P90x Week 9 Day 1, Chest and Back – ab ripper x – 1 mile jog

For some reason I felt ambitious this morning.  I woke up, got ready and started intensely on disc 1 Chest and Back.  I was rockin it too.  In my record book I looked at what my goals and results were from weeks 1 through 3.  I was doing 20 standard pushups, today I did 35.  I was doing 10 pullups, today I did 18.  I was killing it……

Then I puked.

About halfway through the workout I tossed my proverbial cookies.  I have been battling a little bit of sickness for a while now, but have not yet thrown up while working out.  Like a champ I put in a peice of gum and kept at it.  Then puked again.

Then I got a second wave of adrenaline or energy.  I finished my work out with fire.  The dive bombers were as unpleasant as I remembered.  It has been six weeks since I’ve done them and I wasn’t looking forward to them.  They remind me of how bad at yoga I am.  My shoulders are on fire after about twelve dive bombers. If I happen to look at the tv while doing it I always see Moraine (sorry for the mis-spelling) doing her dive bombers with her fine ass up in the air and I get distracted.

After finishing the dvd, I took a quick one mile jog.  I would say it was just under seven minutes.  Good to get outside and run again.  I hate, let me repeat that, I hate running on the treadmill.  I’d rather get fat over the winter than run on a treadmill.

When I got back from the jog I finished my work out with the ab ripper x dvd.  I love that thing.  The fiefer sissors are getting easier but still make me feel like I’m a little boy getting beat on by a step father. 

I haven’t eaten anything yet today and it is just after ten a.m..  I had my creatine drink this morning, but I’m sure I threw all of it up.  I also had my recovery drink…… “Oh thank heaven, for the p90x recovery drink”

One more week on the fat shredder diet and I should be in good shape.

Week 5 p90x, Legs and Back and that son of a b ab ripper x

Last night was a late night.  Involved a little cardio.  I was struggling with the yoga x and couldn’t get myself motivated to finish it, but wanted to keep working while I’m feeling good about life so I put in the Kenpo X.  I wish everyday was Kenpo X day.  It is like Christmas, for fat people.

I set my alarm for 5:50 am this morning.  That gives me time to get my creatine drink down the hatch, the pull up bar in the door way and my shoes on before I get started at 6am.

When I finally rolled out of bed at ten after six I went to work.  Legs and Back is a killer workout, damn those wall sits and lunges.  I love the pull ups though.  There are 8 sets of pull ups you do on the Legs and Back day.

The first set is reverse grip chin ups.  I did 15 unassisted.
The second set is wide grip pull ups.  I did 8 unassisted and 8 with one foot on a chair.
The third set is standard front grip pull ups.  I did 12 unassisted.
The fourth set is standard/reverse switches.  2 front the switch and do 2 reverse grip.  I  only did 10.

Then repeat the whole glorious thing.

And when it’s  all over I got to experience my favorite 15 minutes of the day….. Ab Ripper X.  My abs are getting stronger every day and I really focused on ‘engaging’ my core today.  They burned, but I found myself doing a little extra after the dvd was done just cuz I wanted to feel like a tough guy.

What a great work out to start out the day.  I’m going to start including a little about the p90x diet plan.  It is just as crucial to the whole deal as the workout is.  It takes discipline, but it is so worth it.