P90x

P90x Day 41 - Kenpo X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:56:00 +0000

I ALMOST skipped this and did it tomorrow, but decided I better stick with it. Glad I did. It was a good workout, despite it being 10pm. I'm noticing how tight my left leg is vs my right leg, so I think I might put some extra stretch time in during the next few weeks to see if that helps

Tomorrow is Rest/Stretch day.

P90x Day 40 - Legs & Back and Ab Ripper X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:38:00 +0000

Decent workout today. I've been pretty sluggish all week, but managed to get through this one too. I improved rep count by one per excercise. Considering my sleep schedule, it's pretty good. I still think this is my least favorite workout, but was glad to see I'm not tiring out as quickly.

Ab Ripper X - I did it first, which is a huge difference. It's the first time I was able to do the last excercise all the way through. I normally take a 3-5 rep break at #35, but didn't have to.

Kicking and Punching tomorrow. yeah.

P90x Day 39 - Yoga X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:26:00 +0000

Yoga went pretty well. I still struggle with a few of the poses, but overall I'm getting better for sure. That stupid reverse half-moon hold gets me everytime, but I think I'll be able to get it down before 90 days are up. Hopefully.

P90x Day 38 - Back & Biceps and Ab Ripper X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:20:00 +0000

Nice workout today. I'm not a huge fan of doing them so late in the evening, but my schedule is getting tighter and tighter, so I'm finding it easier. Hopefully, it'll change soon. Anyhow, I upped my weight/bands resistance quite a bit just to really work things and it was pretty nice. I also managed to do a few more pull ups than normal, although "corn cob pullups" are still hard for me.

Ab Ripper X, again good. I figure about another week or so and I should have it down solid.

That is all.

P90x Day 37 - Plyometrics

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:01:00 +0000

Man, what a bad workout. I didn't get to this until 9:00pm tonight, and was already pretty sluggish. I didn't add any additional breaks or pause the video, but I definitely modified a few excercises to get through it.

Hopefully next weeks will be better.

Looking forward to tomorrow's shortest workout of 52 minutes.

P90x Day 36 - Chest, Shoulders & Triceps & Ab Ripper X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:54:00 +0000

Doing this workout on Superbowl Sunday was interesting. Because I was hosting a party, I had to do this at 8am. I have to say, while I didn't regress, I didn't really make any gains over last week. I was tired, lacked energy, and all around was pretty unmotivated, mainly because we had family in the next room.

Ab Ripper x went pretty well thought. Definitely getting this one down.

P90x Day 35 - Stretch or Rest

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:52:00 +0000

I rested, because I had guests in town.

P90x Day 34 - Kenpo X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:01:00 +0000

Great workout today, especially because I was joined by members of the Coiley family. I think I'm just about at the point, that I'll need to add an additional cardio exercise to this, as I'm getting through it pretty easily now. Maybe an additional 30 minutes of bike or something. In any case, progress is happening, as to whether or not I'm losing weight, that remains to be seen.

I feel better though.

The end.

P90x Day 33 - Legs & Back and Ab Ripper X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:55:00 +0000

Good workout today. Everything improved - from pullups to doing wall sits without taking extra breaks.
I even did the Ab Ripper X excercise afterwards and managed to get through it all.

It's delicious.

The end.

P90x Day 32 - Yoga X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:33:00 +0000

Nice Yoga workout tonight. It came just in time, after a rough day of work, crying children and other normal life stuff. I'm still struggling with a couple balance postures, but in general am more flexible and am able to hold poses longer. Even managed to hold 'crane' for about 10 seconds.

In any case, I'm pleased so far. My only wish is that yoga was about 30 minutes less. 90 minutes is a big chunk time.

P90x Day 31 - Back & Biceps & Ab Ripper X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:58:00 +0000

I like this workout, because it's 52 minutes long. I think I'll probably need to get some bigger weights after this week, because of how strong I will be. Curls and chin ups, curls and chin ups. It gets difficult. I can't tell if it's the chin up bar, or my weak back, but I find it difficult to do pull ups after about 8 or 9 reps. So I alternate between the bands and the bar. It seems to work.

For Ab Ripper X, I forgot about it, until about 20 minutes ago, so I quickly did it. Amazingly, it makes a huge difference separating the two workouts. I probably won't do that too often, because of the timing, but something to note for sure.

Yoga tomorrow.

P90x Day 30 - Plyometrics

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:52:00 +0000

Today I'm officially 1/3 of the way through P90x. Of course today would be Plyometrics, a nice but grueling workout. My legs have definitely enjoyed the time off during recovery week, as I struggled today. I say that, but really, I have improved, since I didn't add extra breaks and managed to do all the reps, so I can tell I'm in better shape than when I started.

I didn't take any measurements, weigh myself, or even take pictures so I don't have anything to really compare to from 30 days ago. I can say that clothing is fitting a little better, am more flexible, a little stronger and I've noticed a decent improvement in my posture. I'd guess I lost 5 or 6 lbs. I imagine results would be better if I didn't have a kegerator, but really, what's the point of working out if you can't offset it with some delicious beer.

The end.

P90x Day 29 - Chest, Shoulders & Triceps and Ab Ripper X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:10:00 +0000

Officially started Phase 2 of this thing. Today's workout was surprisingly easy, yet challenging at the same time. I know that doesn't make any sense. What I mean to say is that in doing the 24 exercises, I wasn't overwhelmed with weird moves, ridiculous reps or something in between. I definitely can tell that my flexibility is increasing, and my overall strength has improved. As to whether I've lost weight. You be the judge.

Ab Ripper X - much better now. I'd say I'm at 90% of what they are doing. My back and hip-flexors still get a bit sore doing a couple, but steadily improving.

Plyometrics tomorrow! Yea haw.

P90x Day 28 - Day off

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:57:00 +0000

Today was either stretch or day off. I elected day off, primarily because I ran out of time.
Phase 2 starts tomorrow.

P90x Day 27 - Yoga X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:58:00 +0000

Pretty frustrated with this workout. I was falling out of poses, not terribly focused, and felt pretty weak all around. That being said I did manage to hold a couple of poses that I haven't been to, so there's that I guess.

I don't know if I'll get to the stretch tomorrow. It is optional, but I hate missing a day. We'll see.

Pretty much ends recovery week.

P90x Day 26 - Core Synergistics

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:57:00 +0000

Boy, this is one is tough. I can make it through everything, but it leaves me very fatigued afterward. Not sure if it's the fact that I'm working a bit harder or I'm just that weak. In any case, it's a good and bad feeling.

The plank/chaturanga runs - those are great fun.

I think it's Yoga tomorrow. I don't know. I'm too tired to look...back to work.

The end.

P90x Day 25 - X Stretch

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:06:00 +0000

It's amazing to me how changing my schedule really demotivated me. I didn't workout yesterday, because I pushed everything up 1 day to account for my travel schedule. Anyhow, I nearly made a reasonable justification for not doing the stretch today. I can't imagine what would have happened, had it been plyometrics or yoga.

In any case, it felt good to stretch, and am definitely getting a bit more flexible although my left side feels really tight. Probably from driving.

Anyhow, it's Core Synergistics tomorrow. Awesome.

P90x Day 23/24 - Kenpo X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:23:00 +0000

So I got up at 3:30 am this morning to do Kenpo X, before taking off for a road trip.

Two things to note: 1) working out immediately after waking up is really not a good idea. The first 30 minutes were great, but I started crashing and barely made it through the exercise. I did though and it felt good otherwise. and 2) don't do a leg heavy workout then get in a car for 4 hours. Makes things pretty stiff.

Tomorrow is my rest day, so I'll officially be back on day 25.

P90x Day 22/23 - Core Synergistics

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:47:00 +0000

So technically this is my 22nd day of working out, but because I skipped the "rest" day, I'm actually on the 23rd day of workouts. After Wednesday, all will be right with the world.

I thought this was supposed to be recovery week. I don't know if I had a hard time because of previous nights activities, or if it's just that hard, but I was WORKING this session. In fact, it's been a few hours since I did the workout, and I'm still fatigued. It feels great, I'm just a bit surprised.

Getting up at 3:30 am tomorrow to Kenpo X, before taking off.

P90x Day 21/22 X stretch. Yoga X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:55:00 +0000

Due to schedule I skipped the rest and went on to recovery week a day early.

Yoga was hard primarily because I had kids wanting to exercise with me, so I was pretty distracted, but managed to get through it.

Something new tomorrow - core synergistics.

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P90x Day 20 - Kenpo X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:59:00 +0000

Not as good as the other sessions. My right shoulder and neck felt pretty pinched for most of this, so I was backing off a little. I still managed to get a decent workout in, but probably not what it could have been.

Tomorrow is supposed to be my rest day, but I think I'm going to do X Stretch and Yoga X tomorrow, because I will be traveling for a couple of days, and will have to miss Tuesday's workout, so I figure if I move everything up a day, I should be right back on schedule on Wednesday.

Or I might just reverse the workouts, and try to squeeze Yoga in early Tuesday morning.

Not sure. We'll be see.

P90x Day 19 - Legs & Back and Ab Ripper X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:56:00 +0000

So I kinda rushed today's workout. I did all the sets, but skipped Tony's talking to get through it, so I could get to an appointment. Needless to say, this is probably my least favorite workout. My legs were achy from Yoga yesterday, and I just get frustrated when I can't do 300 pull ups like Tony does.

The one thing that made a huge difference was doing Ab Ripper first. I breezed through it and maybe only missed about 10 or 15 reps out of all the exercises. My lower back is getting stronger, which makes doing "crunchy frog" and "bicycles" that much easier.

Looking forward to slapping the air tomorrow.

P90x Day 18 - Yoga X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:45:00 +0000

I barely made it to this one today. Some of the poses are getting better, am able to stay in them longer.
I've also noticed a general increase in strength, so that's good.

That is all.

P90x Day 17 - Shoulders & Arms and Ab Ripper X

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:59:00 +0000

Managed to get this workout in during lunch break. It went pretty well. Upped my rep count and resistance quite a bit, but really tried to focus on quality. Seemed to go okay.

Ab Ripper was good too. I think because there weren't really any legs involved in the main workout, so I could do the bicycles, kick outs, etc without it killing my legs and lower back. Getting stronger.

Yoga tomorrow!

P90x Day 16 - Plyometrics

noreply@blogger.com (Jared Vallejo) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:39:00 +0000

I forgot how tough this workout is. I made it from start to finish, only breaking when they did, so that was something. I did have to alter a couple of exercises half way through them, but nothing like the last two times.

I think this program might be working.

More tomorrow.