Day: 80, P90X Back & Biceps

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P90X Back & Biceps Status: Completed I woke up about 45 minutes earlier than normal so I could get some homework done before work, but wanted to get the workout done first. Being so early I was convinced today was going to be a rough workout, and boy was I wrong! I got a huge burst of energy at the very beginning and I honestly think this was my best Back & Biceps ever! All of my lifts were strong and my pullups felt very solid. The energy stuck with me the whole workout, and even my strip sets at the very end were dripping with quality! This may be the last time I do this workout, at least for a very long time. Today is the last true resistance day in Round 2. I might do this starting Week 6 of Insanity, but I'm debating swapping it for the new V Sculpt from the One on One series. Still debating. Glad I got a great workout on my potentially last back and bi's workout though!

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P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed The energy carried over from back and bi's, and this turned into one of my best ab rippers. I felt great the whole time and got a ton of great reps in. Very cool! And as always, all 50 mason twists. I only have one more ab ripper to go in Round 2. Only 50 more mason twists to go! Week 12 is still going strong. Bring it!

Day: 74, P90X Shoulders & Arms: MC2

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P90X Shoulders & Arms: MC2 Status: Completed Keeping with my modified schedule for the week, today was Shoulders & Arms: MC2 and I absolutely crushed this workout. I really like the format of the whole thing, and the exercises are really brutal on the arms. I love it! The only problem I have, like most of the one on ones, is that after you get used to the workout you realize there's a lot of breaks. I actually tried to mix that up a little today by adding in a new forearm exercise, but overall the breaks are too long. I'm pretty sure when I start Insanity I'm going to use the original shoulders and arms workout, so this is probably my last time doing this specific workout. It's a killer, and I'm glad I threw it in the mix for round 2!

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P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed I think I worked too hard in the arms workout, or maybe my stomach was still rough from being sick yesterday. Either way, this was an exhausting ab ripper. I felt like I had to talk myself into just doing the exercises, let alone doing them well. I still did alright, 50 crappy mason twists (seriously not my best, but they were all there) and I was definitely sweating at the end. Week 11 is still moving forward, with a few interesting bumps in the road. Round 2 is wrapping up nicely. Bring it!

Day: 59, P90X Shoulders & Arms: MC2

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P90X Shoulders & Arms: MC2 Status: Completed I love shoulders and arms mc2! This is an excellent workout, and I haven't done it in weeks. The routine is awesome, and I love how much shoulder work is in it. My arms feel great right now, and I can't wait to do this again in two weeks.

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P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed Today was a really weird schedule day, and long story short I actually had to do ab ripper before shoulders and arms mc2, and I had to do all of it at night. None of that is like my normal workout. Doing ab ripper first is weird, and even though I had more strength throughout I don't feel like I got as good of a workout. I got through it though, with 50 mason twists in the bag as always. Day 60 tomorrow. Round 2 is definitely going quick. Only 30 days until I start Insanity. Bring it!

Day: 17, Shoulders & Arms: MC2

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Martial Arts Status: Completed Today's a weird schedule day, so I have my normal P90X stuff at night instead of before work. I still got up early to hit the bag. I made it through 6 2 minute rounds of the Bas Rutten Thai Boxing CD. My punches felt a lot stronger than yesterday's boxing CD, but I'm not used to kicking the bag yet. I don't plan on doing this every day, so we'll see how long I keep this up until I'm in a steady routine. Adding this into P90X is definitely going to take me to the next level.

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P90X Shoulders & Arms: MC2 Status: Completed Excellent shoulders and arms day. I love this new workout, and am sad that I won't see it until phase three. On the bright, the next time I see this it'll be phase three already! That'll be huge! I finally bought a balance ball too, and I've gotta say it changes one of the tricep exercises. You basically use it as a bench and raise a weight over your head, and I had to drop my weight by half compared to when I just did it standing. My arms were destroyed after this workout. After ab ripper I actually strapped on the gloves and tried to hit the bag for a few minutes, but after a few crappy strikes I realized it just wasn't happening. See you in month 3 Shoulders & Arms: MC2!

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P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed Another great ab ripper. I felt really strong on everything, did almost all of the fifer scissors (yesterday was a little better) and once again I rocked out all of the mason twists! One more ab ripper this week and then I get a week to recover. Come on abs in round 2! Bring it!

Day: 10, P90X Shoulders & Arms: MC2

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P90X Shoulders & Arms: MC2 Status: Completed Once again, Shoulders and Arms: MC2 has kicked my ass! I really love this workout. The shoulders first arms second thing is different from everything in the original program, and today I even noticed how Tony has the hard big muscle stuff in the beginning of each set and the more precise muscle stuff at the end. Even though there's a little less sets than in the original Shoulders and Arms, the way this one is set up I feel like I get such a better workout! Very awesome. I also really like that there's double the shoulder work. I've been looking at Tony and a few of the guys in the arms videos, and I'm realizing that the secret to bigger arms is to have well toned shoulders. When that diamond between the bicep and tricep is huge, those two muscles have some depth to them and you can see their definition too. This is such an awesome workout! Thanks Tony!

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P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed Another ab ripper in the books. I'll be honest, I have this whole thing memorized, and it's pretty easy for me to lose focus. That said, when I push myself I can really rock ab ripper out well, and that's what happened today. Lots of ab reps and so far I've done all 50 mason twists every ab ripper this round! As for the focus thing, ab ripper is only 20 minutes 3 times per week, so I may just have to push myself through it for this round. Time for work. Bring it!

Day: 3, P90X Shoulders & Arms: MC2

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P90X Shoulders & Arms: MC2 Status: Completed Today was the first time I got to do Shoulders and Arms: MC2, and holy crap is all I can say! I thought the first shoulders and arms was excellent, but this puts it to shame! There's way more shoulder stuff, and the hard awesome shoulder stuff like pike press. You actually do as many shoulder exercises as you do biceps and triceps combined. And I really like that you do all of the shoulder exercises before you get to the biceps and triceps. Spice of life, right? Nothing too fancy for the triceps, but the biceps.....remember static arm curls? Now try crazy 8's! I ended up doing crazy 6's with 20 lbs. Tony did it with 25's, so the first official goal I'm making for this second round is to finish the full crazy 8's (all three sets) with the 20 lbs by the end of this. Wish me luck! Tony does a lot of talking during this one, but there's still a lot that gets done in the hour and my arms are destroyed, so I'm pretty glad there's so many breaks. See you in a week shoulders and arms!

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P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed Awesome ab ripper. Did great on everything and did all 50 mason twists again. I notice that the harder I push myself during the beginning, the harder the mason twists are. I guess that's probably obvious, but it kind of clicked today for me. It's all about pushing myself harder. Results are coming in round 2, and week 1 is raging on! Bring it!