MONDAY - MARCH 4, 2013 - X-Trainer
Does Shaun realize he is taking NO breaks after the Pyramid Weights, which is one of the two toughest moves in the workout (Matrix Pushups being the other), but are only one-third of the way through the workout? I upped my weight to 25's on the Pyramids. I was OK with them until I got to the 7th and 8th sets of shoulder presses where they got real heavy. Then Shaun goes into jumping pushups, and one-armed pushups, etc. I was totally fried (but I never hit Pause). I was getting better on the agility moves, then ironically watched the Agility Tutorial after the workout. Makes sense, doesn't it? I watched it in my final week of the round. It was a good workout, but it could have been better, because I had my hands on my knees more often than usual.
Calories Burned: 458; Avg Heart Rate: 128; Max Heart Rate: 160.
TUESDAY - MARCH 5, 2013 - Upper Elite
The first week I did this workout, I used 15 lb weights. The second week I used 20's. The third week (last week), I used 25's. Today is the fourth and final week, so I thought I'd continue the trend, and I used 30's. I wasn't sure it would be a good idea going into the workout, but you never know where your limits are unless you push yourself. I got through it, but my reps were down on a lot of the moves. On the upright rows, they were doing 12 reps on the video, and I could only get in eight, but I'm not sure what weights the guys on the video were using. I think if I continued to use 30's my reps would eventually get to where they are on the video. Overall, I was pleased with the effort I put in.
Calories Burned: 634; Avg Heart Rate: 129; Max Heart Rate: 157.
WEDNESDAY - MARCH 6, 2013 - Power Legs
I'm getting used to the structure of this workout, so that helps a bit. I did good, but not great, today. I'm still running out of gas a bit during the "band" section. I don't know why. I'm fine when we get to the weights. Maybe it's because we're not jumping around as much.
Calories Burned: 469; Avg Heart Rate: 128; Max Heart Rate: 188.
THURSDAY - MARCH 7, 2013 - Off Day Stretch
A nice relaxing stretch. I didn't even burn 100 calories over the 32 minutes, and my heart rate never hit 100.
Calories Burned: 89; Avg Heart Rate: 82; Max Heart Rate: 99.
FRIDAY - MARCH 8, 2013 - Back and 6-Pack
Again, I'm getting used to the workouts, so I can concentrate on the moves more. I did OK today. The pullups were roughly the same as last week. They're still my weakness, but slowly but surely, I'm getting better at them. It's a snail's pace, but in the long run, it's noticeable.
Calories Burned: 352; Avg Heart Rate: 119; Max Heart Rate: 151.
SATURDAY - MARCH 9, 2013 - Championship / Sudden Death OT
This was my best showing on this workout. I used 30 lbs on the Weightlifting moves, and I did all the reps. I think there were 7 on the 3rd circiut. I got in a little over 5 rounds in the fit test, and I think I got most of the footwork right. Overall, I was pleased.
Calories Burned: 607; Avg Heart Rate: 128; Max Heart Rate: 184.
SUNDAY - MARCH 10, 2013 - Ab Shredder, Pure Contact, and Weigh-In
AB SHREDDER
I was much better at most of the moves today, especially the Spider Plank Holds, not going down to my knees as much. A good finish to the program.
Calories Burned: 174; Avg Heart Rate: 113; Max Heart Rate: 141.
PURE CONTACT
This is a Bonus workout with the program that I hadn't tried out. I was feeling a bit feisty today, and it was the last day of the program, so I thought I'd give it a whirl. I did it about 30 minutes after finishing Ab Shredder. I really, really liked it. It was only 22 minutes long, wasn't too intense, had some moves that I liked, and it did get my heart rate up. I'm glad I did it.
Calories Burned: 232; Avg Heart Rate: 125; Max Heart Rate: 151.
WEIGH-IN
Weight: 176.5; Body Fat: 22.4%
An increase of .1 lb and no change in Body Fat %. Not bad, considering I ate like crap yesterday. Overall, throughout the four weeks my weight increased .1 lb with no change in Body Fat %. I didn't eat great. I don't eat bad, but there are times I make poor choices. As I said before, I'm not going to make myself miserable with my diet.
FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE ROUND
I can't say enough about how much I enjoyed this program. I don't think there were any days when I dreaded coming home to do a workout, X-Trainer and especially Upper Elite were total beasts of workouts, but I was proud of myself in that I grew each time I did them. I increased the weight I used from 15 lbs the first week to 30 lbs the last week. I felt I also got better with my footwork as time went on. Ab Shredder is a great ab workout, and I even enjoyed the one time I did Pure Contact. One of the reasons I like P90X so much is because of Tony's humor. Shaun brought out his sense of humor in this one, often ragging on some of the cast members, but in a good way. These type of things make the workout more enjoyable. Other than my lack of coordination on some of the choreographed agilily moves, there were no negatives in this program. I'm by no means saying I've conquered it. Not even close. Just as with Asylum Volume 1, there is still unfinished business with me and Asylum 2. And once again, my eating needs to get better, but that's my fault. Overall, the experience was a definite A+.
WHAT'S NEXT?
I have a number of workouts, mostly One on One's that I've ordered recently, but haven't done yet. There's also a few Insanity add on's I haven't gotten to either. I'm going to try those out over the next few weeks, then do a 90 day hybrid of all the workouts I've assembled over the last few years. I've set up the schedule for the hybrid. It should be fun. Tough, but fun.
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