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."