Day 3 Shoulders/Arms & Ab Ripper-X & Softball double header

So today is the glamour muscles day! Shoulders/bi's/tri's. This is probably one of my favorite workouts. I've also seen a huge improvement on it. Allergies are still kicking my ass. But I can't keep putting off the workouts just because of mother nature. So I took a Zyrtec and manned up.

This video is set up into a shoulder/bi/tri workout. Then it repeats those 3 workouts before moving onto the next set. I did both of the simliar sets the exact same way throughout. Here is the stat log for the day.

Shoulders and Arms.
Alternating Shouler Press - 12 reps 25 lbs
In and out Bicep Curls - 16 reps, 20 lbs
Tricep Kickbacks - 10 reps, 20 lbs
*rinse repeat that section*

Deep Swimmers Press - 12 reps, 25 lbs
Full supination concentration curls - 16 reps, 20 lbs
Chair Dips - 20 dips ( legs straight, alternated leg raises every 5 reps)
*rinse repeat*

Upright rows - 12 reps, 25 lbs
Static Arm Curls - 16 reps, 20 lbs
Flip Grip Tricep kickbacks - 8 reps, 20 lbs
*rinse repeat*

Now I know the video goes on for another 16ish mins of workout. But I have a softball double header tonight and I needed my arms to not be completely dead for the game. I think 16 mins of P90x can be subbed for over 2 hours of softball and I will be okay. Also, I need to buy another 30 lb dumbell as it's time to move up on some exercises. Also, several of the 20 lbs will be moving to 25 lbs the next workout. I would have done it this week, but I wanted to have some strength left this evening.

Also, after softball, I will be doing the ab ripper X video before bed. We have a championship team to maintain here. And if one of it's star players is dead to the world from p90x we are going to be in trouble! Cya all tommorow.

Kink in the Schedule

I'm going to post pone Shoulders and Arms for multiple reasons til tommorow. In doing so, I will continue as normal but skip the rest day that is upcoming.

Day 2 Plyometrics

Today sure was a test. I woke up this morning with an extremely swollen throat. I don't know if I'm coming down with something or if it's from allergies. Either way I've had trouble breathing all day. And what a terrible day to have issues with breathing! Plyometrics! For those of you nieve to the concept it's basically jump training with intense cardio. It is by the hardest DVD for me most weeks. I can tell you this DVD does work extremely well. I never feel like I get a better workout from any of the other DVD's.

Listing these exercises is rather pointless as you can't really improve on reps, but you can improve on the fitness and the ability to do them properly without breaks. However, you do a set of 4 exercises and then repeat.

I made it through the first four sets of plyo okay. I had alot of trouble breathing and had to take several breaks. I stopped with 5 seconds left on several of the exercises as I was pushing my hardest at the 10 second mark. It's currently two hours after I finished and I'm still having trouble breathing a bit.

However, I'm determined to see better results this time through, so I pushed harder through the last sets. My legs are jello and I'm dog tired, but I feel awesome for completing the video. Day 2 is in the books. 88 to go to complete my new journey.

Day 1 Chest and Back/Ab-ripper X

Hey guys, back from a glorious weekend of bad health and great memories. RCB this year was probably a closing chapter on my fraternity activities. It left on some good memories. It also showed me how far I've came as an adult compared to where I was when I was younger.

Anyways, today was Chest and Back for the entree. The format of this video is two sets of 12 workouts. You go completely through the list and then do the second round. For that reason, as a veteran I don't go 150% the first round, or there will be nothing in the tank for the second. The second round is when I go all out. That is why some of my second round numbers might be higher.

Standard Pushups - Rd1:18, Rd2:23
Wide Front Pull ups - Rd1: 7, Rd2: 7
Military Pushups - Rd1: 15, Rd2, 17
Reverse Grip Pull Ups - Rd1: 6, Rd2 6
Wide Fly Push ups - Rd1:7, Rd2:6
Close Grip OVerhand Pull ups - Rd 1:5, Rd 2:4
Decline Pushups(legs were even with shoulders) Rd1 : 13, R2:10
Heavy Pants - Rd 1: 12, Rd2 :12
Diamond Pushups - Rd1: 5, Rd2: 4
Lawn-Mowers - Rd1: 12, Rd2:12
Dive Bomber Pushups - Rd 1:4, Rd2:3
Back Flys - Rd 1: 10, Rd 2: 12

Numbers are way down from a month ago....It's amazing how much sitting on your ass can break your muscles down. I got what I feel to be a great workout, and my arms are jello! Oh well, time to move up. Tommorow is Plyo!

Swimming!

I forgot how much of a workout swimming is! I spent this entire weekend at the lake and my body aches! I swam for several hours a day everyday. That being said, I think I got a good workout this weekend without the videos. Tommorow is my restart for week one. So, there's really not that much to update.

On a side note, I partied hard this weekend. It was my fraternity's formal and on top of that, I plan on cutting off drinking, so I had to get some last second unhealthiness in. I probably drank more this weekend than in the last two months combined. It was intense. Time to push play for 90 more days!

EDIT

In an attempt to keep myself on track. I did the ab ripper x video today. As well as a quick upper body workout. I figure something is better than nothing. I hope I can move tommorow. Work is going to come early.

Setback

Well, I missed yesterday's workout and I wont have time today since I willl be on the road. With all of these factors. I'm going to wait til Monday and restart yet again. Day 1 will begin APR 26!

Day 2, Plyometrics

I did my workout last night, but did not have time to update the blog.

I took it easy during the course of the night making sure not to overdo it with my leg in its current condition. Anytime I started to feel pain in it, I stopped using it. It really hindered the exercise. I feel I only got about 1/3 of the work out that I normally do. Obviously 1/3 is an estimate, as I couldnt tell you for sure the exact percentage.

I almost wonder if I started this round too early with the injury. It's kind of like I didn't do much more than warm up on several of the exercises. Afterall, it's when you are tired you build muscle.

Anyways, off to day 3! Lets pretend like I have no clue what Tony has in store for me!

Day 1 - Chest and Back / Ab-ripperX

I pulled a fast one and did Ab-Ripper X first today. Man oh man did it feel good to work out again after over a week off. Though my hip flexors are on fire! Everything went well. Sweated like crazy to keep going. The only place I faltered is my achilles heel of a workout - Fifer Scissors. I got to rep 17 and my body broke my mental state of dont quit. I finished the other 8 reps...just had to take a 30 second break. Will update this post soon with Chest and Back. I have to run a few errands though before it gets too late.

Sigh, errands took so long. Plus I had other things get thrown on top of me. So, working for a full hour seemed impossible. I simply just ripped out some pushups-125, pull ups-50 and a few tricep extensions-25. Day one and I'm already slacking. i'll just have to work harder tommorow.

Go Time, p90x round 2!

Time for the inaugural post of this blog!

This is going to be my second round of P90x. I hope that it goes better than the first. And in an attempt to do so, I pledge to lay off the alcohol. 90 days of no beer is going to be tough on me. Considering I am used to drinking 2-3 times a week, but it's for the betterment of my health.

Anyways for some numbers.
Right Bicep - 16"
Left Bicep - 15" (jeez, can really tell my dominant arm.
Chest - 44 1/2"
Waist - 38"
Weight - 223 lbs.
Health - Not where I want it to be.

I have a bum leg right now from a quad injury. But I am going to test the waters with it. Fortunately today it its feeling perfectly fine. I am going to modify the routine a bit and put in Cardio X on days it suggests Yoga X. I know the program was designed a certain way for a reason. However, in my first round, the workout I skipped the most was Yoga due to the style. Plus I think another day of cardio will help to increase the leaning.

Anyways, off to do day one! Chest and back and Ab-RipperX.