MONDAY - OCTOBER 28, 2019 - P90X3 - Isometrix
Start of the final week of the round. This one isn't easy for me. The plank moves are basically mind over matter on most of them. Sometimes the mind wins and I don't go the full 45 seconds. The only plank move I really have a problem physically doing is the Bound Move with Leg Lift. However, I've found a way to modify it, by putting my free hand on the mat close to my ankle instead of on it. There were a few planks I came out of early. The standing moves are a different story. I seriously think my balance is getting worse through the years because my ankles are getting worse. I used to be able to balance a bit on my left leg. Now it'd almost an impossibility. But I keep trying.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 220 Avg Heart Rate: 120.
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 29, 2019 - P90X3 - Accelerator
I started real late on this one, around 9:20 pm. My body is just tired. Cardio junkies, like the Insanity snobs, might look at this, see it's only 30 minutes, and laugh, but for some reason it's always tough for me. Then again, they just didn't finish two weeks of Complex Upper and Complex Lower. In this one, just when you get done with one move that leaves you worn out, you look up at the screen and see the next move, which is even worse. I could barely get up in the air on the spin stops and even sat out a few of the reps on that one. Overall, I did OK.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 257; Avg Heart Rate: 121.
WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 30, 2019 - P90X3 - Dynamix
My mind was drifting a bit, but I got the moves it. The intensity could have been a bit better, and my balance was bad.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 227; Avg Heart Rate: 109.
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 31, 2019 - P90X3 - Pilates X
I'm getting much better at this. The breathing patterns are becoming easier and almost second nature. I still have to concentrate on that a bit, but not as much. I'm even starting to hold the side plank and plank moves near the end. I even did most of Clam Killer while in Side Plank. My range of motion and speed still isn't there, but at least I'm getting better in some areas.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 180; Avg Heart Rate: 100.
FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 1, 2019 - P90X3 - Decelerator
I took it one move at a time and did OK. I did a few more Vaulter Pull-ups than I had brfore, without coming off the bar, and used a 30 lb weight (vs a 25 lb I used last time) on the Elevator Tip Toe squats to fulfill my Kristin Rule.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 210; Avg Heart Rate: 197.
SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 2, 2019 - P90X3 - X3 Yoga
This is the last workout of the round. I felt good going in, but I have a tendency to try and be perfect on my poses, and the fact that my balance isn't great makes that tough, and leads to a bit of frustration. I didn't get too frustrated today, but my balance was horrible. I should just accept what I can and can't do, but still try to get a bit better if I can.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 206; Avg Heart Rate: 114.
SUNDAY - NOVEMBER - 3, 2019 - Rest
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 169.0 (-2.0 lbs)
Body Fat: 15.6% (-0,4%)
I'm not sure where the drops came from. I'm still not eating great.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
The workouts went OK. Even though it's supposed to be a "recovery" week, there were still some toughies in there. My body is tired.
THOUGHTS FOR THE ROUND
Overall I lost 1.2 pounds and my body fat stayed the same. I didn't go into this round looking to lose a lot of weight. People are always telling me I look great, but deep down inside, I do know I should have eaten better.. My main goal this round was to get better. I was using a bit more weight on some of the moves, I was doing more pull-ups. I don't think I improved too much on many of the balance moves and routines. In fact, I think I'm getting worse, because my ankles and feet are getting worse. But it's something to work on. Overall I enjoyed the round more that I thought I would, and in the end I feel I improved my overall fitness more than I thought I would. There were many days where I was really happy with what I was able to accomplish. That's a win for me.
Monday, October 28, 2019
Monday, October 21, 2019
WEEK OF 10/21/19 - P90X3 - ROUND 7 - WEEK 12
MONDAY - OCTOBER 21, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Upper
I wasn't looking forward to this one today. It's a tough workout, and I'm always wondering how I'm going to get through it, but I always do. I keep up on the push-ups, but am stuck on 8 Slo Mo pull-ups, even though I did 10 on one set today. On the "W"s I'm stuck at 6. Next time I'll try and grunt out another one or two on those. I did 12 fast Military Shoulder Presses with 20 lb weight instead of the Flying Lunges, where I can barely get any weight up.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 321; Avg Heart Rate:128.
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 22, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Lower
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 274; Avg Heart Rate: 116.
WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 23, 2019 - P90X3 - Pilates X
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 205; Avg Heart Rate: 102.
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 24, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Upper
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 292; Avg Heart Rate: 121.
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 25, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Lower
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 315; Avg Heart Rate: 125.
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 26, 2019 - P90X3 - X3 Yoga
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 210; Avg Heart Rate: 108
SUNDAY - OCTOBER 27, 2019 - P90X - X3 Ab Ripper
Again, I got it done late in the day, just because I didn't feel like getting into it. It went OK.
Time: 15 minutes; Calories Burned: 107; Avg Heart Rate" 104
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 171.0 (+1.2 lbs)
Body Fat" 16.0% (+0.3%)
I'm eating crap. No way to sugar coat it. Pun very much intended.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
My body is beat to hell. I'm tired. I'm stressed. I'm getting depressed a bit. Nothing major, but I feel like I'm trapped in a corner at work, and it's affecting the rest of my life. I didn't even come on here daily this week to log my thoughts on the individual workouts. The workouts do help me though. They do give me a sense of pride.
I wasn't looking forward to this one today. It's a tough workout, and I'm always wondering how I'm going to get through it, but I always do. I keep up on the push-ups, but am stuck on 8 Slo Mo pull-ups, even though I did 10 on one set today. On the "W"s I'm stuck at 6. Next time I'll try and grunt out another one or two on those. I did 12 fast Military Shoulder Presses with 20 lb weight instead of the Flying Lunges, where I can barely get any weight up.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 321; Avg Heart Rate:128.
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 22, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Lower
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 274; Avg Heart Rate: 116.
WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 23, 2019 - P90X3 - Pilates X
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 205; Avg Heart Rate: 102.
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 24, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Upper
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 292; Avg Heart Rate: 121.
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 25, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Lower
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 315; Avg Heart Rate: 125.
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 26, 2019 - P90X3 - X3 Yoga
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 210; Avg Heart Rate: 108
SUNDAY - OCTOBER 27, 2019 - P90X - X3 Ab Ripper
Again, I got it done late in the day, just because I didn't feel like getting into it. It went OK.
Time: 15 minutes; Calories Burned: 107; Avg Heart Rate" 104
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 171.0 (+1.2 lbs)
Body Fat" 16.0% (+0.3%)
I'm eating crap. No way to sugar coat it. Pun very much intended.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
My body is beat to hell. I'm tired. I'm stressed. I'm getting depressed a bit. Nothing major, but I feel like I'm trapped in a corner at work, and it's affecting the rest of my life. I didn't even come on here daily this week to log my thoughts on the individual workouts. The workouts do help me though. They do give me a sense of pride.
Monday, October 14, 2019
WEEK OF 10/13/19 - P90X3 - ROUND 7 - WEEK 11
MONDAY - OCTOBER 14, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Upper
This is the start of two weeks of the Complex workouts. I did OK today, but didn't match the reps they were doing on the pull-up moves. They were doing twelve pull-ups. I was getting in mostly 6 reps on the "W"s and seven on the Slo Mo Chinups. I was keeping up on the push-up moves rep wise, but I wasn't going too low. On the Lunge Thrusts is was using 15 lb dumbbells and was really, really struggling. I was going real slow, barely getting off the ground, and barely bending my knees. I might try 10's next time. There is room for improvement here.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 257; Avg Heart Rate: 118.
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 15, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Lower
This seems a bit easier to me than Complex Upper, but I still get tired. Today I had problems with my balance and it affected almost every move in some way, especially. on the Knee Squats and the DS Double L moves.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 154; Avg Heart Rate: 120.
WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 16, 2019 - P90X3 - Pilates X
Probably a bit better than usual. I was concentrating on my breathing a little more than usual. I actually raised myself into side plank on two out of three of those moves. My mobility still sucksm but I at least tried.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 120; Avg Heart Rate: 97.
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 17, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Upper
I did pretty well. I was doing 8 reps of te Slo Mo Pull-ups and 6 of the "W" Pull-ups. Both were a lot less than what they were doing, but much better than in previous years. Instead of doing the Flying Lunges with weights, I dis fast paced Bicep Curls. 12 reps, using 20's. I did all the Push-ups, but they weren't always pretty, and one again, I wasn't going super deep.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 197; Avg Heart Rate: 115.
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 18, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Lower
My balance was a bit better than it was on Tuesday, so it made the workout a bit more enjoyable.
Time: 30 minutes;
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 19, 2019 - P90X3 - X3 Yoga
I got this in late in the day. It's not that I was dreading it, but I feeling lethargic and just didn't feel like doing it. My balance and patience was off, so it made for a bad workout.
Time: 30 minutes;
SUNDAY - OCTOBER 20, 2019 - P90X - X3 Ab Ripper
Again, I got it done late in the day, just because I didn't feel like getting into it. It went OK.
Time: 15 minutes;
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 169.8 (+0.4 lbs)
Body Fat" 15.7% (+0.4%)
Still not eating well. Stress at work is not helping, and it's carrying over to home.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
I've noticed the last few times I've done X3 that my body is usually starting to get real tired around this week. I don't know if it's because of the previous ten weeks, or if it's because of the Complex Workouts, but I can definitely feel it. I'm so ready for the round to be over and giving my body (and mind) a few weeks rest.
This is the start of two weeks of the Complex workouts. I did OK today, but didn't match the reps they were doing on the pull-up moves. They were doing twelve pull-ups. I was getting in mostly 6 reps on the "W"s and seven on the Slo Mo Chinups. I was keeping up on the push-up moves rep wise, but I wasn't going too low. On the Lunge Thrusts is was using 15 lb dumbbells and was really, really struggling. I was going real slow, barely getting off the ground, and barely bending my knees. I might try 10's next time. There is room for improvement here.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 257; Avg Heart Rate: 118.
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 15, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Lower
This seems a bit easier to me than Complex Upper, but I still get tired. Today I had problems with my balance and it affected almost every move in some way, especially. on the Knee Squats and the DS Double L moves.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 154; Avg Heart Rate: 120.
WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 16, 2019 - P90X3 - Pilates X
Probably a bit better than usual. I was concentrating on my breathing a little more than usual. I actually raised myself into side plank on two out of three of those moves. My mobility still sucksm but I at least tried.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 120; Avg Heart Rate: 97.
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 17, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Upper
I did pretty well. I was doing 8 reps of te Slo Mo Pull-ups and 6 of the "W" Pull-ups. Both were a lot less than what they were doing, but much better than in previous years. Instead of doing the Flying Lunges with weights, I dis fast paced Bicep Curls. 12 reps, using 20's. I did all the Push-ups, but they weren't always pretty, and one again, I wasn't going super deep.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 197; Avg Heart Rate: 115.
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 18, 2019 - P90X3 - Complex Lower
My balance was a bit better than it was on Tuesday, so it made the workout a bit more enjoyable.
Time: 30 minutes;
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 19, 2019 - P90X3 - X3 Yoga
I got this in late in the day. It's not that I was dreading it, but I feeling lethargic and just didn't feel like doing it. My balance and patience was off, so it made for a bad workout.
Time: 30 minutes;
SUNDAY - OCTOBER 20, 2019 - P90X - X3 Ab Ripper
Again, I got it done late in the day, just because I didn't feel like getting into it. It went OK.
Time: 15 minutes;
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 169.8 (+0.4 lbs)
Body Fat" 15.7% (+0.4%)
Still not eating well. Stress at work is not helping, and it's carrying over to home.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
I've noticed the last few times I've done X3 that my body is usually starting to get real tired around this week. I don't know if it's because of the previous ten weeks, or if it's because of the Complex Workouts, but I can definitely feel it. I'm so ready for the round to be over and giving my body (and mind) a few weeks rest.
Monday, October 7, 2019
WEEK OF 10/06/19 - P90X3 - ROUND 7 - WEEK 10
MONDAY - OCTOBER 6, 2019 - P90X3 - Eccentric Upper
I didn't know how I was going to get this in. I was exhausted when I got home from work. I took a nap and woke up feeling a little better, but not a lot better. As with most days I put the DVD in and got it done. I did a few more pull-ups on some of the moves and kept the same weights as last time (usually 25's) on the weight moves. I guess I could have gone to 30's on a few of them, but wasn't feeling strong. In hindsight I should have tried 30's on at least one move.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 06; Avg Heart Rate: 124.
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 7, 2019 - P90X3 - Triometrics
I wasn't in a real good mood going into this. Work is getting to me. I used that quasi anger to attack this workout head on. I usually wuss my way through it and half ass most of the moves because I physically can't do them, or just don't want to do them. Today I did my best and modified the best I could when needed.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 274; Avg Heart Rate: 118.
WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 8, 2019 - P90X3 - Incinerator
I couldn't use the DVD, so I went off the worksheets and finished right at 30 minutes. I bumped up the weight on the Floor Flys from 25's to 30's, but I couldn't get the 50's off the floor on the A Presses, so I used 30's there too. Because I wasn't under a one minute time constraint I did a few more reps on the push-up moves, Pike Presses, and Flipper. Overall, it was a good effort.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 245; Avg Heart Rate: 122.
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 9, 2019 - Free-form Yoga
Still couldn't use the DVD, so I decided to do my own Yoga routine on the fly. I did some stretches, then about five vinyasa sequences, then some more stretching at the end. It went well. When I looked at my watch I was surprised I'd been at it over 30 minutes.
Time: 35 minutes; Calories Burned: 222; Avg Heart Rate: 100
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 10, 2019 - P90X3 - Eccentric Lower
Back to the DVD. It went as normal. I used 50's on the Squats and Sumo.
Time: 30 minutes: Calories Burned: 247; Avg Heart Rate: 111.
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 11, 2019 - P90X3 - MMX
It's amazing what you can talk yourself into. There are days when I can keep up with the number of Sprawls they are doing. Today, I told myself beforehand that I wouldn't, so I didn't. I did keep up in the burnout though.
Time: 30 minutes: Calories Burned: 251; Avg Heart Rate: 213.
SUNDAY - OCTOBER 12, 2019 - P90X3 - X3 Ab Ripper
I got all the reps in as usual, but I wasn't coming out of them early, like I do sometimes.
Time: 15 minutes; Calories Burned: 98; Avg Heart Rate: 107.
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 169.4 (-1.6 lbs)
Body Fat: 15.3% (-0.3%)
Both are good numbers. I can still eat better, though.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
A blip for two days without the DVD's, but I've been doing this long enough to make the adjustments. It was a stressfull week at work, which is really, really wearing on me, but the workouts went well.
I didn't know how I was going to get this in. I was exhausted when I got home from work. I took a nap and woke up feeling a little better, but not a lot better. As with most days I put the DVD in and got it done. I did a few more pull-ups on some of the moves and kept the same weights as last time (usually 25's) on the weight moves. I guess I could have gone to 30's on a few of them, but wasn't feeling strong. In hindsight I should have tried 30's on at least one move.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 06; Avg Heart Rate: 124.
TUESDAY - OCTOBER 7, 2019 - P90X3 - Triometrics
I wasn't in a real good mood going into this. Work is getting to me. I used that quasi anger to attack this workout head on. I usually wuss my way through it and half ass most of the moves because I physically can't do them, or just don't want to do them. Today I did my best and modified the best I could when needed.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 274; Avg Heart Rate: 118.
WEDNESDAY - OCTOBER 8, 2019 - P90X3 - Incinerator
I couldn't use the DVD, so I went off the worksheets and finished right at 30 minutes. I bumped up the weight on the Floor Flys from 25's to 30's, but I couldn't get the 50's off the floor on the A Presses, so I used 30's there too. Because I wasn't under a one minute time constraint I did a few more reps on the push-up moves, Pike Presses, and Flipper. Overall, it was a good effort.
Time: 30 minutes; Calories Burned: 245; Avg Heart Rate: 122.
THURSDAY - OCTOBER 9, 2019 - Free-form Yoga
Still couldn't use the DVD, so I decided to do my own Yoga routine on the fly. I did some stretches, then about five vinyasa sequences, then some more stretching at the end. It went well. When I looked at my watch I was surprised I'd been at it over 30 minutes.
Time: 35 minutes; Calories Burned: 222; Avg Heart Rate: 100
FRIDAY - OCTOBER 10, 2019 - P90X3 - Eccentric Lower
Back to the DVD. It went as normal. I used 50's on the Squats and Sumo.
Time: 30 minutes: Calories Burned: 247; Avg Heart Rate: 111.
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 11, 2019 - P90X3 - MMX
It's amazing what you can talk yourself into. There are days when I can keep up with the number of Sprawls they are doing. Today, I told myself beforehand that I wouldn't, so I didn't. I did keep up in the burnout though.
Time: 30 minutes: Calories Burned: 251; Avg Heart Rate: 213.
SUNDAY - OCTOBER 12, 2019 - P90X3 - X3 Ab Ripper
I got all the reps in as usual, but I wasn't coming out of them early, like I do sometimes.
Time: 15 minutes; Calories Burned: 98; Avg Heart Rate: 107.
SUNDAY WEIGH IN
Weight: 169.4 (-1.6 lbs)
Body Fat: 15.3% (-0.3%)
Both are good numbers. I can still eat better, though.
THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK
A blip for two days without the DVD's, but I've been doing this long enough to make the adjustments. It was a stressfull week at work, which is really, really wearing on me, but the workouts went well.
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