Redoing day 57+

Last week (which should've been week 2 of phase 3) I was ill with a nasty cold. I would be tired from walking!

So Now that I'm feeling better, I feel like instead of pushing on to week 2, I need to redo week 1 of phase 3. I'll be trying to squeeze in chest/back tomorow morning and then pylometrics (or some form of cardio) tomorow evening.

Day 59 continued

Today I will do shoulder + arms instead of yoga now that my stubbed finger is better.

Also, i know why day 56 was 2/3rd done (staring phase 3). Its cause i assumed 2/3rds done would be 60 days (60 out of 90) but thats not the case. 90 apparently doesn't stand for 90 days. 4 week rotation = 28 days. So 28/56/84 days is the schedule.

Day 59

Because I stubbed my finger yesterday playing bball, I dont think I can do shoulder and arms today. I'm going to forgo it and try to do it in place of yoga.

Day 58

I feel like the days are off... Since if i'm 2/3rds done shouldn't I be on day 60?

Anyway, Instead of pylometrics I played some basketball for a few hours. I think I played decently well for smoeone who is not very good at bball.

Day 57

Today is officially the first day of Phase 3. I can't believe i'm about 2/3rds of the way done. I'll be going back to chest/back this week. I wonder how many pushups I can do this time around.

Day 55/56

This weekend instead of yoga, I played basketball for about 3 hours. I won't have too many more days to play basketball outside, so I should live it up now while I can. Also, I do notice that i'm improving in my endurance and shootability. I am starting to gain confidence in my shot.

Day 54

I did the core synergistics routine. It was again very tiring stuff. I skipped over a few things since I knew I had plans this friday, but overall it was a good workout.

Day 53

I skipped out on stretching, which I feel bad for... But really, its juussstttt stretching.

Day 52

I went ahead and did kenpo x today. I sweated a whole lot! I'm starting to wonder if phase 3 will show any major improvements.

Day 51

Today I am sore from basketball. But thats great. I'm in my rest week so its good that I'm able to push myself with a sport like basketball. Today I will do core synergistics, and really get myself sore.

39 more days! I am almost to phase 3!!!!

Day 50

Today, was supposed to be yoga. Instead I decided to play basketball at my local bball court. It was good, I ran a lot and sweated so much I went down to 152.4 lbs. I lost about 5 lbs of sweat. Good grief.

Day 46/47/48/49

I screwed up my schedule somehow, so I did legs/back on saturday and played basketball in lieu of yoga on sunday. But that also means my weekend days became thursday and friday. I feel pretty good about myself, and despite basketball not being anything like yoga, i feel sunday was a good workout.

Day 45

Officially 1/2 way done with p90x. I am so close to done. After this week will be a rest week, which is not really any sort of rest at all.

I did my back and biceps, and I have to say, these guns are definitely looking bigger =) I wouldn't say I can do heavier weights, but its getting easier to handle 20 lbs and doing more reps of them. Regardless, I am excited to see more results as I conclude the second half of p90x.

Day 44

Pylometrics! I jumped and hopped. I still hate the single foot cross hop. Painful. painful.. painful......

Day 43

I did my chest, shoulder and triceps. I felt good after the workout. Sore, but not in pain like i usually do. I'm posting this tuesday for yesterdays workout, and I'll tell you I must be getting used to this exercise because the last two times I've done this I've been in pain for the entire week. Anyway, I can't wait til I'm officially 1/2 way done with this workout!

Day 41/42

I didn't do kenpo x this weekend. But, I did go out to a nice house near a lake. Fantastic time.

Day 40

This friday I did legs. Whee! Tough as usual, but maybe I should add more weights as I wasn't that sore this weekend.

Day 39

I did my back and biceps, or as tony calls them, "glamour muscles". Well anyway, I did a bijillian curls. However recently a coworker informs me that my puny 20 lbs and 25 lbs are nothing! He said he can do about 55 lbs hammer curls. Wow.

Anyway, I still feel good about this program.

Day 38

Today I will be doing back and biceps. I'm psyched, as I will be pumping up my arms more. However, my triceps and shoulders are still slightly sore, so I hope this won't be a problem. I'll let you know tomorow!

Day 37

Pylometrics outside! Due to life events, I had to stop and do this outside in a local park area. As weird as it was to have people staring at me while I'm jumping around, I felt great! Also, when I got back in, i weighed in at 154.. The next morning i weighed around 155. So really, I guess p90x really does work!

Day 36

Chest, shoulder, and triceps. Last week, I purposely lifted weights I knew i could handle. Off the top of my head I think I either posted very little information or said that it was slightly easy. So today, I decided to kick it up a notch. I went a little bit more all out, and I can tell the difference in my triceps. Its definately the area I need most work on. Last week I did most of my exercises at 10 lbs. Today I did it at 12.5. It was hard. I think next week or the week after I'll be ready for 15 lbs. But for now, 12.5 is a real challenge.

Day 36 already! Yikes, I'm almost 1/2 way done!

Day 34/35

I didn't do kenpo on saturday. But I did do kenpo on sunday! Felt good, although I did it in my room without shoes. next time I will be wearing sneakers as pivoting on the balls of your feet makes a pretty painful blister.

Day 33

Today was leg and back. Man, doing pull ups when your biceps are still sore are not cool. I had to go early this morning due to my new commute with my company. Anyway, tough stuff. I'll be happy to do kenpo tomorow.

Day 32

Did my yoga. Nuff said.

1/3 of the way through!

Day 31

First time for back and biceps. I'm pretty sure I have never done so many curls in 1 week as I did in one day. Interestingly they're not painfully sore, but I definately feel it in my arms. It made doing pull ups a lot harder. Also, i'm at 158 lbs consistently, so Hooray for small gains! I have a feeling in another 59 days (FIFTY NINE) i'll be down to about 154 and all MUSCLE. Here's to hoping.

Day 30

Back to basics! Doing some jump moves again in pylometrics. I biked to work, and jumped, and biked home. I was incredibly sweaty but hey, thats the goal right?

Day 29

Today I did the chest, shoulder and tricep routine followed by ab ripper x. This wasn't so bad. I did as many pushups as I could, and as many tricep exercises as I could with 10-12.5 pound weights. Even with such a light weight my triceps are bothering me. Overall a good upper body workout!

Day 27/28

This weekend was about the yoga! I did it on sunday, and took saturday as my rest day instead. I was sweaty. I felt good. I have to admit I don't quite notice any improvement in my stretching, but I can pretend!

Day 26

Today I will be doing core synergistics again. I'm looking forward to it! Its a good way to really sweat.

On a side note, x stretch is not so bad. The only hard part would be the arm circles. Those really suck. Everything else isn't so bad, and in fact, makes you feel pretty good about yourself.

Day 25

After doing Kenpo x, I've noticed that I have back muscles I never knew existed. They inform me of their existance by being extremely sore. Its funny how every day I am always sore in a different spot. Its kind of disconcerting.

On a good note, today will be X stretch. To my mind, this will be fairly simple. However, my friend informs me that she did x-stretch and was more sore the next day.

Rest week my @$$. Is there no rest?!

Day 24

Today I did Kenpo x. This exercise for some reason I've been avoiding every saturday on my normal schedule. I think I'll try and make more time for it. Its hard to do due to the reps and the awkward movements (punching/kicking are not natural). Overall a nice light workout that keeps you sweating.

Day 23

Core Synergistics. Ouch. Normally on tuesdays I would do pylometrics. I can't decide if its worse to focus all your heart and energy on your legs, or if its worse to just work your entire body. Its a toss up at this point which is worse.

Day 22

Dear god. I still have 68 days left. Also, Yoga hurts me inside. Literally. Tomorow will be the first time I will be doing Core Synergistics. Wheeee

Day 20/21

These days, yet again, I skipped out on kenpo x. I really shouldn't do that. I will REALLY try not to skip out on it. This is my rest day, and next week is the rest week for phase 1. Technically I am supposed to do yoga tomorow, but since I wont have time afterwork to dedicate to yoga I'm thinking about doing that today or wake up REALLY EARLY (6 am yoga anyone?)

Day 19

Someone noticed that I was doing my legs and back routine with an ipod nano as my "personal trainer". I pushed myself during these exercises, and I can feel it in my legs for sure.

Day 18

What can I say about yoga? I did it, it took a while, and it makes me feel awkward. But i did it.

Day 17

Today I did the shoulder + arms routine. Afterwards I did ab ripper x. I noticed a change in my upper body as I can now do a little more weight (Some exercises I did with 20's I can do with 25's now). I also feel like my core work is making a difference! I still have trouble with the bicycle moves but I can actually do many of the pfifer (spelling?) scissors and I can finish the mason twists at the end of ab ripper x. I am happy to see in only 17 days I can FEEL a difference in my body.

I've also noticed a difference so far in how my upper legs look (thinner and not as flabby), my mid section (no 6 pack yet), and my arms. My arms especially look a bit more cut and larger, but I dont know. I should've taken pictures.

Day 16

My legs feel fresh! I biked into work today and felt like I rocked a few hills. Unfortunately its back to pylometrics again! So any freshness will be GONE. Anyway just posting now in case I forget.

I still only weight in around 160.

Day 15

Today is chest and back + ab ripper x. Its day 15, and that means I've only got 75 more days to go!

Day 13/14

I skipped out on kenpo again. I feel bad about that, but then again I ride my bike often. So despite not doing kenpo I don't feel bad about it. Maybe next saturday I will.

Day 12

Today was legs and back and ab ripper x. I find my legs are always tired, since lately i've been biking to work and then doing things like pylometrics and legs and back. Regardless, I did them and I'm still alive.

Day 11

I did it! Yoga was good, despite being time consuming. I feel like I am getting better at yoga at least!

Day 10

I am beginning to feel exhausted. I biked to work again today, and noticed that I could not do as much as I usually do for arms/shoulders. Found myself doing less weight and less reps. Dont know if thats cause I'm subconsciously not trying as hard or if I'm getting WEAKER! Either way, I got through day 10 (80 more days to go!!) and did as much ab ripper x as possible. And then i biked home in the RAIN. They say you should do yoga in a hot hot room.. Well for Day 11 I can't wait to do yoga in my room which is like a furnace. So bring on the sweat! If i don't post for day 11 its cause I either forgot, or I died while trying to do downward dog.

Day 9

Plyometrics (i need to learn how to spell that) is HARD! I just want to point out that I biked to work, did pylometrics, and biked home. Very tiring stuff! Went to bed very tired. But strangely Legs are not sore.

Day 8

Chest and back was not so bad. I felt like I'm getting stronger, but at the same time not really =)

I still have a hard time doing pull ups, even with putting my leg out to support some weight. Also, I think i'm pulling myself at an angle.. But to be fair i'm still too weak to pull myself straight up.

Day 6/7

I actually made both of these days rest days, and I skipped out on kenpo x and possibly doing xstretch. I couldn't do kenpo since my legs were still sore from legs and back.

Day 5

Technically, this was supposed to be Friday, but since this day was also the fourth of july, my gym was closed. So I had to do legs and back saturday. Not bad, but got my legs really sore.

Day 4

Today was yoga! Its surprisingly hard to do yoga! I would have to say, as "easy" as this is, it makes you sweat like a mofo.

Day 3

Today was Shoulder and Arms. I pushed really hard yesterday, doing more weight than I'm normally comfortable with. It felt good though, and I got really tired afterwards. I even managed to do some side tri rises now that I know you're supposed to lie on your hip. At any rate, there were a few tricep moves I felt I was a little awkward about, but overall I think I did very well.

I also managed to do most of the ab ripper x video's as well. This hurt. But I did most of it.

The next couple of days will be interesting, since the 4th of july my gym is closed, I won't get to do legs + back. I might switch kenpo x with legs + back, assuming they're open on saturday.

Day 2

Started the pylometrics early this morning. Jump, hop squat, kick... My legs were so tired, and even though I didn't have a heart rate monitor, I was wishing for the end 20 minutes into it. Not looking forward to this exercise next week. Working with the ipod was actually not so bad, as the motions are repetitive and not so hard to do.

Day 1

I managed to start day 1 with chest and back, and finished up with the ab ripper x video. The video wasn't so bad to do with the ipod, and I find it definately encourages me to do more than without the video. Overall great workout, although I was dying by the second ab exercise.

P90x Preparation

Just to remind myself and readers where I am physically, I would say I'm in decent shape. I'm going to try and "Bring it" and see how well I can do with these p90x exercises.

So far I have to say I've tried a few of the new moves that I've observed and they have all killed me so far. Ab ripper x destroyed me, doing a few chest + back exercises caused me to strain some muscles in my back (i'm okay now, and will attempt a full chest back routine to prepare for the full schedule), and pylometrics caused my legs to become numb and hard to move for a few days. I'm excited to try it, but I need to prepare myself physically a bit more before I jump into the schedule. I printed out the sheets, and my first day will officially be June 30th.

Til then I'm going to get myself ready. I'll let you know how it goes.