MONDAY - DECEMBER 31, 2018 - P90X2 - X2 Core
This one didn't go real well last week, so I wasn't looking forward to it. To refresh myself on the moves involved I watched a video review of this workout online from someone that did it for the first time, probably when it first came out. They didn't think it was that exceptional, but they were super, super fit.. Based on that, I went in with the attitude that it really wasn't that hard. It went well, and may have been one of my best workouts of the year, at least attitude wise. One other thing I did was use a mat. This made a huge difference, as I was able to plant my feet firmly and not have them sliding all over my carpet.I still wasn't able to balance real well on one leg, but that is what it is. On the moves I was able to keep form on, I did. I found myself doing a lot more reps than last time. Part of that was familiarity with the moves. Part of it was using the mat, and part of it was my attitude. This was a good way to end the year.
Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 295; Avg Heart Rate: 120; Intensity: 8; Form: 6.
***** YEARLY WEIGH IN *****
In 2018 I lost 25.2 lbs and 5.9% Body Fat. Not bad.
TUESDAY - JANUARY 1, 2019 - P90X2 - Plyocide
I wanted to build on yesterday's workout, and I succeeded to an extent. My stamina wasn't that great on a few on the moves (the Spartan Lunges come to mind), but I kept going.
NOTE: I am now back to using the Polar Heart Rate Monitor and scrapping the Fitbit for heart rate and caloric burn..
Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 603; Avg Heart Rate: 127; Intensity: 7; Form: 7.
WEDNESDAY - JANUARY 2, 2019 - P90X2 - Recovery + Mobility
It went fine. I still have problems with a couple to the balance moves. I still don't "get" the foam roller/ The hot spots just seem to be muscles moving back and forth. Once they move I move on. I did try to open my shoulders a bit.
Time: 57 minutes; Calories Burned: 293; Avg Heart Rate: 94; Intensity: 6; Form: 7.
THURSDAY - JANUARY 3, 2019 - P90X2 - X2 Total Body
By the third move I was wondering how I was going to get through this one, but I just took it one move at a time, and did it. I was Ok on most of the moves, with the exception of the one leg balance moves. I also didn't do well on the Crunchy Lever Pullups, only getting 4 the first time, and a shaky five the second time. I can't say I pushed myself a lot, but by the time I was wearing out, they were done with the move, so there wasn't a lot of time to do extra reps.
Time: 63 minutes; Calories Burned: 599; Avg Heart Rate: 120; Intensity: 7; Form: 6.
FRIDAY - JANUARY 4, 2019 - P90X2 - X2 Yoga
My intentions were good, but it just wasn't a great session. For some reason I got real tired during the Half Moon section. I came out of a few moves early, lost my balance a few times, and didn't even try the Wrap. Not sure what it was.
Time: 67 minutes; Calories Burned: 495; Avg Heart Rate: 107; Intensity: 6; Form: 6.
SATURDAY - JANUARY 5, 2019 - P90X2 - Balance + Power
I has a lot of other things on my mind, so I wasn't looking forward to doing this today. I eventually got to it in the late afternoon. My attitude was a bit better once it started, but once again I couldn't lkkep my balance on a lot of the moves. I did push myself to increase my numbers from last week, and I did so on a few of the moves. Overall. I was happy with what I was able to do.
Time: 62 minutes; Calories Burned: 580; Avg Heart Rate: 119; Intensity: 7; Form 6.
SUNDAY - JANUARY 6, 2019 - P90X2 - X2 Ab Ripper
It went good. My feet hit a couple times near the end of the last moves, but otherwise, no issues.
Time: 16 minutes; Calories Burned: 103; Avg Heart Rate: 99; Intensity: 7; Form: 8.
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 176.4 (-1,2 lbs)
Body Fat: 17.2% (-0.3%)
I'm just eating less.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
The workouts went OK. I'm frustrated with all the one legged balance moves I struggle with, but I know it's overall good for my core.
Monday, December 31, 2018
Monday, December 24, 2018
WEEK OF 12/24/18 - P90X2 - ROUND 3 - WEEK 1
Starting Weight: 177.0
Starting Body Fat: 19.6%
The plan was to give myself 4 weeks off, and starting around the first of the year but I was getting antsy. Last night I did Holiday Horton, a 17 minute workout, which I'd never done before, from the One on One series. I was still debating on whether to get started today, but decided to do so.
One thing I'm going to add to my notes is my Intensity (how hard did I go after it), and my Form (how well could I physically do the moves). I'm going to subjectively give myself a number from 1 to 10, based on how I felt I did each day. I'm probably going to be harder on myself than I should, but that's because I always think there is room for improvement.
MONDAY - DECEMBER 24, 2018 - P90X2 - X2 Core
This is the first time I've done X2 since doing Month Three of the One On One's which were the tests for X2. I remember hating the One On One version of this one. This was a little better, but not much. I stumbled a lot, especially on the one-legged moves. I did however, do 8 of the Dreya Rolls with the Medicine Ball with very little problem, For some reason, I couldn't do any during the One On One's. One complaint here. The warmup on the X2 workouts is pretty much the same for each workout, and I hate it. Today's was 17 minutes long, which is ridiculous.
Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 262; Avg Heart Rate: 121; Intensity: 6/10; Form 3/10.
TUESDAY - DECEMBER 25, 2018 - P90X2 - Plyocide
There are a few moves her which require some balance, and I sucked at them, but I tried. This isn't my favorite workout, but I got it done. I'm also not a fan of the Neuro Integrated Stretches at the end, and to be totally honest, I'm not sure Tony is either. Just his body language. I'm coming off a few rounds of the One On One's which are direct, hard-core workouts, and I'm feeling like I'm getting thrown into some scientific mumbo-jumbo workouts that may or may work. I've been through X2 twice before and got OK results, but I don't want to lose what I've done for the last 9 or 10 months.
Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 311; Avg Heart Rate: 124; Intensity: 7/10; Form: 6/10.
WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 26, 2018 - P90X2 - Recovery and Mobility
I generally like Recovery workouts, and I do like this one, but I've just never personally gotten the foam roller. I have both kinds, the smooth one, and the rumble roller with the spikes. I don't know if I'm not doing it properly, but I can't seem to find the "knots", so I spend most of that time going through the motions, hoping I can find one. I did OK on the stretches. The only thing I had problems with was the one legged balance reach down thingys. I just can't balance on one leg, let alone reaching down and across my body while doing so. However, I do appreciate the structure of this routine.
Time: 57 minutes; Calories Burned: 99; Avg Heart Rate: 93; Intensity: 5/10; Form: 7/10.
THURSDAY - DECEMBER 27, 2018 - P90X2 - X2 Total Body
Twelve moves working six parts of the body, then repeat those twelve, but balancing on the other leg if necessary. I balanced on the left leg during the first half, then balanced on the right leg during the second half. I mostly used 15 lb weights throughout, except I used 25's on the first set of one armed Balancing Chest Presses, and upped it to 30's on the second set. This is a frustrating work out for me because I can't balance on one leg. On those moves I feel like I'm getting nothing out of the balance component and getting nothing of of the weight component, because the weights are so light. This frustration caused my effort to flounder a bit. I didn't fight for more reps because it seemed pointless.
Time: 63 minutes; Calories Burned: 286; Avg Heart Rate: 114; Intensity: 5/10; Form: 4/10.
FRIDAY - DECEMBER 28, 2018 - P90X2 - X2 Yoga
I was looking forward to this one a bit. I hadn't done it in four years, but I remembered I didn't mind it. The only thing I really remembered about it were the Single, Double, Triple Warrior One sequences, but I didn't remember them going so fast. I'd also remembered the Happy Cow move was in it, but ironically it was only an alternative to Pigeon, so I didn't even do it. My mind was right throughout. There were still a few moves I couldn't do properly, notably the Warrior 3's into Half Moons, and the reach under your leg and grab your wrist move. Other than that I was OK. I was happy with it.
Time: 67 minutes; Calories Burned: 157; Avg Heart Rate: 105; Intensity: 9/10; Form: 8/10.
SATURDAY - DECEMBER 29, 2018 - P90X2 - Balance + Power
More core-centric work, which is the purpose of this program. When I was finished, I realized I was trying harder that I thought I was when doing the workout. There were moves where I couldn't do as many as they were, simply because of my lack of balance. There were also a number of moves on the stability ball where I was doing less, because I was losing my balance there too, but that's part of the adaption process. So, it really wasn't a lack of effort. It was a lack of being able to do things. I was really gassed a few times, and even paused it for a minute or two midway through.
Time: 62 minutes; Calories Burned: 307; Avg Heart Rate: 117; Intensity: 7/10 Form: 4/10.
SUNDAY - DECEMBER 30, 2018 - P90X2 - Ab Ripper 2
After doing 25 to 45 minute ab routines in the One On One series, this one felt relatively easy to me. I came out of the last move twice, and came out of Scissor Clapper one because I thought it was only 20 reps, but other than that I went all the way through OK.
Time: 16 minutes; Calories Burned: 32; Avg Heart Rate: 97; Intensity: 8/10; Form: 8/10.
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 177.6 (+0.6 lbs)
Body Fat: 17.5% (-0,1%)
No concerns. I really don't want to be losing weight every week.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
I was getting great results with the One On Ones, which were more P90X-esque than this program, which is mostly core work. I wanted to do something different because I didn't want to get tired of the One On One's, so I chose this. I didn't really like most of the workouts this week, but I'm think I'll still get results, just maybe not as noticeable on the outside.
Starting Body Fat: 19.6%
The plan was to give myself 4 weeks off, and starting around the first of the year but I was getting antsy. Last night I did Holiday Horton, a 17 minute workout, which I'd never done before, from the One on One series. I was still debating on whether to get started today, but decided to do so.
One thing I'm going to add to my notes is my Intensity (how hard did I go after it), and my Form (how well could I physically do the moves). I'm going to subjectively give myself a number from 1 to 10, based on how I felt I did each day. I'm probably going to be harder on myself than I should, but that's because I always think there is room for improvement.
MONDAY - DECEMBER 24, 2018 - P90X2 - X2 Core
This is the first time I've done X2 since doing Month Three of the One On One's which were the tests for X2. I remember hating the One On One version of this one. This was a little better, but not much. I stumbled a lot, especially on the one-legged moves. I did however, do 8 of the Dreya Rolls with the Medicine Ball with very little problem, For some reason, I couldn't do any during the One On One's. One complaint here. The warmup on the X2 workouts is pretty much the same for each workout, and I hate it. Today's was 17 minutes long, which is ridiculous.
Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 262; Avg Heart Rate: 121; Intensity: 6/10; Form 3/10.
TUESDAY - DECEMBER 25, 2018 - P90X2 - Plyocide
There are a few moves her which require some balance, and I sucked at them, but I tried. This isn't my favorite workout, but I got it done. I'm also not a fan of the Neuro Integrated Stretches at the end, and to be totally honest, I'm not sure Tony is either. Just his body language. I'm coming off a few rounds of the One On One's which are direct, hard-core workouts, and I'm feeling like I'm getting thrown into some scientific mumbo-jumbo workouts that may or may work. I've been through X2 twice before and got OK results, but I don't want to lose what I've done for the last 9 or 10 months.
Time: 55 minutes; Calories Burned: 311; Avg Heart Rate: 124; Intensity: 7/10; Form: 6/10.
WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 26, 2018 - P90X2 - Recovery and Mobility
I generally like Recovery workouts, and I do like this one, but I've just never personally gotten the foam roller. I have both kinds, the smooth one, and the rumble roller with the spikes. I don't know if I'm not doing it properly, but I can't seem to find the "knots", so I spend most of that time going through the motions, hoping I can find one. I did OK on the stretches. The only thing I had problems with was the one legged balance reach down thingys. I just can't balance on one leg, let alone reaching down and across my body while doing so. However, I do appreciate the structure of this routine.
Time: 57 minutes; Calories Burned: 99; Avg Heart Rate: 93; Intensity: 5/10; Form: 7/10.
THURSDAY - DECEMBER 27, 2018 - P90X2 - X2 Total Body
Twelve moves working six parts of the body, then repeat those twelve, but balancing on the other leg if necessary. I balanced on the left leg during the first half, then balanced on the right leg during the second half. I mostly used 15 lb weights throughout, except I used 25's on the first set of one armed Balancing Chest Presses, and upped it to 30's on the second set. This is a frustrating work out for me because I can't balance on one leg. On those moves I feel like I'm getting nothing out of the balance component and getting nothing of of the weight component, because the weights are so light. This frustration caused my effort to flounder a bit. I didn't fight for more reps because it seemed pointless.
Time: 63 minutes; Calories Burned: 286; Avg Heart Rate: 114; Intensity: 5/10; Form: 4/10.
FRIDAY - DECEMBER 28, 2018 - P90X2 - X2 Yoga
I was looking forward to this one a bit. I hadn't done it in four years, but I remembered I didn't mind it. The only thing I really remembered about it were the Single, Double, Triple Warrior One sequences, but I didn't remember them going so fast. I'd also remembered the Happy Cow move was in it, but ironically it was only an alternative to Pigeon, so I didn't even do it. My mind was right throughout. There were still a few moves I couldn't do properly, notably the Warrior 3's into Half Moons, and the reach under your leg and grab your wrist move. Other than that I was OK. I was happy with it.
Time: 67 minutes; Calories Burned: 157; Avg Heart Rate: 105; Intensity: 9/10; Form: 8/10.
SATURDAY - DECEMBER 29, 2018 - P90X2 - Balance + Power
More core-centric work, which is the purpose of this program. When I was finished, I realized I was trying harder that I thought I was when doing the workout. There were moves where I couldn't do as many as they were, simply because of my lack of balance. There were also a number of moves on the stability ball where I was doing less, because I was losing my balance there too, but that's part of the adaption process. So, it really wasn't a lack of effort. It was a lack of being able to do things. I was really gassed a few times, and even paused it for a minute or two midway through.
Time: 62 minutes; Calories Burned: 307; Avg Heart Rate: 117; Intensity: 7/10 Form: 4/10.
SUNDAY - DECEMBER 30, 2018 - P90X2 - Ab Ripper 2
After doing 25 to 45 minute ab routines in the One On One series, this one felt relatively easy to me. I came out of the last move twice, and came out of Scissor Clapper one because I thought it was only 20 reps, but other than that I went all the way through OK.
Time: 16 minutes; Calories Burned: 32; Avg Heart Rate: 97; Intensity: 8/10; Form: 8/10.
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 177.6 (+0.6 lbs)
Body Fat: 17.5% (-0,1%)
No concerns. I really don't want to be losing weight every week.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
I was getting great results with the One On Ones, which were more P90X-esque than this program, which is mostly core work. I wanted to do something different because I didn't want to get tired of the One On One's, so I chose this. I didn't really like most of the workouts this week, but I'm think I'll still get results, just maybe not as noticeable on the outside.
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