my back or my legs again????). So I started using the resistance bands. I had to do a high number of reps but I did start getting some good burn in my back muscles. The problem here is I have to do 20+ reps to actually feel any burn in my back muscles....and I am using the 50 lb resistance bands from Beachbody. Tony says you should do 8-10 reps to grow bulk muscles, but I can't do 8-10 with the bands because my bands aren't high enough in resistance. On the other hand, I can't do 8-10 pullups without using my legs (and thus forcing myself to wonder if I'm really even getting a benefit out of the exercise). So what do I do? I'm wondering if I should supplement my workout with a trip to gym to build bulk in the back muscles. I'm going to check out Beachbody.com to see what I can learn there.LEGS OF PAIN
Along with pullups and chinups yesterday, legs were the big workout of the day. I'm sum it up for you in one word: pain. My favourite moment was when Tony Horton went Austin Powers/Dr. Evil on us and went into mini-me mode. I won't tell you what it is, but if you've seen Austin Powers movies, you'll know it when you see it. And trust me your in for some serious pain there. My muscles are very sore today in the legs...
Still have the Karate exercise today.
Along with pullups and chinups yesterday, legs were the big workout of the day. I'm sum it up for you in one word: pain. My favourite moment was when Tony Horton went Austin Powers/Dr. Evil on us and went into mini-me mode. I won't tell you what it is, but if you've seen Austin Powers movies, you'll know it when you see it. And trust me your in for some serious pain there. My muscles are very sore today in the legs...
Still have the Karate exercise today.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Week 1 - Shoulder and Arms
Work out was easier than yesterday. I worked out at 6 AM this morning.. Brutal getting up that early! Dieting not so good today.. I'd give myself 3/5 stars.
I ran 39 minutes in the evening or 3.84 miles including cooldown in 39 minutes.
I ran 39 minutes in the evening or 3.84 miles including cooldown in 39 minutes.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Plyometrics
Plyometrics is brutal. It is easily one of the most difficult (if not the most difficult) workouts I've ever done.
Monday, August 17, 2009
P90X - Week 1 - Chest and Back
I'm still running. Please note that it is beyond highly recommend that you do not run in addition to doing P90X. I have my own reasons for why I have chosen to run anyway. And it has nothing to do with exercise. Put simply, jogging is my sole outlet to relieve stress and I can not give up the running or I risk collapse of being able to do any exercise from being stressed out. So there you have it. My reason for running. I ran 3.44 miles in 35 minutes (including cool down) before I did P90X.
With that said, today was Day 1 for Week 1. I'm very sore. I followed the diet fairly well. I'd give myself 3.75/5 stars on the diet side which is very good for me. I could not finish Ab Ripper X. I think I did something close to 250-275 of the total 349 exercises.
Here's my Chest & Back breakdown.
Key:
A - Assist (usually one leg)
HA - Heavy Assist (usually both legs)
GF - Good Form
Number on P90X Workout sheet --- Name - First rep #/Second Rep#
01 Standard Push Ups - 27/15 (with weights)
02 Wide Front Pull-Ups 3(a)/5(ha)
03 Military Push-Ups 12/9
04 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups 2 (assist)/2.5(HA)
05 Wide Fly Push-Ups 20/15
06 Closed Grip OVerhand Pull ups 5 (HA)/5 (HA)
07 Decline Pushups 13(GF)/11
08 Heavy Pants 12 using 35 / 15 using 30 (GF)
09 Diamond Pushups 10 +6" width/10 +6" width
10 Lawnmowers 15 using 35 lbs/ R13 * 40 lbs L6 * 40 lbs
11 Dive-Bomber Push-Ups 10/7
12 Back Flys 12 using 22.5 lbs/12 using 20 lbs (GF)
Of note here. I couldn't do 3 straight dead hang pull ups today. Most stats went down from last week. This might have something to do with the fact that I did the P90 fit test yesterday.
With that said, today was Day 1 for Week 1. I'm very sore. I followed the diet fairly well. I'd give myself 3.75/5 stars on the diet side which is very good for me. I could not finish Ab Ripper X. I think I did something close to 250-275 of the total 349 exercises.
Here's my Chest & Back breakdown.
Key:
A - Assist (usually one leg)
HA - Heavy Assist (usually both legs)
GF - Good Form
Number on P90X Workout sheet --- Name - First rep #/Second Rep#
01 Standard Push Ups - 27/15 (with weights)
02 Wide Front Pull-Ups 3(a)/5(ha)
03 Military Push-Ups 12/9
04 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups 2 (assist)/2.5(HA)
05 Wide Fly Push-Ups 20/15
06 Closed Grip OVerhand Pull ups 5 (HA)/5 (HA)
07 Decline Pushups 13(GF)/11
08 Heavy Pants 12 using 35 / 15 using 30 (GF)
09 Diamond Pushups 10 +6" width/10 +6" width
10 Lawnmowers 15 using 35 lbs/ R13 * 40 lbs L6 * 40 lbs
11 Dive-Bomber Push-Ups 10/7
12 Back Flys 12 using 22.5 lbs/12 using 20 lbs (GF)
Of note here. I couldn't do 3 straight dead hang pull ups today. Most stats went down from last week. This might have something to do with the fact that I did the P90 fit test yesterday.
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