Day 89 – Core Synergistic – BRING IT!

OH YEAH 1 MORE DAY!!! Plus of course the fit test and pics on Friday, but I am so excited, I will be a P90X Grad, YAY!!!

Today was one heck of an ugly day, and it was pretty chilly, and it was a lot chillier than normal for me because I have lost quite a bit of weight in a short period of time and I am still getting use to it, now I get colder faster LOL. Today we had some running around to do, because we are going to the cottage for the day, and tomorrow will be Canada Day. Apparently it should be a nice day tomorrow :o)

I worked out at 4pm today, and I brought it yet again, YEAH BABY!!

Lets see how I did…

Core Synergistic:

Results Chart:

01 Stack Foot/Stagger Hands Push-Ups	N1	60	K1		+10
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	17	K1	20	+7
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	14	K1		+2
10 Side Hip Raise	RL	25	LL	25	+5 +5
11 Squat X-Press	R	30	W	H	+0
12 Plank To Chaturanga Run(sec)	P	40	C	20	+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	20	K1		+4
18 Steam Engine	R	60			+10
19 Dreya Roll	R	14			+2
BONUS ROUND
20 Plank To Chaturanga Iso	S	60			+0
21 The Halfback	R	All			+0
22 Table Dip Leg Raise	R	60			+10

Reading this chart:

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

What an opening, I had it in my mind, I will do 60 this time, I started as soon as he said ok we are going to do… and I hit the deck right away and started pumping them out and managed to do 60. It felt awesome!!

The sphinx push ups, I managed another 2 with no knees and then another 5 with knees, they are not easy.

Prison cell push ups, I did another 2 and as we know it takes 3 to complete 1 cycle so that means I did 6 more push ups :o)

Side Hip Raise, I also had this set in my mind, I will do 25 and so I did, and I did not touch the floor, they felt great!

Steam engine, I decided I was going to do more than what was asked, and I went faster than they did and managed to pump an extra 10 YEAH BRING IT!!

Dreya Rolls, they look easy and are tough, did an extra 2.

Table Top Leg Raise, what a strong finish, I mentally told myself, if I started with 60 I will finish with 60 and so I went for it, my arms and shoulders were in pain but I kept going and boom! 60 YEAH! THAT WAS AWESOME!!!

After this I did like 20min of cardio LOL crazy me LMAO!!! I so brought it today big time, I wish I had a heart rate monitor with calories counter so I know how many calories I burnt today.

Tomorrow I have Yoga, and since we are going to the cottage for the day I will try to them early in the morning.

Thank you for your time:

Mike 

Day 88 – X Stretch NOOOT! Again LOL

WOOHOO 2 more days!!!

Today it rained a bit and was nice at times, we went out for the day, had a nice walk in a small town, I actually cheated a bit today on food LOL I had a triple decker club sandwich, it had turkey but it also had bacon on it LOL plus it came with fries and I ate half of them LMAO! and that’s when I thought well I said I might go crazy today and I did, so I did Cardio X, and 10min of ab work :o)

Cardio X:

I tried as much as I could to engage my core while doing this workout, and it seems I started feeling it a bit right after the Yoga segment, and I was sweating so I knew I was doing something right LOL.

Kenpo segment was fun, I did not put on my weighted gloves because I did not want to pause the video and it would be odd to do yoga with them on, but I brought my speed and intensity to it. My upper abs were hurting a bit, so again I was doing something right.

The Plyo segment was fun, I use to play basketball so I really love the catch and shoot, and I am liking the wacky jacks, they seem fun and finally something else to work my obliques with.

The core segment is also fantastic, one of my favorites is the steam engine, if this does not get you sweating like mad, you must be doing something wrong LOL

It was a good workout, I was panting and sweaty and of course I decided to work out my abs a bit for 10min.

Tomorrow I have Core Synergistics.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 87 – Kenpo X OH YEAH!

Wow 3 days to go plus an extra day to do my fit test and take my pictures, I am so excited!

Today was another odd weather day, it was nice for a bit, then bad looking, then nice again and stormy in the evening.

I slowly started working on my transformation video, and then went out for a bit. Had a nice walk along the beach and then went window shopping LOL.

Than I worked out at 4pm, so lets see how it went…

Kenpo X:

This was the last time for this round of P90X that I would do this routine, so I had to bring it, and so I did. I brought my intensity and speed again and I made sure that if I was dropping the intensity, I would just get my mind straight and bring it back up, even if it meant to slow down a bit while I picked it back up. But I gave it all I’ve got, and again within the first 15min of actual workout my throat was dry cause I was sweating like mad LOL, but hey in this workout, there are no breaks. Breaks include running in place with high knees, jumping rope, jumping jacks and Xs, and I don’t need no stinking break LOL so I did them all.

I also engaged my core as much as I could like in core synergistic, and within 20min of the workout I felt it, and it felt awesome!!. By the time I finished with my over 200 punches at the end, (because hey I did twice as much as the DVD again), I really let out a sigh of relief LOL.

So yet again another awesome workout for me, tomorrow I have X Stretch, but I am considering being crazy again, we shall see :o)

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 86 – Core Synergistics – OH YEAH!

Today was not a nice looking day outside and I was not home alone. But even though it was not so nice, at 1pm I decided to go out for a walk and I made a speed walk, I walked for 2 hrs like that, to the point where that towards the end coming home I felt a bit of pain on my calf, but I came home to find out that there were people still sleeping so I took a rest. At around 5:30pm I was able to start working out and oh man I so brought it, and I had forgotten how much fun this was LOL oh yeah I am so excited, lets check it out…

Core Synergistic:

Results Chart:

01 Stack Foot/Stagger Hands Push-Ups	N1	50	K1		+12
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	15	K1	15	+7
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	12	K1		+5
10 Side Hip Raise	RL	20	LL	20	+3 +3
11 Squat X-Press	R	30	W	H	+0
12 Plank To Chaturanga Run(sec)	P	40	C	20	+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	16	K1		+4
18 Steam Engine	R	50			+0
19 Dreya Roll	R	12			+3
BONUS ROUND
20 Plank To Chaturanga Iso	S	60			+10
21 The Halfback	R	All			+0
22 Table Dip Leg Raise	R	50			+10

Reading this chart:

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

WOW what a start, I broke my record by 12 more push ups, it felt so good and I was impressed on how quickly I was doing them too, and after getting up, my chest was nice and pumped.

The sphinx push ups were also pretty impressive, I was doing them a lot easier, and I could have done more on my knees but I ran out of time LOL.

Prison cell push ups, oh man, last time I did these I did 7; now consider this, it takes 3 push ups to complete 1 cycle plus that includes bring your leg in on two of the push ups and then standing up on the last one, and today I did 12, meaning I did 5 more, which means 15 more push ups, YEAH BRING IT!!!

Side hip raise, I did 20 and with out touching the floor, those felt good too.

Plank to Chaturanga run, oh man, I managed to go down to chaturanga twice and run without touching the floor, YEAH I WAS EXCITED!!

Reach high and under push ups, I did another 4, at this point I was starting to lose a bit of energy, but I kept my mind right and went for it, I ran out of time and I was not able to continue or I would have done more, I think if I do them a bit faster I can do more.

Dreya Roll, LOL I still have issues getting up, but I use just the one hand on the floor to help myself, they seem easy to the eye but getting up is pretty hard, but I managed to do another 3.

Plank to charuranga ISO, oh man, I was able to do this exactly as asked, I went down each time and held for 10 sec each, so I was able to hold 30sec total on plank and 30sec total down on chaturanga, and the last one was tough but I held it without touching the floor and I was so excited when I got back up OH YEAH!!!

Table dip leg raise, I was able to pump out another 10, so I did 50 that was an awesome finish to an awesome workout, and plus the 2 hours of speed walking, today was AWESOME, I so brought it, plus I remembered to keep my core engaged as much as possible and my core feels a little sore right now, so I know it worked.

Tomorrow I have Kenpo X FUN FUN FUN!!! :o)

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 85 – Yoga X

Oh my, 5 more days plus the extra day of X Stretch that may be a crazy day LOL and then round 1 is DONE! OH YEAH!

Today was raining most of the day and it was pretty chilly out side, so I stayed home, will be going out to a Stag and Doe later, that should be fun.

Yoga, one that should not be skipped, some people don’t like it, not sure if they don’t like hard work, or if they just have that mind set that they can’t do it, or they just plain think it’s dumb. Well it is one heck of a necessary workout, and this one alone I can blame for most of my cardiovascular improvements and my breathing. Trust me this really helps you a lot, if your doing P90X, please don’t skip it, just do your best and forget about the rest. Think about this only the first 48min is where the hardest part is, once you pass that, it’s down hill from there till you reach yoga belly 7 and finally it’s supper relaxing right after.

So how did it go today? It went good, no no wait, it went AWESOME! LOL Again nice and clean upward dog, a push up before every downward dog, I tried dropping as low as possible in the warrior poses.

Angle poses, man these guys are still tough, still trying, and no change.

Half moon and twisting half moon section, again I fought to keep the leg up while switching between poses and I managed, and again my glut was on fire, it hurt so much, I had a hard time going back in to warrior 2 LOL but it was awesome!

Standing leg extensions, for some reason I am starting to have some trouble going to toe lock, I seem to be loosing my balance a bit quicker so I did the regular leg extension, not sure if it’s because my glut was still in pain LOL.

Crane, so far, same thing, in for about 5sec or less and then toe on floor, I figured out that part of my issue is that I am sweaty and my legs slide of my arms, I may try to wiping my legs and arms down next time and see what happens.

Wheel, I am starting to go up to wheel a little easier but still not lasting as long, went up 3 times and lasted about 5 to 8sec each time.

Yoga belly seven, I love this part, maybe I am just a masochist for pain on my abs LOL but it feels so good, again on touch the sky and 3 part touch the sky, I pushed to go as high as I could, including pushing my hips up, oh man, IT BURNSSSS! but it’s so good LOL.

Tomorrow I have Core Synergistic.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 84 – X Stretch NOOOOT!

Like I mentioned yesterday I was considering doing something crazy today because next week starts recovery week baby, just one more week and that’s it, then I take a one week rest and I start round 2, YEAH BRING IT!!!

OK so what the heck did I do if I did not do X Stretch, well since tomorrow I have Yoga and that includes Stretching, and there is one DVD I have not seen because it is not part of the Classic program, so I popped in the Cardio X DVD and went for it LOL after that I worked on my abs for 10min then I went for a 1.5hr walk and then came back home to take my weight and measurements.

So lets see how it all went today…

Cardio X:

Well what is this thing about, this DVD is either a) part of the lean program or b) the AM DVD for the doubles workout.

This DVD starts slow and then it picks up, it contains a combination of Yoga X, Kenpo X, Plyometrics & Core Synergistic and it’s 43min long.

The Yoga section is quite simple and you go as far as Warrior 3 pose. The Kenpo has some segments from the Kenpo X DVD including knuckles, ball kick, back kick sequence, swing kicks and some others. The plyo was a bit fun because it was repeated, it contained some things like airborne heismen, monster truck tires also basket ball shootout and some others. The Core Synergistic was fun, it had a new one called Wacky Jacks, this made me laugh at first but Core is also repeated and I almost was not laughing the second time around LOL it is good for your obliques, I was wondering why it was not included in the core synergistic DVD.

The only thing was I was not expecting it to contain Kenpo so I did not put on my weighted gloves and my arms felt really light when throwing punches.

My heart rate still went up, and I worked up a sweat therefore I had an awesome workout, even though I seemed to have found it a bit easy LOL But hey another 10min of Abs and 1.5hr walk, I am sure I burnt some calories today, cause it’s all about BRINGING IT!

OK so lets go to what’s important about today…

Weight:

Again I included both the complete info from the digital scale including Body Fat % and I included the more accurate Caliper measurement, I include both because I started with the scale and even though at this point seems a little off, I still wish to keep track of that info, so you can see the difference.

Also I added 2 new columns, the one called “This Week” are the losses or gains for this week only compared to last week, and one called “Total”, are the losses or gains for the complete workout time since Day 1. That way it is easier for you to see how I am doing, instead of me having to type it in sentences for you to read LOL.

Digital Scale Only:

	Day 1	Day 77	Day 84	This Week	Total
Weight	207.4	179.8	176.8	-3	-30.6
Body Fat %	33.4%	22.2%	21.4%	-0.8%	-12%
Lean Body Mass	138.1	139.9	139.0	-0.9	+0.9
Fat Body Mass	69.3	39.9	37.8	-2.1	-31.5
Body Surface Area (BSA)	20.1	18.6	18.4	-0.2	-1.7
Body Mass Index (BMI)	30.6	26.5	26.1	-0.4	-4.5

So this week I lost another 3lbs visible on the scale, that is so AWESOME!! and it has put me at 176.8lbs and remember that my current goal is 175lbs, oh man I will reach and surpass it.I will make sure of that LMAO

Fat Measuring Caliper:

	Day 1	Day 77	Day 84	This Week	Total Loss
Weight	207.4	179.8	176.8	-3	-30.6
Body Fat %	33.4%	19.8%	18.8%	-1%	-14.6%
Lean Body Mass	138.1	144.2	143.6	-0.6	+5.5
Fat Body Mass	69.3	35.6	33.2	-2.4	-36.1
Body Surface Area (BSA)	2.1	18.6	18.4	-0.2	-1.7
Body Mass Index (BMI)	30.6	26.5	26.1	-0.4	-4.5

First off I will say that I finally made it to a healthy level on my body fat % for man my age and my height it should be between 15-18%, well I am 0.8% over but I am so close :o)

Again this was done by taking the measurements 3 times and inputting it in to the calculator, which takes the average of the 3 measurements and then calculates the body fat %. As you can see it’s almost consistent with the factor that I lost 1% body fat and with the previous (or digital scale) I lost 0.8%; so very close in loss of percentages. But it is still 2% lower than the scale which makes a difference and it makes sense.

For all those who have been following, I have worked out really REALLY hard this week, and I watched what I ate, I did not cheat at all. So what this caliper chart displays makes sense. Especially if you look at the measurements below, which I lost in body size, yet again quite a bit…

Measurements:

I did the same thing here, I added the extra columns to compare with last week and one to compare with Day 1, easier to see.

	Start	Week 12	Week 13	This Week	Total
Date	Day 1	Day 77	Day 84
Neck	18	16	16	0	-2
Shoulder	17	15	15	0	-2
Chest	45.5	43	42	-1	-3.5
Waist	44	38	37.5	-0.5	-6.5
Abdomen	44	40	39.25	-0.75	-4.75
Hips	41	38	37.5	-0.5	-3.5
Thigh	23.5	22.5	22	-0.5	-1.5
Knee	14.5	14.5	14.5	0	0
Calf	15	14	14	0	-1
Ankle	9	8.5	8.5	0	-0.5
Arm	13.5	12	11.5	-0.5	-2
Forearm	11	11	10.75	-0.25	-0.25
Wrist	7.5	7	7	0	-0.5
Waist-Hip Ratio	1.073170732	1	1	0	-0.7

Again as you can see I lost from almost everywhere, I even lost an inch around my chest area, YEAH lets get rid of all that yucky fat LOL.

If you look at what I have lost on my hips that is amazing, damn 6.5 inches, HOLY COW! and 4.75 on my Abdomen, SO AWESOME!!

Well I have 1 week left, as you know and I will do what I can to make sure I reach my goals as I am so close and I want this round to count for something, considering I did not use whey protein to help develop muscles, but hopefully that will come on the next round :o)

Tomorrow starts the last week, and it starts with Yoga X

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 83 – Kenpo X, Speed & Intensity

I so love this routine; Tony is not kidding when he says it is FUN FUN FUN!!

For me it is all about bringing it more then last time. How did I do that today? Well picked up the speed and made sure that intensity went with it, you can pick up the speed, but at times when you go to fast you lose intensity and you get sloppy, but I did my best to make sure that did not happen. Last time I said I did more reps than they do, about 1.5 times more, well this time I doubled it up, so I did twice the amount of reps than the DVD, OH YEAH!!, and it’s so wickedly crazy when you do that LOL.

It was tough to do, especially when you hear him count, your brain just wants to count with him, for example the block sequence, he counts for every arm block and says 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 ,3…. It’s kind of hard to not fall into that pattern, but what I did was I kept the count on my right arm, so every time he counted the number 1 was using my right arm and in turn doubling my reps and making sure I used my torso as well to help with the intensity. I can tell you that I know I did, my mid section is a bit sore LOL. Even for the star blocks I was going at my own pace, making sure I would double it up. And one that is fun a bit faster is knuckles + heal kick + back kick sequence, do it faster but properly, with intensity and it’s pretty fun, you can get right in to it.

Once I reached the vertical punches at the end, I started out with a fast pace, and I have no clue how many I did, all I know is the faster they went, I tried going faster than they were LOL.

What else besides speed and intensity did I do? Well of course, no breaks, I don’t need no stinking break! LOL. Running in place with high knees each time, jumping rope, jumping jacks and good old Xs.

Because of the amount of speed and intensity, my throat went dry about half way through it, I decided not to drink water though, I did not want to stop, not the best decision but I knew I was going to drink once done soon.

I so brought it, YEAH BABY, and I sweat like crazy again LOL “Real Sweat, Real People” LOL:

This pic was taken with my cell phone, that shirt was light grey when I started, and can you tell I like my weighted gloves LOL. Oh that was another crazy thing, every time I was doing an upper cut or a hook, I used so much intensity that the centrifugal force would push the sweat right through the neoprene and drops of sweat would fly LOL uhm sshhhh don’t say anything, cause now I have to clean my room, and I have to use Arm & Hammer carpet deodorant and possibly some Fabreeze, plus I have to clean anything else that might have gotten sweaty thanks to me, or I may be in trouble LOL

Well tomorrow I have X Stretch plus take my weight and measurements, however it is the last day before recovery week and I have Yoga on Saturday so I may do something crazy tomorrow, but you’ll have to come back to find out if I did or not and what was it :o)

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 82 – Legs & Back + Ab Ripper X

Today I went to go see my best friend and my god-daughter, it was fun, we went to a park that had sprinklers, and I pulled her in a wagon on the way there and pulled her on the way back, good exercise. We had fun with the sprinklers and I was able to keep up with her today YAY!! thank you P90X :o)

Well I did my workout at 6pm today, and today was the last day for heavy workout + ab ripper X; I did everything I could to bring it and I know I did cause I feel it YEAH BABY!! :o)

Legs & Back:

 

Results Chart:

01 Balance Lunge	RL	25	LL	25	25	+0
02 Calf Raise Squat	R	25	W	40	25	+0
03 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups	NC1	8	C1	-	15	+2
	NC2	8	C2	-	15	+1
04 Super Skater	RL	25	LL	25	25	+0
05 Wall Squat (sec)	S	90	-	-	90	+0
06 Wide Front Pull-Ups	NC1	7	C1	-	15	+2
	NC2	8	C2	-	15	+3
07 Step Back Lunge	RL	20	W	40	20	+0
	LL	20	W	40	20	+0
08 Alternating Side Lunge	R	25	W	0	25	+0
09 Closed Grip Overhand Pull-Ups	NC1	8	C1	-	15	+2
	NC2	8	C2	-	15	+3
10 Single Leg Wall Squat (sec)	S	30	-	-	30	+0
11 Deadlift Squat	LL	20	RL	20	20	+0
12 Switch Grip Pull-Ups	NC1	10	C1	-	15	+2
	NC2	10	C2	-	15	+4
13 Three-Way Lunge	RL	5	LL	5	5	+0
14 Sneaky Lunge	R	20	-	-	20	+0
15 Chair Salutations (sec)	S1	30	-	-	30	+0
	S2	30	-	-	30	+0
16 Toe-Roll Iso Lunge	RL	20	LL	20	20	+0
17 Groucho Walk	R	25	-	-	25	+0
18 Calf Raises	R	75	W	40	75	+0
19 80/20 Cyber-Speed Squat	RL	30	LL	30	30	+0

Reading this Chart:

• Last column is the difference in reps since the last time I did this workout:
• Green = More Reps or Seconds
• Red = Less Reps or Seconds
• Second to last column is the goals I had set for myself.
• R = Reps
• S = Seconds
• NC = No Chair Assist
• C = Chair Assist
• RL = Right Leg
• LL = Left Leg
• W = Weight

First off it may seem that the legs was the same thing, but what did I do to bring it for the legs, I went down deeper on my launches every time and I brought it, I will say that the wall squats and the chair salutations seem easy now LOL.

Now check out the pull ups, today I felt stronger and I went down deeper and they felt good, I could not wait to get back on that pull bar each time, and it felt so good, I was so excited every time I pulled myself up so easily and just started going up and down, I was like damn and to think I could not do even one like a month ago.

Comparing when I started I did 0 real pull ups and today I did a total of 67 real ones, OH WOW I did not even realize I did that many LOL COOL!! YEAH BRING IT!!!

Ab Ripper X:

Results Chart:

	Day 80	Day 82	Difference
In & Out	60	80	+20
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	70	75	+5
Total Crunches	392	417	+25

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

Oh man what a start, I said to myself, “Mike this is the last Ab Ripper X for this round, lets see what I am made off” Well I did 80 in & outs, and I will say once your abs are burning to start with, the rest of the workouts are going to continue burning LOL. So time wise I could not do extra for the rest, but I tell you I struggled through it because I was already a bit tired, and when I got to mason twist, I wanted 80 as well but I fell over at 75 and I did not get back up, but I quickly grabbed my ab wheel and rolled 15 times and again I stayed hanging on the extended wheel for as long as I can. Now I want to remind you that roll up V ups I count them wrong, every 2 is 1, counting the entire little routine of a crunch and a pulse up as 1, so those 13 = 26, that means that in reality I did 430 crunches WOOHOO

Comparing that to when I started: I did 97 Crunches the first time, that is a difference of 333 crunches in just 82 days HOLY COW! YEAH BRING IT BABY!!

Tomorrow I have Kenpo X and I will do everything I can to bring it yet again.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 81 – Yoga X

Today I walked quite a bit as well. Also went to the clinic this morning to get my blood taken, to have it checked for many different things to make sure all is well there. Also had an ECG done. I will get a call if anything needs to be looked into, but doctor believes all should be well.

I was going to do some rollers after but I was not allowed to lift or do heavy things for bit to make sure the little prick seals up, and holding that wheel in full extension also works your arms, so I didn’t do it.

Today I was home alone and I worked out on my Yoga around 3:30pm…

Yoga X:

Yoga X is an awesome routine, I can breath even better within the first 10min of the workout, and the first 48min makes you sweat and work so hard, I love it! To think that at first I use to look at the time and think OMG this thing is not over yet LOL, now I forget the clock and just do it and time flies.

As usual I did a push up before every downward dog, and all upward dogs were done with my knees off the floor.

The half moon posses, again I fought to keep my legs up with out putting them down, by the time each side was completed my glut was burning and felt it was going to burst LOL when I got back to warrior two, I could barely hold the pose it hurt so much, but it felt good, so all I said was YEAH BRING IT!!!

The angle poses, man those are still tough I managed to touch my finger tips on the left side and my oblique cramped up a bit LOL.

Wheel, I was able to stay in wheel for about 15sec today, that was pretty cool.

Crane, no change here I can only stay for a max of 5sec at a time, but at the same time, it’s still a little heavy on my arms, but it’s something to keep working on.

Yoga belly seven, here something I look forward to each time, when doing touch the sky I also lifted my hips a bit, helps after doing all those hip rock and raises LOL, my back was a bit of a U, hips slightly off the floor and same thing with my shoulders, when I did 3 part touch the sky, I did the same thing and every 20sec I tried to not only raise my shoulders but my hips as well, the burn that I got was insane, I almost did not want to stop when the time was up, it felt so good, YEAH!!

Well needless to say I had a fantastic Yoga workout and I was home alone so I did my ohms and again I lasted longer then they do.

Tomorrow I have Legs and Back + Ab Ripper X and this will be the last round of actual workout and last Ab Ripper X, so I will do my best to bring it, I will also be going out to spend some time with my god-daughter tomorrow and that should make me burn calories like crazy LOL so I hope I have the energy to bring it on my last heavy workout, because next week it will be a recovery week.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 80 – Back & Biceps + Ab Ripper X

WOOHOO 10 days left + 1 for fit test and x stretch and I will take pics then on the 11th day :o)

I woke up early today and was sore on my legs a bit, which is fantastic because it means yet again I brought it with Plyo.

It was an amazing beautiful day here today so we went out for a walks. I pretty much walked all day, then I went to see the doctor at 4:30pm for a physical, I wanted one to see how I am doing and I scheduled it 2 weeks ago. My doctor saw me then, and had told me I looked thinner and healthier. When he saw me again today he looked at me and said “Wow you seem a bit thinner then last time, did you loose weight again?”, I said “Yes about another 10lbs since then, give or take” and then proceeded to tell me “This program really seems to be working out for you”, I totally agreed.

Well making the long story short, it turns out that my blood pressure is now normal, I have had a bit higher than normal blood pressure for a long time now. My heart sounds fantastic, my lungs do too, I am asthmatic as I had mentioned before, not chronic though, and I have had no need for inhalers at all, my sleep apnea is slowly getting better the air pressure on the machine keeps going down. Doctor also tells me the color of my skin now looks really healthy as well, he said he might start recommending this program to other people he might think can take advantage of it and better their life and health, so now a real doctor I know is going to recommend the program, I hear this in commercials and I think I wont believe that until my doctor says that, and well now it happened LOL.

So all of that was fantastic news, he is doing a full blood work on me as well to make sure everything is proper there too, but he believes it should be from everything he saw and checked today, also he told me next April I should celebrate, it will be 5 years cancer free and those are amazing news :o)

Well I got home around 6:30pm and I was not home alone, and someone was sleeping, but I still worked out at 7pm, just had to be careful with noise that’s all.

Lets see…

Back & Biceps:

Results Chart:

01 Wide Front Pull-Ups	NC	7	C		10	+3.5
02 Lawnmowers	RA	20	W	20	20	+0
	LA	20	W	20	20	+0
03 Twenty-Ones	R	25			25	+0
04 One-Arm Cross-Body Curls	RA	20	W	20	20	+3
	LA	20	W	20	20	+3
05 Switch Grip Pull-Ups	NC	8	C		10	+6
06 Elbows-Out Lawnmowers	RA	20	W	20	20	+0
	LA	20	W	20	20	+0
07 Standing Bicep Curls	R	20	W	20	20	+3
08 One-Arm Concentration Curls	RA	10	W	20	15	+1
	LA	10	W	20	15	+1
09 Corn Cob Pull-Ups	NC	4	C		4	+2
10 Reverse Grip Bent-Over Rows	R	20	W	20	20	+0
11 Open Arm Curls	R	17	W	20	20	+2
12 Static Arm Curls	R	16	W	20	15	+0
13 Towel Pull-Ups	NC	4	C		4	+2
14 Congdon Locomotives	R	40	W	20	40	+0
15 Crouching Cohen Curls	R	15	W	20	15	+2
16 One-Arm Corkscrew Curls	R	20	W	20	20	+0
17 Chin-Ups	NC	3	C		10	+1
18 Seated Bent-Over Back Flys	R	20	W	20	20	+0
19 Curl-Up/Hammer Downs	R	17	W	20	20	+4
20 Hammer Curls	R	20	W	20	20	+2
21 Max Rep Pull-Ups	NC	5	C		10	+3
22 Superman	R	All			All	+0
23 In-Out Hammer Curls	R	11	W	20	15	+1
24 Strip-Set Curls	R1	15	W1	20	14	+1
	R2	15	W2	20	14	+1
	R3	15	W3	H+M+L	14	+1
	R4	15	W4	H+M+L	14	+1

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 = Set Goals
• NC = No Chair
• C = Chair Assisted
• RA = Right Arm
• LA = Left Arm
• R = Rep
• W = Weight
• H = Heavy Resistance Band
• H+ M+ L=Heavy + Medium Resistance Band + Light

I brought it again here for sure, some stuff I had no time to do more and some that is all he says to do. Now the pull ups, I am so excited I am doing more of them and I look forward to doing them too, which is fantastic because before it was like oh man I really hate these and don’t want to do them LOL.

As usual I added an extra 2 pull ups for several times of hang time, and I am hanging for a lot longer now and I am still hanging at the top and halfway. The corn cobs, I actually managed to 2, they were not very pretty lol but they were real and were my first ones with out the chair, so I was really excited, WOOHOO! and to think those were the last corn cobs for this round LOL oh well but at least I can say I did them YEAH BRING IT!!

The last set of strip set curls, I used the 20’s twice this time then I used all my bands LOL.

When I went to pick up my wife at 9pm today at Wal-Mart I went and tried a 35lb dumbbell and I was able to curl it  twice on each arm and felt I could have done the 8 to 10 reps, however I was not going to curl there in the middle of the store LOL so I know what I need to get.

Ab Ripper X:

Results Chart:

	Day 78	Day 80	Difference
In & Out	60	60	+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	68	70	+2
Total Crunches	390	392	+2

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

After walking so much today, it seems I felt my abs a bit more while doing this routine. So far there is no new development still working on perfecting form and making sure I can maximize the exercise.

Mason twist I shot for 70 again and this time I made it and fell over exactly at 70 LOL, then I used the roller and rolled 15 times, the last roll I stayed extended for about 30sec to feel the burn and when I fell on my elbows I did elbow plank for another 30sec or so and kept the burn going, it was awesome!!

So hell yeah another day that I brought it yet again, WOOHOO!!

Tomorrow I have Yoga and that I can do whenever I want, because it’s pretty quite, except for the ohms LOL.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 79 – Plyometrics – Oh YEAH!

 

Just finished Plyo at around 11:45pm or so. I did not realize this one was my last time for plyo on my round 1, but whether I realized it or not, I already had my mind set that I had to bring it, because that is the way of P90X, if you don’t bring it, you can’t expect results. And did I bring it? OH HELL YEAH!!

So what did I do, jumped a little higher, the times that I did airborne Heisman, I not only jumped a little higher, but I also brought the leg a lot higher and I crunched my abs in the process, try it, it feels good, also did something similar with the giant tire segment.

I also increased the jump speed on some of them, Jump knee tuck in order to increase speed I did not bring the legs up as high but the speed went up as much as possible. I also sped up Marry Catherins.

By the time I was done, I was drenched in sweat, I came out of the bedroom running yet again, still with energy LOL and my wife took a look at me and said “And what are you suppose to do now?” I said “Shower?” and she said “Good boy, now go” LOL I said “Hug first?” she’s like “Yeah no, shower first” LMAO!

Well the day is not over and it is suppose to be nice in the late afternoon, so I will be going for a walk today as well, and out and about and try to burn more calories by walking around.

Tomorrow I have Back and Biceps + Ab Ripper X and I will be home alone while doing these so full blast audio and no need to worry about waking anyone up so full power on the pull bar for me tomorrow, OH YEAH!! and to think I hated these before and now I can’t wait to do them :o)

Thank you for your time:

Mike

Day 78 – Chest, Shoulders & Triceps + Ab Ripper X

And so Week 12 begins!

Today I went to the cottage for the day and helped put in the dock which is long and has lots of planks of wood so basically I did some workout putting it in, also carried a new picnic table that needed to be placed and then I had a nice walk, so I burnt some calories before coming home :o)

I arrived home around 9pm and I started my workout, let see…

Chest Shoulders & Triceps:

Results Chart:

01 Slow-Motion 3-in-1 Push-Ups	Reg	12	Bon	20	35	+5
02 In & Out Shoulder Flys	R	16	W	H	16	+0
03 Chairs Dips	R	24			25	+4
04 Plange Push-Ups	N1	12	K1	10	25	+2
05 Pike Presses	R	20			20	+3
06 Side Tri-Rises	RA	20	LA	20	20	+6
07 Floor Flys	R	24			25	+4
08 Scarecrows	R	20	W	H	20	+0
09 Overhead Tricep Extensions	R	20	W	H	20	+0
10 Two-Twitch Speed Push-Ups	N1	12	K1	10	20	+0
11 Y-Presses	R	10	W	20	20	-8
12 Lying Tricep Extensions	R	10	W	20	20	-10
13 Side-To-Side Push-Ups	N1	20	K1		20	+4
14 Pour Flys	R	20	W	H	20	+2
15 Side-Leaning Tricep Extensions	RA	20	W	H	20	+0
	LA	20	W	H	20	+0
16 One-Arm Push-Ups	N1	2	K1	8	10	+1
17 Weighted Circles	R	40	W	M	40	+0
18 Throw the Bomb	RA	20	W	H	20	+4
	LA	20	W	H	20	+4
19 Clap or Plyo Push-Ups	N1	2	K1	25	30	+2
20 Slo-Mo Throws	R	18	W	H	15	+4
21 Front-To Back Tricep Extensions	RA	25	W	H	25	+0
	LA	25	W	H	25	+0
22 One-Arm Balance Push-Ups	R	12			15	+2
23 Fly-Row Presses	R	12	W	H	15	+2
24 Dumbbell Cross-Body Blows	R	20	W	20	20	+0

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 are my set goals.
• Reg = Regular Rep
• Bon = Bonus push ups
• R = Reps
• N = No Knees
• K = Knees
• RA = Right Arm
• LA = Left Arm
• W = Weight
• M = Medium Resistance Band
• H = Heavy Resistance Band

I love how this routine starts, if you don’t feel your chest pumped and close to exploding at times after the first routine, then your doing something wrong or your an animal and need to pause the dvd to do more reps LOL. But man oh man do you feel it to begin with, it’s AWESOME! They ask to do the 12 slow ones and then do however many for bonus, and I managed to pump out 20 more, OH YEAH!!!

I impress myself sometimes, like with chair dips, when I started I could not even do them with the legs extended, now look at me, I did 24 with proper form, and I did 20 Pike presses, DAMN!

You will notice as well that I went down on 2 exercises, that is because I switched out the resistance band for the 20lb dumbbells, so more weight.

The one arm push ups, I was able to do 1 on each side, not all the way down, but about half way and then I had to use my knees.

The clap push ups I was impressed I was able to do 2 and I thought I could do more but at the same time I came up week and did not go for it for the 3rd one so I went on my knees, I could not do more than 25 because the 2 without knees seemed to have drained me a bit LOL But I was excited for sure, I could not do even one last time.

I had forgotten that this was the last time for this DVD for round 1 of P90X and I should have switched to dumbbells for most of the other exercises that used the bands as well, but that’s ok, I still brought it no matter what, those push ups talk for themselves :o)

Ab Ripper X:

Results Chart:

	Day 75	Day 78	Difference
In & Out	50	60	+10
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	65	68	+3
Total Crunches	375	390	+13

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

Well I decided it was time again to increase in & outs, and so I did 60 instead of 50, OH YEAH. Worked on form on all others and again hip rock & raise + pulse ups, I lifted the hips as high as possible at one point I had to lessen the intensity I almost ended up in plow, I was like, that’s to much LOL, the exercise is abs and not shoulders LOL

Mason Twist, I shot for 70 but I fell over at 68 and decided not to get back up. LOL

I will say that during the Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, every time I did push ups today I contracted my abs, to make it count for my core as well, and I did feel it and when I got to Ab Ripper X, it made a bit of a difference.

When I was done, I took the ab roller and did 10 rolls, I was already feeling it on the first roll LOL, so when I got to 10 I stayed extended for as long as I could feeling the burn, then I let my arms give slowly landing on my elbows.

Needless to say I so brought it yet again OH YEAH!!! BRING IT!!!

Tomorrow I have Plyo.

Thank you for your time:

Mike