Day 59 – Shoulders & Arms

Well today I still feel sore, which is great but also tired for some reason, but hey it’s all about pushing play and saying, there is no tired LOL, so I put on Shoulders and Arms and pushed play and I brought it! YEAH!

Lets See…

Shoulders & Arms:

Results Chart:

01 Alternating Shoulder Presses	R1	15	W	20	15	+3
	R2	14	W	20	15	+5
02 In & Out Bicep Curls	R1	16	W	20	20	+0
	R2	16	W	20	20	+4
03 Two-Arm Tricep Kickbacks	R1	14	W	20	15	+4
	R2	13	W	20	15	+3
04 Deep Swimmer's Presses	R1	10	W	20	15	+2
	R2	9	W	20	15	+2
05 Full Supination Concentration Curls	R1	16	W	20	16	+4
	R2	16	W	20	16	+4
06 Chair Dips	R1	20			20	+8
	R2	18			20	+6
07 Upright Rows	R1	16	W	20	18	+4
	R2	16	W	20	18	+4
08 Static Arm Curls	R1	16	W	20	16	+8
	R2	16	W	20	16	+8
09 Flip-Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks	R1	8	W	20	10	-12
	R2	8	W	20	10	-12
10 Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Flys	R1	14	W	20	15	+4
	R2	14	W	20	15	+4
11 Crouching Cohen Curls	R1	14	W	20	15	+4
	R2	14	W	20	15	+6
12 Lying-Down Tricep Extensions	R1	8	W	20	10	-10
	R2	8	W	20	10	-10
BONUS ROUND
13 In & Out Strait Arm Shoulder Flys	R1	8	W	20	10	-8
	R2	8	W	20	10	-6
14 Congdon Curls	R1	11	W	20	15	-5
	R2	12	W	20	15	-5
15 Side Tri-Rises	LA	18	RA	18	16	+8
	LA	15	RA	15	16	+5

Reading this chart:

• Last column is the difference in reps since the last time I did this workout:
• Green = More Reps than last time
• Red = Less Reps than last time
• Second to last column is the goals I set for myself.
• R = Reps
• W = Weight
• H = Heavy Resistance Band
• H+ = Increase of tension or weight by adding a loop to the band.
• LA = Left Arm
• RA = Right Arm

OK so I crushed this one as well, OH YEAH!, I am so feeling it right now LOL. First off I want to point out that all the red ones are because I was using the resistance bands before and today I only used my 20lbs dumbbells, so it reduced the reps in that case but it is a lot more weight so that is cool. But everything else went up. Some of them I could have done a couple of more but time ran out, and I don’t have a remote control to pause my computer.

The weakest point for me on this routine are shoulder presses with the 20s, especially when it is combined with another exercise but hey it gives me something to work on.

While my 20s are heavy for triceps and shoulder presses they are not enough for biceps.

The one thing I had not tried was the Lying-Down Tricep Extensions, I wanted to but never had the guts to hang 20lbs dumbbells on the side of head for fear I actually hit my head LOL but I did it today and it was pretty cool, though I was sure to be careful LOL

Ab Ripper X:

Results Chart:

	Day 57	Day 59	Difference
In & Out	50	50	+0
Seated Bicycle	F25 R25	F25 R25	F+0 R+0
Seated Crunchy Frog	25	25	+0
Crossed leg/Wide Leg Sit-Up	25	25	+0
Fifer Scissors	25	25	+0
Hip Rock 'N Raise	25	25	+0
Pulse-Up	25	25	+0
Roll-Up/V-Up Combo	13	13	+0
Oblique V-Up	RS25 LS25	RS25 LS25	RS+0 LS+0
Leg Climb	RS12 LS12	RS12 LS12	RS+0 LS+0
Mason Twist	53	60	+7
Total Crunches	365	372	+7

Reading this chart:

• Last column is the difference in reps since the last time I did this workout:
• Green = More Reps than last time
• Red = Less Reps than last time
• F = Forward
• R = Reverse
• RS = Right Side
• LS = Left Side

OK so again still working on form, it was great. Slowly getting way better at my form, one of the best ones was oblique V ups, I did not touch the floor with my feet, I brought them down about an inch off the floor and back up, that was cool, I will work on doing the same thing with my torso, I felt the workout a lot more by doing this.

Mason Twist, damn I was able to go straight through to 60 reps without falling, well I fell over at 60 or I would have continued LOL

Today’s workout was another awesome workout even though I felt I did not want to put in the DVD and press play, if I wouldn’t I would have missed out on bringing it. So next time that you think about skipping a workout, think that this one could be one of your awesome workouts and if you don’t try it, you wont know and you’ll miss it :o)

Tomorrow I have Yoga X.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 58 - Plyometrics

Today I went to the cottage for the day, it is a 2 hour drive, had lots of fun then came back. Now 2 hour drive can tucker you out somewhat, it’s something that your never to sure of because your sitting down. But after I came home I was pretty tired, but I pushed play anyways. I started with some knee issues on my left leg, I think it’s because I had a long day. But I pushed through, they only exercise I modified was Mary Catherine, but after that somehow my knee felt better, so I made it up by putting my hands in the air for jumping jack squats.

Every time that my intensity was going down, I would say BRING IT and I would bring my intensity up, I would remember why I am doing this and I brought it as much as I could, because like Tony says “There is no tired” LOL

I also wanted to mention that for sure I know that yesterdays workout was so good because I still felt sore today, both my chest and back, that’s when you know you brought it. And today I could feel my calfs and my shins sore towards the end and my thighs were burning, so something good is happening.

Tomorrow I have another routine I have not seen in 4 weeks Shoulders & Arms + Ab Ripper X, we shall see how do.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 57 – Chest & Back + Ab Ripper X

Today started Phase III and man what a start, I also took a different approach to pull ups which is what I will continue to use. Now what I am doing is not using a chair, propelling myself up and hanging then letting myself down as slow as possible and keep doing that as many times, I did like 5 or 6 times each time and so I counted it as 2 pull ups for today, but I did do 1.5 real ones LOL but I do feel it way more, my back is sore.

So lets see…

Chest & Back:

Result Chart:

01 Standard Push-Ups	N1	35	K1	-	30	+7
	N2	20	K2	-	25	+4
02 Wide Front Pull-Ups	NC1	2	C1	-	15	-
	NC2	2	C2	-	15	-
03 Military Push-Ups	N1	14	K1	-	15	+4
	N2	11	K2	-	15	+2
04 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups	NC1	2	C1	-	-	-
	NC2	2	C2	-	-	-
05 Wide Fly Push-Ups	N1	20	K1	-	20	+5
	N2	18	K2	-	15	+8
06 Closed Grip Overhand Pull-Ups	NC1	2	C1	-	12	-
	NC2	2	C2	-	12	-
07 Decline Push-Ups	N1	20	K1	-	15	+8
	N2	15	K2	-	15	+5
08 Heavy Pants	R1	20	W	20	20	+2
	R2	20	W	20	20	+3
09 Diamond Push-Ups	N1	10	K1	-	10	+2
	N2	7	K2	-	10	+1
10 Lawnmovers	R1	20	W	20	20	+0
	R2	20	W	20	20	+0
11 Dive-Bomber Push-Ups	N1	7	K1	-	10	+0
	N2	8	K2	-	10	+3
12 Back Flys	R1	20	W	20	20	+7
	R2	20	W	20	20	+6

Reading the chart:

• The second to last column is the goals I had set before doing the exercise.
• Last column is the difference in reps since the last time I did this workout:
  • Green = More Reps than last time
  • Red = Less Reps than last time
• N# = No knees
• K# = Using Knees
• NC = No Chair
• C = With Chair assist
• R = Reps
• W = Weight

OK so first thing you will notice is that, no knees baby for none of it, OH YEAH, BRING IT!!! Oh not only did I crush all my push up numbers but I had awesome form, WOOHOO!!

So to make this quick because it’s late LOL, I really was excited to be able to do, diamond push ups and dive bombers, oh man, that was so awesome, I kept pushing, and my chest was exploding.

Also because I was constantly hanging as much as I could for pull ups, I did not only feel it on my back but at the top of my pecks, they were so pumped, it’s fantastic.

I so totally brought it on this workout!!! OH YEAH!!

Ab Ripper X:

Results Chart:

	Day 47	Day 57	Difference
In & Out	50	50	+0
Seated Bicycle	F25 R25	F25 R25	F+0 R+0
Seated Crunchy Frog	25	25	+0
Crossed leg/Wide Leg Sit-Up	25	25	+0
Fifer Scissors	25	25	+0
Hip Rock 'N Raise	25	25	+0
Pulse-Up	25	25	+0
Roll-Up/V-Up Combo	13	13	+0
Oblique V-Up	RS25 LS25	RS25 LS25	RS+0 LS+0
Leg Climb	RS12 LS12	RS12 LS12	RS+0 LS+0
Mason Twist	50	53	+3
Total Crunches	362	365	+3

Reading this chart:

• Last column is the difference in reps since the last time I did this workout:
  • Green = More Reps than last time
  • Red = Less Reps than last time
• F = Forward
• R = Reverse
• RS = Right Side
• LS = Left Side

OK so I was tuckered from all the excitement LOL but I decided to work on form with abs again, So on bicycle again I lifted my hands up which felt awesome.

Oblique V ups I actually lifted a lot higher and almost made contact with knee and elbow, that was awesome, and last by not least I kept going on mason twist and did not fall till 53, I did an extra 3! YEAH BRING IT!! Then to top it off, I placed myself on the floor on plank with the elbows on the floor, it works on your abs, and stayed there for close to 1min, oh man my abs were burning, so nice :o)

Alright so tomorrow I have Plyometrics.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 56–X Stretch & End of Phase II WOOHOO!

Wow so today marks the end of Phase II, I have completed a total of 56 days or 8 weeks, YEAH BRING IT!! I am pretty happy so far with the results, even though I have yet to take Whey Protein to help develop muscle and my diet has not been all that great, but yet I keep having results and I am pleased and excited, can’t wait to see what day 90 will be like.

So lets get on with today…

X Stretch:

OK so again I chose to stretch instead of just resting. Stretching always feels great. So far same thing, still struggling with Camel and doing OK with Back Hero. But I know this is not what you came here for, so lets get on with the real deal…

Weight:

	Day 1	Day 49	Day 56
Weight	207.4	189.6	187.8
Body Fat %	33.4%	25.7%	24.2%
Lean Body Mass	138.1	140.9	142.4
Fat Body Mass	69.3	48.7	45.4
Body Surface Area (BSA)	2.1	19.1	19.0
Body Mass Index (BMI)	30.6	28.0	27.7

Well even though this is supposed to be a recovery period I lost weight and gained a bit of muscle, that’s awesome. So I lost 1.8lbs that you can see on the scale.

Looking at the body fat %, I lost 1.5% of body fat. That equals to 3.3lbs of fat actually lost this week, so AWESOME! Which means that I gained 1.5lbs in muscle, that is one gain I don’t mind, so BRING IT!!! :o)

So what have I lost and gained so far since Day 1 or in 56 days:

• Lost at total of 19.6lbs that you can see in the scale.
• Lost a total of 23.9lbs of fat. Oh YEAH!
• Gained a total of 4.3lbs of muscle, not the greatest but still good.

Measurements:

	Day 1	Day 49	Day 56
Neck	18	16.75	16.5
Shoulder	17	16	15
Chest	45.5	45	45
Waist	44	40	39.5
Abdomen	44	41.75	41
Hips	41	39.5	39
Thigh	23.5	23.5	23.5
Knee	14.5	14.5	14.5
Calf	15	14.5	14.5
Ankle	9	8.75	8.75
Arm	13.5	12.5	12
Forearm	11	11.5	11.25
Wrist	7.5	7	7
Waist-Hip Ratio	1.073170732	1.012658228	1.012820513

Again I lost a bit more on the neck, which is fantastic, I have been getting a bit more air from my CPAP machine in my stomach so I knew I had to be going down in the neck, however I still have a bit of a double chin, trying to get rid of it.

I lost on my arms, forearms, waist, abdomen and hip area yet again, that is so fantastic, actually I already need a new wardrobe, all my pants are to big on me, all I can say is I am glad I wear a belt, I can put my fist sideways between me and the gap in my pants, needless to say without a belt, they do not stay up LOL.

Uhm also you know your losing weight when… Your underwear falls while walking as your pants stay in place thanks to the belt LOL feels funny, you can feel the elastic around the butt area and then you look around trying to figure out what would be the best way to pull them back up without no one noticing LOL But hey it’s funny and awesome all at the same time, and yes I know, to much info LMAO!

So then, lets take a look and see what I look like. Hairy! LOL I know but that’s not the point of these pics. So lets see what the point is…

By they way, just click on the images to make them larger.

First off sorry that they have not been very consistent on centering and so forth, but I have been taken them myself and in a bit of a hurry other wise I would never have time to resize and upload and stuff LOL I guess I could at some point take time and crop them so I look the same size in all of them, maybe I will do that for Day 90.

OK so you can tell that I got a hair cut LOL, but that’s not the point either, the Buddha belly is going down YAY!!!! and yes that’s the point or the bump LOL

  Here you can really tell the difference, I am so proud of myself. Man what a difference and remember this has only been 56 days.

Hey I didn’t notice but again you can see I lost some weight on my face too, cool. You can’t tell on these pics but the top ab muscles are starting to slightly show, it’s awesome and when I flex my abs, I can actually feel them under the bit of fat.

Also most of what is left of fat or as belly, is really lose skin, feels odd, it stretches, so I am hoping that the skin will slowly go back to it’s place.

OK so not much improvement on back definition, however the side chubbies are going down, they have proven to be tough to get rid of for sure. But I will say my abs and side abs are the hardest I workout, due to the factor I really want the weight gone and I want the keg replaced with a six pack. Yes I have thought that I may need 2 rounds to get that, but I am planning on it, because this round as I mentioned before, I am leaving it as weight loss, the next one will be muscle gain.

And here is the entire set:

 

So far this has been a pretty awesome ride. So tomorrow I start Phase III. It is 5 weeks long instead of 4 and it is a mix of exercises from both Phase I and Phase II, so this should be interesting. Tomorrow I have Chest & Back + Ab Ripper X. I have not seen Chest & Back for 4 weeks, we shall see how I do in it now.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 55 – Yoga X

Today I did Yoga X around 2:45pm, I have several fans going, so the heat was not as bad as yesterday LOL.

Again I managed to do a push up before every downward dog and all my up ward dogs were without my knees, and all my chaturangas were nice and low without touching the floor.

Today I tried to lower myself a bit more on all the warrior poses as sometimes I dog it like Tony says LOL. So I tried working on that. Don’t know what I did different today, I felt my abs a bit sore for a while today, so something seemed to work harder. I know that I worked hard for yoga belly 7 but I was already feeling them before I got there. But now that I mentioned it, I really worked hard on yoga belly 7, for boat I tried to make it a bit more weighted by leaning a bit more back and for 3 part touch the sky, oh man I started pretty high and when I got to the third, I was pushing so hard, I think I had half my back off the floor, it was great.

The angle poses, I still struggle with those, still can’t pass my arm under and grab my hand on the back, I keep trying though.

Another cool thing was toe lock, I was able to keep it for 15sec each so I only fell out of it once and then back into it till the end, and this time I was able to put my other hand on the back. I was like, COOL!

I tried crane again, same thing, no difference here, however I was a lot sweatier because of the heat and had a hard time trying to keep my knees on the back of my arms, it kept slipping LOL.

Oh I almost forgot, when I was doing half moon, I was able to hold my leg extended for the entire length of time, between the stretch, then the half moon and twisted half moon. Before I had to put my leg down in between and then bring it back up, so that was cool.

OK so tomorrow I have X Stretch, as usual for a Friday + weight and measurements, and this time because Phase II ends, I will be taking pictures to compare with Day 1, end of Phase 1 and end of Phase II, not sure when I will have them done and uploaded, but make sure to come back tomorrow to check them out for sure, I can’t wait to compare.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 54 – Core Synergistic

Wow, first off, today was really hot, I am Puerto Rican so the heat does not bother me much, but working out under the heat for an hour is a different story and there is no A/C here. It was very hard for me to try and surpass what I had done last time, but I did my best to not do less.

Lets see… 

Results Chart:

01 Stack Foot/Stagger Hands Push-Ups	N1	38	K1		+3
02 Banana Rolls	R	all			+0
03 Leaning Crescent Lunges	R	24	W	0	+0
04 Squat Run	S	60	W	0	+0
05 Sphinx Push-Ups	N1	12	K1	10	+2
06 Bow To Boat	R	8			+0
07 Low Lateral Skaters	R	20	W	0	+0
08 Lunge & Reach	R	20	W	H	+0
09 Prison Cell Push-Ups	N1	7	K1		+0
10 Side Hip Raise	RL	17	LL	17	+2
11 Squat X-Press	R	30	W	M	+0
12 Plank To Chaturanga Run(sec)	P	40	C	10	+0
13 Walking Push-Ups	N1	34	K1		+0
14 Superman Banana	R	All			+0
15 Lunge-Kickback-Curl-Press	R	20	W	20-1/2	+0
16 Towel Hopping	S	60			+0
17 Reach High & Under Push-Ups	N1	12	K1		+1
18 Steam Engine	R	50			+0
19 Dreya Roll	R	9			+0
BONUS ROUND
20 Plank To Chaturanga Iso	S	50			+0
21 The Halfback	R	All			+0
22 Table Dip Leg Raise	R	40			+5

Reading this chart:

• Last column is how many more reps or seconds I did since the last time.
  • Green = More
  • Red = Less
• R = Reps
• S = Seconds
• N = No Knee
• K = Knee
• P = Plank
• C = Chaturanga
• W = Weight
• M = Medium Resistance Band
• H = Heavy Resistance Band

OK so some of the exercises do not ask for more than what was done, but some do ask for maximum reps. The stack foot/stagger pushups I tried to push the extra 2 to make it to 40 but I couldn’t get up LOL.

The Sphinx push ups I managed another 2 reps without the knees, that was awesome.

The prison cell push ups, I tried to do 1 more set, now keep in mind that 1 set is basically 3 push ups in order to complete one set, and I got stuck half way, so I did not count it.

Side hip raise, now this made me happy, again I was able to do this without touching the floor, and I managed to push an extra 2 per side YEAH! BRING IT!

Plank to Chaturanga run, I tried to go back down to chaturanga for a second time but I went to the floor instead so I got back up and stayed running in plank.

Lunge-Kickback-Curl-Press, again I used 20lbs for half of it, I tried to use it for another 2 but I could not do it, so I put the weights down and kept going.

Dreya Roll, I am getting up faster now, but at the same token I could not do another.

Plank To Chaturanga Iso, again I was able to go down to chaturanga twice for 10sec each and I tried for a 3rd time and I hit the floor instead, so I got back up and did what I could.

Last but not least, Table Dip Leg Raise, I felt that even though I did well under the heat circumstances, but I wanted to do better so I decided to make sure I at least got an extra full 5 reps on this one and I did.

Tomorrow I have Yoga X, Then one more day and Phase II will be over, WOW what a ride so far this has been.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 53 – X Stretch

Today was an easy day, so as soon as I arrived home from work I went right in to it, even though today is really hot and sticky and there is no air conditioner here. But it’s not something that causes you to sweat a lot so no biggie.

It felt nice to stretch, this is something that no matter how boring you may find it, you should not neglect it. Not only can you gain flexibility but it makes you feel better and not as sore, the tightness goes away. I think there is nothing worse than being all buff and being to tight to move, makes you slow and you seem like a robot moving.

Again the biggest things here are camel and back hero. I tried again camel, still struggling, and back hero I can still do like Tony does, I am still working on them little by little.

Tomorrow I have Core Synergistic, I hope it’s not has hot as today, but I may have to workout at night since we have some people working overnights again.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 52 – Kenpo X

OK so did my Kenpo X around noon on this beautiful day. It was awesome, used my weighted gloves, brought my intensity with me and every time I felt I was dropping it I thought lets bring it! and I brought it back up. Oh yeah and yet again, no break for me, it was another wonderful workout, all I can say is, real sweat, real people LOL

And to top of today I will be heading out for a nice long walk. Oh I could use some fresh air, I will be packing some cold water, apples and baby carrots for snacks along the way.

Tomorrow I just have X Stretch.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 51 – Core Synergistics

Today for some reason was one of those days that I did not feel like I wanted to workout LOL, but I obligated myself to do so and I am glad I did. I surprised myself on some of the exercises.

Lets see…

Results Chart:

01 Stack Foot/Stagger Hands Push-Ups	N1	35	K1		+5
02 Banana Rolls	R	all			+0
03 Leaning Crescent Lunges	R	24	W	0	+0
04 Squat Run	S	60	W	0	+0
05 Sphinx Push-Ups	N1	10	K1	10	+0
06 Bow To Boat	R	8			+0
07 Low Lateral Skaters	R	20	W	0	+0
08 Lunge & Reach	R	20	W	H	+0
09 Prison Cell Push-Ups	N1	7	K1		+1
10 Side Hip Raise	RL	15	LL	15	+3
11 Squat X-Press	R	30	W	M	+0
12 Plank To Chaturanga Run(sec)	P	40	C	10	+10
13 Walking Push-Ups	N1	34	K1		+0
14 Superman Banana	R	All			+0
15 Lunge-Kickback-Curl-Press	R	20	W	20-1/2	+0
16 Towel Hopping	S	60			+0
17 Reach High & Under Push-Ups	N1	11	K1		+1
18 Steam Engine	R	50			+0
19 Dreya Roll	R	9			+1
BONUS ROUND
20 Plank To Chaturanga Iso	S	50			+0
21 The Halfback	R	All			+0
22 Table Dip Leg Raise	R	35			+11

Reading this chart:

• Last column is how many more reps or seconds I did since the last time.
  • Green = More
  • Red = Less
• R = Reps
• S = Seconds
• N = No Knee
• K = Knee
• P = Plank
• C = Chaturanga
• W = Weight
• M = Medium Resistance Band
• H = Heavy Resistance Band

So I started with an extra 5 push ups, that felt good, then everything seemed the same till I reached sphinx push ups, I did 20 combine like last time, but the difference is that instead of 6 with no knee, I did 10 with no knee, I was impressed those are tough. For lunge and reach I used the heavy band instead of the medium.

Now side hip raise, this blew me away, what I was doing before was going all the way down to the floor when I went down, now your not suppose to, this time I did not touch the floor and I mustered an extra 3 per side to top it off, it was tough and felt awesome, I really pushed for this because my side chubbies are proving to be tough to bring down LOL and I really need to work on them.

Plank to Chaturanga run, damn this is hard enough just in plank but today I went down to chaturanga and did the first full 10sec running in place that low with out touching the floor, I was like YEAH BRING IT and I did not want to workout, OH MAN, I would have totally missed this.

The Lunge-Kickback-Curl-Press I used my 20s, even Tony says those are to ambitious, I was like I have impressed myself today, why not give it a try, so I did 10 with the 20s and oh man, they are a killer, and then I did the rest with nothing.

The Dreya Roll, I thought I was going to be able to get up today, so much good stuff happening I figured, cool I got this, and no LOL but this time I was able to get up a lot easier, just using one of my hands on the side while using the inertia and getting up a bit more smoothly, can’t wait till I can get up with no assistance.

And again Plank to Chaturanga, well it says I did 50sec, like last time but this time 20sec were down in chaturanga, yeah baby, I can get down low without touching the floor and stay there for 10sec at a time, that felt good, I started thinking, damn those slow motions push ups really do work for something LOL it was awesome.

Needless to say that even though I did not want to workout to begin with I ended up with one heck of a workout instead, YEAH BRING IT! So next time that you feel crappy and don’t want to workout, try anyways you might surprise yourself, I am very pleased with myself and that’s a really good feeling :o)

Tomorrow I have Kenpo X.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 50 – Yoga X

Wow day 50, that means that I only have 40 days left of this adventure, I can’t wait to see what the end results will be.

Today I was home alone for most of the day, So I worked out at noon. It was great, and yet again, a push up before every downward dog and my upward dogs were all done with my knees very close to the ground with out touching. Some poses now seem a bit better, like triangle pose. I am still struggle with the angle poses, still not able to grab my arms from behind. Did my best when doing toe lock, was only able to hold it for about 10sec then it was hard to hold after that. What was a bit exciting was that I was able to get up on wheel and I held it for about 5sec, then I held it with my head on the floor for a bit longer then I had to go down to bridge for the rest of it, but hey I was able to go up to wheel that was awesome.

Now crane there is no change, still doing it with my toe on and off the floor, and still can’t touch the floor with plow, but working on it.

Needless to say even though I am still struggling with some of the poses I still had a great workout.

Tomorrow I have Core Synergistic.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 49 – X Stretch, Weight & Measurements

So X Stretch yet again, so far no days off what so ever for me. Still working on Camel and Back Hero, I am at least still able to do a bit of back hero, however I am still struggling with Camel, can’t get my arms to close enough to grab both feet LOL Other than that, the stretch was fantastic.

Ok so for what you all came here today. First off, I will say that I have yet to take any supplements, that means, no recovery drinks nor whey protein. I have to wait till I have more cash, I was thinking that I will do two rounds of P90X, this round if I can’t get Whey Protein by the time I am done, I will leave as a weight loss, and next round will be the muscle gainer.

Also wanted to mention that due to the same financial situation, nutrition has not been the best either, it’s expensive to purchase all the good foods. But I have done well keeping away from junk foods, eating fiber and grains and trying to keep fruit and veggies in my diet. Also times for workouts have been very erratic due to people who live with me that work shift work and I respect that, so I have to workout at different times, either morning, afternoon or evening, and all this makes a difference, very hard to try to adjust to so much time shifting between workouts.

Weight:

	Day 1	Day 42	Day 49
Weight	207.4	194.2	189.6
Body Fat %	33.4%	25.9%	25.7%
Lean Body Mass	138.1	143.9	140.9
Fat Body Mass	69.3	50.3	48.7
Body Surface Area (BSA)	20.1	19.3	19.1
Body Mass Index (BMI)	30.6	28.7	28.0

WOOHOO I am down to 189.6lbs that you can see on the scale, that’s a lose of 17.8lbs YAY!! Now lets look at the body fat %, it went down to 25.7% giving me 48.7lbs of fat in my body, which means I have lost a total of 20.6lbs of fat, and I have 140.9lbs of lean body mass. I am not sure if I am also losing some of the muscle I built up at the beginning since I am not doing my nutrition properly, but that should be corrected at some point. So this week alone I lost 4.6 visible lbs, YAY! 

Measurements:

	Day 1	Day 42	Day 49
Neck	18	16.75	16.75
Shoulder	17	15	16
Chest	45.5	45	45
Waist	44	41.5	40
Abdomen	44	42.25	41.75
Hips	41	40	39.5
Thigh	23.5	23.5	23.5
Knee	14.5	14.5	14.5
Calf	15	14.75	14.5
Ankle	9	9	8.75
Arm	13.5	13.5	12.5
Forearm	11	11.5	11.5
Wrist	7.5	7	7
Waist-Hip Ratio	1.073170732	1.0375	1.012658228

OK so my shoulders went up, not sure if that means that I am gaining some muscle since I was able to do a pull up last time LOL and I lost 1.5 inches on my waist and .50 inches on my abdomen and .50 on my hips so it is all slowly going down. I am really happy with that, also I even lost on my ankle, I had to measure them several times, I measured both and I have the same measurements, I could not believe I lost there, they are not fat to begin with LOL my arms went down and I think that may be where I might have lost some muscle, grrr, but could have been some fat too.

Alright so this week I had way better results than last week, it shows me to cheat with cake so many times in a row LMAO! So tomorrow start my recovery week and it starts with Yoga, oh yeah, I like yoga, so BRING IT!!

Thank you for your time:

Mike