21 Oct 09

Ok folks, it has been a while since I have worked out. I was able to power through the first two strength programs, chest/back and arms/shoulders without too much trouble. However, I did the legs/back routine today; wow did I pay the piper for not maintaining my conditioning. I am already dreading the ensuing pain from today's workout for the rest of the week.
Nevertheless, it was a great workout, loaded with sweat and total fatigue of my entire lower body. I look forward to a much needed day of rest tomorrow.

20 Oct 09

Well, it has been a while since I have posted anything to this, but I thought I would start up again. I am going through some heavy duty personal stuff, but all the more reason why I need to be in the gym getting in my P90x training.

Due to some changes in my personal life, doing P90X as prescribed is not going to be possible. However, I can still get in the workouts and reap the benefits from all of the great dvds in the program. My work schedule is set up in such a way that I have a short week consisting of working only Wednesday and Thursday. On these days I will use my employer's gym and perform muscle building exercises using the P90X discs. On the 5 days off, I will perform cardio exercises and perhaps even some yoga.
On the next week, I work Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. On those days I will utilize the DVDs focusing on muscle building. I am interested in seeing the results from this workout system.

23 Mar 09 Begining of Phase 3

I am not sure how many days I have been going, but I am starting the third phase finally. I completed the back and chest routine for the first time in a long time. My pull-ups and push-ups numbers were greater in comparison to the last time I did this routine for the first round. However, the second round really saw a reduction in the repetitions. nevertheless, I would rather see a reduction the second round and an increase in the first round. I know I will be sore tomorrow.

11 Mar 09 Day 62

Due to lack of sleep, I am not going to workout. I hope this does not comeback to bite me in the backside later in the week.

10 Mar 09 Day 61

I know I am supposed to do plyometrics on this day, but I just did not have it in me to do that jumping around. I am on the night shift, and it is really taking its tole on me this time. Nevertheless, I did get on the treadmill and ran at an elevation of 1.0 and ran at speeds between 6.5 and 8.2 for 45 minutes. The last 10 minutes I also traversed two sets of stair cases along with intense speed on the treadmill. After it was all said and done, I wonder if it would not have been wiser to just do the plyometrics after all.

9 Mar 09 Day 60

My goodness, day 60 already? Time has really flown by doing this spectacular program. Monday is a great workout for me on the rotation of P90X. The chest, triceps, and shoulders routine is such a challenging workout. I love the subtle pain that is felt from my deltoids all the way down to my lower pecs. This is my last week of phase 2. I will do a week of recovery and then knock out the final phase of the program.

8 Mar 09 Day 59

Yesterday was an unexpected day off. However, it is not the end of the world. I got back into the garage and found it to be so nice and warm for a change. I jumped right into the workout.
Even though the p90x legs and back is limited in the use of extra weight, it is still a real fanny kicker. As a matter of fact, the only weight I used were the 2 30# dumbbells and they really did the trick. I am sore already. I also increased my pull up numbers again.
In all honesty, the increase in pull ups speaks volumes for the success of the p90x program

7 Mar 09 Day 58

An unanticipated day of rest.