Day 3 of p90x!

Well my body was more sore today! I don't know I'd it was a combination of the p90x or the basketball... The Workout today was shoulders and arms and man can I feel it in my triceps! I am very sore, but I still feel really good! The pain is a good pain! I did the full workout using a resistant band and I think next week when I do this workout I will use weights since I didn't like the resistant band as much as I would like weights...

So there you have it!

Day 2... Chest and Back!

So today was a pretty good workout. I was only able to do 1-3 pull ups throughout the work out and I progressivly got lower and lower on the pushups. All in all it was a good work out and it pushed me. I didn't do much of the lifting because I didn't have a strength band or weights, but i found the one that I have at the house and will take that tomorrow for shoulders and arms. I plan on beating myself tomorrow! I want to feel the burn and the pain! I also did the Ab Ripper X after the workout and let me tell you what... That is a very intense ab workout! It felt great, but man is it hard... I skimped on a few of the workouts (meaning that I didn't complete them, but I did try all of them). I also had a basketball game so I didn't want to overkill everything so that I couldn't play the game.

I am eating a sweet potato now with some chicken and peaches! And of course a cold glass of milk! Ready for bed!

Day 1 & Pictures!!

Let the P90X begin!
Today was day 1! Joel and I did Plyometrics which is basically jumping and squatting a lot. The workout was an hour long and was pretty intense. We did finish the whole workout and I felt great after. I did go buy some new running shoes today and wore those as I work out and that really helped my shins not hurt at all. I really believe that if I do this everyday i will be able to dunk a basketball again. Tomorrow is Arms, Back & Shoulder. I am thinking that will be a pretty tough workout. We didn't do it today because we still have to get a pull up bar and carpet to do the push ups on.

I don't think I will do their nutrition plan since it seems too complex and a bit overkill. I plan on eliminating the junk and eating smaller portions.

I had my beautiful wife take these picture for me and man do I have some trimming to do!

I wanted one with me flexing so you could see the difference after I did the P90X.

My Back looks so gross!!! If this isn't motivation I don't know what is!!!

Background & Challenge

I have decided to take the P90X Challenge with my boss...

Here is the plan:

We will go into work at 8:00 and work until 4:00 then we will do P90X from 4:00-5:00.

The reason I am wanting to do and try this is because my brother in law currently does it, and I am out of shape and slow. I also play basketball every Tuesday night on a league and want to play better and compete more.

I have decided that the best way for me to get back in shape is to do P90X, especially since there is snow on the ground and it is too cold to run outside. Day 1 of P90X starts on Monday December 6th. I will post pictures on that day as well as what workout I did and how that went. The program claims that in 90 days you will look and feel so much better and now I am putting it to the test!

My ideal weight is 190-195 and I haven't been around that weight for 5 years! I currently weigh 210, which isn't bad, but considering that I am starting to get a bit pudgy and slower I want to change this and take control of it now, before it gets out of hand.

I will do my best to post everyday and log how the exercise went and some of what I ate for the day, so as to give a good accounting of the journey. I would also like to post my weight on a weekly basis with a picture coming every other week. I am very excited to do these workouts and hope for the best!