P90X+ Day 5

6:06am
I'm up

P90X+ Day 4

6:06am
I'm up.

P90X+ Day 3 Kenpo Cardio+

6:05am
I'm up!

10pm
Knocked out Kenpo Cardio+ today, I'm getting better with not as much flailing around this time. Didn't get a nap today, and I've been feeling a little out of it. Hope it's just me adjusting to getting up on time and the weather and not me getting sick.

P90X+ Day 2, IntervalX+, Run, YogaX

Hey 6:06am and I'm up! Almost messed it up and went back to sleep, but knew you were waiting. Thanks!

Crappy day today. Did get IntervalX+ knocked out in the morning and a fair amount of YogaX at lunch. Pushing the run off until tomorrow, still need to adjust this schedule.

10:15pm
Time for some evening yoga (Crunch's Candlelight session w/ Sara Ivanhoe) then to bed.

Just Kidding, this is day 1 of P90X+

Last week was a trial run, did 90% of what I was supposed to but found some issues with the route that conflicted with some of the other training I want to do. So I reworked it and will start today.
I need to start the mornings a little better. I'm up an hour earlier than normal but I'm also up an hour later than I wanted to be. Not sure why I'm spending so much time sleeping. Oh well, let's workout.

Knocked out Total Body+ and AbsCore. Did a bunch of extra pull ups. I really want to be able to crank out a hundred good pull ups by the end of the year.

As an attempt to reinforce my discipline I'm going to get back to posting as soon as I get up in the morning. Tomorrow's target is 6am - not sure why I'm finding this to be so difficult. Lazy I guess.

Oh, forgot to mention a good 3 mile neighborhood run last Sunday. The marathon training is picking up slowly but steadily.

Now it's time for a little yoga then bed.

2009 Miles Run: 13.8

P90X+ Day 1. Holy cow, it's TOTAL BODY+

Well, I got my butt handed to me this morning. Came in all smug, fired up, and thinking this'd be a cake walk after finishing P90. Yeah, not so much.

I had to hit pause before the WARMUP was finished! What's up with that?

Was a great workout, one I'm sure I'll be feeling tomorrow too. The new pullup rack worked well although I see a few tweaks I need to make for a little better stability. The pace is really fast in this workout and I got to swinging on it more than I liked.

P90X Day 91 END OF P90X!

Well today finishes this round of P90X. I took it as a rest day and just did a neighborhood run. All in all I'm pleased with the results, I'm 11 pounds lighter than I was this time last year and I didn't do the historical blow up over the holidays. This time of year is the hardest by far for me and I'm proud things went as well as they did.
I've lost about 6 pounds of overall weight and tomorrow I'll take the measurements to see how my body changed. I feel great and think I look pretty good for a guy about to be 39. Still want better definition though.

I think tomorrow will start a round of the P90X+ lean program. That should tie in well with the triathlon training and marathon program. Considering throwing in a round or two of 10 minute trainers during the day to keep the metabolism high and ending the day with some yoga. We'll have to see how all that works out.

Stay tuned dear reader, things are about to get a little more interesting!

2009 Miles Run: 10.8

P90X Day 88 StretchX and a Run

Did the run first, Xstretch feels good after that.

2009 Miles Run: 10.8

P90X Day 90 Yoga

Yoga today which is fine. Last night was pretty miserable, my son had some sort of stomach issue and splatter painted a couple of the bedrooms during the night. Fantastic mess.

Also! Built an 8ft chin up rack today, now I'm ready for P90X+ !! The little in-door-frame bar I have has been on my nerves for months, today I finally decided to do something about it. Spent $40 for lumber and pipe and 'Big Bertha' was born! I'll put up pictures later.

P90X Day 89 Core Syn

Seems a little easy at this point. Is nice to see me crushing the rep counts from the early days.

P90X Day 87 Shoulders&Arms, Final AbripperX

Made up the last of the weight lifting workouts today and did the last abripperX. Looking forward to P90X+!

P90X Day 86 Core Syn.. NO WAIT! PLYO!

Core syn seemed a little weak today, so I did Plyo instead.

Did 2 miles on the treadmill too.

2009 Miles Run: 8.8, about time to start picking this up some. Need to figure out a swimming solution soon too for the 1-2 triathlons this year.

P90X Day 85 Chest and Back makeup workout

Well I failed miserably at getting up on time today. Don't even remember the alarm going off, will have to try something different tomorrow.

P90X Day 84, Rest w/ Neighborhood run

Had a good turnout for the neighborhood 2 mile run today and it was a lot of fun. Took it easy and had some good family time, finishing up with some crunch candlelight yoga. Starting a new schedule tomorrow to get some discipline back so want to rest well tonight.

P90X Day 83 Kenpo

One of my favorite workouts. Looking forward to building on it with Kenpo+ next.

P90X Day 82 Legs&Back, AbripperX

Last one for this round and that makes me happy. This workout has made weekends hard to sit for 3 MONTHS now. Good workout though.

Running low on Abrippers. Funny, I used to think this 15 minutes was hard. Not so much now, think I'm ready for Abs-core+

P90X Dy 81 Yogax and a run

Better at Yogax today but I still prefer other yoga workouts. I'll admit that this one is still the hardest. Also spent some time on the treadmill, for 1.7 mile run.

2009 Miles Run: 6.8

P90X Day 80 Back&Biceps, AbripperX

Not much to report, solid workout. Last time for this round of P90X.

P90X Day 79 Plyo & run

Well got plyo done anyway. Work got crazy and I didn't have time or inclination to do the run, maybe tomorrow.

P90X Day 78 Chest/Shoulders/Tri

Almost forgot abripper this morning, but realized it a few minutes into the warm up. Knocked it out then did Chest/Shoulder/Triceps. Good workout, last time for this round of P90X.

P90X Day 77 So much for a rest day.

Knocked out KenpoX this morning to catch me up on P90X. Supposed to do a 2.5 mile neighborhood run but it got canceled due to rain. Ran on the treadmill instead.

Back to work tomorrow. Uh, yay, I guess.


2009 Miles Run: 5.1

P90X Day 76

Made up legs&back today. Picked up some more O'Douls for when the beer temptation hits, had Rico and his family over for dinner and we drank a few with chili. I'm really, really, really tired of the legs&back workout. It still makes my glutes hurt for the rest of the weekend.

New Year's resolutions are still rolling along. The Profanity Free challenge seems to be the most subtle yet difficult one so far.

P90X Day 75 Rest/Drive

Spent the day behind the wheel driving back home from vacation. After 5.5 hours of that I was pretty well spent. Will swap today for my rest day on Sunday.

P90X Day 74 Yoga & First run of 2009

Did well on my resolutions although it was touch and go when the boy pulled my wedding ring off and immediately dropped it into the bench seat we were sitting on while out at dinner. So the waiter and I got to be the spectacle and tear the seat apart while the food cooled on the table. Ring was recovered and I refrained from swearing like the sailor I was so it's all good.

Run went surprisingly well, 2.6 miles in 22:30. Liking the new running shoes and running on a flat island. Tomorrow is 5.5 hour drive back home, then hit the ground running with work. Good times.

2009 Miles Run: 2.6