Day 1. The long road ahead

My shoulder is better.  I’m feeling good.  I’m anxious to look good and feel good.

Today I completed the 1st dvd chest and back.  It was a great work out.  I love this workout because of the combination of pullups and pushups.  Two of my favorite things to do.

Then there is the ab ripper x.  That stupid f-ing ab ripper x kills me every time.  My hip flexors are ready to pack their sh!t and leave.

My stats: 6′ 182lbs.  I’m posting pictures tonight.

P90x week 5 day 31; back & biceps

I feel like week 4 is “results city” week.  Every minute of every work out this week I’ve felt stronger, faster, and recovered quicker.  I’m getting remotivated and pumped.  Not to mention……. I’m seeing results not just feeling them.

This morning I did the back and biceps work out with the resistance bands.  I used the red resistance band which I’ve learned is the easiest of the three.  Next time I will use the green bands, middle strength.  My pull ups improved today and so did my back fly’s.   p90x baby.

And then there was ab ripper x.  Wow.  Last night I did Plyometrics which is an expected kick in the @ss.  Plyo works me over every time.  Then this morning I did the ab ripper x immediately after back and biceps.  My thighs were ready to pack up and move their shit out!  Ab ripper x is only fifteen minutes long, but that fifteen minutes is pure work and burn.

I’m starting to spar with some guys down at a local gym next week.  My wife gave me the go ahead to fight in the UCE in salt lake.  I need to work on some technique and get some sparring rounds in and I’m going to be ready to go by the end of April.

p90x week 4 recap; start of week 5

The p90x program focuses on muscle confusion.  The confusion started last week when I stopped working on my legs, shoulders and arms and focused solely on my core.  Holy Sh!t did it work my core.  I also loved the double dose of yoga and kenpo x. 

My wife calls the lines that lead from your abs to your pleasure zone “Man lines” or “Sexy lines”.  I’m starting to show my “man lines”.  Now I have a reason to low ride my swim trunks, I used to just gross people out.  I owe this to the fifteen humiliating minutes of Ab ripper x in which I’m demasculinated and put through hell.  But I finish every time……… without pushing PAUSE!!!

The start of week 5 was exciting.  It is a new dvd that I got to bust out.  It was really intense.  I’m hoping to get the bulging viens on my biceps and I know this is the dvd to get me there.  I’m really getting excited with the results I’m starting to see.

The diet change for week five is also welcome.  It is the “energy boost” stage.  This means I get to add one or two more blocks of carbohydrates a day.  I’m excited for this.  Hopefully I’ll continue to lose wieght while adding muscle. 

I’m going to post pictures weekly now instead of every two weeks.  I’m really showing improvement every day.

Day 3: Shoulders, Arms and that bastard ‘Ab Ripper x’

Day 3 should be renamed “Thank the lord its not another PLYo day”.

Shoulders and Arms was great.  I am a male, so naturally I enjoy working my arms and shoulders.  It was a good solid work out hitting every range and process of these muscles.

I used the resistance bands again only pulling out the 15lb dumbells once.  The red resistance bans is great for arms and shoulders but I found it a tad to hard for my back.  My forms suffered.  I didn’t switch bands, just batteled through.  Next time around I’ll probably switch bands to a lighter band.  Does anyone know the difference in bands (red, green, black).  Which ones are the strongest?