Day: 89, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed The final Core Synergistics is completed! I only get to do this one 6 times in a round, so I'm never too familiar with it when I do it. For that reason it always kicks my ass, and I love it. The pushups are all really crazy (I love the staggered hands ones in the beginning) and the full body weight workouts are nuts! The lunge kickback curl press things are my favorite in this whole workout, and I also love that I can do the entire plank chattaranga iso. One more day in this round of P90X, and it's Yoga! I'm ready to wrap this round up and get started with Insanity! Bring it!

Day: 88, P90X X Stretch

Workout

P90X X Stretch Status: Completed Feeling stretched. Running late for work so I'm making this short. Two more days! Bring it!

Day: 86, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed The final week is going strong. I woke up at 5:15 to do some homework, and didn't get to work out this morning. After work I was completely drained, but pushed play and had a damn good workout. I always forget how crazy core synergistics is, and it always works me great. I pushed as hard as I could, used heavier weights, got a lot of pushups in and just felt great all over. I love how much I sweat during plank chattaranga iso. Very cool. I think I'm ready to start Insanity. Just a few more days. Bring it!

Day: 54, P90X Core Synergistics

Log Entry

Daily Note: Quick note, Jay is awake! Haven't seen him yet, but his family let us all know last night. More news to come. Glad to hear you're back with us Jay!

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Core is done for the day! Great workout, and a great way to start my day. Not feeling like blogging much today, so I'm making this short. Next time I see core it'll be in the final week. Bring it!

Day: 53, P90X X Stretch

Log Entry

Daily Note: Not workout related, but my buddy Jay is in the hospital and I want to wish him a speedy recovery. He had a seizure in his cousins car yesterday, and they've had to keep him sedated since. He's in ICU and they sound optimistic, but I really haven't heard what happened at all. Jay's one of my best friends, so I'm rooting for him. Heading to the hospital to check on him now that my workout is done, but wanted to make a note on the blog. Feel better buddy! We need you!

Workout

P90X X Stretch Status: Completed I'm all stretched out and feeling great. My body was actually hurting a lot when I woke up this morning, especially my back, so I was looking forward to the stretch and it did not disappoint. For some reason I never do this on Saturdays when I'm supposed to (or at least recommended to) but I never miss it during recovery week. With that track record, the next time I do this workout I'll be knee deep in the final week of my second round of P90X. Just a quick note, during the Dreya Forearm stretch, I always laugh when Tony sticks his hands straight out in front of him and squeezes his fingers and says "pretend you're squeezing whatever you want". Ha! Good times. Halfway through Week 8. Bring it!

Day: 51, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Great Core workout today. I always forget how great this workout is, and tonight was pretty awesome. The arm stuff is great, and I upped my weight from a few weeks ago on almost everything. One of my favorites in this is definitely the steam engines too. Those are some amazing cardio and ab moves! Great workout and the recovery week is off to a great start! Bring it!

Workout

P90X Yoga: MC2 Status: Completed I decided to get up early and make up my Yoga: MC2 workout from yesterday. I was exhausted and it definitely showed in my workout, but I still got through it and it's great way to start the day. Namaste.

Day: 26, P90X Core Synergistics

Log Entry

Daily Note: Not workout related, but today is Mom's birthday and I wanted to give a shout out to her. Happy Birthday Mom!

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Ouch. I had to get up early today, and the weather is crazy so I didn't sleep well, and man did I feel it during core. This was harder than the original Week 4 Core day! Today just wasn't happening. I made it through 75% of the workout when I decided the energy was gone, and I was doing more damage than good. Today's kind of a wash, but tomorrow is yoga so I'm expecting to get my energy back soon. Recovery week is moving along, and when I start lifting again on Sunday it will be the start of 2011! I've let the diet slide a little in December, but I'm ready to hit the ground running in January! Right when Phase 2 starts, and I have a fresh bag of chocolate shakeology ready too! Bring it!

Day: 25, P90X X Stretch

Workout

P90X X Stretch Status: Completed Another round of X Stretch is in the books. I've been very tight this week, so this stretch workout was really difficult. By the end, though, I was feeling pretty bendy again. This is a nice little treat every recovery week. I was dreading waking up this morning, but for a stretch it's really no big deal. Stretching is a nice way to start the day. Time to go to work. Bring it!

Day: 24, P90X Kenpo X

Workout

P90X Kenpo X Status: Completed Good kenpo workout today. Not great, but good. My legs are still feeling really tight, so that made the kicks difficult. My punches were pretty strong still, and I threw them on the bag with the gloves too. Adding the bag and gloves makes you use so much more strength, and when that occasional weak punch is thrown I can hear it and it motivates me to throw the next one harder. Stretch day tomorrow and man do I ever need it! The recovery week continues. Bring it!

Day: 23, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Core kicked my ass today! I got through it, but it wasn't pretty. I felt pretty rough today in general. My legs and upper body hurt like I worked out too hard. What's weird is, yesterday was yoga and the day before that was a rest day. I should have felt great today. Instead I was tight and moving very slow. That said, I defeated core synergistics and am soaked. That's another victory. Kenpo tomorrow. I'm hoping I'm feeling a lot more loose. Bring it!

Day: 90, P90X Yoga X

Workout

P90X Yoga X Status: Completed All done with Round 1! Had a great yoga workout today, then took my measurements. It looks like I lost just about 20 lbs. Considering Thanksgiving last weekend and Claim Jumper last night, I'm pretty comfortable with that. I'm still pretty squishy overall, but a lot less fat than 90 days ago. I wonder where I'll be after the next 90 days. Tony said it best at the end of this workout....self, thanks for bringing it. Recap will follow soon. Gotta get ready for work now. Namaste.

Day: 89, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Day 89 is done. Only one more day to go. Tony's right; Core turned into one of my favorite workouts. I really wish this one showed up more often in the program. I love the whole body stuff, the pushups are all funky and different, and I'm blown away how long I can hold chattaranga. I'm eating at claim jumper with family tonight. I'm going to try to eat healthy, but it's claim jumper, so I'm expecting my results to be a pound or two over where they'd normally be. Just throwing that out there for tomorrow. It's been quite a ride, and I have a few recap comments I'm looking forward to putting together tomorrow. One more day! Bring it!

Day: 88, P90X X Stretch

Workout

P90X X Stretch Status: Completed Good X Stretch day. I'm at work and forgot to update the blog this morning, so I've gotta cut this short. Bring it!

Day: 87, P90X Kenpo X

Workout

P90X Kenpo X Status: Completed Adios Kenpo X! I won't see this workout again until the end of Week 1 in Round 2 (which is actually a week from Friday, but I'm still proud)! I had trouble getting started today, the whole morning workout thing, but I really got into it about halfway through. I also think I overworked my shoulders during Core yesterday, so that definitely hindered my punches. Holy crap, today is Day 87! Only 3 days left. Crazy. It's time to Bring it!

Day: 86, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Wow, I've really learned to love this one since the first recovery week. I can do every exercise, and some I can do very well, and the first time I struggled through almost everything! Huge progress in less than 90 days, and I can't wait to see how much better I can do when I do it for the last time in 2 days. I did 18 of the prison cell pushups (6 sets of 3 pushups) and for the first time did every single one of the lunge kickback curl press things. Those I never stop on, but today was the first time I could keep up with everyone instead of slowing down. Just a few more days and it's all over, and then time for round 2. Bring it!

Day: 85, P90X Yoga X

Workout

P90X Yoga X Status: Completed The final recovery week has begun! Yoga went pretty well today. I had a little trouble getting started and was losing focus towards the end, but the majority I held everything pretty well. I slept a lot last night, and I think that makes me a little sluggish on yoga days. Not too much to say about this workout. I'm debating looking into Yoga: MC2 (from One on One) for the next round, but only if it's as difficult as Yoga X. I don't like having this workout memorized, but I don't want to be one of those people who switches to an easier yoga workout. Yes, yoga x is hard, but I feel like it's the most important of the workouts. Going into Week 13 strong. Namaste.

Day: 55, P90X Yoga X

Workout

P90X Yoga X Status: Completed Wow, my muscles were tight today, but I still got in a great yoga workout. I'm still rough on the half moon stuff, but the rest was pretty strong and I felt great the whole time! Today's Nevada Day, so no work. I got to rest, relax and then had a great Yoga X day! Great way to finish up Phase 2, and week 9 begins on Sunday! Happy Nevada Day everyone! Namaste!

Day: 54, P90X Core Synergistics

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed Good workout today, but work destroyed me this week and I felt it by the time I got home to do core tonight. I still powered through. Not as strong as Monday, but still WAY stronger than the last recovery week. Tomorrow is a holiday so no work, and it's Yoga day. That means I get to sleep in, be rested and do yoga! Sounds outstanding. I always have a better workout when I'm well rested, especially yoga! One more day in the second recovery week. Bring it!

Day: 53, P90X X Stretch

Workout

P90X X Stretch Status: Completed I was really tight for some reason today, so I'm really glad Stretch X was today. I never actually break a sweat during this one, but I do feel pretty great afterwards. Muscles are nice and loose and I'm ready for the day.

Day: 52, P90X Kenpo X

Log Entry

Daily Note: I decided to order Shakeology yesterday. It should be here in a few days. On Day 30, when I last measured, I was down 10 lbs. I'm expecting about the same or a little less on Day 60. I'm glad I'm losing and I'm planning on doing P90X twice right in a row, followed by Insanity, but I'm just not seeing the results I want fast enough. My upper body is a lot stronger, but the layer of pudge is still sitting on top. Let's see how replacing one meal per day with a shakeology changes things. Wish me luck....it should be here in time for Phase 3.

Workout

P90X Kenpo X Status: Completed Great Kenpo X workout today. Because it's recovery week, Kenpo had to be done in the morning again, but somehow I found a lot more energy than I had on Friday. Everything felt strong, and I feel like my strikes have a lot of power behind them. Great way to start the day. Bring it!