Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Week 6... overdue post!

I STILL DIDN'T MANAGE ONE ONE-ARM PUSHUP!!!  Arggg! Man, I really tried too, but it just didn't happen. Maybe next week.

Week 6 is a repeat of week 5. Did I improve over last week?

CHEST, SHOULDERS & TRICEPS, AB RIPPER X
Well, I gained reps or achieved my 8-10 goal on everything except the one-arm balance push-up (and the one-arm pushup... arggg again!) A couple of exercises needed more weights than I used last week. Some of the pushups are still being performed on my knees. I don't really care though since I'm feeling the burn.
As far as ab ripper... I'm still not doing every single rep like Tony & the gang, but I'm getting closer each time. This was the first day I did all 25 hip rock 'n raise ans well as all 25 pulse ups.

PLYOMETRICS
What's to say? I did it with good form and really pushed myself as I always do. I drenched myself in sweat too.

BACK & BICEPS, AB RIPPER X
Another great workout and more increases in weights this week too, so I'm happy with that. There are 24 exercises and almost half of them are different types of curls. The full-length mirror on the back of the bathroom door fell off the other day, so I've been using it in the living room to watch myself doing P90X, especially during this workout where form is so important.
No change in ab ripper... still bringing it!!!

YOGA X
Yoga's starting to get on my nerves. I don't know if it's just too long, too boring or just killer on my legs, but I very nearly quit after about 2/3 of the way through this dvd this week. I'm glad I didn't though. I liked it at first, but maybe I'm just not clearing my mind of the outside crap going on in my life and focusing on the workout. I'll try to make sure I'm not distracted next week.

LEGS & BACK, AB RIPPER X
Ohhh, my teeny-tiny bird legs really feel this monster of a workout. All those lunges and wall squats are killer. I've been feeling some sharpness in my right knee, especially when I do the speed squats and side lunges, so I'm not going to over-do it and risk injury.
Ab ripper saw improvements on the V-up/Roll-up combo (I did 14) and the Oblique V-ups (up to 15 on each side). Other than that, everything else is the same. I'm still knocking out all 50 Mason Twists at the end too!

I am so glad blogger auto-saves because my computer crashed a minute ago and had to restart, otherwise I would have lost all of the above!

KENPO-X
Still one of my favorites and with the mirror, I'm improving my form quite a bit. I pitty the fool who gets in my way during Kenpo!

As far as nutrition, I've made some bad choices with fast food, but I'll keep trying. Next week is another repeat of this one.