P90X Day 69: Kenpo X

Today started out good. I had a whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and a glass of skim milk for breakfast around 7am. I had a SBD bar for the mid-morning snack and a chef salad with turkey, ham, chicken and cheese with fat free ranch for my lunch. I had to go to an implant case around 11 today so I ate lunch a little later in the day than usual. After that I had a protein bar for my afternoon snack and then got in the Kenpo workout. I just finished off my Anabolic Halo recovery drink and am getting ready to cook some chicken stir fry with brown rice in sesame ginger sauce and some broccoli. Should be a good dinner.

Kenpo went great today! My left shoulder is feeling much better lately and I was able to really bring it hard today because of this. I tried something new today -- I selected the "Music and Cues" option on the DVD. What this was was the same workout but it muted Tony except when it was time to switch moves or go double time. I enjoy Tony but this is the 11th time I have done Kenpo and it was getting quite monotonous. So, I enjoyed the quiter version of Kenpo and may try this on a couple of the other workouts that I have memorized like Kenpo!

Tomorrow myself and a couple of buddies are going to the L’Auberge du Lac Casino in Lake Charles, LA. It is about a 3 hour drive from Houston. We are spending the night and we are planning on coming back on Sunday afternoon before the 4:15 Steelers game. It will work out nicely because tomorrow is my off day for P90X and I don't have to worry about fitting in a workout. Saturday is a day where sleep is going to be very limited!

See you all on Sunday!

Thanks for Reading,

Jeff

P90X Day 68: Legs & Back + Ab Ripper X

Today was Legs & Back. Pull-ups, Squats, Lunges .........

I really enjoy this workout every single time. Always am very sore afterwards and get a great sweat going. I have a poll over on the column on the right that asks if P90X really works .... Well, let me show you my results on the pull-up bar before you answer!

Week #1 (Day5) was the first time I did the Legs & Back workout. Their are 8 different pull-up/chin-up exercises that you complete over the course of the workout. I did a combined 75 reps (9.375 reps per) that first week and I thought that was great. Today, Week #10 (Day 68) I did a combined 168 reps (21 reps per). Based on these results I'd say P90X works!

ABX went great today also. I did every rep and even had my arms in the air for the first three exercises.

I followed the nutrition guide to the letter again today! My problem is that my weight is now 173 lbs?? This is a 4 lb gain in about two weeks time? I do not feel like I gained weight and my clothes are all still as loose as ever but I was a little concerned this was going to happen when I increased the carb intake according to Phase 3 of the nutrition guide. Mike decided to not do phase 3 and his weight has not increased at all. So, with this in mind I think I am going to jump back into the more balanced protein/carb portion of the nutrition guide. AND .... I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I miss having protein shakes for breakfast!

Tomorrow is the always fun KenpoX day!

Thanks for Reading

Jeff

P90X Day 67: Yoga

AAAAGGGHHHHH!! Yoga X ..... I did the whole thing. I didn't like it. It is 92 minutes I'll never get back but it is done!

And Today is Legs & Back + ABX!

Thanks for Reading,

Jeff

P90X Day 66: Back & Triceps + Ab ripper X

I had a very busy day. Started out with a 8am appointment about 45 minutes from my house. So, I got up around 5:30 this morning and made myself a whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and a glass of skim milk! I packed a SBD bar and had it in the car between appointments. I then had a sliced chicken sandwich on wheat with mozzarella and fat free ranch dressing as the condiment. I had to come home then for a conference call and during that I had celery sticks with peanut butter and 3 pieces of turkey jerky. I had a meeting at 6:30 tonight so I did the Back and Triceps workout in between the call and meeting. After the meeting I carbed up and had whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce for Dinner -- very good!

My workout today was very intense. I was feeling good all day and had a ton of energy. I still took the nano vapor for an extra boost and had a great workout. I used the black (50lb) resistance bands on most of the curls and it is very hard. The black band really rips me up! I worked especially hard on the pull-up bar and even was able to do 10 reps on the corn cobbs (these suck). Ab ripper X went well also. I made it through relatively easy. I have been struggling lately on the oblique raises but they went smooth today! I didn't add any extras in because I was a little short on time. Overall pretty good day!

I have another early morning tomorrow so I am going to try and go to sleep in a couple of minutes. Tomorrow's workout is Yoga X. Since this DVD sucks and is boring I will probably sub it out with Cardio X. Unless I feel like torturing myself then I will do Yoga X!

Thanks for Reading,

Jeff

P90X Day 65: Plyometrics

The image on the left is of the "Airborne Heisman's". This is one of the moves executed during "The Beast" Plyometrics. One thing is for sure and that is no matter how many times I do Plyo it will never become easy. Every time, I sweat and pant during this workout. And when I am done with the cool down stretching I am exhausted. My hamstrings and thighs just ache right now. Just like the first time I did Plyo. Now the cool thing about Plyo is that most of the exercises offer advanced moves to keep it interesting. You can put your arms in the air during the Mary Katherine's or you can do 360 spins instead of 180's on a few of the moves. On the squats you can add in jumps and during the jumps you can add extra height. Basically, plyo is as challenging as you decide to make it. It really gives you the chance to Bring the heck out of it! And that is why I love this one so much!

Anyways, I messed up my eating schedule a little today. I had an english muffin with peanut butter and a glass of skim milk for breakfast which was good but then I was stuck in an office from 9am to 1pm and missed both my morning snack and lunch. And since I was stuck there for 3 hrs longer than I though I didn't even pack a lunch. So, I just had a snack bar at 1pm and then a cheese stick and another snack bar at 4:30. I worked out around 5 and had NanoVapor before and followed with the Anabolic Halo for my recovery drink. Then dinner was lean beef marinated in sesame ginger sauce on whole wheat tortilla shells and a bowl of broccoli. I had an extra tortilla to make up for the carbs/calories I lost by missing lunch. Overall, it was not a horrible mess-up but it is crazy how hungry I felt around 11:30am. My body has become conditioned to be feed at certain times and when that doesn't happen my body is not happy!!!

On a side note I want to talk about something that has not really been mentioned in my almost 11 weeks of doing this blog: Legs! What I mean is the effect that P90X is having on my legs. I have always had pretty decent sized calfs and thighs and when I started this program I can honestly say that toning or strengthening my legs was not one of my goals. However, that being said, my legs have really gone through a transformation. I have muscles showing up in places on my legs that I didn't even know had muscles (if that makes sense?). Between all the lunges and squats my legs have really increased in size and strength and I am a little upset I did not take "before" pics of my legs. So, if you are reading this and one of your goals is to tone and strengthen your legs and you are wondering if P90X can do this for you my answer is a definite YES! Let me know if you guys feel the same in the comments.

Tomorrow is Chest & Back --ABX.

Thanks for Reading,

Jeff