Edgar's P90X Challenge

Photo Progress Update

2008-10-30T23:02:00.000-07:00

Diet in check, 3000-3500 cal per day. Moved on to 4 day split from the P90x. Weight was down to 164 after v diet 4 weeks ago. Now up to 171, scale says 21% BF. Goal is to continue to gain weight till Dec. !st and then do 3 weeks of the V-Diet to cut down before the Vegas trip.

Round 2, Day 5

2008-05-16T22:07:00.000-07:00

So this week I have been keeping track of EVERYTHING I eat. My cal count is still a little low (avg 1500 per day) but I am keeping my water intake to about 1g a day evenly spread out over my waking hours.

Monday was great with the increased weight. I could really feel the add. weight that I was using. My back was feeling it on Tues like it never did before (save the very first day). I have to attributed this to the increased weight on the flys and lawn-mowers and all the cheat reps on the pull-up bar. My back is my second weakest point behind flexibility.

Tues. Lys wanted to do the cardio x option instead of Plyo. As much as I like Plyo I figured it would be too much for her as its still a struggle for me, and being as I have never even seen it before....... It SUCKED! (for me anyway) 1 third Yoga, 1 third Kenpo, and 1/3 plyo. Well at least it was one third enjoyable. Don't get me wrong, its a good workout, just not my style.

Wed is Shoulders and Arms. I love this workout. I had a great workout and again, the extra weight was awesome. BTW if you don't have a mirror in your workout area, get one! I never knew how much it would help me with my form, and the fact that I could see the muscles working was providing the extra motivation to knock out those extra reps.

I tossed in 45 min cardio at the gym on Thursday. After doing Yoga again (I skipped most of it in R1) I think I have been able to see that the problem is with my flexibility and not strength. My current train of thought is to do X Stretch on Thursdays and do Yoga on Sundays. This will give me more time on Sundays and Lys can act as my spotter.

And here we are on Friday and this is the situation I find myself in. I was sched. to come into work tonight at 10pm. No prob, get up at 7 workout, eat shower, out the door right?? Nope! Turns out one of my coworkers was in a wreck on her way in so I came in early for what will now turn into a 16 hour shift! Fear not friends, for I have brought the DVDs to work with me! Will I have time to do my legs tonight.........we'll see...been kinda busy.

NO Excuses!! I will get my legs and back , Ab ripper x, Kenpo and Stretching in by midnight Sunday! It will be tight with working a 12 hour tomorrow night but IT SHALL BE Done!

182.4 Lbs.........(Just for you Ward)

Round 2, Day 1

2008-05-13T09:43:00.000-07:00

So I'm on to Round 2 of P90X. I deleted my old round 1 stuff to clean the blog up a bit. Reflecting on round one, i did have several road blocks that caused me not to get the full benefits of the program but it still surpassed my expectations. 1 week my wife was in a bad collision that put her in the hospital (and me by her side) for 4 days, and I got sick another week.

I also did not stick to the P90X meal plan. i ate clean most of the time but I could have done much better.

I also slacked off on the ab/yoga/and kenpo days..... alot!

After all was said and done, I lost almost 10lbs (193-183) and best of all have a lot more def. in my arms and feel great. I also went from 36 jeans down to a loose 32!!

So on to two!

I have created an Excel journal that I am using to keep track of everything I am doing and I hope to make it avail. for all to see. Although I am not fully on the meal plan, I have noticed that my proportions of pro/carbs/fat seem to be almost perfectly in line with the P90X guide. i have also increased my water intake and my goal is 1g a day.

I have left my pre and post round 1 photos (yes, i know they are terrible) and will try to update more often.

My goal is to do every exercise every day, Period! I still wont follow the meal plan to the T as i am happy with my own but I will make sure that my cal. are in the correct range. I am trying to cut on this round and Ward has put $75 down if i can get my weight sub 170!

hmmmm.....12 week at 2lbs per week is 24 lbs....24-13 is 11 extra..........Yeah, no prob, save up Ward.

BTW...Wards goal is to gain 13lbs (of muscle, not beer)..

I have never been as driven as I am right now. I am fully focused. Now if I can only get my sleep schedule down so I can get my 8 hours all at one time......

And one last thing. All I had for round 1 was some Adj. 25lb weights. They worked great but were to light for some things. Now I have a full set of hex-cap-bells from 5-50lbs....

On with the show!!

Update

2008-04-29T08:54:00.000-07:00

Updated picts - will update with blog later.

The Nightmare Before Monday. (day 0)

2008-01-21T10:07:00.000-08:00

OK, so Ward finally convinced me to do P90X. That's ok cause I wanted to do it for quite awhile but I have been too lazy to order the program and do it. So even though I am thanking him tonight, I reserve the right to curse him out and put a hex on his house in the future.

I'm kinda nervous about starting tomorrow. I watched the video to get an idea of what was going to happen and it looks pretty hard-core.

I took some before pics that i will post shortly but here are my stats at day 0.

Wake up weight 188.6 lbs

Body fat % as per my shitty home scale 27.1%

Resting heart rate first thing in the morning 64 BPM

Arm relaxed L 13.25 R 13.75

Arm Flexed L 14.75 R 15.0 (w/o blood pump)

Waist 35.0

Stomach at belly button 40.0 (before bed w tons of water in me)

chest 43

Thighs L23.0 R 23.0

Calves L15.5 R 15.25

Neck 16.75