Monday, September 24, 2018

WEEK OF 09/24/2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - ROUND 2 - WEEK 4

MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Results 4 Recovery

Better than last time. I just took it slow and easy. I used 10's on the cardio moves, 20 on the tricep move. Nice and relaxing. It's a bit of a strange workout in that you're working at a low pace, but still almost breaking a sweat. It's almost uncomfortable at times because of that.

Time: 39 minutes; Calories Burned : 106; Avg Heart Rate: 109; Max Heart Rate: 135.


TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Bun Shaper

I like this workout. I think it's effective, I always work up a good sweat, and who doesn't like nice buns? The 8 card pickup is a beast, but I'm getting used to it and appreciating it.

Time: 49 minutes; Calories Burned: 287; Avg Heart Rate: 121; Max Heart Rate: 153.


WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Diamond Delts

I have to start off by saying today would have been my dad's 85th birthday. Miss you dad!!! Today's workout went OK. I was able to do the shoulder presses with 40's without losing too much form. On the first set I did 10 reps standing and on the second set I did 12 reps sitting. So, that's progress. No problems with any of the other moves, but doing two sets of Deep Swimmers Presses in the last block seemed a bit cruel, even with only using 25's.

Time: 36 minutes; Calories Burned: 132; Avg Heart Rate: 113; Max Heart Rate: 141.


THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Fountain of Youth

Just a shitty yoga workout. I had work related issues on my mind the whole time I was doing the workout, so I was just going through the motions and not really relaxing at all.

Time: 47 minutes; Calories Burned: 94; Avg Heart Rate: 105; Max Heart Rate: 132.


FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Mammoth U M L

I played golf this morning. I was feeling a bit sluggish going into the workout because I feel my body was just tired and sore from the golfing. Despite this, I mentally pushed through and got the workout done. These workouts don't seem like much on paper, but they're tough, and I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life at age 61. I'm so glad I took the time to track this series down earlier in the year. I'm very, very happy with the results, and they're fun to do.

Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 186; Avg Heart Rate: 106; Max Heart Rate: 157.


SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Medicine Ball Core Cardio

Not a good day. Played in a charity golf event that took up most of the day. Played poorly. Otherwise, just feeling out of sorts with things. I wasn't dreading this workout, which helped me get it done. Even though it was just an average workout, it was something positive for the day.

Time: 36 minutes; Calories Burned: 230; Avg Heart Rate: 123; Max Heart Rate: 145.


SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Killer Abs

I did this late in the day, and hadn't eaten too well. It didn't go as smoothly as it usually does. I labored on some moves and only git in 28 mason Twists before I came down. I then finished the other 12.

Time: 24 minutes; Calories Burned: 88; Avg Heart Rate: 108; Max Heart Rate: 136.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 181.8 (-0.2 lbs)
Body Fat: 18.4% (-0.2%)

OK numbers, but I can do better. I'm not fooling myself. I'm not eating well.


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

This completes month one and Volume One of the workouts. I love these workouts because they're effective.


Tuesday, September 18, 2018

WEEK OF 09/17/2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - ROUND 2 - WEEK 3

MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - 30-15 Routine

Once again, my numbers were 30 pushups and 5 pullups. Got them all in, and once again I had to come off the pullup bar a few times, especially near the end. As usual, I go faster than they do on the video. I finished the 24 sets in about 34 minutes. I sat around for about 6 or 7 minutes, watching the video, then did 75 uninterrupted standard pushups. All told, I did 435 pushups during this workout. After that extra set, I just sat back, relaxed, and watched the last few moves, then did the cool down. I wish I could do more pullups, but I "struggle" with them right now.

Time: 58 minutes; Calories Burned: 247; Avg Heart Rate: 118; Max Heart Rate: 148.


TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Plyo Legs

This one is an absolute beast. I can't think of another workout where you are working one body part and getting this much cardio to go with it. I did better than two weeks ago because I could still jump a little at end the end, but my legs are still fried.

Time: 63 minutes; Calories Burned: 325; Avg Heart Rate: 121; Max Heart Rate: 150.


WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Just Arms

I was going to say this was a tough workout, but then realized you get out of this one what you put into it. If you're going to push yourself with the wights, it can be tough. I tried upping my weights or rep counts from last time on a few of the moves. I started with 40's on the bicep curls and did 8 reps on the first set, but then did 12 on the second set. 40's are usually tough for me, but I handled them OK two weeks ago also, so it might be time to try 45's or 50's. I used 30's on the decline curls, where last time I used 25's. My reps went from 12 to 10, but that's OK. However, on the second set I could only get 9 reps in. I then tried using 30's on the 21's move. I got through the seven lower half reps, but when I tried then on the upper half , I couldn't do it safely. I went back to the 25 lbs, but my left arm was so worn out I could barely finish the move with the 25's. However, I got through it. My arms feel pumped, and I'm happy with myself for the effort.

Time: 46 minutes; Calories Burned: 218; Avg Heart Rate: 120; Max Heart Rate: 153.


THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Fountain Of Youth

I tried to recreate last week's blissful workout, but didn't quite get there. It was better than usual, but I was more sore today than last week, so the vinyasas were  bit more difficult, especially on the pushups. I still felt good about it. I wasn't fighting any of the moves.

Time: 47 minutes; Calories Burned: 81; Avg Heart Rate: 103; Max Heart Rate: 123.


FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Road Warrior

I'm starting to get the hang of the bands and am finding out they can give some resistance if used properly. Once again, I placed kitchen sponges on top of the band and stood on those. It works great. I increased my reps from 15 to 20 on a lot of the moves, mostly because I wasn't taking as much time fumbling around with the bands and where to place my feet. I'm actually starting to like and appreciate this workout. It's not the toughest, but it can be effective if done right.

Time: 53 minutes; Calories Burned: 224; Avg Heart Rate: 112; Max Heart Rate: 152.


SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Super Cardio

I went at this one with more energy than I usually do, especially on the jumping and spinning moves. I felt a bit better about the workout because of that.

Time: 46 minutes; Calories Burned: 260; Avg Heart Rate: 123; Max Heart Rate: 160.


SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 22, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Killer Abs

I normally get my Sunday ab workouts done in the morning, but kept putting this one off. I finally got it done just between 7:30 and 8:00 pm. No problems with any of the moves, but I did stop at 40 Mason Twists.

Time: 24 minutes; Calories Burned: 82; Avg Heart Rate: 104; Max Heart Rate: 128.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight 182.0 (+0.6 lbs)
Body Fat: 18.6% (+0.2%)

I'm OK with both numbers


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

The workouts went well. I increased reps or weight several times, which is good. I'm still not eating perfectly.

Monday, September 10, 2018

WEEK OF 09/10/2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - ROUND 2 - WEEK 2

MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Results 4 Recovery

This went OK. It's a bit of an active recovery workout. Today, it was going a bit slow for me. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It's not that I disliked it. I just wasn't in the mood.

Time: 38 minutes; Calories Burned: 111; Avg Heart Rate: 103; Max Heart Rate: 134.


TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Bun Shaper

I was feeling real sluggish when I came home from work. Took a nap. Felt a little better, but not much. I certainly didn't feel like working out. However, once I started the workout I felt much better. I saw from my old posts that I'd taken breaks on this one before. Not today. I felt great when I was done.

Time: 49 minutes; Calories Burned: 286; Avg Heart Rate: 122; Max Heart Rate: 155.


WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Diamond Delts

A quick shoulder workout. 9 moves with one repeat on each. I looked at my notes from last time and saw I only did 30's on the Shoulder Presses. I used 40's in the P90X Shoulders and Arms routine, so I figured no problem with the 40's. I was wrong. I did use 40's on the first set, but I only did eight reps, and they were ugly with bad form. I dropped to 30's on the second set and still struggled. I used 25's on the Deep Swimmers Presses, which I used in P90X. I struggled there again. And to finish it off I struggled with 20's on the Y Presses, where I use 25's in P90X. I don't know if it was the day, or the sequence of routines preceeding this one, but I do know the strength wasn't there. Very humbling.

Time: 36 minutesl Calories Burned: 158; Avg Heart Rate: 115; Max Heart Rate: 148.


THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Fountain of Youth

This may have been the most relaxing yoga routine I've done in years. For some reason I wasn't fighting it or trying to be perfect. I was moving slower and breathing deeper. I know that's the whole idea, but I never do it.

Time: 47 minutes; Calories Burned: 94; Avg Heart Rate: 106; max Heart Rate: 130.


FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Mammoth U-M-L

18 moves. Nothing excessively hard, but you do work up a sweat. I think I did OK with it.

Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 188; Avg Heart Rate: 110; Max Heart Rate: 146.


SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Medicine Ball Core Cardio

I did OK. I don't always go 100% all out on cardio routines because I know I'll burn myself out early. Today, I'd say I was at about 75%, which is normal. I'm eating poorly again.

Time: 36 minutes; Calories Burned: 218; Avg Heart Rate: 122; Max Heart Rate: 146.


SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ONE ONE - Killer Abs

I felt good doing this one today. I was going a bit faster that he was at the beginning on the Ab Ripper X moves, so I was able to get in the Cross Leg Sit-ups without hitting pause. That move is in the original Ab Ripper X, but he forgets to do it on this video. I got in 50 Mason Twists at the end with no problems.

Time: 24 minutes; Calories Burned: 81; Avg Heart Rate: 105; Max Heart Rate: 145.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 181.4 (-1.0 lbs)
Body Fat: 18.4% (-0.4%)

Still not eating great, but not an excessive amount of junk either.


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

I liked a lot of the workouts this week, especially Bun Shaper. Eating could be better, but I'm really feeling toned.

Monday, September 3, 2018

WEEK OF 09/03/2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - ROUND 2 - WEEK 1

MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - 30/15

I'm back at it after a three week rest. I loved this program the first time I did it earlier in the year. I got great results, so I'm going to repeat the schedule. Today's workout was basically P90X  Chest and Back. Pushups and Pullups. My targets today were 30 pushups and 5 pullups. I did the pushups with no problem. What surprised me was how strong I was early on with the pullups, especially with not doing them for so long. I only came down off the bar once on the first eight pullup moves. I was a bit tired on the last four but mostly came down because I was losing my grip. A good start!

Time: 58 minutes; Calories Burned: 256; Avg Heart Rate: 117; Max Heart Rate: 145.


TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Plyo Legs

This was the first workout in the One On One series and it may be the toughest. Probably tougher than any P90X workout. On paper it doesn't look bad. Only 20 moves, most of which are familiar from other workouts, but it's the rep counts that kill you. Up to 50 on some moves. By the 8th move my legs were really tired, which is unusual for me. By the third last move (180 Squat Switches) I literally had to wait a few seconds before each jump. I couldn't jump repetitively. In the end I did my best, got through it and I'm proud of that.

Time: 63 minutes; Calories Burned: 308; Avg Heart Rate: 119; Max Heart Rate: 153.


WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Just Arms

This is the last of what I call "The Big Three". Chest/Back, Legs, Arms. Old School strength training. I did pretty good today. I looked at my notes from the last time I did this workout (in February), and saw I'd started out with 30's on the Bicep Curls. Today I started with 40's, which I sometimes struggle with. I got in 8 reps on the first set and 10 on the second set with relatively no problems. On the rest of the moves I used mostly what I'd used last time, but saw little chance to increase the weight without bringing in bad form. However, next time I'll look a little harder for those chances, as I'm sure they're there, and I'll probably surprise myself by making the jump.

Time: 46 minutes; Calories Burned: 235; Avg Heart Rate: 119; Max Heart Rate: 159.


THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Fountain of Youth

I know from past experience that yoga will take away some soreness, so I was kind of looking forward to this one. My shoulders are a bit sore, but my legs and butt are killing me. I was stumbling all over the place at the beginning because it was tough for me to bend my legs. Eventually it got a little better as I went along, but nothing was really going smoothly. I'll see how I feel tomorrow on the golf course.

Time: 47 minutes; Calories Burned: 87; Avg Heart Rate: 101; Max Heart Rate: 123.


FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Road Warrior

I played golf this morning, then cut the lawn when I came home. My legs were cramping a bit before I started the workout. Thankfully, this is one of the easier wotkout the way he has it set up, because he's using bands instead of weights. I used a lighter band because I wasn't feeling like beating myself up any more than I had to. One trick I tried, because I workout in my bare feet, was standing on top of kitchen sponges which I placed over the bands on the floor. This kept the bands from cutting into my feet and it worked great.

Time: 53 minutes; Calories Burned: 195; Avg Heart Rate: 109; Max Heart Rate: 138.


SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Super Cardio

I did OK. This one isn't real motivating, and I'll admit I probably didn't give my all, but I did break a sweat.

Time: 46 minutes; Calories Burned: 232; Avg Heart Rate: 115; Max Heart Rate: 142.


SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 9. 2018 - TONY HORTON ONE ON ONE - Killer Abs

I struggled a bit with the Ab Ripper X moves, but overall it went all right.

Time: 26 minutes; Calories Burned: 87; Avg Heart Rate: 101; Max Heart Rate: 131.


SUNDAY WEIGH IN

Weight: 182.6 (-2.0 lbs)
Body Fat: 18.8% (no change)

Didn't eat great.


THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK

The first three days were tough. The last four were a bit easier on the body, but I still stumbled here and there as my body was sore. I'm still feeling a bit sluggish at the end of the week. I don't know if that's from eating poorly or if it's because my body is tired from the workouts.