p90x week 5 photos

These pictures are from last wednesday, I just haven’t had a chance to put them up yet.  I need to weigh myself, I think I’m close to 170lbs which is good. 

Week 5 Front	Week 5 Front Flexed
Week 5 Back	Week 5 Back Flexed
Week 5 ab twist

 

P90x week 5 day 3 and 4

Yesterday night at about 11:55pm I finally put my wife and son to bed and was able to work out.  Normally I work out in the morning, but it just wasn’t happening.  Last night I watched the fights on SpikeTV before I started and got myself pumped up.

 I increased weight this week on my biceps and back work outs.  The pull ups are getting easier, but that last ‘max rep pullup’ kills me.  ‘Max Rep Pullup’ is code language for torture yourself till you throw up.  I think I did like 14 before I could get all the way up on my own.  By that point I had already done over a hundred pull ups in under an hour and my lats were ready to pack their shit up and leave.

The diet is going good.  The increase in carbs has me worried.  I’m going to post more pictures this weekend to show the amount of weight I’ve lost and the drastic changes in muscle definition that I’ve had over the last week or so.  I’m worried that an increase in carbs will slow the weight loss.  Today for lunch I got to eat 9oz of deli turkey on whole wheat toast.  I don’t like Mayo and this is probably one of my favorite sandwhiches anyway.  My vegan conscience goes crazy whenever I prepare a meat dish for myself, but I’m doing what I have to do. 

The P90x diet is so crucial in getting me enough energy to finish these tough workouts while keeping the calories low enough I can still lose weight.  2800 calories a day is probably double what I ate for two years while I was vegan.

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.

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.