Day 6 - Kenpo X

I SWEATED!!! Now this is a workout! Constantly moving, jumping, punching, kicking, jabbing... I loved it! I just imagined beating the crap out of people I don't think too highly of (rude customers mostly) and I was able to take out a lot of aggression. My heart rate got up to 175 at one point, but I can't remember what my target heart rate was. I was absolutely exhausted after Kenpo but felt great all day long. I had lots of energy and being off of work, I was able to get a lot of housework done.

Tomorrow is either a rest day or Stretch X. I'm going to Stretch X for sure!

Today's Nutrition:

• Breakfast
• Turkey Sausage Muffin
• Protein Drink
• Snack
• Protein Bar
• Recovery Drink
• Lunch
• Tuna Salad w/ 1 T. Olive Oil (It's hard finding enough approved fat for this diet!!)
• 2 slices Whole Wheat Bread
• Snack
• 1/4 C. Almonds
• 2 oz. Turkey Jerkey
• Dinner
• 8 oz. Salmon
• 1 C. Cottage Cheese 1%

Day 5 - Legs & Back and Ab Ripper X

Although still a bit sore from the previous days, I'm starting to feel a little bit better. I don't grunt every time I sit up or sit down anyways. Legs & Back was a good workout. I completed half of it in the morning, then the other half, inclucing ARX after work, which was unintentional. I'm doing better and am looking forward to the ARX workouts. The V-Up/Roll-Up combos kick my butt!

Something I've noticed which is starting to make me wonder... I'm not sweating! Believe me, I'm pushing as hard as I can without injuring myself and it's fairly warm in the house. Hmmm..

Tomorrow is Kenpo X. That should get my heart rate up and get me sweating.

Today's nutrition:

• Breakfast:
• A protein drink
• an apple
• 3 slices of turkey bacon
• Snack
• Protein Bar
• 1 Cup of Celery with 2 T. Peanut Butter
• Lunch
• Chicken Salad
• 10 baby carrots
• Protein drink
• 1/3 C Bananna Chips
• Snack
• String Cheese
• Protein Bar
• Dinner
• Turkey Burger
• 1 C Cottage Cheese
• 2.5 C Caesar Salad

2382 Calories, 223 g. Protein, 142 g. Carbs, 100g. Fat

Day 4 - Yoga X

Well last night's salmon turned out to be quite delicious! I found a recipe at allrecipes.com for "Salmon Fillets with Creamy Dill" and I thought it was delicious. My wife said to cut back on the mustard next time. To me, the nutrition part of P90X is more difficult than the workouts! It was a bit difficult the first couple of days to eat 2400 calories in a day, but my hard-working muscles are now beginning to develop an appetite. The tricky part is still dividing those calories between 50% protein, 30% carbs and 20% fat.

 

I made the mistake of assuming that today's Yoga X workout was an hour long. Nope! Try an hour and a half! I wasn't able to finish it in time to get going for the day, so I completed it after work. I had heard from others that it was no walk in the park, and they were right! This was my first experience with Yoga and holding some of those poses and balancing took some getting used to. I really felt relaxed and the kids had a chance to follow along tonight as well. I'm looking forward to this workout again.

Today's Nutrition:

• Breakfast
• Protein Drink w/milk
• Turkey Sausage Muffin - So Yummy!! 
• Snack
• Protein Bar
• Recovery Drink
• Lunch
• Caesar Salad
• 4 boiled egg whites
• 2 C Celery
• 1 C Cottage Cheese 1%
• Snack
• Protein Bar
• 1/4 C Almonds
• Dinner
• 8 oz. Chicken Breast
• 10 String Beans
• 1 Yogert (light)
• 2 T fat free ranch dressing

2404 Calories, 242 g. Protein, 169 g. Carbs, 97 g. Fat

Day 3 - Shoulders & Arms and Ab Ripper X

Even though I'm still quite sore from days one and two, I managed to complete the third day with much enthusiasm. The weights and/or resistance bands came into play often today. It was a bit difficult trying to pick up the specific exercise they were doing while keeping form and finding the right weight to work with. That's exactly why I wright down what type of weight I use and how many reps I did for each set.

 

I love the fact that each exercise is repeated. Example: You'll do the first three exercises while recording your results after each, then repeat each of those again to give you an opportunity to adjust your weights to accomodate your particular needs. I'm going more for bulk, so I'm concentrating on 8-10 reps with the final two designed to be extremely difficult.

 

I didn't show too much improvement during Ab Ripper X this morning, but enjoyed the workout just the same. I'm really starting to feel the abs when I sit, stand and especially when I cough or sneeze! The girls at work facetiously make fun of me as I grunt while I walk around the studio and try to sit in a chair or get up.

 

Today's Nutrition:

•  Breakfast
• Protein Drink w/ milk
• 3 slices Turkey bacon
• Chicken Scramble
• Snack
• Recovery Drink
• Protein Bar
• Lunch
• Chicken Salad
• Protein Drink w/ milk
• 3 oz. String Cheese
• Almonds
• Snack
• 30 Pistachios 
• 3 oz. String Cheese
• Dinner
• 8 oz. Salmon
• 1 C. Asparagus
• 1 C. Wild Rice

2897 Calories, 284 g. Protein, 185 g. Carbs, 108 g. Fat

Day 2 - Plyometrics

Jump, squat (hold it... hold it...), jump, turn, twist, jump higher, lunge! This workout was intense! It was difficult to crawl out of bed this morning after last night's workout.

 

I was able to complete about half of each set before becoming completely pooped. About half way though Plyo, I became a bit nauseous and had to pace myself. Man, oh man, the burn in my legs! It feels great though.

 

For breakfast I had 6 egg whites scrambled with 1 cup of mushrooms and 3 oz. chicken. It was pretty bland so I salt, peppered and tabasco'd it up a bit. I'm not a breakfast eater, especially early in the morning, but I was able to shove about 3/4 of the helping down. I also didn't time the morning quite right and had to hustle. I also drank a protien shake before the workout and rubbed some Ben Gay on my right tricept which was nearly pulled from last nights pull ups. It's pretty sore.

 

I've been sipping on my recovery drink all morning. I better go finish that off now.

 

I need to get the word out about this blog so people can acutally read this and comment.

 

Tomorrow, I'm going to really BRING IT!!!

Today's Nutrition:

• Breakfast
• Protein Drink
• 6 egg whites
• 3 oz. Chicken
• 1 C. Mushrooms
• Snack
• Protein Bar
• Recovery Drink
• Lunch
• Tuna Salad
• Protein Drink
• 2 whole wheat bread slices
• 1 C. Cottage cheese
• 15 baby carrots
• Snack
• Protein Bar
• 3 oz. String Cheese
• Dinner
• 8 oz. Turkey Burger
• 1 C. Grapes
• 1 C. Olives

2642 Calories, 305 g. Protein, 186 g. Carbs, 71g. Fat

Day 1 - Chest & Back and Ab Ripper X

Oh... My... God!!! What a workout! I'm having a little trouble holding my forearms off the desk to type as I normally would, that's how sore I am. The worst part is that I know I'll feel even worse in the morning. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep up with Tony & the gang on the DVD and sure enough... I didn't, but I wrote down the number of reps I completed for each exercise which will give me a starting point to set goals. I had a protein shake before, drank lots of water during, and enjoyed a recovery drink after.

This workout was done in the evening tonight due to the fact that I didn't receive the program in the mail until today. I had set today as day one, but the P90X took longer to get here than I thought.

My wife is also following along with me, which is great motivation! We had a late start on finalizing our meal plan for this week as we didn't have the nutrition guide to follow, so as soon as we received it, I spent a couple of hours on the computer planning out meals. Phase 1 - Fat Shredder. We're both a Level II, which means our nutrition level is 2400 calories/day. That's not hard to accomplish, but trying to balance the day's intake of calories in proportions of 50% protein, 30% carbs and 20% fat takes some calibrating. I've got the next couple of days planned out... we'll see how it goes!

I'm loving it so far, but we'll see if that changes in the morning. Tomorrow going to be a beast with Plyometrics! BRING IT!

Day 1 Photos