MONDAY - FEBRUARY 16, 2015 - P90 Sweat A
The last week of the Round. It's a recap of the Sweat and Sculpts from the A. B, and C series. Today's was probably the easiest. The only thing i was concerned with were the Sprawls. I remember how much they tired me out the first few times I did this workout. Today they were no problem. Just a frame of reference. The first time I did this workout, my average heart rate was 133. Today it was 113. Big difference!
Time: 27 minutes; Calories Burned: 236; Avg Heart Rate: 113; Max Heart Rate: 144.
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 17, 2015 - P90 Sculpt A
This isn't the toughest workout I've ever done, simply because it's shorter than most (only 14 moves), but it's not a throwaway either. There are several exercises in here that can test you if you decide you want to push yourself by using more weight. The max weight I used today was 25 lbs and I used that on all the weight moves but the tricep kickbacks. I probably could have used more weight on the bicep moves, but I didn't want to fry myself for the other weighted exercises. As it was, 25 lbs might not seem like a lot, but when you're doing 16 reps, especially on something like the Deep Swimmer's Presses, it can sneak up on you. I also used the Black band on the Tricep Kickdowns near the end. Almost impossible to do it with good form.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 308; Avg Heart Rate: 121; Max Heart Rate: 155.
WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 18, 2015 - P90 Sweat B
Now that I've done Sweat C a number of times this one seemed a bit easier than when I was doing it in month 2. The two moves that were killing me back then were the Sprawls and the Mountain/Cross Climbers done back to back. They were still tough, but do-able.
Time: 35 minutes; Calories Burned: 376; Avg Heart Rate: 125; Max Heart Rate: 153.
THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 19, 2014 - P90 Sculpt B
This is the one I was least looking forward to this week. I hadn't remembered all the moves, but I'd always thought it was tougher than Sculpt C because there were no band moves. Everything was with dumbbells. I used 25 lb weights on most of the moves, 20's on a few of them (Scarecrow Presses, Side Back Lunges, and Balance Curls) and 15s on the Launcher Kickbacks and Batman Flys, I worked up a good sweat and it tired me out.
Time: 33 minutes; Calories Burned: 369; Avg Heart Rate: 129; Max Heart Rate: 156.
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 20, 2015 - P90 Sweat C
Last Sweat workout of the Round. I'll admit I was counting down the Sprawls until I was done with them. This is a fairly tough workout in areas and I worked up a good sweat as always.
Time: 40 minutes; Calories Burned: 438; Avg Heart Rate: 127; Max Heart Rate: 157.
SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 21, 2015 - P90 Sculpt C
This was the last workout of the Round and one of my favorites. I ate a little heavy last night so I was feeling a bit sluggish going in, but I pushed, and actually did a few more reps than usual on some of the moves. I used the Black band again and it's tough. My balance was bad once again, which is frustrating, but that's how I'm built so I just do the best I can with what I have. I think I finished on a good note.
Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 505; Avg heart Rate: 129; Max Heart Rate: 155.
SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 22, 2015 - Rest
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 202.6 (+1.6 lbs)
Body Fat: 23.4% (+0.1%)
I ate bad this week. This isn't a surprise, but I'm disappointed with myself.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
I didn't eat real well during the week. Stress eating again. One thing I'm finding out is that I'm actually getting stressed about having to do the workouts each day. I just want to come home and relax some days, but knowing I have to come home and do a workout pisses me off sometimes, which depresses me, and causes me to stress eat more. It's a vicious cycle. The workouts went well this week. It was great to do the different A, B, C phases in one week, as I was able to see my progression. While the A workouts seemed tough in the first month, they seemed much easier this month.
THOUGHTS ON THE ROUND AND THE PROGRAM
The Bad: Overall, I gained 2.2 lbs and 0.5% Body Fat. This was my fault and not the program's.
The Good: Going into this thing, I thought it was going to be a breeze. I've been through P90X numerous times. I've done X2 twice and X3 once. I've done Insanity, both Asylums, Focus T25, Les Mills Pump and Combat. How hard could a "Starter Program" be? Let me say I was humbled from the beginning. This is not a piece of cake. It worked me. It made me sweat. It made me sore. It's a real workout program on a level with any of the other ones I've done. I also want to mention I had purchased the exta "Speed Series" disc which included four Bonus workouts. It was a bit pricey, but I'm glad I did it. It added a bit of variety into things. Overall, I was very impressed and I'm sure I'll be doing it again at some point.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Two weeks of rest. I need it mentally, and then Insanity: Max 30.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Monday, February 9, 2015
P90 - ROUND 1 - WEEK 12 - WEEK OF 2/9/2015
MONDAY - FEBRUARY 9, 2015 - P90 Sculpt C
I'm starting to get burned out. The same thing happened around this time in my last round, which was P90X2. I was feeling sluggish when I got home from work, took a nap, and just didn't feel like getting it done. However, as always, I forced myself to do it. The workout actually went pretty well. My body is still sore all over and I'm pretty sure doing those sets of 50 lb bicep curls twice a week is contributing towards that.
Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 485; Avg Heart Rate: 127; Max Heart Rate: 215.
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 10, 2015 - P90 Sweat C
I wasn't dreading doing this one today, but once I got into it, I just didn't feel like doing it. I got through it, but it wasn't my best effort. There are a lot of moves in this workout that I don't like and that didn't help with my enthusiasm. I also had some birthday cake for a co-worker today. Not a horrible thing, but I felt it.
Time: 40 minutes; Calories Burned: 437; Avg Heart rate: 127; Max Heart Rate: 157.
WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 11, 2015 - P90 Speed Sculpt
Knowing this was a shorter workout I went at it hard. A good workout and I worked up a good sweat. As with the last time I did this workout the tricep kickbacks felt really easy with the 15 lb weights I was using. In hindsight, maybe I should have bumped them up to 20's as a challenge, but I guess I didn't want to tire myself out. On the Pushup Sequenses I did 40 in 40 seconds and 50 in 50 seconds, but I wasn't going real deep.
Time: 24 minutes; Calories Burned: 278; Avg Heart Rate: 129; Max Heart Rate: 190.
THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 12, 2015 - P90 Sweat C
It's hard to tell, but I think I did better on this today than I did on Tuesday. My attitude was certainly better. I still wasn't excited about doing it, but I tried to keep pushing.
Time: 40 minutes; Calories Burned: 444; Avg Heart Rate: 128; Max Heart Rate: 158.
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 13, 2015 - P90 Sculpt C
Not much to say. I was good on the "strength" exercises, horrible on the "balance" exercises. I'm really liking the Black resistance bands. There's a lot less range of motion with them for now, but I can really feel the soreness later.
Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 495; Avg Heart Rate: 128; Max Heart Rate: 152.
SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 14, 2015 - P90 Horton's Greatest Hits
This one humbled me the first two times I did it and it did so again today. The way he sequences the moves kills me. I couldn't go down low in the pushups because I have no strength in them after yesterday's workout. One thing I tried on the three pushup moves and the one burpee move was to give myself a target as to how many I wanted to do, then stop, instead of thinking about going a full minute. In all instances I hit my number (usually 16) then did about 8 more. I also had to modify the Hopscotch move again, simply because I can't bounce off my feet and ankles like that. Tough, tough workout.
Time: 36 minutes; Calories Burned: 411; Avg Heart Rate: 129; Max Heart Rate: 155.
SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 15, 2015 - P90 Speed Abs
Even though this is a super short workout, I struggled a bit. On the last Move (Half Crackers), I couldn't do the half pushups. My arms and shoulders are fried.
Time: 7 minutes; Calories Burned: 59; Avg Heart Rate: 108; Max Heart Rate: 129.
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 201.0 (-1.2 lbs)
Body Fat: 23.3% (no change)
I'll take the decrease, I didn't eat great this week, so I'm not kidding myself. That's reflected in the Body Fat.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
I'm happy with the weight decrease. The workouts went well, but my body is sore and I'm burned out. The last two days I was struggling to do simple pushups. I'm looking forward to finishing up this round next week, then taking a small break..
I'm starting to get burned out. The same thing happened around this time in my last round, which was P90X2. I was feeling sluggish when I got home from work, took a nap, and just didn't feel like getting it done. However, as always, I forced myself to do it. The workout actually went pretty well. My body is still sore all over and I'm pretty sure doing those sets of 50 lb bicep curls twice a week is contributing towards that.
Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 485; Avg Heart Rate: 127; Max Heart Rate: 215.
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 10, 2015 - P90 Sweat C
I wasn't dreading doing this one today, but once I got into it, I just didn't feel like doing it. I got through it, but it wasn't my best effort. There are a lot of moves in this workout that I don't like and that didn't help with my enthusiasm. I also had some birthday cake for a co-worker today. Not a horrible thing, but I felt it.
Time: 40 minutes; Calories Burned: 437; Avg Heart rate: 127; Max Heart Rate: 157.
WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 11, 2015 - P90 Speed Sculpt
Knowing this was a shorter workout I went at it hard. A good workout and I worked up a good sweat. As with the last time I did this workout the tricep kickbacks felt really easy with the 15 lb weights I was using. In hindsight, maybe I should have bumped them up to 20's as a challenge, but I guess I didn't want to tire myself out. On the Pushup Sequenses I did 40 in 40 seconds and 50 in 50 seconds, but I wasn't going real deep.
Time: 24 minutes; Calories Burned: 278; Avg Heart Rate: 129; Max Heart Rate: 190.
THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 12, 2015 - P90 Sweat C
It's hard to tell, but I think I did better on this today than I did on Tuesday. My attitude was certainly better. I still wasn't excited about doing it, but I tried to keep pushing.
Time: 40 minutes; Calories Burned: 444; Avg Heart Rate: 128; Max Heart Rate: 158.
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 13, 2015 - P90 Sculpt C
Not much to say. I was good on the "strength" exercises, horrible on the "balance" exercises. I'm really liking the Black resistance bands. There's a lot less range of motion with them for now, but I can really feel the soreness later.
Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 495; Avg Heart Rate: 128; Max Heart Rate: 152.
SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 14, 2015 - P90 Horton's Greatest Hits
This one humbled me the first two times I did it and it did so again today. The way he sequences the moves kills me. I couldn't go down low in the pushups because I have no strength in them after yesterday's workout. One thing I tried on the three pushup moves and the one burpee move was to give myself a target as to how many I wanted to do, then stop, instead of thinking about going a full minute. In all instances I hit my number (usually 16) then did about 8 more. I also had to modify the Hopscotch move again, simply because I can't bounce off my feet and ankles like that. Tough, tough workout.
Time: 36 minutes; Calories Burned: 411; Avg Heart Rate: 129; Max Heart Rate: 155.
SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 15, 2015 - P90 Speed Abs
Even though this is a super short workout, I struggled a bit. On the last Move (Half Crackers), I couldn't do the half pushups. My arms and shoulders are fried.
Time: 7 minutes; Calories Burned: 59; Avg Heart Rate: 108; Max Heart Rate: 129.
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 201.0 (-1.2 lbs)
Body Fat: 23.3% (no change)
I'll take the decrease, I didn't eat great this week, so I'm not kidding myself. That's reflected in the Body Fat.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
I'm happy with the weight decrease. The workouts went well, but my body is sore and I'm burned out. The last two days I was struggling to do simple pushups. I'm looking forward to finishing up this round next week, then taking a small break..
Monday, February 2, 2015
P90 - ROUND 1 - WEEK 11 - WEEK OF 2/2/2015
MONDAY - FEBRUARY 2, 2015 - P90 Sweat C
We had a lot of snow overnight so I had to shovel a bit this morning to get my car out. When I got home I had to finish the entire driveway, which took 35 minutes. I contemplated on counting that as my workout today because I wasn't feeling weel when I left work, but I've never done that before, so I toughed it out and got in Sweat C. The workout was one of my best. I even got in all the Scrambles at the end.
Time: 40 minutes; Calories Burned: 480; Avg Heart Rate: 134; Max Heart Rate: 161.
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 3, 2015 - P90 Sculpt C
I just purchased the Extreme Set of resistance bands from Beachbody and used their toughest band (the Black one) for the workout today. I had been using the Green band which is a few steps down. I'm not sure how effective the Black ones were, as I was not able to get much range of motion on them. I guess the point is to get stronger so you can get more range of motion, but not today. The rest of the workout went well, and I'm getting faster on the pushup moves.
Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 457; Avg Heart Rate: 123; Max Heart Rate: 148.
WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 4, 2015 - P90 Speed Sweat
A quick, easy workout, which is all I was in the mood for today anyways. However, I did work up a bit of a sweat.
Time: 24 minutes; Calories Burned: 204; Avg Heart Rate: 110; Max Heart Rate: 130.
THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 5, 2015 - P90 Sculpt C
Sometimes it's hard to gauge how you did on a workout, especially one you're repeating from week to week. For me, I'm usually doing my best. Unless I'm upping my weights or getting in more reps, it's hard to say if it's a good or bad one. Sometimes I just feel like crap and it's just not there. Today was one of those days where the numbers didn't show an increase, but some of the moves seemed easier, so I guess that's progress, and ultimately, that's what this journey is all about. If only I could translate that to my nutrition ...
Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 449; Avg Heart Rate: 122; Max Heart Rate: 148.
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 6, 2015 - P90 Sweat C
While this one does wear me out, I got through it OK today. I even got all the Scrambles in on both sides, which I think is a first. That may be because I'm more used to the move and don't have to think about which way I'm scrambling, but nonetheless, I got them in.
Time: 40 minutes; Calories Burned: 425; Avg Heart Rate: 125; Max Heart Rate: 156.
SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 7, 2015 - P90 Saturday Special
Last time doing this one this round. I felt a bit sluggish throughout the workout so it wasn't my best effort.
Time: 27 minutes; Calories Burned: 276; Avg Heart Rate: 121; Max Heart Rate: 146.
SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 8, 2015 - P90 Ab Ripper C
I did good. Again, I really like this workout. I can't express how efficient it is.
Time: 15 minutes; Calories burned: 92; Avg Heart Rate: 99; Max Heart Rate: 128.
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 202.2 (+0.4 lbs)
Body Fat: 23.3% (+0.4%)
I didn't eat great this week, so I'm not surprised with the increase, especially the body fat %.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
The workouts went well. I'm starting to slip back into bad eating habits again. I'm bummed because I'd been eating well for a month or so and didn't see great results. Instead of sticking with it I'm feeling sorry for myself and justifying eating crap again. I really need to get control again.
We had a lot of snow overnight so I had to shovel a bit this morning to get my car out. When I got home I had to finish the entire driveway, which took 35 minutes. I contemplated on counting that as my workout today because I wasn't feeling weel when I left work, but I've never done that before, so I toughed it out and got in Sweat C. The workout was one of my best. I even got in all the Scrambles at the end.
Time: 40 minutes; Calories Burned: 480; Avg Heart Rate: 134; Max Heart Rate: 161.
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 3, 2015 - P90 Sculpt C
I just purchased the Extreme Set of resistance bands from Beachbody and used their toughest band (the Black one) for the workout today. I had been using the Green band which is a few steps down. I'm not sure how effective the Black ones were, as I was not able to get much range of motion on them. I guess the point is to get stronger so you can get more range of motion, but not today. The rest of the workout went well, and I'm getting faster on the pushup moves.
Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 457; Avg Heart Rate: 123; Max Heart Rate: 148.
WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 4, 2015 - P90 Speed Sweat
A quick, easy workout, which is all I was in the mood for today anyways. However, I did work up a bit of a sweat.
Time: 24 minutes; Calories Burned: 204; Avg Heart Rate: 110; Max Heart Rate: 130.
THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 5, 2015 - P90 Sculpt C
Sometimes it's hard to gauge how you did on a workout, especially one you're repeating from week to week. For me, I'm usually doing my best. Unless I'm upping my weights or getting in more reps, it's hard to say if it's a good or bad one. Sometimes I just feel like crap and it's just not there. Today was one of those days where the numbers didn't show an increase, but some of the moves seemed easier, so I guess that's progress, and ultimately, that's what this journey is all about. If only I could translate that to my nutrition ...
Time: 44 minutes; Calories Burned: 449; Avg Heart Rate: 122; Max Heart Rate: 148.
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 6, 2015 - P90 Sweat C
While this one does wear me out, I got through it OK today. I even got all the Scrambles in on both sides, which I think is a first. That may be because I'm more used to the move and don't have to think about which way I'm scrambling, but nonetheless, I got them in.
Time: 40 minutes; Calories Burned: 425; Avg Heart Rate: 125; Max Heart Rate: 156.
SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 7, 2015 - P90 Saturday Special
Last time doing this one this round. I felt a bit sluggish throughout the workout so it wasn't my best effort.
Time: 27 minutes; Calories Burned: 276; Avg Heart Rate: 121; Max Heart Rate: 146.
SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 8, 2015 - P90 Ab Ripper C
I did good. Again, I really like this workout. I can't express how efficient it is.
Time: 15 minutes; Calories burned: 92; Avg Heart Rate: 99; Max Heart Rate: 128.
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 202.2 (+0.4 lbs)
Body Fat: 23.3% (+0.4%)
I didn't eat great this week, so I'm not surprised with the increase, especially the body fat %.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
The workouts went well. I'm starting to slip back into bad eating habits again. I'm bummed because I'd been eating well for a month or so and didn't see great results. Instead of sticking with it I'm feeling sorry for myself and justifying eating crap again. I really need to get control again.
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