Day 43...Chest/Shoulders/Tri's/ARX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGxL5AFzzMY

Click the link and take a gander at Jack Palance at the Oscars for a second. I'll wait................


.....So yeah, I had to do these again on Friday and trust me I can't hold a candle to Jack Palance. Of course who can? Palance was a man's man, old school Hollywood, and a helluva host for Ripley's Believe it or Not in the 80's. But I digress...

I went over Jason's for this workout and it definitely went better this time. I increased rep counts on a lot of the exercises and the one's that I didn't I increased my weight. The Pike Press was still a downer and the One Arm Push ups were almost impossible, but on most of the other exercises I made some improvements. There's just no getting around the fact that this workout is the most challenging because of the wide variety of hard ass push ups and shoulder exercises. Well, at least I have a three week break before I have to do it again.

Friday's Meals

Breakfast: Cheese Scrambler with turkey bacon. Juice and coffee black.
Snack: PB&J Sandwich
Lunch: Chicken pita with an apple
Snack: Protein shake and Accelerade after workout
Dinner: Grilled Smoked Sausage

Day 36...Chest/Shoulders/Tri's/ARX

Oops, forgot to post yesterday. Considering the amount of work I did you can't blame me.

As previously stated I am in the process of removing my old fence and putting up a new one. Yesterday our dumpster was delivered so Steph and I spent most of the day hauling heavy ass wooden fence panels...if it was a P90X workout it would be called "Fence X." We spent all afternoon doing that and then I had to go and do my workout, which I hate. This one kicked my ass again. I just cannot keep up the intensity and push for full reps on all of those push ups. My arms are completely wasted by the time I have to do the One Arm and Plyo push ups and I can barely do a full set. After all of the progress I have made in this program and the changes I've seen with my body, this F'N workout knocks me down a few pegs every time...and by "few" I mean it makes me look like a complete asshole. Seriously, there were a couple times yesterday where I just shook my head at the screen wondering what the hell was going on. Forget what I've said before about Plyo, Legs/Back, Core Syn.....Chest/Shoulders/Tri's is the HARDEST P90X workout! End of F'N story! I'm going to try to workout with Jason for next week's session, so hopefully that will motivate me.

Yesterday's Meals

Breakfast: 2 Wheat waffles with light syrup. Juicy juice and coffee black.
Snack: Protein Shake
Lunch: Sonic Popcorn chicken....oops...don't think that's in the Nutrition Guide. Sorry Tony.
Snack: Accelerade.
Dinner: Turkey Tom sub from Jimmy Johns. Once again subbed the Mayo for the Vinaigrette.

I have Plyo in about an hour or so and then I get to go outside and do more fence clearing! Yayyyy!! I'm going to be a zombie tonight! Later.

Day 29...Chest/Shoulders/Tri's/ARX

With Phase 2 starting today I felt it was a great time to gloat over my minor accomplishments...pat my back a little bit. After all, I just completed 28 days of really challenging workouts and I felt that I had taken the worst that P90X could throw at me...........and then I did today's workout....

Any thoughts of P90X being a piece of cake from this point on were thrown right out the window the minute I started the Chest/Shoulders/Tri's workout. Holy Shit!!!! THIS is a friggin' challenge! I was starting to struggle three exercises in and the nearest break was nine away...this wasn't good! And then came Pike Press. I did five reps....FIVE!! 

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?!"

...was what I yelled as I completely forgot about all of my Phase 1 triumphs and faced a sobering fact...I have 60 more days of this shit! All the push up exercises were harder in this workout, the triceps exercises were VERY challenging, and I was struggling every step of the way. This was not how I expected to begin Phase 2 but I guess this is how it is. It's like going back to Day 1. So I have resigned to the fact that this will continue to push me to my physical limits and I am glad for that...because that is what will yield the desired results. 

And today I welcomed the return of Ab Ripper! Woo hoo!! I busted out full reps on Bicycles, Hip Raise, Wide leg sit ups, Mason Twist, and ALMOST all of the V-Up's. Fifer scissors, Crunchy Frog, and the sit up/V-up combo's still elude my abilities...but I'm getting better! Recovery drink was a needed addition to today's festivities.

Today's Meals

Breakfast: Cheese Scrambler with Turkey Bacon. OJ and coffee black.

Snack: Protein Bar

Lunch: 2 PB&J sandwiches

Snack: Accelerade

Dinner: Chicken Burrito from the Nutrition Plan...which is delicious! I highly recommend it!

So tomorrow is the return of Plyometrics! And Sunday I will join Jason for the last new workout, Back/Bi's/ARX. This is going to be a tough week but I am looking forward to these new challenges.....still though.......

...F**k the Pike Press...