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| Getting my warrior 3 pose on in a drive through redwood ... doesn't get more badass than that!! |
I got to go see my good buddy and former co-worker off as he's moving on to work at a pretty kickass game studio down in San Fran. I'm really glad that he's finally moving on. Adam is actually the guy who gave me the initial inspirational spark and glimpse into this window that eventually lead to my transformative journey in the first place. He's the one that told me about Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, and indirectly, he's been a bit of a motivating force for me. I'm a bit bummed that he never got a chance to go out on a bike with me and in turn, I never joined him on a morning run, but it sounds like he's going to return next year for the tough mudder. I guess I'm planning on attending this time. With all this P90X stuff going on, I think I'm ready to make running the final frontier.
Saturday, I had a bit of a cheat-routine with my Legs and Back. I didn't actually get to the routine until about 7:30pm and I was heading out to another Arena Club Reunion party. I realized about a quarter of the way through the routine that I was likely going to be spending the rest of the night dancing so I cut it short a little before halfway. I kinda felt bad about it because I really wanted to finish the routine, but in the end, it was probably a good call. I of course danced all night and now I'm so friggn sore!!! It still trips me out that I've gained that much confidence and my back is that strong now. Before, I'd have to be sitting and just "observing".
I skipped Kenpo X... Largely due to the fact that it was our 6 year wedding Anniversary!!!
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...also, I was totally sore from dancing the night before :-P
So, I'm getting to the end of this P90X adventure. Today, in fact, was the last Chest & Back routine for the rest of the thing. I figure I'd take a look at the stats between my Day 1 and today...
Move Week 1 Day 1 Week 11 Day 1
Standard Pushups 9 21
Wide Front Pull-ups 5 w/chair 12 w/ far chair
Military Pushups 1 8 (still really freakin' hard)
Reverse Grip Chin-ups 3 w/chair 12 w/ far chair
Wide Fly Pushups 4 15 bar slipped... too wide
Closed Grip Pull-ups 9 w/ chair 10 w/o chair
Decline Pushups 0 10
Heavy Pants 20 x 15lb dumbells 20 x Red resistance band
Diamond Pushups 1 10
Lawnmoweres stopped 13 x Blue resistance band
Dive-bomber Pushups stopped 10
Back Flys stopped 10 x Red Resistance Band
ROUND 2
Standard Pushups 0 19
Wide Front Pull-ups 0 11 w/ far chair
Military Pushups 0 8
Reverse Grip Chin-ups 0 10 w/ far chair
Wide Fly Pushups 0 19
Closed Grip Pull-ups 0 11 w/o chair
Decline Pushups 0 9
Heavy Pants 0 12 x Blue resistance band
Diamond Pushups 0 10 on knees
Lawnmoweres 0 11 x Blue resistance band
Dive-bomber Pushups 0 5
Back Flys 0 12 x Red Resistance Band
So woah... I've definitely come a long way. It's awesome seeing the progress. I was starting to get bummed on some of the pullups because I was finding myself getting tired and worn out way faster on them. Then it hit me that I wasn't really using the chair at that point. Blew my mind. Of course, once I came to that realization, I'd basically get sapped and would need the chair at that point to try and eek out at least 2 more. nuts...
This morning, I powered up with another smoothie. My phone was being stupid so I was barely able to get the resulting smoothie pic.
Green Peach Berry:
1 handful of Spinach
1 Peach
1/2 Cucumber
1 cup of Blackberries
1/4 cup of flax seed
This guy was pretty green so it wasn't very sweet, but still pretty tasty. You could probably sub in some apple juice to sweeten it up. I didn't have any bananas, otherwise that probably could've helped a bunch too.
That's it for today!
~Mike
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