P90X Round 2 Day 29- Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps

Daily Workout Summary:

Today was the first "new" workout tis round. I got to rock the challenging Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps workout today. I forgot how much fun yet how challenging this workout is! It's an absolute killer and I KNOW I will be sore tomorrow.

All sorts of cool push up variations. And for whatever reason, my triceps felt like they were going to literally pop off my arm. It was intense. I used my two scoops of NOXplode, rolled up my sleeves, and brought it.

I felt pretty good. It had been a long time since I had done this workout so sometimes I had to atch the move be demonstrated first. Then I would just hit rewind and go back to get my full reps in. I really like all the push up wariations in this one. And a lot of the crazy push ups demoed in the infomercial show up in this workout (like the plyo push ups and the one-arm balance push ups).

Solid day with Ab ripper- all reps on all moves. Not quite ready to add advanced moves yet, but it won't be too long!

Diet:

Decent diet day. Breakfast was some turkey sausage and a banana. Snack was a protein bar. Lunch was a 6 inch trkey sub on wheat with mustard. Missed my afternoon snack. Dinner was a slice of pizza with a whole wheat crust and turkey pepperoni. I would have liked to add a little more protein into the mix, so I may polish off a protein shake before the evening is over.

Soundtrack of The Day:

Bleeding Me- Metallica

I just love this song- especially the version that is on the S&M album (symphony & metallica). It builds slowly and gets more intense with every second. Finally it gets intense and loud at the end- which is just like my workout!

Move of The Day:

Two-Twitch Speed Push Ups.

I hate and love this push up. You crank out four pushups of your choice as fast as possible. then you do 3 slow ones (down in 4 counts, up in 4 counts). then you repeat. I only made it through 2 sets (there are 3). It just kicked my ass today.....

Day 78- Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps

Today was the chest, shoulders, and triceps workout. Of all of the muscle-building workouts, I think this is my favorite. Most of the workout is variations of pushups, but they are cool and unique. I really feel like my chest muscles and triceps are going to explode when I am finished.

I think one of the best moves in this workout is the fly push ups. For this move, you use a plastic plate under one of your hads. As you go down for the push up, you slide the plate out to the side, putting a fly move into the push up. It is intense. You switch the hand with the plate after every 4 reps. I also enjoy the clap or plyo push ups a lot too. They really kick your ass.

I did fine on the ab ripper again. I added extra in and outs, bicycles, and crunchy frogs to the beginning. I really got a great burn going in my abs. My form and stamina during this workout have come so far over the last few months. It really is amazing.

I did ok on the diet after some slight slip ups at the wedding yesterday. Protein shake for breakfast along with some fresh fruit (I combined the breakfast and morning snack since I slept in!). Lunch was some grilled chicken on a low carb wheat tortilla. Snack was a banana. Dinner was some grilled chicken and a small red potato. Overall, I was within my calorie range and felt great all day.

Catch you on the flip side for the plyometric workout!

Day 64- Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps

On Sunday, Day 64, the workout was the Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps workout. Of all the muscle-building workouts, this is probably my favorite.

I worked my ass off in this one. All the push up variations really bust me up. I did really well, upping weight and reps on almost everything. I did really well on the slow mo push ups at the beginning. This is where you go down for 4 counts slowly, then come up for 4 counts slowly. You do 4 wide, 4 regular, then 4 military style. HURTS! But in a good way. I also rocked the slow and fast twitch push ups. This is where you do 4 slow ones like before, followed by 3 fast ones. This one is really hard and my arms start shaking right away. You know you're working!

I did well on the Ab Ripper. My wife (Danielle) tried the ab ripper tonight too. She has always had great abs and almost completed everything on her first try. I hate her! : )

See you Tuesday for Plyo Day!

Day 43- Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps

Today is the Chest, Shoulders and Triceps workout. As always, it was intense. I love this workout. It kicks my ass and leaves me asking it to do it again.

There are so many push ups in this workout, that you get half way and start to think, "there's no way I can do another push up". But you find a way. The one-handed push ups are still really tough for me. But I did great on the clap/plyo push ups (where you push up and clap in between). I also managed to either invcrease weight or reps (or both) on most all the exercises, and matched my previous best on the ones that didn't go up. The balance push ups are still hard too. These are where you do a push up, then lean on one arm and stack your ankles, while putting your free hand in the air and balancing on your side. TOUGH- especially because it comes near the end.

I also did a bang up job on Ab Ripper today. Again doing all reps of all exercises and pushing a few with more challenging positions. I can always gauge how well I did in Ab Ripper X by how close I am to vomiting afterwards. If I don't feel like vomiting is a real possibility, I didn't work had enough. Once again today, I was ready to spew- so I knew I had brought it!

I was really dragging ass today prior to the workout. I had an outdoor soccer game at noon (we won 5-0). So, I was wiped out from that. Sundays are tough because I play soccer and then come home to workout. But a little Nano Vapor got me ready to go and I was feeling good when it was time to bring it. For those of you out there looking for a little boost for your energy level for the workouts, I highly recommend it. You can find it at your local GNC!

Day 36- Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps

Today kicks off Week 6. I had a lot of trouble with the workout today. Most of the trouble (ok all of it) was due to the effects on my body of the bachelor party I attended this weekend. I was in Atlantic City for my cousin Kane's bachelor party. I spent the whole weekend drinking sugar-free Red Bull with Vodka and gambling. Friday and Saturday combined I maybe had 7 hours of sleep.

When I got home today after dropping Jeff off at the airport, I crashed for a few hours of sleep. It helped me get enough energy to workout, but not enough to help me "bring it" like I wanted to. That being said, I did ok. I increased weight on every exercise while matching or increasing reps on everything (except the one-armed push ups). For some reason I struggled with the one-armed push ups today, but still almost matched my previous mark.

I also managed to continue my performance on Ab Ripper X. But it really hurt today. I was spent when I was done!

I'm back on the diet plan. Shake for breakfast. Turkey jerkey for lunch. Grilled Chicken on whole wheat bread for lunch. Banana for snack. Dinner was some grilled turkey.

We tried to do well on the diet in Atlantic City. And for the most part we did. There was some minor cheating, but given the circumstances, I think we did pretty well.

Day 29- Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps

Today marks the beginning of week 5. This was also the newest "weight-lifting" type of workout. This was chest, shoulders, and triceps. Man, this workout was intense. I loved it. By the end my triceps felt like the were going to pop off of my arms!

There are a TON of pushup variations in this workout. You get to do one-armed as well as the clap push ups. Not easy. There were a ton- so many to describe that they all sort of run together.

Very challenging isolated tricep work as well. The shoulder stuff wasn't too extreme. Which is good considering how tough the chest and tris were getting worked.

I was a bit nervous at the end of the workout for Ab Ripper. In the rest week you don't do any Ab Ripper, so I was afraid it would make me it's bitch again. No need to fear- I rocked it. I completed all but 5 Fifer Scissors (but my legs were the straightest they've ever been). And I was able to do 30 of the 40 Mason Twists with my feet off the ground (me best was 20). I totally attribute this improvememnt to the Yoga and Core Synergistics workouts. I am sure when I finish P90X I will continue to do the Core Synergistics workout regularly.

Diest went well today. Protein Shake for breakfast. Lunch was a low carb wheat tortila with three slices of low fat turkey breast, some lite mayo, and some dijon mustard, and some fat free mozzerella cheese. Snack was my recovery drink. Dinner was three grilled turkey burgers topped with dijon mustard. Dessert (make up for missed mid-morning snack) was a bowl of fresh berries.