2 Days in a row!

Believe it or not, the way things have been that's quite an accomplishment. Surprisingly enough my cardio isn't to bad, I did a 5 minute walk on the treadmill followed by 20 minutes of HIIT and finished off with a 5 minute cool down walk. Worked up a good sweat and it looks like my heart rate peaked at about 172 bpm, a lil to high for my likings. It didn't take long at all for my heart rate to peak while taking what seemed like forever to settle back down, oh well, out of shape I guess. Starting to feel better already though.

Its about time!

Well after falling considerably far off the wagon I figured its time to get up and dust myself off. I can't believe I made it through 75 grueling days of this only to fall short of my goal by 2 stinking weeks! I've blamed it on everything from the holidays, to injuries to minor illnesses. In all reality I was slipping way before then, skipping workouts, not giving it my all and eating whatever I wanted, to the point that I've ballooned up past my original weight of 217 to an all time high of 220 pounds!!!! Which means I've gained 14 pounds since Nov.21st, wow and I feel it! The funny thing is I'm not down at all in fact my resolve is a great as ever.

Unfortunately since I wasn't able to complete the first round I can't call this round 2, fine! It's round 1 day 1 all over again. This time I plan to go about it with a lot more dedication and determination. My goal is to start on Jan.4th and until then I'm going to be doing some High Intensity Interval Training (or HIIT) on the wife's new treadmill and some deep stretching . I finally got a heart rate monitor which should prove to be helpful. I'm very anxious to get this started and this time....I'm finishing it!!!!

Day 75 of P90X - Kenpo X

I'm so far off schedule that I'm pretty much just doing cardio related routines and I need it. Last time I checked I was about 6 pounds heavier than my day 60 update, that kinda sucks but I do feel like I've gained some muscle as well. Not going to kid myself though, one look in the mirror and I can tell, I was just starting to see some abs and now I'm pretty soft, dang! Like I said I know what it is ; FOOD! I have two Christmas parties to go to this weekend and I know there's going to be some good eats and I'm calling it now, I ain't gonna say no! Its all good, going to keep working out, finish out this phase and worry about the diet aspect come New Years. Already getting pumped about round 2! 15 more days to go.

Day 74 of P90X - Cardio X

Well what started out as being Back & Biceps ended up being Cardio X due to an earlier injury. Way back on Dec. 7th I blogged about pulling something on the inside part of my forearm. It's not to bad unless I attempt any kind of curling or pulling motion and then it hurts pretty good, so I gave up on just the 3rd exercise of the day. I was really ticked off but all is not lost. Instead of packing it up and calling it a day, I figured I can always improve my cardio and burn some extra calories and that's just what I did. Kinda stinks cause I think I'm going to have to lay of arms & back for a little while and seeing how I'm coming to the end of this I won't be able to expect any more improvements there.

I really don't think I'm gonna meet my expectations when I wrap this up and it's not the systems fault, it's mine. But I'm okay with it, I've said all along that I'm going to this again when I get finished. Maybe learn from my mistakes, plan things a little better and bring it a little bit harder. It would be all to easy to beat myself up over not giving it my all here recently but I ain't going to. I still feel absolutely amazing as compared to what I felt like before I started this. For me, getting in shape is going to be a lifelong journey, not a 90 day episode. 16 more days to go.

Day 73 of P90X - Kenpo X

Feeling a little better today, getting out of my funk, Kenpo X always helps out there. Lots of sweating, hacking , coughing ...feel like a new person lol! Still not getting much height on my kicks, well sometimes I do but for the most part they're still pretty low. Had another scary bout with shortness of breathe, not as alarming as the other time but still uncomfortable. I'm just gonna attribute it to my recent inactivity and press on. 17 more days to go.

Inspirational quote of the day.

"Change favors the brave"

Day 72 of P90X - Chest, Shoulders & Triceps

Well I've really been slipping up. Today's work out was super tough, as expected. It's so hard to get back in the boat once you've fallen out. Man, I can't believe I came this far only to slack off in epic proportions! All is not lost just yet. Though today was a struggle, I was still able to post some improving numbers and I feel somewhat revitalized now that its over. My diet on the other hand has been absolute crapola. Gonna try and do better these last 18 days, have to!!!

Day 71 of P90X - Shoulders & Arms

Decent work out today. I can't believe that I'm continually sore from this. Some days I feel great but others, man, rough. I seem to always be sore in my lats and chest, especially chest. Sometimes when I'm doing cardio work and I'm jumping around I have to hold my um, boobs, I guess???... because of how sore I am, it helps but its somewhat embarrassing too. Trying to debate which routine I wanna do tomorrow, I'm thinking core, most likely. 19 more days to go.

Day 70 of P90X - Kenpo X

Its actually been awhile since I've done this routine. It seems like more and more I'm using Cardio X as my supplemental work out but I've always felt like I burn more calories with kenpo at least judging by the ole sweat meter. So I'm planning on using this routine more frequently in these closing weeks. I'm also planning on perhaps sneaking in a Core routine if at all possible. 20 more days to go.

Day 69 of P90X - Chest & Back

Pretty decent work out today especially the chest portion, back portion, not so much. First off for chest, I did 177 total push ups of about 6 or 7 varieties. Hoping to top 200 before this rounds over and I have a goal of being able to do 300 total push ups at the end of round 2. The back routine on the other hand, man its tough. Only seeing slight improvements in my chin ups and I've seemed to have pulled something in my right forearm, making pull ups damn near impossible. I wanna try to increase my arm strength by lifting even heavier in round two. Maybe that coupled with some additional weight loss will help me to get my chin up there! 21 more days to go.

Day 68 of P90X - Legs & Back

Ok, I hate it! I dread this routine most of all and I dread it all week long, I hate it! No improvements, robs my cardio and leaves me sore as...as a 40 year old man who dreads doing the P90X leg routine! 22 more days to go.

Day 67 of P90X - Cardio X

A somewhat scary moment today. The plyo segment of this routine is tough and I soon as its over you go right into core synergistics, the first exercise of that is where I experienced problems. 30 reps of x squats, going airborne on the last 10. As soon as I finished it was like someone or something sucked all the oxygen out of the room. I just could not catch my breath for a good 2 minutes, scary stuff, like a slow suffocation. All those years of smoking have no doubt affected my lungs and I'm very curious to see at what level of efficiency they are operating at. I'm so glad I quit but sometimes I look back and shake my head for being so stupid.

One thing about my little hiatus is that I didn't miss the leg routine at all. Guess what tomorrow is? Man, another thing, as posted before, not only do I hate it but its also strangely tough on my cardio....should be a blast. 23 more days to go.

Day 66 od P90X - Back & Biceps

Dang, another tough work out. Struggled again today, reps were down across the board. Really wanted to quit but I wasn't having it, as ugly as it was, I plowed through...remaining positive. I just can't believe how counter productive it was to take a 5 or 6 days off. I was planning on taking 7-10 days off after I finish this and before my 2nd round but I don't know, its rough getting back in the groove. 24 more days to go.

Inspirational quote of the day

"Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's levels of aspiration . . and expectation."

Day 65 0f P90X- Cardio X

Still reeling from my little mini vacation. This routine was almost as tough as it was the first time I did it, geez, I can't believe how far I've fallen. Its all good though, hope to be pack on pace by the end of this week. Diet was pretty good today, could be tighter, guess it could always be. Still some what sore from Monday's strength training which should bode well with Wednesday's strength training. Been trying to maintain a more vigorous pace at work maybe help burn off little more calories. 25 more days to go.

Inspirational quote of the day

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."