Day 40...YOGA

Long long day and a late night yoga session for me. Well maybe not so late, but late enough for me as I am usually not starting my workout at 8:00 p.m.

It was a pretty good run through and felt good after sitting in the car and at my desk all day. All in all yoga is a good end of day routine. Even though I worked hard and got a decent sweat going, afterward I was very relaxed and felt great getting back in the car and driving up to OC.

Morning weigh-in: 193.6

Day 39...SHOULDERS AND ARMS AND BALANCE

Fun and quick moving workout...basically standard bi,Tri, and shoulder exercises on one foot or balancing in some other sort of fashion.

Big difference from Mondays difficult routine in the fact that I could actually do the workout without stumbling around like a kookmeyer.

I didn't have time to AbRipper so that's in the bank.

Weigh-in: 193.6

Day 38...RECOVERY AND MOBILITY

Nothing like a nice foam rollout to treat some sore muscles!

Weigh-in: 195.7

Day 37...PLYOCIDE

This was round 5 of Plyocide for me and I have to say that I really like this one. It is likely my strong suit at this point and that very well be because I have multiple attempts at it by now.

I cannot keep up with the DvD quite yet, but I am at around 70% already which is acceptable to me for now.

I am anticipating a 100% turnout before the end of Phase 2.

Brace yourself...shoot...brace MYself.

Weigh-in: 195.3

Day 36...CHEST BACK & BALANCE

Well I made it to Phase 2. After spending 4 weeks in phase 1, Brando and I made the transition today. Personally, I felt like I could keep at phase 1 for another month or two as that is how novice I still feel about it. But onwards and upwards!

Initial thoughts:

The push-up and pull-up alternation is good. I like it.

The moves are HARD. lots of balancing for the push ups and lots of core engagement and impossible holds for the pull ups.

This is a challenging workout hands down.

Four ball push ups...lol...it took me a couple minutes just to be able to get into the position...Tony and the kids moved on to the next exercise by the time I finally got myself balanced. That was frustrating and probley my low point in the workout.

AbRipper X2 style...I can see this one improving now. After the beat down I took in the workout, it was encouraging to see better performance here.

Plyocide mañana amigos.

Weigh-in: 197.1

Day 35...REST

Day off. Day before Phase 2. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.

I do feel like my body has done some recovering. Groin already feels a whole lot better, my neck/shoulder is still not perfect, but is improved, and I am itching for some resistance style workouts.


End of phase 1 stats:

Weigh-in: 196.0
Body fat%: 12.4
Awesomeness: moderate

Day 34...KENPO

What? Kenpo? Yep...I decided to mix up the week a little more. Hey, Tony says that you can vary your recovery weeks however you see fit. So I threw in a little P90X classic Kenpo.

My groin pull made some of the moving around tough, but I made it through and it felt good to have a little cardio going.

Noticing a lot of weight fluctuating but it seems to be gravitating towards the 197 mark...

Weigh-in: 197.6

Day 33...YOGA

This Yoga routine is continuing to grow on me. I noticed an improvement between today and earlier this week already. The one thing I want to note is that I over stretched my groin during the splits section. Won't do that again. Ouch.

195.4

Day 32...REST

I took an outright rest day today. Other than my typical light stretching I left my body alone. My knee is my primary concern now as my neck/shoulder is slowly on the mend and I am noticing it less each day.

Few more days until it's back to hitting it hard.

Stay healthy.

197.2

Day 31...RECOVERY AND MOBILITY

A little stretching...a little foam rolling...just what the body needs.

Do I feel more normal after a few days off of resistance training? Yes. I still am sore in my hamstrings from yoga the other day, my neck/shoulder seems to be feeling a little better, but my knee is still off.

My main hope is that by the start of Phase 2 Monday, my neck and shoulder issue is a thing of the past.

198.4

Day 30...YOGA

After several rounds of this yoga routine, I can say I like it better than P90X classic yoga. While there are some similar aspects, X2 Yoga moves a bit quicker, establishes a sweat a bit sooner, and I think for the most part is a more intense and efficient routine. Not as long, but definitely harder.

I notice I put a lot of strain on the outside of my right knee during pigeon. I will have to back it off next time as I am not sure that is the right thing to be doing given the pain I feel in it.

Some cool balance poses I am improving on and hope to get down pretty solid by the end of the program.

Weigh-in: 200.4

DAY 29...REST

That's right....I stole an extra rest day here! An extra dose of recovery to start off my active recovery week. Looks like I will be rolling out and doing yoga into next Sunday.

That's cool.

Weigh-in: N/A

Day 28...REST

Ahhh...a full rest day. I choose to do nothing today. Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner is my cheat for the day. Yum.

Weigh-in: N/A

Day 27...BALANCE AND POWER

This is up there as one of my least favorite...not sure if I have made that clear yet. I blame a lack of coordination and core strength.

I can say however, that today was a nice improvement over last week. Not a huge improvement, but nevertheless an improvement...so I'll take it!

The bonus round on this one is a mother. Definitely where the money is.

So I am closing up week four of phase one here. Next week will be full of recovery and mobility and hopefully my body is able to mend before phase 2 kicks into high gear. Still experiencing pain and discomfort in my neck and left shoulder, as well as the outside portion of my right knee.

Weigh in: 200.00