If there's one thing I really want, it's nice abs.
If there's one thing I don't have, it's nice abs.
I do think that even after 10 days that p90x is back to getting me in shape, but abs are so tough to push through if there's fat to overcome. So ab ripper x is again my frienemy.
Typical day of arms, shoulders and triceps on the bands. Yoga tomorrow. We'll see about that.
Showing posts with label Chest shoulders and Triceps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chest shoulders and Triceps. Show all posts
May 24, 2010
(Round 2) Day 35: Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X
Late night workout. Little rough, not my favorite time to do this. But at least it got done.
Abs to finish. Hopefully by getting my act together I'll work on those the most. Summer's quickly approaching and I don't have a 6-pack. That's a shame.
Plyo tomorrow.
Abs to finish. Hopefully by getting my act together I'll work on those the most. Summer's quickly approaching and I don't have a 6-pack. That's a shame.
Plyo tomorrow.
May 17, 2010
(Round 2) Day 28: Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X
Back to working out.
And back to trying to eat right.
Today: Banana, protein bar, bagel with butter, tofu chili, peanut butter, M&M peanuts.
Alright, compared to my first few weeks of p90x this is crap. But it's headed back in the right direction. And I'm trying out an online program called Calorie Count, that will analyze my nutrition over the course of a day, week, month, or however long I want to input my eating habits on a daily basis.
Today I came up short on calories, but got a ton of protein and not too many carbs. I'll dive more into that if I keep it up.
Everything else was good. Back to doing abs which is nice. Plyo tomorrow.
And back to trying to eat right.
Today: Banana, protein bar, bagel with butter, tofu chili, peanut butter, M&M peanuts.
Alright, compared to my first few weeks of p90x this is crap. But it's headed back in the right direction. And I'm trying out an online program called Calorie Count, that will analyze my nutrition over the course of a day, week, month, or however long I want to input my eating habits on a daily basis.
Today I came up short on calories, but got a ton of protein and not too many carbs. I'll dive more into that if I keep it up.
Everything else was good. Back to doing abs which is nice. Plyo tomorrow.
April 5, 2010
Day 77: Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X
Worked backwards again today. Run first then workout. Then abs.
Ran just over 2 miles on this perfect day. No excuses, just ran. Hope to get up to 3 miles towards the end of this week.
The nice thing about running before this particular workout was that the muscle building was not leg intensive. Meaning my reps didn't suffer (too much) due to my cardio.
Workout wasn't bad. Today began the final muscle week of p90x. Not awful.
Finished up with abs. Mason twists are killer. Amazing that they still hurt 77 days later.
Plyo tomorrow. I'll probably run first. Not going to be as fun considering it's a whole day of cardio.
Ran just over 2 miles on this perfect day. No excuses, just ran. Hope to get up to 3 miles towards the end of this week.
The nice thing about running before this particular workout was that the muscle building was not leg intensive. Meaning my reps didn't suffer (too much) due to my cardio.
Workout wasn't bad. Today began the final muscle week of p90x. Not awful.
Finished up with abs. Mason twists are killer. Amazing that they still hurt 77 days later.
Plyo tomorrow. I'll probably run first. Not going to be as fun considering it's a whole day of cardio.
March 22, 2010
Day 63: Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X
Okay I forgot how awful today's pushups are. Ow.
I won't go over the moves again as you can read descriptions of most from Day 29.
3-in-1 pushups, plange pushups, wide fly pushups, clap pushups. And those were only a fraction of the pushups. And pushups were only a fraction of the total workout.
This is one of the more brutal DVDs in p90x. But that has to mean it's working, right? Tomorrow my chest should be very sore.
Tricep and shoulder routines aren't as bad. Scarecrows are the hardest shoulder moves in any workout we do, and it's not even with heavy weights. It's with resistance bands. Crazy.
Finished up with abs. Not sure why but today was tough. My legs have never felt so heavy during mason twists, but I pulled off all 50 with Tony the steroid-infused Tiger.
In fact, after ab ripper x Tony says something along the lines of, 'if you stuck with us you just did 349 ab ripping exercises.' I think I do just about all 349. Maybe lose a couple during bicycles.
Plyo tomorrow.
I won't go over the moves again as you can read descriptions of most from Day 29.
3-in-1 pushups, plange pushups, wide fly pushups, clap pushups. And those were only a fraction of the pushups. And pushups were only a fraction of the total workout.
This is one of the more brutal DVDs in p90x. But that has to mean it's working, right? Tomorrow my chest should be very sore.
Tricep and shoulder routines aren't as bad. Scarecrows are the hardest shoulder moves in any workout we do, and it's not even with heavy weights. It's with resistance bands. Crazy.
Finished up with abs. Not sure why but today was tough. My legs have never felt so heavy during mason twists, but I pulled off all 50 with Tony the steroid-infused Tiger.
In fact, after ab ripper x Tony says something along the lines of, 'if you stuck with us you just did 349 ab ripping exercises.' I think I do just about all 349. Maybe lose a couple during bicycles.
Plyo tomorrow.
March 1, 2010
Day 43: Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X
Certainly no master of this routine, although today began the final week of this workout.
Getting better with the pushups but I'm not sure even if I did this workout for 10 weeks if I'd be used to Plange Pushups.
Really not much to say for today. In a pretty good amount of pain after that one, and completely collapsed at the end of ab ripper x. Today was the 16th time I've done that workout, meaning the 1st day of the 2nd half. Hopefully that means only 14 more times til I'm chiseled (doubt that).
Plyo tomorrow.
Getting better with the pushups but I'm not sure even if I did this workout for 10 weeks if I'd be used to Plange Pushups.
Really not much to say for today. In a pretty good amount of pain after that one, and completely collapsed at the end of ab ripper x. Today was the 16th time I've done that workout, meaning the 1st day of the 2nd half. Hopefully that means only 14 more times til I'm chiseled (doubt that).
Plyo tomorrow.
February 22, 2010
Day 36: Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X
Every single move today ended with a wince.
I guess that's a good thing. I'll give whoever created this routine credit, cause this workout hurts.
Pushups, tricep extensions, shoulder presses. Just make slight variations for each workout and you have a 45 minute ass-kicking session.
I like the pushups where you move your hands out to the sides, but really despise to the slow ones. I'm sure it's working wonders, but it's similar to resistance bench press, and that was never enjoyable.
Chair dips last week really hurt. Only got through 16 before failure. Today I struggled through 20. Considering triceps make up 60% of your upper arm, it's definitely important to get these strong. Chair dips, throw the bomb, and all the other extensions must be working. Cause they hurt.
As for shoulders, they do some moves in this that I've never heard of / seen / tried anywhere.
Scarecrows: Stand with feet apart, arms out parallel to the ground. Bend the elbow at a 90 degree angle so your knuckles face the ground. Light weights / bands in each hands. Pivot at the elbow so your knuckles face away from you then up to the ceiling, mimicking the stance of a scarecrow. That's one. Then keeping your arms up, pivot back to the starting position, and repeat.
Fly-Row-Press: Arms at your side with weights / bands in each hand. Keep your arms straight and come straight up until parallel to the floor. Bring them back down, then perform an up-right-row. From the peak of this move, pivot on your elbow so you're in a bicep-flexing positiong. Then pressing the weights / bands over your head, a shoulder press. That's one. Bring it back down and repeat.
Honestly felt every single move today, which means tomorrow should be lovely when it comes to my level of soreness.
Finished with abs. I'm amazed that I'm still not entirely comfortable with this whole routine. Plyo tomorrow.
I guess that's a good thing. I'll give whoever created this routine credit, cause this workout hurts.
Pushups, tricep extensions, shoulder presses. Just make slight variations for each workout and you have a 45 minute ass-kicking session.
I like the pushups where you move your hands out to the sides, but really despise to the slow ones. I'm sure it's working wonders, but it's similar to resistance bench press, and that was never enjoyable.
Chair dips last week really hurt. Only got through 16 before failure. Today I struggled through 20. Considering triceps make up 60% of your upper arm, it's definitely important to get these strong. Chair dips, throw the bomb, and all the other extensions must be working. Cause they hurt.
As for shoulders, they do some moves in this that I've never heard of / seen / tried anywhere.
Scarecrows: Stand with feet apart, arms out parallel to the ground. Bend the elbow at a 90 degree angle so your knuckles face the ground. Light weights / bands in each hands. Pivot at the elbow so your knuckles face away from you then up to the ceiling, mimicking the stance of a scarecrow. That's one. Then keeping your arms up, pivot back to the starting position, and repeat.
Fly-Row-Press: Arms at your side with weights / bands in each hand. Keep your arms straight and come straight up until parallel to the floor. Bring them back down, then perform an up-right-row. From the peak of this move, pivot on your elbow so you're in a bicep-flexing positiong. Then pressing the weights / bands over your head, a shoulder press. That's one. Bring it back down and repeat.
Honestly felt every single move today, which means tomorrow should be lovely when it comes to my level of soreness.
Finished with abs. I'm amazed that I'm still not entirely comfortable with this whole routine. Plyo tomorrow.
February 15, 2010
Day 29: Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X
Child's play.
Phase I, that is.
What a start to Phase II. I guess those first four weeks were to weed out the weak. Now it's gametime. Wow.
First move after 9 days of no muscle training:
3-in-1 Pushups: Wide armed pushups, 4 seconds to go down, 4 seconds to get up. Then standard pushups, also with this slow count. Then military pushups, yes, slowly down and slowly up. Then at the end, fast pushups until failure. Welcome back pecs.
Chair Dips: This is when I realized that tomorrow's going to be painful. Only pulled off 16 of these before failure, then finished up with five more. At the end of week 3 I was burning through 20 to 25 of these with ease. Welcome back triceps.
Pike Press: Wide pushup stance but with a big arch in the back. Press your chin towards your chest, and dip the crown of your head to the floor. Perform until failure. Welcome back shoulders.
Wow.
Nothing was repeated during the hour long routine. Some other insane moves from today:
Two Speed Fast Twitch Pushups: Four fast pushups, followed by three standard pushups performed slowly, taking four seconds to go down and four seconds to go back up. Repeat.
One Arm Pushups: Wide legs, one arm in the middle under your chest. And perform a pushup. Or try to perform a pushup. Even while balancing on my knees these were next to impossible for me.
Clap Pushups: I actually enjoyed these because it's a move I've tried before. Wide grip pushup, and on the upward movement clap your hands together, land and go back down. I got about 8 done before burning out.
'Wow' is the best word to sum up this workout.
Then we welcomed back Ab Ripper X. Also showed how much the absence of muscle training affects the body. Really tough to work through all 16 minutes. I pulled off 30 mason twists before resting my legs for a bit, then finished up with 15+ after. But before the recovery week I was able to complete all 40 strong.
Tomorrow Plyo. I expect to be very sore in the morning.
Phase I, that is.
What a start to Phase II. I guess those first four weeks were to weed out the weak. Now it's gametime. Wow.
First move after 9 days of no muscle training:
3-in-1 Pushups: Wide armed pushups, 4 seconds to go down, 4 seconds to get up. Then standard pushups, also with this slow count. Then military pushups, yes, slowly down and slowly up. Then at the end, fast pushups until failure. Welcome back pecs.
Chair Dips: This is when I realized that tomorrow's going to be painful. Only pulled off 16 of these before failure, then finished up with five more. At the end of week 3 I was burning through 20 to 25 of these with ease. Welcome back triceps.
Pike Press: Wide pushup stance but with a big arch in the back. Press your chin towards your chest, and dip the crown of your head to the floor. Perform until failure. Welcome back shoulders.
Wow.
Nothing was repeated during the hour long routine. Some other insane moves from today:
Two Speed Fast Twitch Pushups: Four fast pushups, followed by three standard pushups performed slowly, taking four seconds to go down and four seconds to go back up. Repeat.
One Arm Pushups: Wide legs, one arm in the middle under your chest. And perform a pushup. Or try to perform a pushup. Even while balancing on my knees these were next to impossible for me.
Clap Pushups: I actually enjoyed these because it's a move I've tried before. Wide grip pushup, and on the upward movement clap your hands together, land and go back down. I got about 8 done before burning out.
'Wow' is the best word to sum up this workout.
Then we welcomed back Ab Ripper X. Also showed how much the absence of muscle training affects the body. Really tough to work through all 16 minutes. I pulled off 30 mason twists before resting my legs for a bit, then finished up with 15+ after. But before the recovery week I was able to complete all 40 strong.
Tomorrow Plyo. I expect to be very sore in the morning.
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