P90X Day 7
Spider Bite!
Started off the day with a good breakfast (still trying to make up for last night’s splurge). I had a cheese scrambler and 1/4 of a cantelope. Pretty good I must say. Sat around for a couple of hours this morning playing my pixel crack. For those of you who don’t know what that means, it’s means I was hooked up to World of Warcraft for most of the morning LOL! After I broke for lunch (which was the shrimp stir fry from the nutrition guide…….REALLY GOOD), my wife had to take my son to the ER. He was bitten by a spider on his right ear when he was at my father’s house. His ear swelled up 2-3 times it’s normal size and turned red/purple and was oozing nasty stuff. The doctors said it had already developed into a staff infection and the nuerotoxin from the venom was causing skin death. If left untreated it could start eating away the cartiledge on his ear. As it is now they had to drain his ear and put him on high doses of antibiotic and steroids. He should be okay, but we still have to watch him carefully.
Now that the serious stuff is out of the way, let’s talk about Kenpo X. Had a great time today with it. It was actually a fun workout. I used to take karate when I was younger and all the punches, blocks and kicks really took me back. It was very fast paced. It seemed you didn’t even really have time to wipe the sweat from your face. I liked during the intermission breaks when we did the X Flight Jumping Jacks. Those are fun. It’s basically when you jump off the ground and do a huge jumping jack in mid air. I also liked how during the last 10 reps of certain exercises you get to yell, which for me (as you know) is always a good time. The louder the better. See you all tomorrow for my start of my second week. Keep following me. I will be here.
P90X Day 6
Last night’s concert f*cking rocked! Motley Crue was awesome. Good pyrotechnics and all the good songs. My wife got an autograph from the guitarist in Nikki Sixx’s new band, Sixx AM. We were up until 4am. Good times! Today was a bit of a fudge day. It being a holiday weekend, we have had a lot of invites to BBQ’s and parties. We ate a good breakfast and lunch, stuck to the game plan. Come dinner time though it went a bit down hill. I definately had more than a few beers. But I tried to keep it smart with my pigging out. I didn’t park it in front of the snack table. I picked chicken instead of a burger or dog. I had salad as well. I’d say my major downfall was the pasta salad……oh and the piece of ice cream cake LOL! But hey, you can’t give up all the good things in life! I didn’t PIG OUT and that’s the important thing. Plus I am sticking to my workouts and maintaining a good diet the rest of the time.
Alright, workout review time. Today was legs, back, and abs. Definately hard core! My knees were feeling this one. Legs still feel like their on fire……my a** too. There were points when my quads were shaking/spasming from doing some of the moves. My back feels ripped up! Once again, worked up a nice healthy sweat. Can’t wait to see what THIS will feel like in the morning! Good thing it’s a 3 day weekend. Until next time……….BRING IT!!!!
P90X Day 5
Motley Crue
Alright guys, like I said, today is “off day”. I am going to take full advantage of it too! I have a concert to go tonight after work so I don’t have the proper amount of time to devote to my training. So I figured today could be my off day instead of Sunday. I plan on resting as much as possible (as much as possible at a concert anyways). My body needs it though. I can’t rememebr the last time I was sore for an entire week straight. But I will see you all back here again tomorrow for Day 6. These 90 days are gonna fly!
P90X Day 4
How am I feeling today………..the upper parts of my arms are still sore. Pretty much never stopped since starting this program. Don’t get me wrong, not any sort of agonzing pain. Just a dull ache that let’s you know you’re body is working hard. With that being said, on to the Yoga X program. The poses were very difficult and I am definately not used to stretching that way. It was an hour and a half of yoga……..LOTS OF STRETCHING. I kept falling over and trying to keep up. It was a nice break from the normal grinding routine, but I still broke a slight sweat here and there. As the weeks go on I hope to improve my form and become more flexible. I loved at the end where you had to chant or whatever that was. After I finished my workout and came into my bedroom my wife and kids all started chanting (they were making fun). The kids thought it was hilarious! Tomorrow it will be my “off day”. Usually this day would be on Sunday, but I will be going to a Motley Crue concert right after work. I won’t be able to fit in my P90X workout before or after. So I will be off tomorrow and will continue on Saturday and Sunday. So I’ll talk to you all tomorrow. To those of you that are leaving the nice supportive comments………my thanks. It’s great to hear that someone is encouraging me and helps a lot. Keep checking in and keep in touch!
P90X Day 3
Kept up the trend of good eating today. I enjoyed my breakfast from the P90X Nutrition Guide of a whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter. It was good, and I didn’t expect it to be, because up until now I’ve never had a whole wheat english muffin! Decided to give up my creamer. I normally drink coffee with creamer, no sugar, but now I drink it black or add some skim milk. When I woke up this morning my quads were killing me. I was walking at a slower pace than usual at work thanks to last night’s workout being so ferocious. My arms STILL hurt from the OTHER DAY’S workout as well. When I came home from work I saw that I still had some leftover beers in my fridge. I was soooooo tempted to kick one back. But I’ll save them for another day. Today’s workout was Arms, Shoulders, and Ab Ripper X. It was very hard on my arms. I used the resistance bands for my sets as opposed to weights. Ab Ripper X seemed harder today than it was on Monday. I felt myself taking a few more breaks than usual. My legs and lower abs were still recovering from Plyometrics so it made it more difficult.
To top it all off, I was distracted from my workout because my kids kept running in and out of the room and in front of the camera. They wanted to do the workout too but they were really a pain more than a help LOL! I finished both workouts very exhausted tonight. I’ll definately be ready for bed soon because I’m really tired and very sore. See you here tomorrow.
P90X Day 2
Had my strawberry and banana protein shake for breakfast. I had a P90X Recovery Drink for my morning snack. For lunch I had homemade, low sodium vegetable soup. My afternoon snack was 3 lowfat cheese sticks. 3 cheese sticks seemed like a hell of a lot but I ate them anyway. Later on that afternoon I got a call from my wife. Our van was towed because she parked on the wrong side of the street during a street cleaning day. $170 later she got the van back. After all that she came back to the shop to make sure there was no damage done to the van when it was towed. Like I said before, I’m a mechanic and I wanted to make sure they didn’t bugger up my front end. To top it all off I only made a few hours at work. Being a flat rate technician can sometimes be tricky, that’s why you have to constantly being moving. You don’t make no money sitting on your ass. I did notice leaving work today that my upper body actually strated feeling sore. I can only assume this was from yesterday’s workout. I usually do a lot with my arms and back at work, but this was a different kind of hurt. So after ending that day we decided it would be good to treat ourselves to a little Applebee’s. No one felt like going home and making a big meal and doing dishes. But don’t worry, I ordered the Weight Watchers Garlic Herb Chicken Breast with broccoli and some small red potatoes. I ordered water instead of soda too. I’m a usual diet soda drinker on a daily basis. I figured water would be better for me and now with starting this program I’ve decided to cut way back on the soda. Perhaps treat myself a few times a week to a glass.
Came home after dinner and waited an hour and a half and then started day 2 which was Plyometrics. WOW!!!! Let me tell you something, you’re constantly moving. You’re legs pretty much don’t stop jumping and moving for the entire workout (other than a few small water breaks, but you’re still supposed to move around during those so you’re heart rate doesn’t drop). Even in the first 10 minutes of the workout I was already sweating and breathing heavily SOME ADVICE: KEEP BREATHING, TAKE THE BREAKS, KEEP DRINKING You’re going to need it as this is very intense. During the entire workout I was sweating a ton. When they changed the routine up (about every 30 secs to a minute) I had to keep wiping my face because I was drenched in sweat. Towards the end when you’re doing the one legged cross jump, my knees couldn’t take it because they’re not too sturdy thanks to years of mechanic work. I am really proud of myself though because I made it all the way through. And you’ll be hearing from me tomorrow as I start my day 3. And I definately got the recovery drink after the workout!……………AND A SHOWER!
P90X Day 1
Woke up and got breakfast this morning. It was huge! Didn’t realize it was gonna be that big. I ate most of it. As I was going to work I ate the rest of my breakfast which was a cup of strawberries. Had a fairly slow morning at work today. Had my protein bar at 10:30. Had my chef salad for lunch and then my cashews for my afternoon snack. Finished out my day waiting for a set of brakes that they kept telling me were in the building. 4 hours later after the runners went to the other dealerships twice I finally got my brakes. Picked up my dog from the groomers on the way home. Got home and ate dinner. It was pork chops, asperagus, and brown rice. Did you know asperagus makes your pee stink to the point of almost gagging?
Waited a little over an hour and then got things set up for P90X. Beginning seemed to be okay as I paced myself. Doing between 10-15 reps a piece doing the cleanest form I could get. But a little over half way when the program switches up and does everything in reverse that’s when I started to feel the burn. I had to do my push ups modified. Dranks lots of water during the workout, actually had to fill up the bottle a few times. Completed chest and back and then did ab ripper x. I had a bit of a hard time with heels to the heavens. Just couldn’t seem to lift off the ground without having to use my hands for assistance because it was hurting. But I did all the other ones as strong and as clean as I could. I definately had to use the breaks they tell ya to take. Finished it off and drank a recovery drink……I highly reccommend it!!! So that’s it for day 1 and all in all I noticed when I took my shower that my arms were having a hard time just scrubbing my hair cause they were still burning. Now I’m relaxing and going to bed. Later on.
