p90x with a twist

so I don't feel like paying $75 dollars to workout at the gym for 3 months..and since our workout area at the school is being redone....im staying with p90x until insanity comes out...
I however am adding something stuff to it.. 3 days a week of HIIT cardio in the morning...
a typical workout goes like this. 5 min warmup and then 1 min light work...followed by 1 min hard as possible..2 min very light 1 min all out...cont for 12 min...followed by 5 min cooldown/stretch.. and 3 days of the week light cardio up to an hour per session

on monday I did chest and back.....I did my back exercises down stairs and my pushups upstairs...ran up and down the stairs inbetween to push heart rate up. Killed this workout today!!! and that was my second workout of the day!

Tue
went for a light 60 min walk with luca right after lunch. it was nice and lowkey but helped with burning some extra calories.

after dinner rested until 8 and then im going to rock plyometrics !!! gotta love it...
its the one workout I don't look forward to but once I'm done I feel so good aobut myself and glad that I pushed myself through it:)

non-impact week finished!

just finished the recovery week...almost felt like I needed to do something else besides the workouts prescribed! like on xstrectch day..felt i needed to work harder...I also know it is very important to have a recovery week...so I did what was asked and only did the required workouts...cant wait for this week..have 3 full body heavy circut training days...with plyo/yoga/and kenpo x on their regular days.. doing 12 exercises 2x around with a 1 min break between the 12! trying to push my body to the next level and continue to lose body fat.. size 30 waist by sept 1 is my new goal! 3.5 inches to lose ...lets see if that is possible...two months?

great weekend ...dropped the kids off with the parents and took my wife out for a day of relaxing, shopping, and movies...had a good meal out and I would have used to have had a drink...maybe two...finish my whole meal...and have a dessert...
well..I had baked chicken...veggies...corn tortillas (2) and water! no dessert...at the movies...i had a handful of almonds :) what a little change can do:)

core syn

Had a great workout tonight. Core syn ...loved it...I was able to keep up the whole time and really pushed myself...the hardest part of it was the lunge kickback/curl/press/reverse curl......that gets the heart rate up..what a great full body movement though...presume I burned some calories..
have an early morning date with my workout clothes at 630 tomorrow morning..going for a short run before eating...to see if I can burn some extra calories...:) still eatign the same..just hopeing to throw in some more cardio to burn the extra fat...starting to feel in shape...monday night went out and did sprints ranging from 20-50 yards at the soccer field ...and it felt pretty good ...its great what you can do to your body...you can push it to limits you never thought possible...you are your worse enemy!!!!! you just have to have postive thoughts...instead of I cant...its to hard...i dont have time...have good thoughts...I can...I can push through...I will make time.....I wrote down a goal of sept 1 today to be at 10% bodyfat...my goal reads like this.

"Sept. 1
I'm so happy and thankful now I am less than 10% bodyfat. My 30 in jeans fit great on my slim waistline. I'm super lean with a rock hard six pack!"
Made a computer sticky note on my computer and Iphone! Made a dialy reminder 4x a day to pop up on my phone....made the sticky note stay in right hand part of the page. I will ready this all day long... Just like in sports......positive imagery is the best way to go! Until later....keep pushing play and see where you can push yourself

measurements

well took my measurements this morning and showed a two gain pound of muscle...and only less then a .5 pounds of fat! not a great week...means I ate to much!!!!
the good thing is gaining lean body mass is always a good thing. In the mirror im looking a lot more muscular which is nice!!
however, my overall goal is to retain lbm and lose a great amount of fat weight...im still about 16 % bodyfat and I wanted to be around 12 by the end of july. I still have time to do that.
This is a recovery week and next week im going to change things up and not do all of p90x ..
im going to do full body weight training 3x per week..with plyo and yoga still on tue/thur/ and add early morning pre eating cardio sessions of 30-40 minutes...
sat. will be kenpox
with sunday a total off day...
I will do 2-3 sets with no rest in between exercises using 8 compound movements with pullups/dips at the beg of the circut training..hoping to get the heart rate real up with no rest and prepare myself for insanity coming in july!!!!

end of another week

finished the week good. Ate good all week...and cheated on fathers day. Think that it wont have any effect on my week's good workouts...going to push hard through next week and throw in some early morning cardio this week...added a few walks last week and am looking forward to see if that helped at all.

REally starting to make all of this a habit and am looking forward to what I can do with my body before the end of july.....

good workouts!!!

my last few workouts have been crazy good! went for an hour walk yesterday pushing the stroller...killed...bi/back...did 10 wide pullups by myself during the first set! did 20 in first set with help of the chair...feeling good about the strength gains I'm getting.. yoga...was horrible as always:) i just struggle the whole time...I do feel much better then I did a few weeks ago though.

going to go for another walk in the morning tomorrow and then attack legs/back workout hard!
hopeing to see a change in body comp. monday morning during weigh in..

plyometrics to the next level!

well...i decided today that I'm going to hit up the new workout coming out in july. My fitness is starting to get decent again and I'm hoping to keep losing bodyfat over the next few weeks. so I made up my mind to up my workout tonight to see how far I Could push my body. Took the work outside to the soccer field. Put some cones up about 20 yards apart. Did a typical soccer warmup that takes about 8-10 minutes with light stretching...then into the plyo workout. I have done it so many times that I pretty much know it from heart:) i cut the rep time t 20 sec...but after each 4 part round (usually repeats it self) I threw in 5 all out sprints...with a light...i mean light..jog/walk back to cone...then went back into plyo...talk about hard....my heart rate was near 180 the whole time! to say the least it kicked my butt...but..i was able to workout for 50 mins. this way...my sprint at the end was more like a jog...but I pushed myself...going to go for a nice walk in the morning with luca to help with the soreness that I already know im going to have...looking forward to seeing if shawn t can whip me into even better shape...
i must be crazy:)

?????

so weighed myself today and I weigh the same as last week? Waist is the same too???
I worked hard last week...i did have a cheat day this weeknd....I thought that was supposed to help me?

REally disappointed from this! Very unmotivating really..it sucks...when yu work hard...do whatr your supposed to do and dont see results...i guess i need to tweak my food intake...or cut some carbs out...i don't know...i've been eating healthy...consuming lots of water...working hard...i m going to try to do some more walking this week...and throw in an early morning cardio x ....hope to lose 2 pounds of fat this week...

workout was good...hit it hard...and pushed myself..

good weekend

overall workout were good...cut kenpo x short...had a table dropped on my foot sat. morning while getting ready for a yard sale. Besides that yard sale went great. sold my scooter:( made a good amount of money and got rid of some stuff we don't need/use anymore...

will weigh myself tomorrow...hoping to lost a pound or two this week! a slow process is good for me...i don't want to lose lean body mass. going to add a couple cardio x workouts in the morning next week...to see if that helps drop some more fat a bit quicker....overall diet was good this week...did have 2 glasses of wine with dinner last night and a small bowl of ice cream:) but for the week that was my cheats!!!! another good week down...a lot of healty weeks to come:)

another day..another workout!

just another day pushing play! Kicked the utter piss out of this workout...either they are getting easier or im starting to feel fit?

Looking forward to getting super fit before the end of summer! want to be below 10% body fat by the end of aug...trying to get ripped like PT!!!

stay tuned for tomorrows workout...yoga.....fun....

the mother of all workouts!

tuesday = plyo workout! I don't look forward to this workout. I do feel great, but tired, after it though. The great thing is that I go downstairs and get into the zone and bring it to the best of my ability. I recommend this workout to EVERYONE! It is hard but the results are great.
Besides this workout I took luca for an afternoon walk in the stroller to big his big sister up Gianna ... A little over a mile away from the house on the way there took the long way and made it almost two miles.. Though I had brought the bjorn with me for the walk back just in case gianna got tired on teh way home. Well on the way back we had to stop and play on the slide..which wore gianna back.. So what does that mean...daddy carrying one 25 pound kid and pushing the other in a stroller for about a half of a mile...sounds easy...it wasn't ....I felt like it was a new beachbody workout...I have a hill that I had to climb as well....fun times...so today was a great day..I think tomorrow I might take the kids on another adventure...even if I have to carry them home...if it wasn't for p90x I don't think we would have made it home:)

chest/back/abs

Just booked my wife;s flight to maimi in the middle of july. Also booked the hotel we will be staying at. Got a great deal on the hyatt in coral gables. I get a free trip through IDEA a soccer invite that I Will be attending. Also get my housing/food while I'm there until sunday...
IT was my motiviaton the last few workouts and fired me up tonight. I want to look ripped for my wife. Just hope that I still have time for it!

Now for this weeks stats compared to last week!

JUNE 1
waist: 35
neck: 15
Weight:180
BodyFAt %. 18.78
LBM: 146.19
FAT Weight: 33.81

JUNE 8
waist: 34 -1
neck: 15 +/- 0
Weight 176 -4
Body fat% 16.87 - 1.91!!!!!
LBM: 146.31 +.12
FAT Weight: 29.69 -4.12

WHAT a week! HArd work does pay off:) IT makes me so motivated...that is hte best week I have had during my transformation!!!!! Can't wait to see the weight keep coming off....goal is to be less then 10% body fat by july 17!!!!!!!
Keep watching will post pics next week...how fun is this...seeing what you can do to your body!

commit

no matter what...don't miss a workout...is starting to be my motto...i worked out at 11 pm last night...legs and back..me vs the workout...laid on the floor afterwards and felt good..peaceful...relaxed...tired...
felt good that I didn't go to bed because I was tired...day was long...didn't fit it in when I usually do after I put my daughter to bed because my wife wanted to watch a movie....so I did...then worked out while she was feeding luca and putting him to bed....overall great workout...

kenpo was good....it is a workout that goes fast though so I made it through at 10 pm...then took a shower and relaxed a bit before heading to bed...

overall great week....6 workouts...and pushed through...hoping to up the intensity next week...

day of stretching!

did x stretch instead of yoga. Really like the workout...plus...i have a hard time getting into the yoga...don't know why...just do..i have done other yoga workouts and enjoyed them? X stretch was good today. Needed a day of non-impact and the stretching is great. I'm pretty sore today so it was nice change..going to tear up legs and back tomorrow! Such a demanding,challenging workout...love it! will push through the challenge...have a vision ....just another step to where I want to go...the key is to always go forward!

fav workout?

Back and biceps could be my favorite workout. I pushed it hard today. Felt weak in the pullups...Pushed through..used the chair ....and did the best I could do. Im so sore today from my last couple workouts. Felt like my first week in jan. AS my college soccer coach used to say the pain is your body pushing the weakness out:) Tried an old marathon trick of warm water for 1 min...freezing cold for 30 sec. repeat for time of shower. See if that helps tomorrow. After fridays workout going to go to the training room in the soccer locker room and take a nice cold...whirlpool bath to take some of the latic acid out and help with soreness...
on a different note my wife found a house that she likes! We are thinking of putting an offer in....with the 8000 tax credit for new home owners it is a good time to do it. Just scared with all the talk of this and that with the economy...

10000 contest

I saw today that beachbody just gave away 10000 to a male and female...so when I was working out...i kept telling myself that it was for 10000! it really helped me get through this workout...i was breathing hard...sweating...dying.....etc...the usually with plyo....but my head was right....i was fighting for $300 in wowy...1000 for the monthly transformation.....and the 10000....and....thats not even thinking about the 250000 they give away every year....
this is open for anyone who changes their body...not only do I have a new body to work for...but for a nice little check...so if you are not signed up for beachbody yet....go and do it!!!

chest/shoulders/tri/abs

before lunch today I went head and did ab ripper X...it was tough..its been 2 weeks since I did it ...and man oh man....it burned...pushed through...then ate lunch...today's diet was great...even drank a whole gallon of water...a goal that was hardier then I thought..felt like I was drinking a glass all day long...hope that it helps..

After dinner played with the kids and then put them to bed..headed downstairs and pushed play! workout was hard. had to push myself through it...had a vision of myself ripped with every set...that makes it a lot easier.!

well overall a great day for fitness. I spent some time this morning and looked at beachbody.com...and looked at the p90x transformations...I'm just amazed at how much some of the people have transformed..I want that transformation.. I didn't get it in my first 90....but I want it now....

new stats and pics:(

AFter posting these...im going to print the pics up and put in workout room and on fridge!!!! Motivation at its best:)

Stats:

Chest: 38.5

Waist: 35

Hips: 39

Left leg 22.5

Rigth Leg 23

LEft arm 13.5

Right arm 13.5

Not happy with these...only place to go is down though!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not many words to say how disappointed in myself I am..Now I know with the neck injury and sickness I missed almost 3 straight weeks of workouts...but what was I doing with my diet? Why did I think it was ok to eat what I wanted again? IT's the clean house theory I think! I came up with and excuse that a LOT of people use. You spend a weekend cleaning your house...and tell yourself...I'm not going to let my house get messy again! monday comes around...hard day at work...after making dinner, putting kids to sleep, doing this and that...you decided to skip doing the dishes...well the house is clean you say to yourself..so you go to bed...come tuesday....kids toys are everywhere...your tired....dishes need to be done..laundry needs to be done...so you skip sweeping the floor and picking up the living room before going to bed...all of sudden your house is messy again..you sit back and ask yourself how!
Our diets/body are the same way...a missed workout here...ad cookie there...and beer here...all of sudden we are asking ourselves how!
That's where I am...i took my pics again this morning...i took my stats...WOW is all I have to say..im almost to the point I was at my 60 day break during my first round of p90x!!!! that was 2 months ago....what have I done??? ITs sad...but there are two ways I can go with this..I can quit...and give up...and end up like a lot of people I know...or I can put it behind me..use it as a fire to push me hardier....and get back into the grind of things...I'm going to pick #2!

I harp on my players almost every day in the off season that its so hard to get fit...and a lot easier to stay fit and take fitness to a new level if they work hard all year....but then look at me....i almost feel like I'm starting over....

A quote we have in our fitness packets and in our locker room...
"Fitness is a journey not a destination..."