Seeing the numbers go up feels good.
Pushups:
Week 1: 71
Week 2: 85
Week 3: 102
I don't pace myself like he says. But then, I can't keep up with them, so every set of push-ups is to my limit. Going to be sore again tomorrow.
P90X
You're in week 3, right? That's the last time I did that workout.
I think I return to it next week...yep, just checked. It should be interesting to see my numbers now.
I think I return to it next week...yep, just checked. It should be interesting to see my numbers now.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Stick with it. The first few days are physically hard due to the soreness, but they won't be your toughest days.
I found phase two to be quite difficult mentally. For me, that's when the daily grind of doing an hour a day or more was really wearing on me combined with the slow results.
And that's the biggest thing I hear from most people who do P90X. You can see your strength increase, but the physical changes are slower. Mainly because you're turning fat into muscle instead of just shedding fat, which takes longer and is less obvious.
I found phase two to be quite difficult mentally. For me, that's when the daily grind of doing an hour a day or more was really wearing on me combined with the slow results.
And that's the biggest thing I hear from most people who do P90X. You can see your strength increase, but the physical changes are slower. Mainly because you're turning fat into muscle instead of just shedding fat, which takes longer and is less obvious.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
12 DVDs and a CD with documentation and a great spreadsheet.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Man, that first week I was a ball of soreness. Even now I'm still sore from my Sunday workout (which is my start day of each week), but it's a manageable soreness.thibodeaux wrote:I started yesterday. Is hard.
So far my only issue is the KenPo, or whatever it's called. I'd rather do something more impacty.
It's not me, it's someone else.
So far my only issue is the KenPo, or whatever it's called. I'd rather do something more impacty.
Kenpo is one of the workouts where you have to really set your own pace to get the most out of it.
The whole point of it is to simply burn calories.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
If it's weren't the day after a leg workout, I'd jog instead and burn more calories.Leisher wrote:Kenpo is one of the workouts where you have to really set your own pace to get the most out of it.So far my only issue is the KenPo, or whatever it's called. I'd rather do something more impacty.
The whole point of it is to simply burn calories.
Yesterday was the first day I made it all the way through both sets of rockstar hops (ankles to butt, instead of just getting off the ground) in plyo.
Was a burny, burny day.
So far I've lost a pound a week (2 weeks).
It's not me, it's someone else.
You should do the Core Synergistics during recovery week. Lunge Kickback Curl Presses suck.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Heh. i did it today cuz it rained and I couldnt swim.Leisher wrote:You should do the Core Synergistics during recovery week. Lunge Kickback Curl Presses suck.
That was more intense than I expected for recovery week.
I am not ready for the bonus round.
I think I'll replace my planned Friday run with the core again. and swim thursday, run wednesday.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Had the flu last week, so I'm redoing week 9 starting today.
I had an interesting week in terms of food. Aside from the post I just wrote about the new Subway sub, I gave myself the week off once I recovered from the flu and took advantage by eating some old favorites.
I don't know if my taste buds have changed or what, but some of my old favorites were inedible. Heavy foods, in particular, just have no appeal to me anymore.
Anyone else discovering their food tastes changing during their weight loss programs?
I had an interesting week in terms of food. Aside from the post I just wrote about the new Subway sub, I gave myself the week off once I recovered from the flu and took advantage by eating some old favorites.
I don't know if my taste buds have changed or what, but some of my old favorites were inedible. Heavy foods, in particular, just have no appeal to me anymore.
Anyone else discovering their food tastes changing during their weight loss programs?
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
I've found that it takes me about 3 weeks to get my tastes changed... whatever I eat for 3 weeks, I get used to, and switching back, while my tastes have changed, is still possible.
Last week was a bad week for me. I injured my shoulder about 10 years ago (it popped, I never went to the doctor, took months for it to feel normal again), and the shoulder circle things re-aggravated that badly. Then something else (bicep day) caused severe pain in the front side of both my elbows, so I took the rest of the week off.
Trying to figure out if I want to re-continue... I was thinking of rebooting back to week 1.
Last week was a bad week for me. I injured my shoulder about 10 years ago (it popped, I never went to the doctor, took months for it to feel normal again), and the shoulder circle things re-aggravated that badly. Then something else (bicep day) caused severe pain in the front side of both my elbows, so I took the rest of the week off.
Trying to figure out if I want to re-continue... I was thinking of rebooting back to week 1.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Rebooting is never a bad idea.
One thing to remember is that despite the name, it's not a 90 day thing. Sure, maybe a person will have the rock solid abs in 90 days, although for most that's not likely, but you then have to maintain it.
I saw a P90X infomercial recently that was pretty honest. One of the testimonials was a guy who was probably pretty typical and he said it took him 5 rounds with P90X to get the body you see advertised in the commercials. that's a little over a year and FAR, FAR more realistic than thinking you'll be ripped in 90 days no matter how intense the program.
The way I'm going, I know I'll need a second round, but I might be pretty close at the end of that. Once I get to where I want to be, I'm going to alter the program to a "maintain" thing.
Point being, if you're truly going to make the lifestyle shift, rebooting isn't an issue since you're still exercising...
One thing to remember is that despite the name, it's not a 90 day thing. Sure, maybe a person will have the rock solid abs in 90 days, although for most that's not likely, but you then have to maintain it.
I saw a P90X infomercial recently that was pretty honest. One of the testimonials was a guy who was probably pretty typical and he said it took him 5 rounds with P90X to get the body you see advertised in the commercials. that's a little over a year and FAR, FAR more realistic than thinking you'll be ripped in 90 days no matter how intense the program.
The way I'm going, I know I'll need a second round, but I might be pretty close at the end of that. Once I get to where I want to be, I'm going to alter the program to a "maintain" thing.
Point being, if you're truly going to make the lifestyle shift, rebooting isn't an issue since you're still exercising...
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”