Right off the bat, I am not a fan of fast moving speed punching and kicking classes because if you are not hitting something you could be damaging your joints. Tony was clear to advise us not to lock out. How do you that while punching and kicking like you mean it and 2/3 through each set, he goes into double time.
Well, I worked on form and kept pace and pulled it out. I did one this a day early at 6:46 am today and it was a good wake me up. I needed to get it out of the way before I hit the road because I won't have anyplace to be punching and kicking around like this where I'm staying. Lots of sweat and my body effectively now has until Thursday to hit Day Seven Stretching.
I like Kempo X. I did learn, I seriously need to get my stretch going and daily since I am no where near the flexibility I used to be our should be right now. That could lead to injury so no more taking it for granted.
Bring It.
May 05, 2009
P90X Day Five - Legs, Back and Ab Ripper X
I kicked off Day Five at 1:20 am and kicked Leg and Back to the curb. Why did I start at 1:20 am, A) I'm traveling later and I don't see myself completing this in a hotel room and B) I was up pumped and ready to go.
I'd skipped the run today because I was getting the feeling that a daily hauling of ass running like a mad man along with this might not allow me to give 100%. One day's rest was just enough. I was strong throughout the 21 exercises. I already spend a lot of time on my legs so they were up to this challenge and it was challenging. Wall Squats and Single Leg Wall Squats for 1:45. I must have done thousands of lunges so those were not a chore, keeping my balance at tempo was tough with weights.
The back exercises were basically inserted to give your legs a break and he said as much. So we six different pull variations and I completed 110 in total. He said that his group did an average of 120. A year ago I could not do one pull up or chin up of my body weight.
There is no doubt that I will look and be different at the end of 90 days. Six down, 84 to go. I will run tonight and tomorrow Day Seven Stretching. I am going to take this super serious since I am not flexible.
I'd skipped the run today because I was getting the feeling that a daily hauling of ass running like a mad man along with this might not allow me to give 100%. One day's rest was just enough. I was strong throughout the 21 exercises. I already spend a lot of time on my legs so they were up to this challenge and it was challenging. Wall Squats and Single Leg Wall Squats for 1:45. I must have done thousands of lunges so those were not a chore, keeping my balance at tempo was tough with weights.
The back exercises were basically inserted to give your legs a break and he said as much. So we six different pull variations and I completed 110 in total. He said that his group did an average of 120. A year ago I could not do one pull up or chin up of my body weight.
There is no doubt that I will look and be different at the end of 90 days. Six down, 84 to go. I will run tonight and tomorrow Day Seven Stretching. I am going to take this super serious since I am not flexible.
May 04, 2009
P90X Day Four - Yoga X
This was completely over the top hard. I've taken Yoga, Yoga Pilates, Fitness Yoga and many of these moves were in Yoga X. I could do the kinetic and static poses, but I could not hold them. I absolutely did not Bring It today.
May 03, 2009
P90X Day Three - Shoulders and Arms
Fred and I performed all these exercises with 25 lb and 15 lb bumbbells. I'm going to have to spring for some 35 or 40 l pounders to max out at 8-10 reps on some of the exercises so far. I am trying to avoid buying a full set or one of those integrated systems. We'll see how long that lasts.
I came into this session a feeling comfortable since I already do plenty of arms and shoulder work. I benefited from that since I had performed all the those exercises before and I was comfortable with form and execution. All that means is that it was as intense as I expected but I was hanging in there. The Tricep workouts were were different. They had a full minute of tempo rated tricep dips on a chair, flip-grip twist triceps kick backs and something called the crouching cohen curl which hurt like heck on the biceps and hamstrings. Today he did not have water breaks and we had to push through this one. If you wanted break you had to press pause. We pressed pause a few times
Then after we were done we noticed that there was about 12 min left and the instructor told us we were now in the bonus round. We had a choice to skip to Ab Ripper X or enter the bonus round. So in the bonus round there were three advanced exercises for each muscle group, shoulder, bicep and tricep. The killer was the Side Tri Rise. This is a body weight exercise where you lie on your side and take the opposite arm and push your entire upper body up like a side tricep pushup. It was crazy but we cranked out plenty and were in pain when the bonus round was over.
As soon as Ab Ripper X started up, I got motivated and worked much harder today than on Day One when I barely had enough energy to press pause. We went through the entire Ab Ripper X without a break and Day Three was a wrap.
Of course, if you read Day Two, you know I had to go back and do the Plyometrics after Fred left. I was really spent after that. So at 9:18 PM I've got to get batteries for the camera, figure out why it is not working, fix it, up load the pics and run 2.5 miles.
That brings me to the biggest challenge I will have as I move through this program - Getting Enough Rest. I have got to master that quick or my results will be stunted.
I came into this session a feeling comfortable since I already do plenty of arms and shoulder work. I benefited from that since I had performed all the those exercises before and I was comfortable with form and execution. All that means is that it was as intense as I expected but I was hanging in there. The Tricep workouts were were different. They had a full minute of tempo rated tricep dips on a chair, flip-grip twist triceps kick backs and something called the crouching cohen curl which hurt like heck on the biceps and hamstrings. Today he did not have water breaks and we had to push through this one. If you wanted break you had to press pause. We pressed pause a few times
Then after we were done we noticed that there was about 12 min left and the instructor told us we were now in the bonus round. We had a choice to skip to Ab Ripper X or enter the bonus round. So in the bonus round there were three advanced exercises for each muscle group, shoulder, bicep and tricep. The killer was the Side Tri Rise. This is a body weight exercise where you lie on your side and take the opposite arm and push your entire upper body up like a side tricep pushup. It was crazy but we cranked out plenty and were in pain when the bonus round was over.
As soon as Ab Ripper X started up, I got motivated and worked much harder today than on Day One when I barely had enough energy to press pause. We went through the entire Ab Ripper X without a break and Day Three was a wrap.
Of course, if you read Day Two, you know I had to go back and do the Plyometrics after Fred left. I was really spent after that. So at 9:18 PM I've got to get batteries for the camera, figure out why it is not working, fix it, up load the pics and run 2.5 miles.
That brings me to the biggest challenge I will have as I move through this program - Getting Enough Rest. I have got to master that quick or my results will be stunted.
P90x Day Two - Plyometrics
In the spirit of truth in blogging, Day Two actually occurred after I completed Day Three. Therefore, that makes this Day "Twree" or something like that. Let's just say it was a mistake on my part not to complete it yesterday as designed.
I woke up at 6:45 am today and text'd my standing Sunday morning racquetball partner that I could not make it this morning thanks to Day One. I woke up again at 9:00 am and proceeded to head to the gym and run 4.0 miles in 30 min. When I finished I thought that I had just completed the hardest thing I had ahead of me for the day, even though I knew I had to knock out Day Two and Three before midnight. I was wrong by a long shot.
Plyometrics was so intense, even the creator of P90X was grabbing his knees a couple of times in the 50 + min session. I've been taking advanced group fitness training classes for 7 months now and all of that only prepared me to get my hat handed to me in this session. My quads, hamstrings, calves and glutes were on fire. I pushed through the pain but lost some personal points on form. There must have been 12-15 different exercises that had me jumping all over my basement from squat jumps, to jumping on one leg for calves, to running tires (imaginary of course) and so on. I was drenched at the end of this and absolutely dreading the fact I had run and done day three just before this. At one point my youngest son Jordan jumped off a chair onto my back while I was jumping around. Part of me was laughing and the other part was wondering if there are stunt kids out there anywhere making a living.
Thanks to the running and Day One and Day Three which proceeded me starting Plyometrics today, I started this session with every single bone in my body hurting. I could only think of three things as I went through this agony that I was loving at the same time:
1) Why in the hell won't my camera connect with my Mac so that I could download those pics I took earlier today as required by the P90X? That is really bugging me.
2) Am I really going back to the gym tonight to run a quick 2.5 miles? That is still up in the air, but knowing me I will do it.
3) I will work hard to avoid having to complete 2 DVDs in the same day again. I feel like I used to feel after a full contact karate match. That is not a good feeling.
I estimate that I burned about 600-700 calories. Why estimate and not use my Polar RS 100 Heart Rate Monitor? Well, somehow I lost it about 10 days ago and I can't find it. Until then I used it everyday twice a day for almost a year so I have a good idea what was going on and I checked my heart rate. This is a good one for me to take on the road since I won't be hauling dumbbells through TSA checkpoints or in checked bags.
That's it for day two.
I woke up at 6:45 am today and text'd my standing Sunday morning racquetball partner that I could not make it this morning thanks to Day One. I woke up again at 9:00 am and proceeded to head to the gym and run 4.0 miles in 30 min. When I finished I thought that I had just completed the hardest thing I had ahead of me for the day, even though I knew I had to knock out Day Two and Three before midnight. I was wrong by a long shot.
Plyometrics was so intense, even the creator of P90X was grabbing his knees a couple of times in the 50 + min session. I've been taking advanced group fitness training classes for 7 months now and all of that only prepared me to get my hat handed to me in this session. My quads, hamstrings, calves and glutes were on fire. I pushed through the pain but lost some personal points on form. There must have been 12-15 different exercises that had me jumping all over my basement from squat jumps, to jumping on one leg for calves, to running tires (imaginary of course) and so on. I was drenched at the end of this and absolutely dreading the fact I had run and done day three just before this. At one point my youngest son Jordan jumped off a chair onto my back while I was jumping around. Part of me was laughing and the other part was wondering if there are stunt kids out there anywhere making a living.
Thanks to the running and Day One and Day Three which proceeded me starting Plyometrics today, I started this session with every single bone in my body hurting. I could only think of three things as I went through this agony that I was loving at the same time:
1) Why in the hell won't my camera connect with my Mac so that I could download those pics I took earlier today as required by the P90X? That is really bugging me.
2) Am I really going back to the gym tonight to run a quick 2.5 miles? That is still up in the air, but knowing me I will do it.
3) I will work hard to avoid having to complete 2 DVDs in the same day again. I feel like I used to feel after a full contact karate match. That is not a good feeling.
I estimate that I burned about 600-700 calories. Why estimate and not use my Polar RS 100 Heart Rate Monitor? Well, somehow I lost it about 10 days ago and I can't find it. Until then I used it everyday twice a day for almost a year so I have a good idea what was going on and I checked my heart rate. This is a good one for me to take on the road since I won't be hauling dumbbells through TSA checkpoints or in checked bags.
That's it for day two.
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