Fit Test - Chest & Back + Ab Ripper X

Today is my first post, I started P90X yesterday but I took the Fit Test 3 days ago on April 1st.

P90X Fit Test (April 1st, 2010):
Alright so I will admit this fit test nearly killed me but I passed 90% of it YAY!
But before I get to the results of this test, I have to now show you the disgusting me on what's called the before pictures.

 

First off I am sorry I had to put you through this, having said that, yes I know I am fat and hairy LOL. As you can see I was not to keen on getting these photos done, I am not happy nor did I think about combing my hair LOL.

Jokes aside, these are the images (posses) asked to be taken as before pictures and will be taken as well during the 30, 60 and 90 day milestones.

Starting Stats:

Height	69in
Weight	207.4lbs
Body Fat %	33.4%
Lean Body Mass	138.1lbs
Fat Body Mass	69.3lbs
Body Surface Area (BSA)	2.1sq meters
Body Mass Index (BMI)	30.6

Starting Measurements:

Neck	18
Shoulder	17
Chest	45.5
Waist	44
Abdomen	44
Hips	41
Thigh	23.5
Knee	14.5
Calf	15
Ankle	9
Arm	13.5
Forearm	11
Wrist	7.5
Waist-Hip Ratio	1.07317073

Fit Test Results:

Exercise	My Results		Expected
Pull-Ups	1	Reps	3	FAIL
Vertical Reach	88.5	Inch
Jump with Step	99	Inch
Vertical Leap	10.5	Inch	5	PASS
Push-Ups	15	Reps	15	PASS
Toe Touch	-4	Inch	-6	PASS
Wall Squat	40	Seconds	60	FAIL
Bicep Curls	50	Reps
	10	Weight
	500	Total	200	PASS
In & Outs	32	reps	25	PASS

 

I am please to say that, Due to the fit test and the day after we took out our God-daughter for the day, and I spent all day playing around with her, running and lifting her up, with those 2 days alone, I lost  2.8lbs giving me a total of 204.6lbs, and loosing 2.1% body fat bring me down to a total of 31.3%. So I have a feeling this is going to work out for me :o)

DAY 1 - Chest & Back + Ab Ripper X (April 6th, 2010):

So yes on the first day I had 2 videos to do, Chest & Back + Ab Ripper X. I decided to them back to back so I can get use to it, so about 1hr and 16min of exercise total.

Alright, I will admit this killed me yet again LOL, but it's all about the struggle, that's what makes this program apparently worth it. This first blog has been huge so I will go directly to my results chart for this exercise.

Result Chart:

Standard Push-Ups	N1	20	K1		20
	N2	6	K2		10
Wide Front Pull-Ups	NC1		C1	10	10
	NC2		C2	10	10
Military Push-Ups	N1	3	K1		10
	N2		K2	7	10
Reverse Grip Chin-Ups	NC1		C1	8	10
	NC2		C2	5	10
Wide Fly Push-Ups	N1	10	K1		10
	N2	6	K2		10
Closed Grip Overhand Pull-Ups	NC1		C1	8	10
	NC2		C2	6	10
Decline Push-Ups	N1	5	K1		8
	N2	5	K2		8
Heavy Pants	R1	12	W		15
	R2	10	W		15
Diamond Push-Ups	N1	1	K1	2	5
	N2		K2	1	5
Lawnmovers	R1	20	W		20
	R2	20	W		20
Dive-Bomber Push-Ups	N1	2	K1		5
	N2		K2	5	5
Back Flys	R1	12	W		15
	R2	10	W		15

Reading this chart: The last column is my Goal. The program repeats all 12 exercised twice (and not in the same order) There for you will see the numbers 1 and 2.

• N# stands for No Knee  
• K# stands for With Knee
  • These are for push-ups.
• NC# stands for No Chair
• C# stand for With Chair
  • This is for helping with the pull ups, since I am so heavy I can barely pull my self up anymore therefore I used a chair to help.
• R# stands for Rep
• W stands for weight
  • I did not fill W up because I used resistance bands.

Well not bad for a first time, I really hate Diamond & Dive Bomber push ups but I am sure I will eventually get use to them.

OK so the last thing to do was the Ab Ripper X, at this point I was really tired and even by the previous chart you can tell when I started losing it. Lets see how I did here:

Result Chart:

In & Out	17
Seated Bicycle	F13 R6
Seated Crunchy Frog	12
Crossed leg/Wide Leg Sit-Up	1
Fifer Scissors	12
Hip Rock 'N Raise	10
Pulse-Up	5
Roll-Up/V-Up Combo	1
Oblique V-Up	L6 R6
Leg Climb	L1 R1
Mason Twist	6

 

Reading this chart: first off there is no goal here for this time as I was so tired I could barely think of a goal.

• F stands for Foward
• R stands for Reverse
• L stands for Left
• R Stands for Right 

Now I do not have much in the means of supplements, and after lots of research I have found that what the body needs within the first hour after the exercise is protein and some carbs to recover and rebuild the muscle. Apparently one of the best things if you don't have anything is chocolate milk, it has been proven to help rebuild your muscles reducing sourness and providing you with some energy. So that is what I took after this, plus you need to eat a meal high on protein as there is not a lot of that on chocolate milk.

Wow that was one heck of a tiring day and this was one heck of a long as post, sorry. The next ones will be shorter as this should hopefully be a daily post.

What's on the agenda for today, Plyometrics! so I will have something up for that today once I have completed it.


Thank you for your time:
Mike