labor day = day one of p90x

[Nightshade]

Last night was total body workout.
Have to admit I did miss Tuesdays workout but I am going to replace yoga with the ab/core and upper workout and do yoga on Sunday.

[Halogrinder]

i was stupid busy last night.


kenpo last night with mah DELICIOUS chicken soup

[BIG PERM]

Day 6

Kempo
Frustrating to realize that coordination and balance in sports don't necessarily mean you can bend and kick with both legs in any which way.....did get a great sweat and didn't have to stop one single time....looking forward to stretching tomorrow morning.....and then week two starts Saturday

[Halogrinder]

did stretch X with the woman tonight.

still nom'ming on mah chicken soup
did chow down a few hard boiled eggs minus yoke

[InDaRed2]

Did Kenpo X, then added Ab Ripper, then went for a 2-3 mile run.


Hell of a night.

[Nightshade]

Core/abs and Upper tonight.
Getting a late start due to archery practice.

[BIG PERM]

Day 7, X stretch....

Starting to feel a little better and also getting used to some of the stretches.....looking forward to the improvements in flexibility, have a feeling it's gonna feed into better workouts overall and improvement in sports

Gonna reward myself tonight with a cigar

Been about 3 weeks without alcohol....

[Halogrinder]

im right there with ya~


since labor day not a drop.

[Nightshade]

Down 6 pounds as of this morning.
Not a big drop for me but I am noticing a slight physical change but that also may be a mental thing as opposed to an actual change (too close to the source to tell right?).

This week has been tough due to schedule changes but I am still in it to win it.
I did take a look at the regular vids for P90X and I now realize exactly what it was I got myself into Should have never fired up the Plus workouts, but it is definitely having some results and kicking my ass doing it.

[Halogrinder]

after these 90 days, if i feel inclined, i might start up p90X+ ones....

[BIG PERM]

Day 8

Chest and Back
This must be the hardest workout, almost threw up again....
Went up a few reps in most exercises....I also need to get a pair of 25's, been using 20's....
Still brutal.....hit about 200 total in Ab X, not bad, but still not where I want to be....good sweat through the entire 75 minutes...

[BIG PERM]

Day 9

Plyo about an hour aftern nooky.....
It was brutal, but got through it....legs were burning early, LOL

[leben_sie_gut]

Finally just ordered the shit a while ago, got a friend who's going to dupe the DVD's and then we're gonna split the costs.

On a seperate note, I've been changing my diet around for the past few weeks, cutting cokes/desserts/most carbs, and I'm down 6 pounds.

DVD's should be here by the weekend or early the next week, so the fiance and I'll start then. Got some before pics of me, they're scary, fat, white, and hairy.

[Halogrinder]

been cooking all afternoon for this weeks lunches and dinners.



home made sweet and sour chicken

chicken santa fe corn soup

need to knock out yoga tonight, and monday i start phase 2!

[HalfFastFord]

just as a side note, peas and corn are high in sugars. knock them out too and you'll see improved gains.

[Halogrinder]

a lot of veggies are high in sugars.
i eat a lot of fruits and veggies.

to tell you the truth, my diet isnt super restrictive overall.

i eat mostly everything i want, in small quantities, and try to make sure i know what im eating.

no high frutose corn syrup
nothing carbonated
no alcohol.
try to eliminate all carbs (or severely minimize them)
eat smart.
ok the sweet and sour pork really isnt the highest on the healthy list, but i wanted to try and make it for the first time.


the chicken chowder is all natural stuff.
think of the dried fruit and veggied i eat at work! they are packed with natural sugars! thats fine by me, its natures sugar, not a factory's

[BIG PERM]

Day 10, shoulders and arms....

Great workout, felt pretty strong this morning, increased weight a few pounds...

Ab X - getting 15-20 done of each exercise....rough, but good....

[Nightshade]

Ok I fell off bad last week so I am not even going to count it in my schedule at all and tack on an extra week to make up for it. Shits been weird around here lately sorry guys

[Halogrinder]

tonight: chest/shoulders/bi's/tri's with abripper X


OMG OMG OMG i fucking HURT. this is like starting all over again. srsly im dying.

eating mah corn soup

[hawkjumper]

I'm in week 5 right now. I got a little bored with some of the "non-strength training" workouts - like the Kenpo / stretching / yoga and ones like that, so I've just been doing things on my own those days - climbing or other stuff. I made an improvement to my diet, but definitely haven't cut out the booze. We'll see how it goes. It helps to just have a structured program to follow.

[InDaRed2]

Went on a 3 mile run then did some Core Synergistics since we slacked on the yoga and shit this weekend.

I did ride my quad all day Saturday though. My god I was sore as the first week of the P90X. I guess it was a great workout.

[leben_sie_gut]

Can you literally have NO ALCOHOL during this program, no MG 64 or anything? I'm going to sorely miss my SA.

[InDaRed2]

Im still drinking beer on the weekends but im still seeing some changes. If I drink alot ill make sure to go on a few runs during the week.

[Halogrinder]

Originally Posted by leben_sie_gut

Can you literally have NO ALCOHOL during this program, no MG 64 or anything? I'm going to sorely miss my SA.

i cold turkey stop drinking labor day.


i do a LOT of stuff that involves drinking. i drink a shit ton of water instead.

bars/ family get togethers/ friends/ BBQ'ing etc.etc.

[Nightshade]

OK so I got to thinking about it tonight and decided I was going to restart my workout. I decided to start fresh on the P90 classic schedule instead of the P90X+ schedule.

Let me tell you I am glad I did because it is working on areas I was having issues with.

I dislocated my shoulder a good one years ago snowboarding up at Big sky and have had issues with rotation off and on because of it, so push ups have always been tricky for me. Tonight I was forced to figure out the proper movement and was able to get my target number plus a couple extra.

Pull ups I have never been good at but I did a lot better with the limited amount of pull ups they use in this vid set...maybe a mental thing, maybe not but all we were doing essentially was pull up and push ups so I had a lot of time to figure it out.

Definitley feel this workout and feel I pushed a lot harder with it.

The Ab ripper is a world different from what the + model has on it too and I like it a lot...maybe swapping back and forth may have some interesting results too