P90X day 19 check in

Legs & Back day today. I had an early work meeting (who does that on a Friday??) so I had to get up at 5:00am this morning to ensure I had enough time to do the workout including ab ripper. Legs & back went well. Was harder to compare the pull up progress because I switched from the pull up bar to bands to avoid aggravating my disc problem in upper/mid back. I have a black beachbody band though and put some distance between me and the mounting point so I was still getting a good workout in. Today one legged wall squats were brutal.

I thought for sure I was going to have to pause ab ripper so I could catch up today but somehow I managed to power through and do my second ab ripper in a row without pause but also raising my hands for the first 75 reps as well as doing a better job of keeping my arms relaxed during fifer scissors, wide leg things, and pulse ups. I also sitched to two grabs on the leg climbers from three grabs. However, these have always been easy for me. I've also always done it with the relaxed leg bent which for me is way easier than laying it straight.

Another great workout!!

Food was pretty good. Seems like i can never get it perfect. Today macros were 45/35/20 but the carbs was misleading today as I tried the new Quest protein bar (without sugar alcohol) which have 22g of carbs but 18g of them are fiber so they really only have 4 "active" carbs whatever that means. If I take the 18 carbs out of fiber then I'm a lot closer to 30 for my carb macro.

Finished Kenpo for week 5

Biceps are still sore from Wednesday's Back and Bicep workout.

Nice job on 5 weeks in! Today was Kenpo X for myself as well ( day 20!!) and my shoulders were feeling it from earlier workouts. It makes such a huge difference in Kenpo for me if I act like I'm actually trying to hit someone with power in the punch or kick rather than make the motion quickly. Way harder workout that way and you have to be a lot more careful about your joints. But I finished the workout today sweating like crazy with it literally dripping off of me all over and my wife was barely "glistening" as she just tries to do the motions quickly rather than powerfully.

I agree. Good job to you and everyone else sticking to it!!

Day 22 check in

Today marked the start of "recovery week." I did Yoga bright and early. switching the yoga belly 7 and hamstring portion really helped today and I needed the help as my lower back was complaining big time

Food macros today 51/31/18. Lot easier to hit those without the carb shot from the recovery drink ha ha.

Keep bringing it everyone!

Wierd. I thought I posted my check in last night from my phone but turns out I don't see a post here.

So here it is again.

day 23 check in!

Core synergistics is a TOUGH workout!!! Damn that workout kicked my but. Today for the first 15 mins of Kenpo I felt dead too which I attribute partially to how hard core worked me out yesterday.

Macros were great with 54/29/17 and I've decided to retrack my water for a bit and see how I was doing. over 100 oz's the past two days.

Nice work everyone!! You guys help keep me motivated!! I'm hoping I build muscle mass and drop body fat %. Even though I weight myself every day (habit) I wouldn't mind if I don't drop weight as long as I drop body fat

P90X day 24 check in

Today was Kenpo X. I continued my efforts to make every move with "power" as if I was really trying to punch or kick someone or block them. The difference for me is that I tense so many more muscles and sweat about 10x as much not to mention the increased heart rate and fatigue

Food was a bit of a splurge today. Allowed myself some Chipotle and while I've eaten chipotle a few times on P90X (the only restruant food so far) this time I let myself have beans and rice as I've been doing so good on my macros but want more calories. Macros today were 47/31/23 Week to date (I just discovered this feature lol) they are 47/33/20.

Water was another 100+ oz today. Actually over 120 oz. I was thirsty!

I'm looking forward to stretch X tomorrow. My body is feeling pretty beat up and sore.

Day 25 Check in

Today was stretch X day. Got up and finished bright and early as usual these days. Lateley the hamstring section seems to be putting a lot of strain on my lower back. Though I was much more flexible during the split leg standing hamstring stretch.

Food macros today were 57/27/17 and week to date are 42/30/19

Water wasn't as good at only 80 oz today.

Headed out of town this weekend so planning on bringing my yoga and stretch X with me!

Sorry, I have not been posting to the accountability log. I've completed 4 days of my first week of P90X(repeat attempt), yoga x kicked my butt lastnight to where I could only finish 60 minutes of the work out (my next goal is to complete the entire workout) some of the poses I fall down on and can't get into that particular position or hold, but I'll keep pushing through and trying. Tonight is legs and back, my legs may not like me for it, but I'm looking forward to it as it means that I've stuck with it and completed the first 5 days. I'm a bit upset that I've actually gained weight this week. I know looking at my food log there have been a couple of bad days where I thought I was eating good. I'll buckle down this weekend and do some meal planning to get on track.

Well, Happy Friday to all. Have a great day today!

Hey tcemt thanks for checking in! The most important part is that you are pushing play and making the effort. Week 1 and somewhat week 2 are the hardest physically if you haven't been working out hard before starting. It will get better including Yoga. The first two weeks my legs were dying from all those Yoga poses and Plyo and legs and back. Once you get past those two weeks you can start to increase your focus and precision in the moves.

P90X day 26 check in!

Did core synergistics first thing this morning. Was much easier this time around than easier in the week BUT not easy lol. Ended the workout fine but low back pain set in later in the morning. Still pretty tender now. Hopefully yoga helps in the morning.

Food today was excellant. Accidentally left my food at work when running for the airport but persevered after landing and went to the grocery store on the way from the airport. So I still got in my grilled chicken and broccoli for dinner! Also picked up food for breakfast and snacks for the weekend. Today's macros were 52/31/17. Week to date are 52/30/18 so I'm stoked.

Tomorrow for dinner will be a big cheat meal for me. It's my family dinner for MY birthday so yes I'm cheating lol. The filet and grilled veggies will be good. The twiced baked potatoes and the world greatest chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting not so much haha. But hey it's an action packed weekend and I'm traveling out of town going to do yoga and stretch x and will only. Heat for the family dinner and my fav desert

Water today was low again. Just shy of my 100 oz goal (between 85 and 90 oz)

Cya

P90X day 27 check in

Ugh! So I lost it on my cheat meal. I've never been so sick to my stomach from over eating bad food in my life. I honestly thought about throwing up to make my stomach feel better. Needless to say my food today is an FFFFFFFFFFFF!!! My macros were 40/40/20. Not to bad right? Ha! That is c/f/p!! I'm going to fast for 24 hours from this meal to puge my system and since tomorrow is stretch X that shouldn't be a problem. Week to date my macros are now 42/33/25 P/C/F. This should make it much easier to resist cheating in the future.

I did complete Yoga X this morning. Lower back still hurts but I enjoyed the stretching section. I also got over 10k steps today.

Keep bringing it everyone!