Day: 82, P90X Legs & Back

Workout

P90X Legs & Back Status: Completed Legs and Back is done for good! It's Thanksgiving and I'm on a tight schedule today, so I got up way early and worked out. Pushed through legs and rocked the pullups, and now I'm packing to fly out to Sacramento for the holiday. This is the last time I see this workout in my first round, and round 2 I'm switching it with back and base. Very stoked. Adios Legs and Back!

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed This is my last ab ripper in round 1 and I really brought it today. 25 reps on everything and the mason twists were a no brainer today! Amazing way to end my first run with ab ripper. See you next week in round 2 ab ripper! Bring it (and happy Turkey Day!)!

Day: 75, P90X Legs & Back

Workout

P90X Legs & Back Status: Completed Strong workout, but I'm more excited that I only have to do Legs and Back one more time, and that's next week. In round 2 I'm doing Back and Base ab I'm excited about that one! I did do a good workout today though. My wall squats were very strong. My pullups were awesome too. I rocked out 158 of them on the Total Gym. I'm going to try real pullups again in Round 2, and hopefully my tendon will be strong enough by then.

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed Very strong ab ripper today. I noticed today, though, that Tony loses count on the v up roll ups. He cuts the group off at 23 and says 25. The reason I know is because I usually have trouble keeping up, so today I decided to start a few seconds early and stay two reps ahead. I did that really well by the way, but we ended together! Sounds like a little flaw, but that's cool because I still did 25. Looks like I'll have to stay two ahead from now on. One more day in Week 11, and it's Kenpo X! Bring it!

Day: 68, P90X Legs & Back

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P90X Legs & Back Status: Completed Excellent workout! I still don't like this DVD, but I really tried to bring it today. My legs are sore as Hell and I did 156 pullups (on the total gym)! My shirt was drenched after and I felt great! Like I said though, I really don't like this DVD. It's the only disc I feel this way about, but ya, it irks me for some reason. I ordered Base and Back from the One on One series, and if I like it more I'm going to sub it in round 2. From what I hear, it's plyo and back instead of legs and back. That sounds right up my alley. Today was a victory though. One more day in Week 10. Bring it!

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed Started out really strong, but the middle was a little rough. I notice that the better I do on the bicycles (I did all of them today!) the worse my next few exercises are going to be. That kind of makes sense when you think about it, but it makes me wonder if I should be trying so hard on the bicycles. Well, I guess the goals to master the whole thing, so it's probably progress. I will say that I have the Mason Twists down tight! I rock out all 50 plus a few more every time lately. Man, I love it. I don't know when I'm gonna see it, but when I do this six pack is going to look sweet!

Day: 61, P90X Legs & Back

Workout

P90X Legs & Back Status: Completed Ouch! Today's another weird schedule day, so I was awake a lot earlier than I usually am to do morning workouts. I don't know if it's because I was exhausted or if my legs were still sore from Plyo, but at the midway water break I had to call it quits. My legs were destroyed today and I found myself standing around more than actually working out. I hit fast forward and did the stretch, and that was it. Next week I will do this workout after work, like I normally do, and I'm hoping that changes things.

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed With the weird schedule, I really wasn't sure when I was going to get Ab Ripper in, but when I had to ditch half of Legs and Back I decided there was no getting out of Ab Ripper today. I hit play and actually had a good workout. My legs were dying on the first four moves, but once I got to set them down I really got some great ab work done today. Looks like the day wasn't a total loss. Bring it.

Day: 47, P90X Legs & Back

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P90X Legs & Back Status: Completed Strong workout, but I'm still not on board with legs and back. My legs were a lot stronger today than last week. My ligament still hurts from pullups two days ago, so I opted to use the Total Gym the whole time. I set it on the highest setting and rocked out 20 pullups on everything, though, so still a good way to end the pullups of Phase 2.

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed Strongest ab ripper! I feel like I say that a lot, but today I did 25 of everything except for 5 bicycles and 1 or 2 on a few others. I did all 50 mason twists though! I figured this was the last time I'd see ap ripper until the final phase, so I had to bring it today and I did! See you in a week and a half ab ripper x!

Day: 40, P90X Legs & Back

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P90X Legs & Back Status: Completed I still don't like this workout, but I'm getting stronger at it. Legs feel good (destroyed!) and my back is getting stronger too. Good day. Kenpo tomorrow, and then I can put Week 6 in the books! Bring it!

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed Best ab ripper yet. Food's in front of me, so I have to make this short. Two days until the next ab ripper....can't wait to see how much better I get!

Day: 33, P90X Legs & Back

Workout

P90X Legs & Back Status: Completed I was a little pressed for time and had to take some exercises out. I'll be honest, I don't like legs and back, and I omitted 3 of the longer leg workouts to save some time. But I did do all of the pullups, and I mean really did them! I did 5 genuine pullups on every exercise. That's 40 pullups in the course of an hour! I couldn't do 1 pullup a month ago! So ya, that part was awesome. Almost done with Week 5. Bring it!

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed Great ab ripper today! Started off a little slow, but really brought it in the second half. I did 42 of the mason twists! So freakin' close to 50. New goal for next week!

Day: 19, P90X Legs & Back

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P90X Legs & Back Status: Completed I'm just gonna say it...I do not like this workout. There's this sense of hostility in it, and some of the camera shots don't make sense. I think I'm going to look for another Legs and Back workout from Beachbody. That aside, I did it. Legs are the largest muscle group, I think. I'm not actually anything resembling a doctor, but I heard that somewhere. Anyways, the bigger the muscles, the quicker I burn fat. Big muscle, big burn, so I push myself through this one. Today was rough at work and I was on my feet all day, so I kind of dragged ass. But I completed the whole thing. I did do way more pullups than I've ever done before though, so that was awesome! I realized today that every week I've done P90X is also a week I can say "This week I did more pullups than I've ever done in my life." That's amazing to me! See, even on a dragging ass day I still manage to bring it. How awesome is that?!

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed I don't know if it's because I dogged it on Legs and Back or if I'm actually getting (really) stronger, but I rocked this one! I mean really rocked it! I even did 40 (almost all 50) of the mason twists! This six pack thing seriously doesn't sound impossible now. I figure I can get abs in 2 rounds, but if I see anything in round 1 I will flip! New goal? We'll see! One more day until the end of Week 3! Bring it!

Day: 12, P90X Legs & Back

Log Entry

Daily Note: Just wanted to talk about nutrition in here. I don't track calories, but I'm huge on portion control. Lots of wraps or a chicken breast. Eating tuna right now. Side dishes are pretty much gone, and I really don't miss them all that much. I like the main dish more. I eat something about this size 3 times a day, and about every hour and a half in between I'll eat some edemame, a serving of hummus, a banana or a granola bar. Protein shakes about once a day too as a meal. On weekends I'm allowed to cheat with whatever food I want, but I'm never allowed to cheat on portions. Oh, and I've pretty much cut out mayo, which is really big for me cuz mayo is delicious and should be on everything. I use Greek yogurt or hummus. Between those two things you can wipe mayo out. Tuna's great with the yogurt, and wraps are great with either. And mix a packet of ranch dressing powder into yogurt and it's an amazing dip! Goes great with chicken or just dipping pita chips. I'm honestly not sure if it's a good diet, but I'm a picky eater and I love to eat. I guarantee this is healthier than I used to eat, and I really don't feel deprived. Wish me luck!

Workout

P90X Legs & Back Status: Completed This is not a fun workout. I don't know why, but I just don't enjoy legs and back. I did it, but I dogged it a little. However, on the first set up chin ups, I did 5! Like I really did 5! Not struggling to kind of get up there....like really Up Down Up Down. That was awesome! The pull ups were a lot weaker than the chin ups, but I can still struggle through a few before I switch to the total gym. By the way, on pull ups, I use my total gym instead of a chair. I feel like i get a better workout this way. Well, it's done. One more day in Week 2, and it's Kenpo X. Bring it!

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed This was by far my strongest Ab Ripper X! I did 25 on about half of them. That's huge! And somehow the oblique ones at the end I could actually do. I didn't realize I was doing them wrong before, but the motion just seemed a ton more like Tony's, and I felt a way better burn. I think I finally had enough strength to keep the legs together. It was pretty awesome!