1-25-10
It’s Monday. Week 4 has begun. I think I’ve said in the past posts, but I’m getting a lot stronger. I am certainly not where I want to be physically, but hey, it’s day 22. I’m sticking at 179 lbs, which I don’t have too much of an issue with.
Kempo was kempo. Easy. Fun. Sweaty.
This morning was Yoga. So (true to the theme of this blog), I went out last night to watch the NFL playoffs. Very happy for the Saints and hope they beat Indy in the Super Bowl. Anyway, got into bed around 11:45 (late for me) and I was a bit concerned how I was going to get up at 4:20ish for the one and a half hour Yoga X. I had no issue. I think my body is starting to accept that it’s not really an option to stay in bed. It’s just not going to happen, so don’t fight it.
As for the workout, with the exception of a couple of the balance poses, this isn’t that hard anymore. I actually looked forward to the Yoga Belly 7s (considering where I was on the first time around, this is a bit shocking). I’ve heard tomorrow (Core Synergistics) is ridiculously tough, so I’m ready for it. I’m very excited for a new workout. All in all, I feel very good.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Week 3 - Legs and Back with Ab Ripper X
1-22-10
Well, the Hogs did not look good last night, so I will speak of that no more. Legs and back is one of my least favorite workouts. I used to love legs (never been a big fan of pull ups – I have these long arms), but I’m starting to realize that I liked legs because I was strong and I didn’t work them out hard enough. I had a few leg workouts in college that almost made me sick, but all three legs and back workouts have pushed me very close to “calling the dinosaurs” as the kids say. Today was a little better, but not much. The hard part of all of these workouts is that there is no rest. You just continue to abuse your body for an hour. The one leg wall sits are about the end of me. Then going to the chair pose stuff, oh my. I feel like I’m getting stronger on the pull ups, but I still have to use a chair. I don’t like that too much, but watcha gonna do?
As for the ab ripper x portion of the day: I’m getting a whole lot stronger in the core area. I’m pretty close to hanging with them the entire time and matching rep for rep. My stability in the balancing portions is much improved. I have a little discomfort in my lower back (I wouldn’t call it pain) when doing some of the exercises, but it hasn’t gotten worse, so I’m not too worried about it. One more Kempo and WEEK 3 IS DONE!
Well, the Hogs did not look good last night, so I will speak of that no more. Legs and back is one of my least favorite workouts. I used to love legs (never been a big fan of pull ups – I have these long arms), but I’m starting to realize that I liked legs because I was strong and I didn’t work them out hard enough. I had a few leg workouts in college that almost made me sick, but all three legs and back workouts have pushed me very close to “calling the dinosaurs” as the kids say. Today was a little better, but not much. The hard part of all of these workouts is that there is no rest. You just continue to abuse your body for an hour. The one leg wall sits are about the end of me. Then going to the chair pose stuff, oh my. I feel like I’m getting stronger on the pull ups, but I still have to use a chair. I don’t like that too much, but watcha gonna do?
As for the ab ripper x portion of the day: I’m getting a whole lot stronger in the core area. I’m pretty close to hanging with them the entire time and matching rep for rep. My stability in the balancing portions is much improved. I have a little discomfort in my lower back (I wouldn’t call it pain) when doing some of the exercises, but it hasn’t gotten worse, so I’m not too worried about it. One more Kempo and WEEK 3 IS DONE!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Round 3 of Yoga X - My entire body is wrecked
1-21-10
Oh my. So I was looking forward to feeling loose and refreshed after Yoga. Didn’t happen. I think I’ve gone extra hard this week because my body is wrecked. There are two positives: 1) I think I’m starting to see results. I can see a hint of shape in my stomach area (certainly not defined, but a little difference). 2) Recovery week next week.
My entire body hurts. I’m thinking about it now, and I can say my feet don’t hurt, but here’s a brief list of extreme deadness/soreness: calves, quads, hams, ABS (ugh!), LOWER BACK (ugh!), upper back, SHOULDERS, CHEST, BICEPS, Forearms, triceps are a little sore but not too bad. The worst of all of it may be my neck. “It’s a good hurt though.”
Not looking forward to legs tomorrow.
Some questions I am thinking about: 1) What is recovery week going to be like? It doesn’t look easy. 2) At the end of Ab Ripper X Tony says “Tip of the day… don’t do this every day” but he has you do abs Monday, Wednesday, Thursday (with Yoga Belly 7s), and Friday. That’s pretty close to every day. And on recovery week, core synergistics sound like abs to me. 3) What are the new workouts going to be like? Are they going to be tougher? More/less fun?
Anyway, Hogs play Florida this evening. Go Hogs!
Oh my. So I was looking forward to feeling loose and refreshed after Yoga. Didn’t happen. I think I’ve gone extra hard this week because my body is wrecked. There are two positives: 1) I think I’m starting to see results. I can see a hint of shape in my stomach area (certainly not defined, but a little difference). 2) Recovery week next week.
My entire body hurts. I’m thinking about it now, and I can say my feet don’t hurt, but here’s a brief list of extreme deadness/soreness: calves, quads, hams, ABS (ugh!), LOWER BACK (ugh!), upper back, SHOULDERS, CHEST, BICEPS, Forearms, triceps are a little sore but not too bad. The worst of all of it may be my neck. “It’s a good hurt though.”
Not looking forward to legs tomorrow.
Some questions I am thinking about: 1) What is recovery week going to be like? It doesn’t look easy. 2) At the end of Ab Ripper X Tony says “Tip of the day… don’t do this every day” but he has you do abs Monday, Wednesday, Thursday (with Yoga Belly 7s), and Friday. That’s pretty close to every day. And on recovery week, core synergistics sound like abs to me. 3) What are the new workouts going to be like? Are they going to be tougher? More/less fun?
Anyway, Hogs play Florida this evening. Go Hogs!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Week 3 - Arms and Shoulders
1-20-10
I’m writing this in the afternoon today and I have felt extremely well all day. I went to bed fairly early and the morning came fast. I certainly didn’t want to get up, but, of course, I did. Today was arms and shoulders, and I’m still feeling that pain in my shoulder. It’s not too bad though. I think it’s around the rotator cuff (which are small muscles and shouldn’t been involved too much on the heavy workout). At the end of the workout, I did 25x25 and 20x20 of the final one arm triceps exercise… keeping up with Tony and crew is a good feeling. I’m pretty tight in the arms, shoulders and chest right now (oh, and my back, and my abs…). I’m sure I’ll be a little sore tomorrow. I look forward to the Yoga X other than I have to get up even earlier to finish it. I like that work out (which is tomorrow) because I get all stretched out and relaxed. I’m not taking anything away from its toughness. So… 3 more workouts then recovery week. I didn’t make it to recovery week last time around. I’m interested in how easy it is. All in all, I have some aches and pains, but I’m feeling good.
I will touch on the ab ripper x work out quickly. It’s short and sweet, but tough as hell. I noticed some significant improvements today. I have really struggled with the roll up/V up exercise. I can get up and touch my toes, but I didn’t think the V up would ever happen. I made it up on 9 out of the 12 v ups. I’m getting stronger and I like it.
I’m writing this in the afternoon today and I have felt extremely well all day. I went to bed fairly early and the morning came fast. I certainly didn’t want to get up, but, of course, I did. Today was arms and shoulders, and I’m still feeling that pain in my shoulder. It’s not too bad though. I think it’s around the rotator cuff (which are small muscles and shouldn’t been involved too much on the heavy workout). At the end of the workout, I did 25x25 and 20x20 of the final one arm triceps exercise… keeping up with Tony and crew is a good feeling. I’m pretty tight in the arms, shoulders and chest right now (oh, and my back, and my abs…). I’m sure I’ll be a little sore tomorrow. I look forward to the Yoga X other than I have to get up even earlier to finish it. I like that work out (which is tomorrow) because I get all stretched out and relaxed. I’m not taking anything away from its toughness. So… 3 more workouts then recovery week. I didn’t make it to recovery week last time around. I’m interested in how easy it is. All in all, I have some aches and pains, but I’m feeling good.
I will touch on the ab ripper x work out quickly. It’s short and sweet, but tough as hell. I noticed some significant improvements today. I have really struggled with the roll up/V up exercise. I can get up and touch my toes, but I didn’t think the V up would ever happen. I made it up on 9 out of the 12 v ups. I’m getting stronger and I like it.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Skipping a workout... chest and back... plyo - week 3
1-19-10
Well after that excited and amp’ed up last entry resulted in my skipping a day. I’m very disappointed in myself. I told myself that nothing would get in my way for getting in a workout, but it didn’t happen. I helped my mother-in-law move all day Sunday, and noon came too quickly on Saturday. That’s not an excuse; it’s just what happened. Adding to that, I was a complete pig. I ate everything I saw. I could go on, but I won’t. It was bad.
So, I worked out on Monday, a little chest and back. I can do a lot more push-ups. I than I could three weeks ago, and I think I’m getting stronger on the pull-ups, but I can’t do more than a couple on each set without the chair.
Today was plyo. It was really hard to get up and I even tried to convince myself to do it tonight. I got up and rocked it. I felt terrible, but I was strong in this workout. The sweat was pouring. The legs were burning (along with everything else), but this wasn’t that hard to get through today. Don’t get me wrong, I pushed myself and worked extremely hard. It was a great workout, but I’m developing a little stamina. I really feel good these days. I’m looking forward to the next day all the time. The shame I have put on myself for missing that workout is going to motivate me. I also am ok with missing it (as long as I don’t miss any more). Arms and shoulders tomorrow… Curls for my girl.
Well after that excited and amp’ed up last entry resulted in my skipping a day. I’m very disappointed in myself. I told myself that nothing would get in my way for getting in a workout, but it didn’t happen. I helped my mother-in-law move all day Sunday, and noon came too quickly on Saturday. That’s not an excuse; it’s just what happened. Adding to that, I was a complete pig. I ate everything I saw. I could go on, but I won’t. It was bad.
So, I worked out on Monday, a little chest and back. I can do a lot more push-ups. I than I could three weeks ago, and I think I’m getting stronger on the pull-ups, but I can’t do more than a couple on each set without the chair.
Today was plyo. It was really hard to get up and I even tried to convince myself to do it tonight. I got up and rocked it. I felt terrible, but I was strong in this workout. The sweat was pouring. The legs were burning (along with everything else), but this wasn’t that hard to get through today. Don’t get me wrong, I pushed myself and worked extremely hard. It was a great workout, but I’m developing a little stamina. I really feel good these days. I’m looking forward to the next day all the time. The shame I have put on myself for missing that workout is going to motivate me. I also am ok with missing it (as long as I don’t miss any more). Arms and shoulders tomorrow… Curls for my girl.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Legs and Back... uggh!
1-15-09
Weight today: 176 (I saying I was dehydrated from having a couple drinks last night). So, I went out again last night and watched a pitiful display by the Razorback basketball team that ended up in a loss closer than it should have been to Mississippi State. Anyway, I have noticed a couple of things since I started working out about going out (does that make sense?) 1) I don’t get buzzed nearly as quickly 2) I tend not to drink as much as I can stop thinking how 4:30 the next morning is going to suck.
Speaking of that suck, I said that I wouldn’t do legs at night again after doing them last week. It wasn’t because I did them at night. This workout just sucks all the way around (or on the positive side… It’s awesome). Either way you look at it, my legs were a little shaky on the wall squats, and after the one-legged wall squats, I was just willing myself through it. I kept looking forward to the pull-ups (but I don’t like pull-ups at all). I’m hurting already (7:58am).
I’m really looking forward to kempo tomorrow, mainly because my wife will do it with me. I like it when she works out. As for me, I’m really enjoying all of this. Eating better, working out, testing my body, doing things I couldn’t do two weeks ago brings a certain joy. I think I’m happier than I was two weeks ago (and I’m a happy guy).
Next entry will be the beginning of week three and the week before the “recovery” week. I’m going to be cheesy and end this post with… “Bring It!”
Weight today: 176 (I saying I was dehydrated from having a couple drinks last night). So, I went out again last night and watched a pitiful display by the Razorback basketball team that ended up in a loss closer than it should have been to Mississippi State. Anyway, I have noticed a couple of things since I started working out about going out (does that make sense?) 1) I don’t get buzzed nearly as quickly 2) I tend not to drink as much as I can stop thinking how 4:30 the next morning is going to suck.
Speaking of that suck, I said that I wouldn’t do legs at night again after doing them last week. It wasn’t because I did them at night. This workout just sucks all the way around (or on the positive side… It’s awesome). Either way you look at it, my legs were a little shaky on the wall squats, and after the one-legged wall squats, I was just willing myself through it. I kept looking forward to the pull-ups (but I don’t like pull-ups at all). I’m hurting already (7:58am).
I’m really looking forward to kempo tomorrow, mainly because my wife will do it with me. I like it when she works out. As for me, I’m really enjoying all of this. Eating better, working out, testing my body, doing things I couldn’t do two weeks ago brings a certain joy. I think I’m happier than I was two weeks ago (and I’m a happy guy).
Next entry will be the beginning of week three and the week before the “recovery” week. I’m going to be cheesy and end this post with… “Bring It!”
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Significant improvement on Yoga X + ENERGY BOOST!!!
1-14-09
Weight today: 179. I haven’t lost any weight all week, which is encouraging because I’ve been running a significant calorie deficit all week. Changing fat into muscle, I like that. So, I talked yesterday about being so tired. This morning, I am all but tired. I actually had the sweats on the way into work this morning.
Today was round two of Yoga X, and today was the biggest change I’ve seen thus far. I’m a whole lot stronger, and although I fell out of a few exercises, I kicked its butt today. I was able to do the crane for almost 40 seconds (I couldn’t do it for one second last week) and I busted out a long wheel. The Yoga Belly 7 stuff is always dreaded and ridiculous, but I was able to do all of it today and didn’t fall out of any exercises. I’m feeling pretty good as we move to the end of week 2.
I kicked up the calories over the past couple of days and started to supplement with a Whey protein and skim milk “shake” one time a day. Perhaps that’s the reason for my increased energy. I’ve been having two grapefruits for snacks, but I forgot those today. My stomach is growling already (it’s 8:50am). My motor is running at full speed today.
I’m going to continue to run a calorie deficit going forward. I’m hoping I see some fat fall of my middle in the next few weeks. As for results, the first place I have seen it is in my chest. I’m broader and stand up a little more. My arms (especially my triceps) seem to be getting bigger. Back when I was in shape, my chest was always big (compared to the rest of me). I’m excited to think the chest is on its way back.
Weight today: 179. I haven’t lost any weight all week, which is encouraging because I’ve been running a significant calorie deficit all week. Changing fat into muscle, I like that. So, I talked yesterday about being so tired. This morning, I am all but tired. I actually had the sweats on the way into work this morning.
Today was round two of Yoga X, and today was the biggest change I’ve seen thus far. I’m a whole lot stronger, and although I fell out of a few exercises, I kicked its butt today. I was able to do the crane for almost 40 seconds (I couldn’t do it for one second last week) and I busted out a long wheel. The Yoga Belly 7 stuff is always dreaded and ridiculous, but I was able to do all of it today and didn’t fall out of any exercises. I’m feeling pretty good as we move to the end of week 2.
I kicked up the calories over the past couple of days and started to supplement with a Whey protein and skim milk “shake” one time a day. Perhaps that’s the reason for my increased energy. I’ve been having two grapefruits for snacks, but I forgot those today. My stomach is growling already (it’s 8:50am). My motor is running at full speed today.
I’m going to continue to run a calorie deficit going forward. I’m hoping I see some fat fall of my middle in the next few weeks. As for results, the first place I have seen it is in my chest. I’m broader and stand up a little more. My arms (especially my triceps) seem to be getting bigger. Back when I was in shape, my chest was always big (compared to the rest of me). I’m excited to think the chest is on its way back.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Day 10... Everything hurts.
1-13-09
Ouch. Everything hurts. My neck was killing me this morning before I got out of bed, and I’m realizing at only 7:46 that my entire body is wasted. I weighed in at 180 this morning after an oatmeal breakfast and a whey protein + skim milk drink.
Yesterday, I had a thought at night. My body is telling me it’s not getting enough fuel. I was very tired from about 5:00 on. I was watching the biggest loser with my wife, and they went on and on about the struggles for week two. Could that be the same for P90X?
Anyway, today was arms and shoulders. I think I may have tweaked something in my right rotator cuff. I was doing some raises and it began to burn in a terrible way. This is a familiar feeling as I’ve had shoulder problems with pitching from when I was in High School all the way through college. If this is all the body can complain, it’s going to have to bring more. This will not stop me (at least right now). I did do the abs right after the workout today and it was hard, but manageable. I’m still not able to hang with the group, but I’m getting better. The sit-up/V-up things were impossible last week. I can do them now. Not an expert, but I’ve seen 1000%+ improvement.
So, I’m not feeling too good today. I’m extremely tired and I’m hurting. I’m hoping that coffee will get me back in the game, but unlike yesterday where I was begging to work out more, now I’m just hoping Sunday gets here quick so I can take a break. This is the wall where people quit. I just keep telling myself, “Nothing will get between me and this workout.”
Considering the 4th week is a recovery week, I’m halfway through stage 1. That’s kind of encouraging.
Ouch. Everything hurts. My neck was killing me this morning before I got out of bed, and I’m realizing at only 7:46 that my entire body is wasted. I weighed in at 180 this morning after an oatmeal breakfast and a whey protein + skim milk drink.
Yesterday, I had a thought at night. My body is telling me it’s not getting enough fuel. I was very tired from about 5:00 on. I was watching the biggest loser with my wife, and they went on and on about the struggles for week two. Could that be the same for P90X?
Anyway, today was arms and shoulders. I think I may have tweaked something in my right rotator cuff. I was doing some raises and it began to burn in a terrible way. This is a familiar feeling as I’ve had shoulder problems with pitching from when I was in High School all the way through college. If this is all the body can complain, it’s going to have to bring more. This will not stop me (at least right now). I did do the abs right after the workout today and it was hard, but manageable. I’m still not able to hang with the group, but I’m getting better. The sit-up/V-up things were impossible last week. I can do them now. Not an expert, but I’ve seen 1000%+ improvement.
So, I’m not feeling too good today. I’m extremely tired and I’m hurting. I’m hoping that coffee will get me back in the game, but unlike yesterday where I was begging to work out more, now I’m just hoping Sunday gets here quick so I can take a break. This is the wall where people quit. I just keep telling myself, “Nothing will get between me and this workout.”
Considering the 4th week is a recovery week, I’m halfway through stage 1. That’s kind of encouraging.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
1-12-09
Well, had too much fun for the BCS game. Happy for Bama and the SEC and happy Texas lost. Also, I didn’t fall off the wagon. I’m still going strong on week 2.
So a quick recap on the weekend: I didn’t get up on Friday to do legs and back so I was forced to do them in the evening. My wife ordered pizza (not in accordance with my diet) for dinner and that made the legs AWWWWWFUL. Thought I was going to be sick and that’s never happened before. I made it through.
Did Kempo (which made me extremely sore) with my wife on Saturday Morning and then went roller skating.
Monday was good with chest and back. I’m getting stronger.
Today was tough. I went out again last night, so the plyo workout was tough hung over, but I knocked it out like a champ. I actually felt like I pushed myself to the limit. I worked hard today.
That brings me to another point. I occasionally watch YouTube videos of P90X transformations, and I wonder. Could that be me? I’ve done the math. My 90 days would be up on March 28th, Palm Sunday. I have 81 days to go. When I get done, am I going to have a 6 pack? Am I going to be an animal like the people on the videos? I am seeing results now. I’ve lost about 10 lbs (back to the 170s), but I still have a good amount of fat around my midsection. I know I’m going to see a big difference, but some of these people are ridiculous. Actually, they all are.
The other thing about this P90X stuff is that I never wanted to look like a body builder (if it ends up providing results like they claim), but the stuff the workout does isn’t body builder stuff. It’s just balancing with some strength exercises. Most of it is just body weight resistance. It has given me a new idea of what is in-shape and healthy. P90X seems to be about getting strong, balanced and having overall control over your body. I’m actually disappointed that I don’t have more control of my movements. But, does getting to the point where you have absolute control over your movements end up making you look like “The Situation?”
I know I’m getting way ahead of myself here, but what do you do after the 90 days. You can’t just stop. Having the dedication to make it through this doesn’t just let you quit after it’s over (I assume). I’m sure I’m going to start waking up at 4:30 without the alarm very soon. Doing that for 3 months is going to create a habit, and then what do you do if you don’t work out? Just lay in bed for an hour and a half? No, I don’t think so. My concern is that if you keep going, you get more and more ripped (as the YouTube videos have shown). I’m sure if you just started eating more at that point you would get HUGE in a muscular way (don’t want that either).
Anyway, all of these things make me wonder. I also don’t expect the “perfect” body people are showing off after 90 days.
Finally, I’m sore as hell. My arms, chest, back, legs, feet, everything hurts. But, if I could, I do another round of plyo’s. Tony is in my head. I find myself chanting “bring it, bring it, bring it” in my head. I think I’m losing my mind.
Well, had too much fun for the BCS game. Happy for Bama and the SEC and happy Texas lost. Also, I didn’t fall off the wagon. I’m still going strong on week 2.
So a quick recap on the weekend: I didn’t get up on Friday to do legs and back so I was forced to do them in the evening. My wife ordered pizza (not in accordance with my diet) for dinner and that made the legs AWWWWWFUL. Thought I was going to be sick and that’s never happened before. I made it through.
Did Kempo (which made me extremely sore) with my wife on Saturday Morning and then went roller skating.
Monday was good with chest and back. I’m getting stronger.
Today was tough. I went out again last night, so the plyo workout was tough hung over, but I knocked it out like a champ. I actually felt like I pushed myself to the limit. I worked hard today.
That brings me to another point. I occasionally watch YouTube videos of P90X transformations, and I wonder. Could that be me? I’ve done the math. My 90 days would be up on March 28th, Palm Sunday. I have 81 days to go. When I get done, am I going to have a 6 pack? Am I going to be an animal like the people on the videos? I am seeing results now. I’ve lost about 10 lbs (back to the 170s), but I still have a good amount of fat around my midsection. I know I’m going to see a big difference, but some of these people are ridiculous. Actually, they all are.
The other thing about this P90X stuff is that I never wanted to look like a body builder (if it ends up providing results like they claim), but the stuff the workout does isn’t body builder stuff. It’s just balancing with some strength exercises. Most of it is just body weight resistance. It has given me a new idea of what is in-shape and healthy. P90X seems to be about getting strong, balanced and having overall control over your body. I’m actually disappointed that I don’t have more control of my movements. But, does getting to the point where you have absolute control over your movements end up making you look like “The Situation?”
I know I’m getting way ahead of myself here, but what do you do after the 90 days. You can’t just stop. Having the dedication to make it through this doesn’t just let you quit after it’s over (I assume). I’m sure I’m going to start waking up at 4:30 without the alarm very soon. Doing that for 3 months is going to create a habit, and then what do you do if you don’t work out? Just lay in bed for an hour and a half? No, I don’t think so. My concern is that if you keep going, you get more and more ripped (as the YouTube videos have shown). I’m sure if you just started eating more at that point you would get HUGE in a muscular way (don’t want that either).
Anyway, all of these things make me wonder. I also don’t expect the “perfect” body people are showing off after 90 days.
Finally, I’m sore as hell. My arms, chest, back, legs, feet, everything hurts. But, if I could, I do another round of plyo’s. Tony is in my head. I find myself chanting “bring it, bring it, bring it” in my head. I think I’m losing my mind.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Day 4 - Yoga
1-7-10
First things first: It’s very, very cold outside. Wind chills are supposed to get to the -20s today. This is the South. What is going on? Must be that global warming I keep hearing about every time we have a hot day in summer…. I digress. Today was Yoga X. I remembered that it was a full hour and a half, so I got up even earlier (4:17) and knocked it out. I remember it being a bit tougher. Could I have maintained some strength through my slack off? Perhaps. Now, that it not to say I just flew through it. The transitions from plank to upward and downward dog get a bit old after the first couple of hundred, but I’m appreciating this workout because I got a good stretch and I don’t feel quite as sore as I felt yesterday. Oh, I forgot to say. The Yoga Belly 7 part sucked. I hated it. It hurts. I am, however, a big fan of corpse pose.
The diet is doing pretty well. I don’t think that working out has had enough time to change the body, so I’ll credit my 6lb loss to my better eating over the last few days. That’s right. 4 days; 6lbs. Only 2lbs to the 170s. Pants are already fitting differently.
I went out for a couple drinks and some Golden Tee last night, but behaved myself and had no issue getting up this morning. Actually, I jumped out of bed after the 1 snooze I allotted myself.
The BCS National Championship game is tonight, so Legs and Back may be tough to get up for. We will see. Roll Tide!
First things first: It’s very, very cold outside. Wind chills are supposed to get to the -20s today. This is the South. What is going on? Must be that global warming I keep hearing about every time we have a hot day in summer…. I digress. Today was Yoga X. I remembered that it was a full hour and a half, so I got up even earlier (4:17) and knocked it out. I remember it being a bit tougher. Could I have maintained some strength through my slack off? Perhaps. Now, that it not to say I just flew through it. The transitions from plank to upward and downward dog get a bit old after the first couple of hundred, but I’m appreciating this workout because I got a good stretch and I don’t feel quite as sore as I felt yesterday. Oh, I forgot to say. The Yoga Belly 7 part sucked. I hated it. It hurts. I am, however, a big fan of corpse pose.
The diet is doing pretty well. I don’t think that working out has had enough time to change the body, so I’ll credit my 6lb loss to my better eating over the last few days. That’s right. 4 days; 6lbs. Only 2lbs to the 170s. Pants are already fitting differently.
I went out for a couple drinks and some Golden Tee last night, but behaved myself and had no issue getting up this morning. Actually, I jumped out of bed after the 1 snooze I allotted myself.
The BCS National Championship game is tonight, so Legs and Back may be tough to get up for. We will see. Roll Tide!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
P90X - Let's try this again
OK. So this is my second attempt at the P90X. I saw some decent results from the first go-around, but I stopped after 30 days (I had a birthday then went on vacation for two weeks to New Orleans and Mexico and had a bit of a hard time getting motivated during and afterwards). It’s January 4th and from when I stopped P90X I’ve gained about 17 lbs. This morning I stood at 187. It’s all hanging on my gut. I should take pictures to show the results, but I’m almost embarrassed about it. I’m 29 years old and would like to get in the best shape of my life. I’ve always been active growing up and I played college baseball in the SEC through college. I’ve toyed with running after my college days and would like to run a marathon this year, but I’m a long way off. I hope to stay true to the P90X program and get some running in at least 3 times a week this time around.
1-4-10
As I said earlier, motivation has been very difficult. Day one began poorly. We have had snow in this weekend which only happens a couple times a year and usually brings the area to a screeching halt. Our town does a pretty good job and clears the roads, but this morning, they woke my wife up around 4:45. She couldn’t sleep, so neither could I. Honestly, I was inappropriately angry this morning. I didn’t want to be up at all. My wife asked me if I wanted to get up and do P90X, and I reacted so poorly, she no longer wanted to join me this morning. I poo poo’ed around and started day 1. About 3 minutes in, I was very thankful for my early morning motivation. I later expressed my gratitude to my wife.
Now, I’ve been through this before, but the chest and back day is tough. All those push-ups and pull-ups, Uggh! I’m not good at the pull-ups and I struggle to do 6 on any exercise even with the assistance of a chair. I remember that this will get better. All in all, it’s after 11:00, and I’m not too sore yet. I can’t wait for Wednesday. Body will hurt.
My biggest challenge will be the first couple of weeks and managing my diet following the Holidays. I’m amazed that I gained less than 20lbs. I love food, and I am hungry. I usually go overboard on the diet front, but I’m not sure of any other way to do it.
Evening update: After work I did the abs workout. My disk skipped, but it was towards the end and I knew the remainder of the work out. Then I went out for drinks.
1-5-10
As stated above, I went out for drinks last night. 4:30 came very early. When my alarm when off I couldn’t help but think what my wife told me the night before: “Don’t get up early and do P90x, we can do it together in the evening.” So the alarm went off at 4:30. I was tired, a little hung over and I reset the alarm to 5:55 and laid back down. Very disappointing….
BUT then my guilt overcame me and I sprung out of bed (ok… rolled out of bed) and walked around in the dark looking for shorts, socks and a shirt. Made it to the living room and after finding batteries for the Blue Ray remote, I began Plyometrics. I remembered this being the toughest of the workouts, but I really didn’t remember it was this bad. I was actually getting tired in the warm-up. The jumping almost killed me, and I believe at one point in time (through my fog) I decided to never smoke a cigarette ever again (we’ll see how that goes). It was really tough. No, it simply sucked. But I finished. I even did the bonus (which is actually pretty easy after everything else).
Everything hurts. I noticed this when driving to work this morning. My shoulders and abs are probably the worst. I can’t wait for tomorrow. I’m going to have a hard time getting out of bed, and I look forward to the struggle to sit down on the toilet. Day 2 down. Check.
1-6-10
I knew it was coming. It’s Wednesday, and I am hurting. Oh shit. I am sore. I actually don’t remember being this sore the last time around. I think it’s probably because I’ve stepped it up with weights (just got some of the Gold’s Gym adjust-a-weights) so now I don’t just use an 8lb and a 25lb dumbbell. Today was the arms and shoulders and all those muscles already hurt before today. My legs are what hurt the worst today. My prediction on toilet sitting and getting out of bed was certainly true. I think my new system is going to work. I have a hard time doing the full hour work outs then the extra 15 min of abs on the abs days, so I’m going to continue to do the abs in the evenings after work.
Getting out of bed today was terrible. I did notice a difference though, there was no doubt I was getting up to do the workout. I’ve also noticed a couple of subtle changes after only two days: 1) I’m getting extremely tired driving to work, but 2) My energy level is much sustained throughout the day. I was wide awake at 11:00 last night (I usually start crashing around 8:30).
On to the diet: I’ve been pretty good for the first few days. Eating breakfast in the morning (either oatmeal or cereal) and having a salad (thus far from Arby’s) or a veggie sub from Subway. I haven’t been as good in the evenings, but I haven’t been that bad either. Monday, I had a large portion of veggie fried rice (which was too much food, but I ate it anyway), Tuesday, my dinner was good (healthy potato soup), but I had some ‘light’ potato chips and some light French onion dip with them prior to dinner. I haven’t been all that hungry lately, but I’ve been trying to mix in 1 grapefruit in the mid-morning and 1 in the mid-afternoon. I’ve heard (and experienced from my youth wrestling days) that grapefruit has magical weight loss properties. So, after day three, I believe solely due to diet, I’m down 5 lbs. 182 today. I would love to see the 170s by the beginning for P90X week 2.
1-4-10
As I said earlier, motivation has been very difficult. Day one began poorly. We have had snow in this weekend which only happens a couple times a year and usually brings the area to a screeching halt. Our town does a pretty good job and clears the roads, but this morning, they woke my wife up around 4:45. She couldn’t sleep, so neither could I. Honestly, I was inappropriately angry this morning. I didn’t want to be up at all. My wife asked me if I wanted to get up and do P90X, and I reacted so poorly, she no longer wanted to join me this morning. I poo poo’ed around and started day 1. About 3 minutes in, I was very thankful for my early morning motivation. I later expressed my gratitude to my wife.
Now, I’ve been through this before, but the chest and back day is tough. All those push-ups and pull-ups, Uggh! I’m not good at the pull-ups and I struggle to do 6 on any exercise even with the assistance of a chair. I remember that this will get better. All in all, it’s after 11:00, and I’m not too sore yet. I can’t wait for Wednesday. Body will hurt.
My biggest challenge will be the first couple of weeks and managing my diet following the Holidays. I’m amazed that I gained less than 20lbs. I love food, and I am hungry. I usually go overboard on the diet front, but I’m not sure of any other way to do it.
Evening update: After work I did the abs workout. My disk skipped, but it was towards the end and I knew the remainder of the work out. Then I went out for drinks.
1-5-10
As stated above, I went out for drinks last night. 4:30 came very early. When my alarm when off I couldn’t help but think what my wife told me the night before: “Don’t get up early and do P90x, we can do it together in the evening.” So the alarm went off at 4:30. I was tired, a little hung over and I reset the alarm to 5:55 and laid back down. Very disappointing….
BUT then my guilt overcame me and I sprung out of bed (ok… rolled out of bed) and walked around in the dark looking for shorts, socks and a shirt. Made it to the living room and after finding batteries for the Blue Ray remote, I began Plyometrics. I remembered this being the toughest of the workouts, but I really didn’t remember it was this bad. I was actually getting tired in the warm-up. The jumping almost killed me, and I believe at one point in time (through my fog) I decided to never smoke a cigarette ever again (we’ll see how that goes). It was really tough. No, it simply sucked. But I finished. I even did the bonus (which is actually pretty easy after everything else).
Everything hurts. I noticed this when driving to work this morning. My shoulders and abs are probably the worst. I can’t wait for tomorrow. I’m going to have a hard time getting out of bed, and I look forward to the struggle to sit down on the toilet. Day 2 down. Check.
1-6-10
I knew it was coming. It’s Wednesday, and I am hurting. Oh shit. I am sore. I actually don’t remember being this sore the last time around. I think it’s probably because I’ve stepped it up with weights (just got some of the Gold’s Gym adjust-a-weights) so now I don’t just use an 8lb and a 25lb dumbbell. Today was the arms and shoulders and all those muscles already hurt before today. My legs are what hurt the worst today. My prediction on toilet sitting and getting out of bed was certainly true. I think my new system is going to work. I have a hard time doing the full hour work outs then the extra 15 min of abs on the abs days, so I’m going to continue to do the abs in the evenings after work.
Getting out of bed today was terrible. I did notice a difference though, there was no doubt I was getting up to do the workout. I’ve also noticed a couple of subtle changes after only two days: 1) I’m getting extremely tired driving to work, but 2) My energy level is much sustained throughout the day. I was wide awake at 11:00 last night (I usually start crashing around 8:30).
On to the diet: I’ve been pretty good for the first few days. Eating breakfast in the morning (either oatmeal or cereal) and having a salad (thus far from Arby’s) or a veggie sub from Subway. I haven’t been as good in the evenings, but I haven’t been that bad either. Monday, I had a large portion of veggie fried rice (which was too much food, but I ate it anyway), Tuesday, my dinner was good (healthy potato soup), but I had some ‘light’ potato chips and some light French onion dip with them prior to dinner. I haven’t been all that hungry lately, but I’ve been trying to mix in 1 grapefruit in the mid-morning and 1 in the mid-afternoon. I’ve heard (and experienced from my youth wrestling days) that grapefruit has magical weight loss properties. So, after day three, I believe solely due to diet, I’m down 5 lbs. 182 today. I would love to see the 170s by the beginning for P90X week 2.
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