Day 28- Rest Day

Saturday was a scheduled rest day. While i was at the beach, I was hoping to get in a nice jog along the shore. however, we had extremely cold, windy, and rainy weather, so I took the day off!

P90X Round 2 Days 12, 13, and 14- Legs and Back, Cardio, and Rest

Hello all. I've had a few crazy days and the ability to sit down and blog about my workouts was pretty limited. Now that all my commitments, etc are over for the last few days, I have a few minutes to get caught up. So, here's a quick update.

Friday was Legs and Back forme. I have always liked this workout. AsI mentioned many timesbefore, I was a soccer player and my legs have always been my strongestmuscle group. However, this week I decided to take it easy for the workout. I was committed to play in a soccer tournament on Saturday and didn't want to be too sore for the day long event. Got through the workout using body weight resistance only (no weights added). It was still a tough workout and was feeling it after! I also got through Ab Ripper with no fuss, taking less breaks and doing all reps. Progress is being made...

Saturday was supposed to be my Kenpo day. However, I never did it. That's because I spent all day playing in an indoor soccer tournament. I actually played on two different teams. One was in the Men's Open tournament (ages 18-whatever) and the other team was in the O-30 tournament. all teams are guaranteed 3 games and then more if you make the playoffs. both of my teams made the playoffs, so I was there for a while. We both ended up getting knocked out in the first round, but it still meant I played 8 games. By the end of the day I was wiped out. I figured I burned plenty of calories so I'm counting that as my workout!

Sunday was a much neeed rest day. Again, at some point I'm going to skip a rest day to have my weeks start on a Sunday, but not this week. I was so sore, bruised, and banged up, I needed today to recover. Spent thday up in Pennsylvania visiting my sister and her husband and then a quick stop over at my parents' house to let them give my kids their Easter baskets. So, I just got home a little bit ago and am finally able to post. I'm looing forward to feeling a little less sore tomorrow and "brining it" for chest and shoulders!!!

P90X Round 2 Day 7: Rest Day

Today is supposed to be a scheduled rest day. However, I'm skipping it this week. I'm doing this because I generally like to have my off day be Saturday. When I started last week, I was still in Houston on Sunday coming back from visiting Jeff and Annie (Dangle The Carrot). So, I went ahead and started Monday. So, I'm going to skip the rest day and go ahead and do my workout later today to kick off week 2. Check back later to read my wrap up.

P90X Round 2 Day 14- Rest Day

Today is a rest day. I plan on doing various things around my house and taking it easy. I have a soccer tounrament to playin tomorrow, so my workout may get bumped to Monday or it may be late Sunday night (depending on my energy level and injury level!).

Keep bringing it!

P90X Round 2- Day 6: Rest Day

Daily Workout Summary: today wasscheduled to be Kenpo. however, I was just too sore from the legs and back workout to "bring it" like I wanted to. so, I moved my rest day up one day. I plan on doing my Kenpo tomorrow.

Diet: Solid diet day. Protein shake forbreakfast. Protein bar for snack. Lunch was some of the turkey chili from last night. Afternoon snack was a CarbAdvatage EAS shake. Dinner was some lean pork loin wrapped in turkey bacon and a garden salad with liteItalian.

Move of the Day: Icing my sore butt!

P90X+ Day 11: Rest Day

Christmas Day proved to be too hectic to fit my Yoga workout in. So, I made it my rest day.

P90X+ Day 7: Rest Day

Today was a scheduled rest day on the program. I took full advantage of it by playing with my kids and hanging out with my wife. Watched some football too.

Back in gear tomorrow. See you then!

Day 84- Rest Day

Today is a scheduled rest day for the program. I tried my best over the past few days, but I didn't exactly keep to the diet as strictly as I would have liked.

So, instead of resting today, I decided to go for a run. I ran for a little over two miles today. It was pretty cold out, but I bundled up and took the iPod and did my best.Got a great sweat going and burned some calories. I didn't push it too hard, but wanted to try and work off some of the extra calories I took in.

Anyway, I feel pretty good right now. i weighed myseld and am still coming in at 198.5 lbs- up 0.5 lbs over the two days. So, I feel like I got through the holiday pretty much ok. I'm still on track heading down the home stretch.

Tomorrow begins the last recovery week/last week of P90X!

Day 77- Rest Day

Saturday was a rest day. I went to Philly for my cousin's wedding and had a blast.

Day 70- Rest Day

Today is a res day on the schedule and I'm taking full advantage. See you tomorrow!

Day 62- Rest Day (not Kenpo)

Today was supposed to be Kenpo day. however, my day got a little crazy and I had to make today the rest day. So I swapped tomorrow for today basically. I will rock out the Kenpo tomorrow.

The diet went well today. I'm still avering between 2,700- 3,000 calories. I may try and back it down a little just to shed more weight in the last 30.

Day 55- Rest Day

I switched my rest day this week from Saturday to Friday. I did so because I had a crazy work day followed by getting the kids ready for Halloween, etc. Tomorrow I plan to do Cardio X.

Day 49- Rest Day

Today is a scheduled rest day on the program. I plan to relax and do work around the house.

Tomorrow starts the second recovery week. Even though it's a recovery week, it isn't easy. Besides the two rounds of Yoga (gag), are two rounds of Core Synergistics- which is a really great but hard workout. And there's Kenpo in there once, plus the X Stretch. I'm thinking about adding the Cardio X to the X Stretch day. I'll see how I feel on the day.

Day 35- Rest Day

This was a scheduled rest day. I spent it drinking Sugar-Free Red Bull and Vodka and gambling in Atlantic City.

Day 26- Core Synergistics

Today was supposed to be core synergistics. However, I never made it through the entire workout.

When I was first starting P90X, Jeff (danglethe carrot), told me about SuperPump. This is a pre-workout supplement to get you fired up and have energy throughout the workout. I used it at first. At first I was only using a little and I didn't notice anything good. Last week I used 3 scoops and had the best workout of the program. However, it kept me up all night. So I stopped taking it.

Today, I took 3 scoops again trying to really get fired up for my workout. I was full of energy when I started. But partway through the workout I got a searing pain that started at the base of my neck and rushed up my skull from back to front. It was kind of like a reverse brain-freeze. I immediately thought I was having an anyuerism. I was scared, so I stopped the workout.

Honestly, in retrospect, I'm sure it was a reaction to the superpump. But I didn't want to push it. So, I am going to try and double up my workout tomorrow, or possible do core synergistics tomorrow and treat today like my rest day. Also, I've decided to stop the superpump entirely. It just isn't worth the risk to me.

Day 21- Rest Day

Just got back this evening from the work even I was at. Today is a scheduled rest day, so nothing new to report. The hotel bed really hurt my back last night, so I'm suffering from a sore back. I think Yoga tomorrow will help loosen me up.

Did ok on the diet. Protein shake for breakfast. Small cup of fruit for a snack. Lunch was a small crabcake and a turkey and low fat chedder cheese sandwich (I didn't eat the bread). Protein bar for snack. And some grilled chicken for dinner.

See you tomorrow for Week 4!!!

Day 14- Rest Day

Day 14 is here. This is a rest day in the program with an option to do the Stretch X video. I have decided to pass on Stretch X. Just too much going on with the kids and wife today.

I have a soccer game tomorrow afternoon, so the Chest and Back workout will probably go down about an hour before kickoff of the last football game. This way I can settle in for the game right after I finish up.

By the way- GO STEELERS!