I’m half way through this 90 day rotation of P90X and I’m feeling great. I have not lost as much body fat as I’d like but I FEEL great. Strong. It’s amazing how good a little exercise makes you feel.

Tomorrow I go to the foot doc to see what I can do about this plantar fasciitis. I have had it too long and it’s not getting much better.

Tomorrow is Yoga and I am looking forward to all 90 minutes of it.

Till next time… Bring It!

I successfully moved my Blog over to Blogger. Since Google will soon be taking over the world I figured I should make nice with them. I bought a Droid, I use as many Google services as possible, and I moved my Blog to Blogger.

Yesterday I did KenpoX and today I did Chest, Shoulders, Tris and Ab RipperX. I took a day off in the middle of the week last week so I was a little off schedule but I still got all the workouts in after a little rearranging.

The nice thing about being 1/2 way through P90X is that you really start to feel much stronger. I am really pushing it lately and increasing my reps in each exercise, even if it’s just by one.

I feel good. I’ve been eating better and that’s probably one of the main contributors to me feeling so good right now.

Till next time… Bring It!!

This is the new location of my blog. I have been transferring my old posts here so I apologize for not posting any new updates in a bit.

I killed Legs and Back today and felt great.

A good friend of mine asked about P90X and I wrote a quick email back to him that was my description of P90X. I figure, that as poorly written as it is, that it may be interesting to some so I’ll post it here.
So... P90X. What is it?
I have been doing it on and off for 2 years now. Still love it. It's not a joke and it's not a magic pill. Search for information on it, I think that you'll find most people who have tried it love it and have gotten great results. There are plenty of amazing transformation videos on YouTube. Here is one I saw a couple days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cLfXI-UcBg
P90X was created for people who are fit but their progress has stalled. It was not meant to be a quick fix, or weight loss program. Yes, you will lose weight but that's just a nice side effect.

Here's the thing. No magic pill. You workout for one hour 2 days a week, 1 hour and 15 mins 3 days a week and one and 1/2 hour 1 day a week. It breaks down like this Monday one hour 15 min, Tues One hour, Wed One hour 15, Thursday 90 mins of Yoga, Friday one hour 15 min, Sat one hour, Sunday (optional) one hour of stretching.

Soo... if you do the workouts you'll be in the best physical shape of your life. More push ups, pull ups, sit ups, etc than ever before. More flexible than you have ever been. And ... if you follow the diet you will lose weight and get ripped. That's my issue, my diet yo/yo's too much. So I don't get as ripped as I should.

It's not super cheap but you get 12 DVDs, diet book, everything you need. It’s well worth it.

After you finish P90X you can repeat it over and over or try P90X plus. Or create a hybrid workout. Insanity is another great workout. The company that produces this is a great company, Beachbody. They have some great workouts and products. I have nothing bad to say about them.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

Till next time… Bring It!!

I feel like I’m making gains but not as much body fat loss as I’d like. However, it’s probably because I took the “Recovery Week” a little too literally and missed the Tues – Sat workouts. Christmas threw me off. But I’m back on track now! Today was back and Bis and Ab RipperX. I feel pretty good. Altought my arms feel a bit like Jell-O right now.

I always have liked Phase II. I think I like the Mon and Wed DVDs from Phase II better that Phase I.

I have yet to try my homemade custom hybrid DVDs yet. I will work them in next week when I’m back to work. I’ll use them as a second workout of the day.

My updates are few and far between lately but just know that I am still bringing it!

Till next time… Bring It!!

What a difference two weeks makes. My Doc said that my back should be better in two weeks and he was right. I feel like I’m back to 100%. I did all the P90X workouts this week and the only modification I made was to skip Ab RipperX. I felt like I should take it easy on the lower back and feared that ABX would put too much strain on it. I’ll add ABX back in when I start Phase II.

Phase I is coming to and end and the upcoming week is recovery week.  It will be challenging because it is also Christmas week and I’ll be seeing relatives and partying… and eating. It will take a lot of will power to control myself but I will do my best.

I’m also thinking about making my own hybrid-cardio workout using P90X and P90X Plus moves. I will edit them into one awesome workout and use it as a second workout of the day. I’ll let ya know how it goes.

Till next time… Bring it!!

I get knocked down, but I get up again. I love that song, and there’s a good message in it. And here’s a very inspirational video about this very subject. Only a couple minutes long and well worth watching. It’s Nick Vujicic speaking about being born with no arms or legs and why it’s so important to keep getting up. 

So how does this relate to this blog post? Well, a little over a week ago I had terrible back and leg pain. I could not bend over and touch my knees without excruciating pain shooting down my back and legs. I was convinced that I had a ruptured disc in my back so I went to the doc. My doctor diagnosed me with back strain and told me to lay off of the exercise for a couple weeks.

I was right in the middle of P90X Phase 1 and could not see taking a couple weeks off and starting again. So I took 2 days off. I pushed my workout back by a couple days, took plenty of Ibuprofen and rested a bit. By the middle of the week I was doing modified workouts and making sure not to put too much strain on my back. This week I feel like a million bucks. Good as new.

So the moral is this. No matter how bad you think things are, keep trying. Keep getting up when knocked down.

This is my last week of Phase 1 before recovery week. I’m really looking forward to next week. More cardio and more Yoga. My body needs Yoga right now.

Till next time… Bring It!!

Recovering from back strain. Yep, isn’t that always the case. You’re back on track, working out, eating right, and then something comes up that can potentially throw you way off course. That’s what happened to me. But I won’t let it!

I’m not sure what the triggering event was, if there was one. But Saturday I started to feel a bit of lower back pain and by Saturday night it was extreme. When I would bend over to touch my knees the pain would radiate down the back of my legs. It was even worse on Sunday. Was it because I did KenopX on Saturday?

The pain was bad enough to wake me on Saturday and Sunday nights and cause me to lose an hour so of sleep.

I went to see the doc on Monday. He’s diagnosis is that it’s a sprain/strain and not a ruptured or herniated disc. His thinking is that because the pain is equal in but of my legs it is probably not very serious and just a strain. He prescribed Ibuprofen and Vicodin. I am using the Ibuprofen but decided to skip the Vicodin.

So I rested on Monday and did Monday’s Chest and Back workout on Tuesday after work. I modified it heavily, skipping moves like Heavy Pants and Lawnmowers. I also skipped Ab RipperX because my doc said to lay off crunches for awhile.

Today I will attempt to do PlyoX, but will modify when I need to.

I’m going to keep working out as much as I can because I HATE laying off for a weeks and then getting the damn DOMS all over again.

Hopefully I’ll be back to normal within a week or so and be able to bring the intensity once again.

Till next time… Bring it!!