P90x Day 2: Plyometrics PLYOX Muther F’r

Plyo X kills me ever time.  Yesterday was no exception.  I told my wife that I didn’t think I was going to make it through the whole dvd, but I stuck it out and made it to the end.  And my thighs are not happy with me today as a result.

Plyo x is a combination of squats, jumping, jump squats, lunges and other bouncing/jolting movements that require no brain matter just muscle focus.  I hate it, but I love it.  I personall don’t feel that there is a more ‘rewarding’ workout than the plyo x.  My legs are so tight today and sore that I know I’m building strength. 

I also wore a  BYU hoodie while I worked out last night.  I was sweating buckets whithin minutes.  Which is a testament to the intensity of the workout. 

My wife took some “Week 1″ Pictures for me.  Here they are biiiiiitches.

My p90x cardio week.

Last week while training for a fight I injured/possibly tore my rotator cuff on my right shoulder.  This sucks since pushups and pullups are what aggrivates it.  After speaking with my father, who might as well be a sports therapist after dealing with my brother and I growing up, he suggested that I strengthen the muscles around the part of the rotator cuff that is irritated before directly rehabing it.

So the plan of action is alot of cardio and some simple should strengthening excersizes.  I’m still shadow boxing, but not hitting a bag for a bit.  I need to hurry and get this crap healthy….. grrrr setbacks.

This week:
Monday – Plyo X and ab ripper x.  Which is incredibly tough on the legs.  Holy Sh!t.
Tuesday – KenpoX, I went lightly with my right arm.  I feel like such a (girl part) not doing the punches intensly.
Wednesday – Plyo X and ab ripperx.  I know what you’re thinking, “He’s insane, plyox twice in one week”…. It actually wasn’t that bad and will probably continue to do it from here on out.
Thursday – I’m going to do KenpoX again and maybe even the biceps/triceps routine. 

Good luck friends and take it easy on your joints. 

Week 9: Killing it with Plyox and Muay Thai

One of my main motivations in doing P90x was to get back into shape so that I can fight in the local mma show here in Salt Lake City.  P90x has given me that opportunity.   P90x is a killer workout  but now that I’m  nearing fight shape I have started incorporating  fight training to my workout regimen.

When do I sleep you ask?  I don’t.  I get to bed about 1a.m. and my son wakes up to eat breakfast about 6 a.m..  So I’m a five hour a night kinda guy.

Muay Thai is such a fun work out, and a killer striking art.  I’m going to mess someone up with an elbow, I’m excited about the blood.

Today I ate two vegan sausage patties on a peice of wheat toast  for breakfast and you know I washed it down with a drink mix of protein powder and water….. so un-tasty.  For a snack I had another Protein/water mix and a protein bar.  For lunch I’m eating a salad with field greens, carots, turkey and a balsamic vinaigrette dressing.  String cheese is sooooo good.

I’m having a snack of 1oz. of plain almonds in a bit and for dinner I’m going to surprise my wife and make some shrimp stir fry.

Tonight I’m doing the back and bicep/ab ripper x work out.  This is the dvd that makes me feel “buff”.  I like to work out my biceps, but my abs are more fun now.  I toyed with the idea of doing the ab  ripper x two times back to back on the appropriate days.  I’m going to try it tonight.  I might not be able to stand up, but if you see me laying on the ground, I’ll be the one with the six pack.

Week 7 plyo x

It was my mom’s birthday last night (I didn’t have any cake, you proud?), I didn’t get home in time to train, fight, or do my plyo x.  So I’m doubling up today.  I woke up at 7am this morning and did my plyox that I missed yesterday.  Then tonight I’m going to do the arms workout with my fave ab ripper x.

I weighed myself at my parents, I don’t know how correct their scale is but I was right at 175lbs.  That isn’t bad.  I drink a ton of water every day.  I know that the day before weigh-in for a fight I could drop atleast 5lbs but probably even more like 10lbs. of just water. I also feel like I have a little fat around the middle I can lose still.

Plyo x was great this morning.  The first twenty minutes killed me though.  I’ve been battling what I call a severe cold/weak pnuemonia.  I got this sickness the same way I get all my sicknesses, kissing my lovely wife.   Anyway, after twenty minutes I threw up a little stomach acid in my mouth.  I took a quick swig of water and went right back to quick switch pick ups.  You plyo x’ers know what I’m talkin about.

I’m looking forward to the arms work out tonight, My creatine supplement has Nox in it and my arms get really pumped up like I’m some sorta body builder.  I’m going to switch my creatine after this cycle.  I’m going to switch back to No Xplode.  I’ve been on Xyience’s NoxCG3, but I’m not sold on it.  I was an animal while I used No Xplode a year or so ago.

The diet plan for today, strawberries and no flavor no fat yogurt for breakfast with a whole wheat english muffin.  For lunch, some tuna salad and a protein bar.  Don’t know what dinner is yet, haven’t read that far ahead.

Anyone else in week 7 feel like their triceps are as sore as a muscle can get?  Mine feel like their on fire and they’ve had two days off!

What gets you through the p90x workouts?

Thanks for asking, you know who you are.  Feel free to email your questions to me, post them as comments and I’d love to answer all of them.

Recovery Drink, recovery drink, and recovery drink.  I would love to think that my body has found some way to regenerate and recover on its own, but the truth is the only reason I can bust my @ss everyday is the recovery drink helps me forget the pain.  Is there HGH in it?  I don’t know.  Is there some type of steroid? I don’t think so.   Maybe the secret ingredient that helps me recover so quickly is crushed up pain killers?  I hope not but wouldn’t mind if it were true.

The  p90x recovery drink is my best friend after Plyometrics.  Today is p90x yoga x and I haven’t done the workout yet.  I’m going to get home from a conference around 9pm and do yoga x immediately.  At which point I’ll drink my recovery drink and watch Rob and Big on MTV.  I love that show.