Legs, Back and Ab RipperX today. I was still feeling a little sluggish from this cold that I have. It was hard to "bring the intensity" today.

By the time I hit ABX I was spent and didn't have much left in me.

And for some reason I was VERY thirsty this AM. I usually drink about 1/2 bottle of water during my workout but today I drank 1 1/2 bottles!

Finally, this cold is also killing my diet (Excuses, excuses) as I have been craving junk food (food porn) like crazy. Time to lay off the Mountain Dew and ice cream!

Till next time..."Bring It!"

YogaX today. I was starting to feel much better last night so I decided to get up at my usual time again (5AM) and do my workout in the AM.

Upon rising I noticed that I felt much better than I have for days.

I felt great during YogaX, strong. Another great workout.

Till next time... Bring It!

Slept in again today because I am sick. Worked out after work. Had a GREAT Shoulders, Arms and ABX workout. REALLY brought it. Felt strong.

Legs were sore today form yesterday's PlyoX.

Injury update: My ITSB is practically gone. My left buttocks is feeling great. I'll keep babying it so it does not get worse again.

Even tough I'm sick it's been a good week so far.

Till next time... Bring It!

Wow! As sick as I am I still brought it during Plyo today. And in a big way. I decided to sleep in today (because I'm sick) and work out after work. I worked my butt off. Sweated up a storm. Brought it so hard I thought I was gunna puke. The legs were like rubber after this workout. Sorry for being so graphic but I really had a good one today despite being sick.

I hope tomorrow goes 1/2 as well.

Till next time... Bring It!

What's worse than getting waking up with a cold on the Sunday before Memorial day? Waking up on Memorial Day feeling worse and having a fever. YUK! I thought I had dodged this one that had been  making the rounds through my house for the past few weeks. it seemed like they were all well and that I was safe. Not so lucky.

I feel like crud but I still did the Chest, Back and ABX workout. I was pretty spent by the ABX section and did not do too stellar. But I felt pretty good about the Chest and back part.

I hope I fell a little better tomorrow. I am thinking about sleeping in and then doing Plyo after work.

Till next time... Bring It!

KenpoX left me soaking wet today. What an awesome workout! And once again, the mirror really helped me focus and increase my intensity.

Legs are VERY sore today from yesterday's Legs and Back workout. I'm thinking that this is due to 2 reasons. One, because I really went at it, and two, because I skipped the week before. Anyway, I can hardly walk.

I'm thinking that KenpoX is my second favorite workout behind Chest and Back.

Well, till next time... Bring It!

Wow, great workout again today. Really brought it. Once again the mirror made a huge difference in my workout. Today was Legs, Back and ABX. In the leg routines I was able to see (in the mirror) that I was dogging it a bit and not going as low as I could be going in the lunge moves. So I corrected. The mirror really made me focus. And the result. it's been about 12 hours since that workout and my legs are already KILLIN me. Hope I can walk to morrow.

Till next time...Bring It!

I have put a mirror in my workout area and have begun to realize that the mirror is good and the mirror is bad. There are good things and bad things about the mirror.  One good thing is that it helps me focus on form.  For example when a in Plank position my body was not as straight as I thought it was.  My butt was up in the air just a little bit.  Now I have corrected that. And there are other small tweaks to be made in many other positions.  The bad aspect of the mirror is that it has knocked my confidence down a peg.  The mirror has taught me that I am not quite the stud that I thought I was.  That I don't look as cool as I thought I did while performing some of these yoga poses.  When lifting weights, I'm happy how I look in the mirror.  When doing yoga I'm not so happy.  When doing yoga, I look like a chubby panda bear waddling around trying to perform these movements.

Today was YogaX. I BROUGHT IT!

Till next time... Bring it!

So today's workout was shoulders and arms.  It was another great workout.  I'm really seeing the advantage of having a mirror in front of me while I workout.  It really helped me concentrate on on my form during this work out.

Not too much else to say.  I'm still wondering how long it will take to do all the ab ripper X repetitions.

Till next time... Bring It!

Today was PlyoX and it felt great. For two days in a row now I have had an extremely hard time getting out of bed. But I finally did get up and get moving with just enough time to complete the PlyoX workout in my NEWLY RE-DECORATED Workout Area!

That's right, my beautiful wife bought me some new rubber workout flooring as an early Father's Day gift. I love it. It has just the right amount of shock absorption but still has enough firmness to feel stable.

 

The other thing that I did last night, in addition to laying the flooring, was to put a big mirror in front of my workout area.

It's a bit hard to see, but the weights are at the front of my area near the mirror.

One thing that I had remembered when working out at the hotel gym last week was how much feedback you get when working out in front of a mirror. I guess that's why they put mirrors in gyms. And I always thought it was a vanity thing. (Although I must admit that I stare at myself quite a bit when working out in front of a mirror...LOL) So, the mirror REALLY helps me focus on form. It provides excellent feedback.

And here's me posing in my new area.

Till next time... Bring It!

So I took yesterday off. I had planned on doing the StretchX but never got around to it. It just goes to show ya that it's much easier for me if I get up early and get the workout out of the way first thing. If not, I may skip it altogether. It was a rest day anyway so it does not bother me too much. And I played in the yard for over 3 hours with my youngest daughter. Basketball, cartwheels, handstands, pike pull-ups on the rings, whiffel ball and general running around and being the kid that I am. I AM still a kid right?

I think I posted this the day before yesterday but if not, here it is again. I decided to repeat this week. So I'll be doing Round 2 Week 2 twice. I decided to do this because I missed YogaX and Legs and back last week. I also replaced PlyoX with a run. All in all I don't think that missing those workouts was huge, and I probably could have pressed on without repeating and been just fine, but I just feel better about repeating it. And besides, I think that replacing the Plyo workout with a run and skipping the leg workout last week actually did wonders to heal my ITSB issue.

One thing that I will do this round is not to sweat it when I miss a workout. I will make it up, repeat the week, or just miss it. I'm not going to get too freaked by it. I made it through the first 90 days with only a minor schedule modification (I extended the Phase 1 to Phase 2 recovery week by an extra week) and that was my goal. To do the 90 days. Now I'm in gravy land. Everything I do is just gravy. I still take it seriously, I just wont freak about it. I need to travel to Kansas City in mid June and I can foresee repeating that week as well.

Today was Chest, Back and Ab RipperX. I know I have said it a bunch of times but this HAS to be my favorite workout. I love the chest and arm pump I get from it. I was real sluggish getting out of bed today but I finally got up and got going and feel SSSSooooooo good to have workout out today.

I am starting to wonder if I will EVER be able to do all the ABX reps someday. It does not seem like I will ever get there.

My goal this week is to REALY watch the diet.

Till next time... Bring It!

Did KenpoX today. It felt GREAT to be back and back in the groove. What a great workout.

OK, another bummer. Just too tired from traveling to get the workout in. So I missed Legs, Back and AB X today. I will definitely repeat this week next week.

Bummer! I missed the P90X YogaX workout today due to travel. Too much going on. I'll probably repeat this week next week.

Today was a pretty awesome workout. Before I left for Atlanta I ran through the Shoulders and Arms workout with the bands so I would be able to do them on the road, from the hotel room. But I also thought that if the hotel had a decent workout room that I may be able to do my workout there using real weights. Well, that was the case. The hotel had a very nice workout room with some very nice dumbbells.  I had ripped the P90X Shoulders and Arms DVD to my Zune for hotel workouts. I just strapped the Zune to my arm and followed the workout by listening to the audio only. It worked VERY well. I had a great workout.

I have Ab Ripper X on my Zune as well and did that workout out in the same fashion but I did it in my hotel room.

Till next time... Bring it!

Today was supposed to be Plyometrics but due to travel and in an attempt to nurse my ITSB I ran on the treadmill for 3 miles.

Today was my adjusted rest day but I ran 3 miles with a friend. When I got back from the run I did AbRipperX.

So instead of resting today I did tomorrow's Chest and Back workout. I will be traveling tomorrow so I will rest tomorrow. Well, actually I will probably run later in the day Monday and then do today's Ab Ripper X workout.

Chest and back went great and it remains my favorite P90X workout.

Till next time... Bring it!

Well, I had a nice 1 1/2 hour walk behind the mower and then did my KenpoX today. Got a REAL good sweat going during Kenpo and burned a ton of calories.

I'm thinking of doing Chest and Back tomorrow instead of resting. I'll rest on Monday when I am out of town.

Till next time... Bring It!

Legs, Back and AB RipperX.

Pretty good workout today. I took it easy on my left leg in the leg exercises. I'm trying to nurse my ITSB. I did notice that I was able to do a few more reps of most of the pull-up exercises. Nice.

When it came to ABX I was toast! I was pretty weak during it and could not push it too hard. I don't think that I ate enough yesterday.

I have a busy weekend and week coming up so I think I may have to shuffle my schedule a bit. If I can get KenpoX in tomorrow I will. Then I may do my Monday's Chest and Back on Sunday because I have a  very early flight on Monday. Then I'd rest on Monday. We'll see what happens. But I'm not going to sweat it (so to speak), if this week falls apart I will repeat it new week.

Till next time... Bring It!

YogaX today. Felt pretty good. Nursed my left IT band a bit.

Ran for 30 minutes at 6PM while I watch my favorite TV show. Did some stretching after that.

Till next time... Bring it!

So I finally figured out which workout gets my ITSB to flair up. PlyoX. And it's unfortunate cause I LOVE that one. I really brought a lot of intensity when I did Plyo yesterday and today my ITSB is hurtin a bit.  It's not terrible yet but I will have to watch it and baby it during the squatting type moves.

So I am going out of town again and I'll be in a hotel for the Plyo, Shoulders and arms, and YogaX workouts. I figure that I can do Plyo and YogaX in the hotel room. I've done it before. But the shoulders and arms exercise will be tough. Today was shoulders and arms and it was a great workout as usual, I'm just not too sure how it will go in the hotel room. So tonight I ran through that entire workout but this time time I did it with the bands. I didn't do all the reps, I just tried each exercise with the bands and made note of what bands felt right.

So plan A is that I'll bring my bands with me and do the workout with the bands in the hotel room.

Plan B is that if the hotel has a nice big weight room that maybe I can listen to the P90X Shoulder and Arms workout on my Zune MP3 player and following along just listening. I have recently converted ABX, PlyoX, and Shoulders and Arms over to mini video format and transferred them to my Zune for times just like this.

Plan C is that I'll do my best and if I feel like the intensity was not enough that I'll repeat Round 2, Phase 1, Week 2 when I get back. ;o)

I stuck to my goals today. Worked on my hamstrings once after this AM workout, did good with the diet, and got some extra cardio in later in the day. After running through the P90X workout with the bands I played some Basket ball in the driveway and then did some work on my boxing dummy and heavy bag. Mostly kicks. After that I worked on my hamstrings AGAIN.

That's all for now. Till next time... Bring It!

PlyoX today. Wow, this workout still gets my blood pumpin like you would not believe!

I kept my #1 goal in mind during this workout and the goal is to "bring it" with a new level of intensity. I did! Something I realized today was that I was starting to slack off on Plyo the past few times I had done it. I was slacking off so that my heart rate would stay in "the zone" and I would not have to hit pause. Today I "hit it hard" and just hit the pause button a few times when I needed to get the HR back down. That seems to work well and I got an incredible workout. And someday I'll be able to bring it with this intensity and NOT hit the pause button.

My new level of intensity has left me pretty sore from yesterdays workout. This kind of soreness the next day is good and means that I'm building muscle. It's a real testament to this program that even after 90 days you can still push it hard and make gains.

My diet was OK yesterday but not great. I really, really need to focus on this.

I did do my hamstring stretches yesterday and today so I'm sticking with two out of 3 goals.

Till next time... Bring It!

What a great workout. Chest and back is my all time favorite P90X workout.

I really BUH-Rought IT today! I'm really going to focus on bringing a new level of intensity this round. I'll focus on that and on diet/nutrition.

I'm working on a web site to help me keep track of my P90X workout and diet. It's "Top Secret" for now.

Till next time... Bring It!

Here are some fun pics I took that do a pretty good job at displaying my Day 90 physique.

     

Make sure you read the post before this one and the Before and After page!

P90X Round 1 COMPLETE!

Checkout the Before and After page for stats and pics.

I did not do the YogaX that I was scheduled for yesterday and postponed until today. Instead of YogaX I played with the kids in the backyard and did some cartwheels, handstands, pike pull-ups on the rings, and crane. Then I did the P90X fit test to check my progress. The fit test takes about 40 minutes including the warm up (10 min on the treadmill) so I figure I still got a good workout in.

Thoughts about the next 90 days:

My ITBS is pretty much back to normal. I have no injuries right now. It's time to REALLY bring it with a new level of intensity this next 90 days.

Summer will be a challenge but I'm up for it. It stays light later and it will be harder to go to bed and get up early to workout. I can do it!

I'm hoping to get more cardio in during the next 90 days. Maybe in the form of lawn mowing, running, water sports, Solo Training (heavy bag, kick boxing, Karate), or P90X cardio workouts as a second workout of the day. It will help the fat loss.

My hamstrings are TIGHT! I need to finish the P90X workouts with some of my own hamstring stretches.

Diet, diet, diet! Enough said. (BTW, that's diet as in "watch the food that I eat", not diet as in "restrict what I eat")   ;o)

That's it until tomorrow! If you've been following along (Mom and Sis) THANKS! And thanks for all your support Mom, Dad and Sis. It helps A LOT!

OK, I'm off to print up all my log sheets for the next 90 days.

C YA!

It's Here! It's Here! Day 90 is HERE!

Well, I am happy that I made it through the full 90 days of workouts. And the only injury that I still have is the ITBS which is MUCH, MUCH better. I'd say that my IT Band is back to 85%.

But I don't want it to be over yet. So instead of this being the end, it's more of a milestone. P90X Round 1 is over. Done. Now for Round 2!

So, since I am not stopping, I chose to rest today and do YogaX tomorrow on the rest day.

I did take my body fat measurements today. I'll probably take the 90 Day pics tomorrow though.

Tomorrow I will also take the fit test to see how I have changed my fitness. I'll also do the body measurements (chest, arms, etc.) then too.

My Body Fat stats are now up on the Before and After page. I lost 1% body fat between day 60 and day 90. It's not a lot but I guess it's still going in the right direction! Overall, from start to now, I have lost 10 pounds, gained 5 lbs of lean muscle, and lost 7.2% body fat. I have also gained a huge amount of flexibility, cardio, and of course, CONFIDENCE!

Well... Till Next Time!  BRING IT!!!

Did Core Synergistics today and felt FANTASTIC! My back is at 100% now.

The only thing to note of late is the fact that I have been absolutely famished for the past week or so. Just starving. I'm not too sure why. This has been a light week for P90X. No weights. So it can't be that I'm working too hard. But this starving has caused me to make some bad diet choices and my diet has suffered a bit over the past week. Back on track next week for P90X round 2! And blogging days 90 to 180.

Till next time... Bring It!

I was scheduled for StretchX (or X Stretch, I can't remember what it's called) this AM. But instead of stretching I ran on the treadmill for 45 minutes. I had a TV show that I wanted to watch and stretching seemed to be too light of a workout today. So I ran and then did some of my own stretching for a bit afterward.

Just two more workouts left in this 90 day round. Core Syn tomorrow and then YogaX on Sat. Then it's picture and measurement time on Sunday. I think that I'll take the fit test again and see how I have changed. The fit test was designed to determine if you are ready for P90X but is also a great way to determine change.

Expect pictures and facts on the Before and After page soon.

Till next time... Bring It!