Muscle Factory: The P90X Saga

you can do anything for 30 seconds!

I lost 10 lbs. as well as an inch off my waist.  I think it's my diet that's doing most of it rather than P90.  Although I do fell s...

So last week was my birthday week and that equals p90x Fail. ever since i finished p90x the first time it has been tough to stick with it. b...

a coworker was asked by her visiting younger sister today, "who's the hot boy with the bike?" if that isn't motivation eno...

I saw Battles tonight and I swear that Tony Horton was on drums.

I am hurting.

that hurt

FAIL ... day 1 is in the books

OK kids, here it is. TADA!!!! Results are ok. I probably should've done the cardio the 3rd month. Oh well, there is always round 2! see ...

I am on my final recovery week for these 90days. The first month was breezy but hard. Then the battle began. It was a struggle but I am glad...

done! SO stoked on myself. the best thing about doing p90x is i now feel ready to do p90x. i'm really looking forward to starting up aga...

you'd think 12 and a half weeks of p90x would have prepared me for an AM kenpo session. WRONG. facts are facts and the fact is, i am not...

I am officially bowing out of the p90x challenge. I will be leaving for Africa today and will be gone the rest of the month. I have disgra...

I had to move a million catalogs off some shelves today and thanks to p90x, I knew to engage my core to avoid injury. Chalk up another one t...

It REALLY works!!!!

If I went to play some pickup basketball and I had to be on the skins team, I wouldn't be embarassed at all. Thanks, Tony.

i'd like to introduce you to someone i met through p90x... MY FREAKING BICEP! BRING IT!

Cruises are the opposite of P90X They are not good for the gut. Might need to throw in some extra cardio this week

that was, hands down, the worst workout i've had. worse than week 3 or whatever that tough one was. freakin pathetic. i couldn't eve...

i finally did it. finally pushed myself to the point of vomiting. nothing actually made it out, but after the last set of dive-bomb pushups,...

...just kidding. But seriously, I am taking this week off. This sounds like a lame excuse but I am just hurting. The tendinitis in my righ...

TO THE GUN SHOW!!!!!

OK, OK, I've been slacking on the posting but here are my pics from day 30. I also posted day 1 for comparison.

I was really excited that this week was rest week and then I realized that today is yoga. An hour and a half of humiliating pain. with a sid...

jumped back into the game by starting my phase 2 recovery week today. gotta say, a whole week of doing nothing other than a couple bike ride...

tony's always telling us "don't be a hero..." well, i tried to be a weekend hero, ignored some pain in my back and ribs an...

I feel like I'm plateauing. The old Mark would have given up at this point. But not the P90x Mark, this guy is going to go down fighti...

Picture was taken after I paused the dvd to get ready for ab ripper X. I think the picture speaks for itself.

p90x does have a couple downsides. first, i'm hungry about every 2 hours. second, sometimes i drink four beers and wake up feeling like ...

I am back up in this bitch. The learning has begun and so has the pain. Bring it TH!!! BRRRRRRIIIINNNNNNGGGG IT!!!!

It's got what plants crave!

Picked up the Allez Elite Specialized road bike. Looking to bring the X to the sreet.

Mere words can not encompass my hatred for the beachbody.com ad tacked on to the end of yoga x. Way to mess with my chi, jerks.

These workouts are part of my daily living so much that I forget what frickin day I'm on. I no longer call it Wednesdays anymore, I cal...

IT HIT ME!!! Because of this game changing development I will, In lieu of P90X, be swimming for the week and then hopefully continue ag...

DAY THIRTY PROGRESS, SNAP INTO IT!

Whos bringing it? Day 30 ladies lets see those pictures. My belly is hard to kill but my goal is 90 days so I hope by then I can tame the be...

I think looking better definitely does not compare to feeling better. These past 30 days have put my body and mind to limits I never though...

I had that throw-up feeling in my stomach like I did when I first started. I have never been a slow-twitch muscle guy so those 4 second pus...

shoulder fire. that's all i'm gonna say. except i will also say iphone FTW. forgot to take my workout log down to the gym, oh, good ...

We are back up in the muscle building phase. That was a tough workout. I think my arms are going to fall off, but the thing that drives me i...

A guy in my row on the flight to Chicago is reading the P90X guide book! Sent from my iPhone

picard sez "ENGAGE yr core!" SUPERMAN! BANANA! SUPERMAN! BANANA! SUPERMAN! BANANA! SUPERMAN! BANANA! SUPERMAN! BANANA!

I realized yesterday that my elbows no longer rub my love handles when I walk. Here's hoping I can barely swing my overly-muscled arms a...

i did kenpo x for an hour and all i got was this sweaty t-shirt.

dudes, i love me some core synergistics. that was the definitely the most fun i've had in a P90X workout. no major fail points like i ha...