In the famous words of madt....

FAIL...day 1 is in the books

FAILURE

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 disgraced not only myself, but to you my fellow compatriots. But to every end there is a new beginning. I am considering the Lean workout when I get back. To all you staying loyal to the Tony, I salute you. I hope to see all your 90 day results when I get back.

HALFWAY SPEEDBUMP

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 fighting.

PHASE 4

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

Day 37?

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 call it Back and Biceps day etc. I started biking to work. I was getting all pumped on it,even buying some gear to make me more legit. Then I almost get to work and my back tire blows out...what a bummer. At least I still have David

Tip of the Day

I know I am not the only one when I say that Tony Horton is a tool. Although I love his program, I can't stand listening to him for an hour everyday. So I decided to put him on mute and let my ITunes do all the talking. I did plyometrics to the Wu's 36 Chambers album. Doing squat jacks to "Protect Ya Neck" brings your workout to a whole other level. I am gonna start doing this until the next phase. And once I got the routines down, best believe I'm bringing the Wu back.

Weak 2

I struggled with my workout today. It might be attributed to the fun weekend I had in Oakland. George took me to this real ghetto burger joint where I ate 2 corndogs and a warm coke in a coffee cup. And if that wasn't bad enough, we went again the next night!
I did the same amount of reps on pushups/pullups as i did last week, but I am hurting more than last time. But for ab ripper x, i made sure i maintained good form instead of flailing around using my back. I figure 10 good reps is better than 25 bad ones. i'm gonna make it a point to increase my reps every week.
thanks to all the friends up in oakland, it was great hanging with you all.

rest day

i'll be spenging my rest day flying for a press check. already delayed 2 hours at SFO, so that trickles down to about a 4 hour later arrival in harrisburg, PA.

kenpo is fun, as long as you don't get into an argument about proper form with a former karate student. my sorest spot today is the brachioradialis on both arms:

brainstorm

so i was taking a leak before starting legs and back and started wondering how many times he would say "GORGEOUS" in this set.

that's when it hit me: the P90X drinking game:
1 drink every time he says gorgeous
1 drink every time he says bring it
2 drinks every time he says extreme...

you get the idea. of course there are all kinds of modifiers and variants that could be developed, i think this is something we should look into after we finish the course.

Day 5 in the books

Finished the Legs/Back/Abs section of the workout. I read an article that if you work out your legs more often, your metabolism speeds up and the other muscles in your body begin to strengthen. This is due to the fact that your legs is the most muscular part of your body. I am now off to connect theP90x rainbow in Oaktown. See you all on Monday...and for some of you, in a couple hours.

Squats=hurt

Plyometrics was pretty tiring. The main thing that kept me going was the fact that if a guy with a prosthetic leg could finish, I sure as hell better finish it too. One of my goals is not only to get in shape, but to also beat any disabled person on a contest of fitness anywhere,anytime.

i totally had to use a chair for pull ups

he says "X is for extreme" like 873 times, and the 90 i totally get, so what does the P stand for? painful?

ab ripper x, i hate it... but i *hate* it.

diamond pushups feel like my arms might rip off.

left my camera cable at work so pics tomorrow, lads. in the meantime:

Day 1

Just got back from a long nice weekend in SLO. Today is going to be the first day of P90X for me and a few friends(Mark, Matt, Alvin, Michael, and Me). Our goal is to get ripped for the summer. I will put my pics up later along with my stats. I encourage all you guys to do the same thing. LETS GET EXTREEEEEEEEEME.

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