Day 8 – Chest & Back + Ab Ripper X

And so I begin Week 2! Yeah BRING IT!

Alright today I had a pretty good work out. I tried my best to surpass the reps from last week and I was able to succeed for about 96% of the entire work out, which is fantastic. I also changed the resistance band to the heavier one, I believe it to be 15lbs and up. So even though I made more reps I used a heavier band for the exercises that required it, and in some cases I just made the same amount of reps. So needless to say this workout was a step up and it was pretty exciting by the time I was done. My chest and back were nice and pumped and even my arms were pumped and I was shaking for a while and I loved it! It’s a fantastic feeling that I had forgotten about.

So enough trying to convince you how great this workout made me feel and lets take a look at today’s charts:

Chest & Back:

Results Chart:

01 Standard Push-Ups	N1	22	K1	-	25	+2
	N2	6	K2	-	15	+6
02 Wide Front Pull-Ups	NC1	-	C1	13	15	+3
	NC2	-	C2	10	15	+0
03 Military Push-Ups	N1	5	K1	-	10	+2
	N2	-	K2	10	10	+3
04 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups	NC1	-	C1	6	10	-2
	NC2	-	C2	7	10	+2
05 Wide Fly Push-Ups	N1	14	K1	-	15	+4
	N2	9	K2	-	15	+3
06 Closed Grip Overhand Pull-Ups	NC1	-	C1	10	15	+2
	NC2	-	C2	6	10	+0
07 Decline Push-Ups	N1	12	K1	-	10	+7
	N2	10	K2	-	12	+5
08 Heavy Pants	R1	20	W	H	20	+8
	R2	20	W	H	20	+10
09 Diamond Push-Ups	N1	-	K1	8	10	+5
	N2	-	K2	7	10	+6
10 Lawnmovers	R1	20	W	H	20	+0
	R2	20	W	H	20	+0
11 Dive-Bomber Push-Ups	N1	2	K1	-	5	+0
	N2	1	K2	5	5	+1
12 Back Flys	R1	10	W	H	15	-2
	R2	14	W	H	15	+4

Reading the chart:

• The second to last column is the goals I had set before doing the exercise.
• The green numbers are how many more reps I did this week compared to last week.
• The red numbers is how many less reps I did this week compared to last week
• N# = No knees
• K# = Using Knees
• NC = No Chair
• C = With Chair assist
• R = Reps
• W = Weight
• H = Heavy Resistance Band

Alright so pretty exciting, you may think that +2s are no big deal, but add them all up including deducting the –2s, it equals 69 more reps! Yeah BABY!!

Now I still have to work on my form on some of the exercises, also need to try to get rid of the chair for the pull-ups, but it will come, and on some of the harder push-ups as you can see I tried not using my knees. But then again this is just the beginning of week 2. You will also notice that if I did less reps the first around, I tried to make sure I did more reps during the second around.

Ab Ripper X:

Results Chart:

	Day 5	Day 8	Difference
In & Out	30	37	+7
Seated Bicycle	F20 R18	F23 R20	F+3 R+2
Seated Crunchy Frog	13	16	+3
Crossed leg/Wide Leg Sit-Up	4	4	+0
Fifer Scissors	16	16	+0
Hip Rock 'N Raise	12	14	+2
Pulse-Up	10	17	+7
Roll-Up/V-Up Combo	2	2	+0
Oblique V-Up	RS10 LS10	RS13 LS14	RS+3 LS+4
Leg Climb	RS3 LS3	RS2 LS2	RS-1 LS-1
Mason Twist	15	20	+5
Total Crunches	166	200	+34

Reading this chart:

• Green number is how many more reps since the last time.
• Red number is how many less reps since the last time.
• F = Forward
• R = Reverse
• RS = Right Side
• LS = Left Side

Alright so I am not far from the 349 reps performed by Tony and his friends, WOOHOO!! So I made a total of 34 more crunches then last time, and for those who are wondering I did 103 more crunches since the first day, Damn that is one heck of an improvement in just 8 days! YEAH BRING IT!!!

OK needless to say I am pretty pumped about it, literally LOL

OK now coming back down from the excitement, I need to work on my form on some of the exercises, especially for Leg Climb, but I believe that may be due to not being so flexible, and still having a Buddha belly. I have to work harder on Cross Leg Sit ups and Roll Ups, but I am sure little by little it will come, also keep in mind that every time I do Ab Ripper X, I have already worked out for an hour and I am tired already, so I would imagine I would be able to do more reps and possibly work a little harder on my form if I did not do anything else, But hey, it would not be called P90X if it were that easy LOL.

Alright so tomorrow I have Plyometrics.

Thank you for your time and motivational support:

Mike