OH YEAH! and so it begins! Round2 Day1. For the past week it has been really hot, today was hot but it was a bit less than the last couple of days, still enough to make you think, damn I am not working out in this heat, but there is no saying no LOL
I was also a bit hungry, I misjudged my time for getting a snack and went a bit longer without food, not a good thing, since I was a bit hungry when I started, it just means I have to bring it a bit harder and for doing so towards the end I was a bit dizzy and by the time I was doing oblique V ups I almost puked, first time I ever done that, but everything was fine and then I had my Whey Protein, it was good! LOL Well lets get right in to how I did, then we will talk a bit more about the Whey Protein.
Chest & Back:
| 01 Standard Push-Ups | N1 | 40 | K1 | - |
| N2 | 30 | K2 | 10 | |
| 02 Wide Front Pull-Ups | NC1 | 6 | C1 | - |
| NC2 | 7 | C2 | - | |
| 03 Military Push-Ups | N1 | 20 | K1 | - |
| N2 | 15 | K2 | 5 | |
| 04 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups | NC1 | 9 | C1 | - |
| NC2 | 9 | C2 | - | |
| 05 Wide Fly Push-Ups | N1 | 30 | K1 | - |
| N2 | 23 | K2 | 7 | |
| 06 Closed Grip Overhand Pull-Ups | NC1 | 6 | C1 | - |
| NC2 | 6 | C2 | - | |
| 07 Decline Push-Ups | N1 | 20 | K1 | - |
| N2 | 20 | K2 | - | |
| 08 Heavy Pants | R1 | 20 | W | 20 |
| R2 | 20 | W | 20 | |
| 09 Diamond Push-Ups | N1 | 15 | K1 | - |
| N2 | 15 | K2 | - | |
| 10 Lawnmowers | R1 | 20 | W | 20 |
| R2 | 20 | W | 20 | |
| 11 Dive-Bomber Push-Ups | N1 | 12 | K1 | - |
| N2 | 12 | K2 | - | |
| 12 Back Flys | R1 | 20 | W | 20 |
| R2 | 20 | W | 20 |
Reading the chart:
- N# = No knees
- K# = Using Knees
- NC = No Chair
- C = With Chair assist
- R = Reps
- W = Weight
First, since this is a start of a new round, I am not comparing to the previous, once I repeat the routine, I will include comparisons, but if you must have an idea, I did on some exercises a bit more reps and especially on the pull ups OH YEAH!!
I should learn to listen to Tony a bit more, he says first round don’t kill yourself, but I was so excited to start again that I went for it, I had not done plain push ups in about a week LOL well I killed myself a bit on the first round, was a bit tired for the second round but I still managed to bring it LOL.
The Pull Ups, I will say that they are all real, for those that have been following my blog, I was counting the hang time as 2, not any more. I still do the hang time, but it is not counted at all, so for now on, what you see as pull ups, is exactly what I did for real ones and check them out, I am getting way better and they were also a lot lower, I went pretty much all the way down, and I will say this is a great start, can’t wait to see how many I am doing by the end of this round.
The push ups, as you will see on the second round I did use knee for the last few, I just wanted to round up the number, so if I did 40 the first time and the second time I did 30, I did 10 more on knees to match it up.
Heavy pants, Lawnmowers and BackFlys, I used my 20s which is not enough, I want muscle this round so I need to purchase a heavier weight, but since I can’t keep purchasing stuff, I will be purchasing a proper resistance band, I saw one 30 to 60lbs I think at Fitnessdepot for about $25, but I will have to wait maybe a couple of weeks to get it GRRR we shall see, but 2 weeks is not a big deal, P90X is 90 days so I have time LOL.
Alright lets take a look at Ab Ripper X:
Results Chart:
| Day 1 | |
| In & Out | 60 |
| Seated Bicycle | F25 R25 |
| Seated Crunchy Frog | 25 |
| Crossed leg/Wide Leg Sit-Up | 25 |
| Fifer Scissors | 25 |
| Hip Rock 'N Raise | 25 |
| Pulse-Up | 25 |
| Roll-Up/V-Up Combo | 26 |
| Oblique V-Up | RS25 LS25 |
| Leg Climb | RS12 LS12 |
| Mason Twist | 60 |
| Total Crunches | 395 |
Reading this chart:
- F = Forward
- R = Reverse
- RS = Right Side
- LS = Left Side
Again just the results from today. I started this round 2 strong, I pretty much almost did what I had done the last time I did this round, except that I had done 80 for both in & out and Mason Twist, but like I mentioned before I was feeling a bit sick. Wont happen again.
I did all the exercises like I was doing them before, I can say that I had less of a hard time with bicycles this time, not sure if it had anything to do with Insanity.
The only problem I have always had, is every time I do sit ups, I seem to travel the floor LOL I have to keep moving back downwards, because I tend to travel upwards, not sure what the heck is up with that, only happens with the wide leg sit ups and roll up V ups. By the way you will notice that this time I am keeping track of roll up V ups correctly, I am counting them the same way as they do on the DVD, for those that have not seen my blog before, I made a mistake the first time to count 2 moves as 1. So I would do 13 and basically it was 26.
The pulse ups I did the same as usual, used my abs to push up as high as possible and lifted my shoulders a bit to make it harder, it was awesome.
Mason twist I fell over at 60 LOL
Whey Protein:
I have done lots of research on whey protein. The different brands contain proteins of different quality milks, some of the most expensive ones comes from milks produced with cows that are fed grade A foods but are to expensive. Now when money is an issue like me, you need to try and make due and try to purchase the best bang for your buck and look at a couple of things.
First off through my research I found out that when purchasing whey protein you need to look at the nutrition facts and make sure you are getting a high dose of protein per scoop, that means it has less garbage added and it is more pure. Also need to consider if you want regular whey protein or isolate. Isolate is the purest form of whey protein and is absorbed a lot faster within your system.
Now I know it’s not the best place to go and buy, but I get a discount there too, so I went to Wal-Mart, I purchased a Six Star Muscle, however I did not purchase the regular protein one that says 52g of protein. I don’t recommend that one to top it off, if you read the nutrition facts you get about 26g of protein per scoop and each scoop is something retarded like 47g, so not very pure protein, lots of garbage added and you need to scoops to get 52g of it.
Now that I mentioned that, I think I should mention that the amount of protein you should take at once is measured by how much you weigh. For example here is what I found out:
if you weigh:
- 120 – 140lbs = 15 to 20g of protein.
- 150 – 180lbs = 20 to 30g of protein.
- 200+ = 35 to 45g of protein.
Now I weigh 172.8 so I am medium and I am going with 30g of protein.
I guess your asking yourself at the moment, what the heck did you buy then? Well I found one called 100% Whey Protein Isolate and it’s 30g of protein. When I checked the Nutrition Facts, it has 30g per scoop and each scoop is 37.5g, now this is a different story, the 7.5g cover the cocoa, because it is triple chocolate LOL and of course some other ingredients, but it’s not a huge list, which is good and it does not contain aspartame.
I spoke to a pharmacist friend and he looked at the nutrition facts, he said that it looked good, it was the best one at that store, that there are better, yeap at Popeye’s. What he said was it contained 9 amino acids, there is a longer list, he said that the problem is that when you do find that longer list it is hard to find one that does not have much cholesterol, calories and fat. He said you can find it but it cost quite a bit more. But he told me this should work for me, it is also the right amount of protein as well, and he recommended me to take it after I work out and eat a fruit to increase the carbs.
Here is what I purchased:
I could not find this online LOL.
Now I asked him, can I drink this with skim milk? First thing he told me was, remember if you put anything other than water you are changing the entire nutrition facts, plus milk has other proteins, however he recommended me this: If I workout at night and will have a meal at least 1hr to 1.5hrs after I take the shake, take it with water, if I workout early and it will be 2hrs or more before I eat, I can take it with skim milk, as it creates a small meal. Since I mostly workout in the evenings I will be taking it with water, unless I workout in the morning and I wont have a snack.
If you would like some other info on this, just let me know, leave a comment. I am not an expert but I have researched it for a while now, and if I don’t know the answer I will find out, either online or will consult my doctor or pharmacist friends I have, or if you are more educated on this topic and wish to share more insight please feel free to leave a comment, it is always good to share info, that is how we all learn.
Tomorrow I have Plyometrics and I am more than sure I will kick it’s butt because Insanity was worse LOL.
Thank you for your time:
Mike
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