So I get these exercise bands from Sports Authority a few weeks back to help with my P90X workout.  I bought RED and BLUE, different resistance for different workouts.  Plus it is nice to have variety in workouts.  Well this morning during a workout the frickin thing snapped and hit me in the face.  What gives?  Am I too strong? NOT.  Clearly just sheared off, not torn or ripped but sheared off.  Not sure if there is anything I can do about it but warn people. I am going to try and fix it.  I think if I just tie a not at the end it should be fine.

 

I cannot belive it that week 3 is already here.  Wow.  I am going to repeat week 3 again, since week one was more like a "beta" then a true week.  Getting to know the moves and feeling out my strenghts and weaknesses.  In any case, only today did I miss a workout.  I played softball the night before (0-3, BB, 2R) and was pretty sore waking up today.  I will make that workout up this weekend.

I have been rockin' the nutrition plan and staying true.  It is hard to stay away from some sweets but not caving in is doing wonders.  I dropped 4 pounds in week 1 so far.

Wow.  What a week.  I took the pre fit test and it was a good baseline.  I then jumped in head first with all of the workouts and wow.  Do they kick ass or what?

Day 1 was chest and back and abs.  A ton of push ups.  One hint.  Get pushup bars or use dumbbells.  I have a bad wrist so the dumbbells worked out great to support my wrist.  Pull ups are a big part of the program so week 1 I bailed on them.  I dont have a chin up bar nor can do more that 4 or 5.  I have to get a bar.  I used bands instead.  They worked out pretty well.

Day 2 was plyometrics.  Mother of P90X.  Totally kick ass.  My favorite by far.  A ton of fitness sport moves.  I got through this without an issue.

Day 3 was arms and shoulders and abs.  Very cool.  Curls and moves that I never did before.  Got through it pretty well again.

Day 4 was yoga.  Yes I said yoga.  Yoga X that is.  Man, did I sweat.  I am not a big sweat-ter but I sweated a ton. 

Day 5 was legs and abs.  I did not do so good with this one.  The squatting kicked my ass a bit.  I will do better next week.

Day 6 was kenpo.  Hard at first to get the moves down but once it was done a few times it totally rocks.

The other portion of P90 is food.  I stuck to the diet like glue.  No carbs and heavy protien.  So far so good. 

 

Starting Week 2 shortly. 

It came.  After a week it arrived on Friday.  I opened it up and wow.  12 DVD's, training manual and nutrition plan.  Wait.  Before you go any further you first need to take a test.  A Test! Yes, a test.  You need to make sure you can handle the workouts.  The test consits of the following:

• Pull ups
• Push ups
• Squatting
• Vertical leap
• Jumping jacks for 4 minutes

I passed the test by going over the minimum by a few.  I was proud. 

Starting Data:

• Weight 154
• Waist 35.5
• Pull Ups 5
• Vertical Leap 15"
• Push Ups 41
• Wall Squat 1:35
• Toe Touch -1.75
• Curls 29 @ 20lbs
• In&Outs 85 

 

I have been working out a bit with some free weights and running on the treadmill for a bit now but there is something missing.  Albeit, motivation is a factor, but something else.  Results were not showing up as much as I would like it to.  I mean, I feel good.  I am not tired or dead but I would like to see some type of results.  This is where P90x comes in. 

I kept seeing this infomercial and it looked really cool.  Average looking guys getting ripped.  Now, I am skeptical as the next guy but what made this believable is the guys are your normal looking guys, like me.  So after some deliberation and thought, I forked over the 120 bucks to get me going.  I will report the results and findings as I go.