Day 59...Shoulders/Arms/ARX

After a long break I went back to Shoulders/Arms today and it was a fantastic workout! I increased my weight and reps for most of the exercises and was especially feeling good about putting up 25's on the Deep Swimmers press...10 more than I did the last time. I noticed I was sore after Friday's Chest workout so it will be interesting to see how I feel tomorrow. 

Today's Meals

Breakfast: Cheese Scrambler with turkey bacon. Wheat bagel, Juice and coffee black. (It seems like a lot but the nutrition guide says I have to eat 3,000 calories a day now...and when I don't I feel light-headed during the workout)

Snack: Accelerade

Lunch: Grillin' Beans with applesauce (I'm running out of food again)

Dinner: I'm going to grill something...possibly burgers. 

Tomorrow is Yoga and that makes me happy. Sorry for the absence between posts...I'll try to keep that to a minimum. Later.

Day 17...Shoulders/Arms/ARX

Happy Easter everyone! Well, it's always tough trying to eat healthy during holidays and today was no exception. I was doing great until I had to go over my future in-laws house for dinner and they made Lasagna. So I ate it...absolutely delicious! Probably not very healthy because of all the cheese but I bet it's better than eating out. I know what you're going to say and frankly I don't give a crap. I'm a fan of making excuses so whatever...I enjoyed my lasagna thank you very much!

My living room was becoming crowded and cluttered with all the equipment I am using for P90X, and it's also tough on my feet and ankles when I have to do Plyo on the bare floor. So I turned my second bedroom into a workout room today. I had an extra TV that was in the basement and now I can do my workouts in privacy and without my feet taking a beating because the room is carpeted. Shoulders/Arms was a tough one today with the inside/outside fly's, in particular, being a big challenge as I tried to maintain perfect form by not bending my elbows. Perfect form was my goal today instead of increasing the weight. I increased rep counts from last week and was able to push out 26 reps on each arm during the side tricep extensions. I was pretty sapped of strength by the time Ab Ripper started that I was struggling big time during bicycles. I managed to push for full reps on the Hip Raise and the Mason Twist again. That made me happy!

Today's Meals

Breakfast: Cheese Scrambler with turkey bacon. Piece of wheat toast and Juicy Juice.
Snack: Protein Bar.
Lunch: 2 PB&J sandwiches with skim milk. Apple on the side.
Dinner: Homemade lasagna. We ate dinner kind of early so it screwed up my meal times a little bit. No second snack for me today.

Easter with Steph's family was fun. The dinner was delicious and I won $48 bucks playing Egg or No Egg...which is basically their version of Deal or No Deal...instead of briefcases to open, we open plastic Easter eggs. And her Mom isn't a bald person named Howie...so I guess there are some differences. Last year I only won 5 bucks so it was a definite improvement this year!

Yoga X tomorrow...time to burn some of that lasagna off! My friend Paige and his girlfriend Trista are now doing P90X lean and from what I can tell Trista is not a fan of the Superman Banana in Core Synergistics...which I have on Friday...I can't wait! Later.

Day 10...Shoulders/Arms/Ab Ripper X

I am exhausted right now so I think I'm going to make tonight's post short. It's about 11:30 pm, I just got home from watching Wrestlemania (Which sucked by the way), and supposedly we are getting 3-6 inches of snow tonight...in APRIL!! Yayyyy!! I love Michigan weather.

Tonight's Shoulders/Arms workout was tougher than last week for some reason. I actually was under some of last week's rep counts on a couple of the exercises which bugged me. Whatever the reason, I still tried my damnedest to get through the exercises with perfect form...which in this workout is very important. When performing the Fly's you need to control the motion to achieve the most results, but a lot of times you end up using your back and swinging your arms, which cheats yourself out of the move. Maybe I wasn't maintaining perfect form last week and that's the difference? Whatever the case may be, I got through it and it was still a great workout. Ab Ripper was Ab Ripper. I did full rep counts on bicycles and wide leg sit ups, which was a major accomplishment for me today. I'm still striving to improve on the "Heels to the Heavens" and especially the Mason Twist.

Today's Meals

Breakfast: Cheese Scrambler from Nutrition guide, with Turkey bacon and Juicy Juice.

Snack: Protein Shake (Whey and Water)

Lunch: Turkey Samich on wheat with Romaine, Tomato, and mustard. Apple on the side.

Snack: Two Activia Raspberry Yogurts.

Dinner: Don't judge me but I had 3 slices of Pizza and a couple of wings from B Dubs. And 2 Miller Lights....if I don't treat myself once in a while I will fail at this Nutrition thing. I'm not making excuses...well, maybe I am...who the hell cares if I am or not? I've lost 5 lbs. and I was hanging out with friends for Wrestlemania...pizza just fits into that equation. And by the way, it was friggin' delicious!

I have Yoga X tomorrow and then I have two days off of work! Too bad there will be snow on the ground. Later.