Today was Shoulders and Arms with Ab Ripper X. (Take a look at blogs from March 2009 for complete P90X, P90X+ and 1-on-1 workout overviews)
The soreness is starting to go away, but today brought a new challenger from an old friend. My daughter was wide awake from 4am until about 5:30am. I knew the day was not going to be pretty.
I started off wanting to increase the weight wherever possible and for 85% of the exercises it happened. My reps might have gone down one or two, but I was lifting heavier. My arms and shoulders were really burning about three sets in. A+ on todays workout.
Diet
Calories – 1900
Carbs – 180g (50%)
Protein – 140g (39%)
Fat – 37g (11%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Plyo II
Today was Plyo X. (Take a look at blogs from March 2009 for complete P90X, P90X+ and 1-on-1 workout overviews)
An early morning plyo session to start off the day. I have to admit, I was not looking forward to it. I was still pretty sore. I was a tad bit behind on time, so I had to skip the bonus round. I wasn’t worried. The bonus round has some pretty basic moves. I believe it is there for an extra cool down.
I felt pretty good today when I was finished. I still had a little tightness in my left hip. Hopefully over the next few weeks it will be 100%. I do love the plyo and I think it is a huge help when it comes to triathlon. Since I started doing plyo, my times have definitely gotten better.
Diet
Calories – 1700
Carbs – 130g (40%)
Protein – 147g (47%)
Fat – 45g (13%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
An early morning plyo session to start off the day. I have to admit, I was not looking forward to it. I was still pretty sore. I was a tad bit behind on time, so I had to skip the bonus round. I wasn’t worried. The bonus round has some pretty basic moves. I believe it is there for an extra cool down.
I felt pretty good today when I was finished. I still had a little tightness in my left hip. Hopefully over the next few weeks it will be 100%. I do love the plyo and I think it is a huge help when it comes to triathlon. Since I started doing plyo, my times have definitely gotten better.
Diet
Calories – 1700
Carbs – 130g (40%)
Protein – 147g (47%)
Fat – 45g (13%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
Monday, September 28, 2009
Chest And Back II
Today was Chest and Back with Ab Ripper X. (Take a look at blogs from March 2009 for complete P90X, P90X+ and 1-on-1 workout overviews)
Entering my second week and I am still sore as hell. I am not sure what to do here. I know it will start getting better soon, but I want to start speeding up the process.
With my second week at hand, I wanted to start increasing my numbers and weigh used a little bit. I knew this would potentially make some of my end sets brutal, but I wanted to give it a try anyway. I started off with the idea of increasing all push-ups by 5 and all pull-ups by 2. This worked perfect for the first half. The second half, not so much. I was hurting bad on my last few sets of push-ups. On my last set of declines, I barely got 10 and that was with a couple of mid-set breaks. My arms were shaking and instead of doing a face plant, which has happened in the past, I moved on to the next exercise.
After I was finished, I definitely felt like I had a tough workout. Adding Ab Ripper X onto that and I was spent.
Tomorrow is plyometrics. I might hold back a little bit. I think I did too much too soon and caused a little aggravation in my knee.
Diet
Calories – 1900
Carbs – 234g (55%)
Protein – 153g (36%)
Fat – 40g (9%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
Entering my second week and I am still sore as hell. I am not sure what to do here. I know it will start getting better soon, but I want to start speeding up the process.
With my second week at hand, I wanted to start increasing my numbers and weigh used a little bit. I knew this would potentially make some of my end sets brutal, but I wanted to give it a try anyway. I started off with the idea of increasing all push-ups by 5 and all pull-ups by 2. This worked perfect for the first half. The second half, not so much. I was hurting bad on my last few sets of push-ups. On my last set of declines, I barely got 10 and that was with a couple of mid-set breaks. My arms were shaking and instead of doing a face plant, which has happened in the past, I moved on to the next exercise.
After I was finished, I definitely felt like I had a tough workout. Adding Ab Ripper X onto that and I was spent.
Tomorrow is plyometrics. I might hold back a little bit. I think I did too much too soon and caused a little aggravation in my knee.
Diet
Calories – 1900
Carbs – 234g (55%)
Protein – 153g (36%)
Fat – 40g (9%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Basketball and The X Stretch
Basketball and the X stretch. (Take a look at blogs from March 2009 for complete P90X, P90X+ and 1-on-1 workout overviews)
On Fridays and Saturdays, there is not going to be much to talk about. So I figured to combine the two days into one blog.
Friday, which should be a Kenpo X day, is going to be basketball. I play for about 2 hours and burn more calories than I would with just Kenpo. There is really not much to discuss with basketball, but I will keep track on how far off my jumper is. I still have a long way to go before it is back where it use to be.
Saturday’s stretch day and just what I needed. After my first week of the X, I am sore and my left hip is extremely tight. The left side is what took most of my impact on the bike crash.
Today is one of those days I still had another triathlon or long distance run. The weather is absolutely perfect here in Chicago for a run.
I am averaging my two days of food. It is good to see I have been so consistent with my intake.
Diet
Calories – 1900
Carbs – 165g (46%)
Protein – 151g (42%)
Fat – 42g (12%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
On Fridays and Saturdays, there is not going to be much to talk about. So I figured to combine the two days into one blog.
Friday, which should be a Kenpo X day, is going to be basketball. I play for about 2 hours and burn more calories than I would with just Kenpo. There is really not much to discuss with basketball, but I will keep track on how far off my jumper is. I still have a long way to go before it is back where it use to be.
Saturday’s stretch day and just what I needed. After my first week of the X, I am sore and my left hip is extremely tight. The left side is what took most of my impact on the bike crash.
Today is one of those days I still had another triathlon or long distance run. The weather is absolutely perfect here in Chicago for a run.
I am averaging my two days of food. It is good to see I have been so consistent with my intake.
Diet
Calories – 1900
Carbs – 165g (46%)
Protein – 151g (42%)
Fat – 42g (12%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
Friday, September 25, 2009
Squat
Today was Legs and Back followed by Ab Ripper. (Take a look at blogs from March 2009 for complete P90X, P90X+ and 1-on-1 workout overviews)
I knew this one was going to be tough. My legs were extremely sore to begin with. I put my focus on form and got started. I forgot how many lunges and squats you do in this workout. I used 20 pound weights for each of the leg exercises that allowed me to. For the pull-ups, my goal was ten per set.
I kept my reps per leg exercise at 20. This was perfect. Tough enough to make me shake, but not so bad that I wanted to collapse. That was until I got to the calf raises. 75 straight calf raises. Ouch! When I was finished, I thought they were going to seize on me. I had to take a minute before moving on.
The pull-ups went good. I felt strong on all sets except for the wide-grip. Those still need some work. I had to take one 5 second break after the 7th rep both times. I am confident I will get back to where I was fairly quickly.
Ab Ripper was good. No issues there.
Tomorrow is basketball. I am worried I won’t be able to jump.
Diet
Calories – 1500
Carbs – 149g (51%)
Protein – 101g (35%)
Fat – 43g (14%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
I knew this one was going to be tough. My legs were extremely sore to begin with. I put my focus on form and got started. I forgot how many lunges and squats you do in this workout. I used 20 pound weights for each of the leg exercises that allowed me to. For the pull-ups, my goal was ten per set.
I kept my reps per leg exercise at 20. This was perfect. Tough enough to make me shake, but not so bad that I wanted to collapse. That was until I got to the calf raises. 75 straight calf raises. Ouch! When I was finished, I thought they were going to seize on me. I had to take a minute before moving on.
The pull-ups went good. I felt strong on all sets except for the wide-grip. Those still need some work. I had to take one 5 second break after the 7th rep both times. I am confident I will get back to where I was fairly quickly.
Ab Ripper was good. No issues there.
Tomorrow is basketball. I am worried I won’t be able to jump.
Diet
Calories – 1500
Carbs – 149g (51%)
Protein – 101g (35%)
Fat – 43g (14%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Yogi
Today was Tony’s 1-on-1 Yoga and a 4 mile run. (Take a look at blogs from March 2009 for complete P90X, P90X+ and 1-on-1 workout overviews)
The yoga session came right on time. I really needed it. My body is way sore. The main thing I like about the 1-on-1 yoga is that it is half the length of the P90X Yoga. I try to do yoga throughout the year, but sometimes it gets lost in my triathlon training. The yoga starts off with about 25 minutes of vinyasa’s, warrior poses, etc. and then goes into some ab work. You finish off with some good stretching. My flexibility is not where it needs to be.
My run was pretty basic, 4 miles at about an 8 minute mile pace. I am pretty much in triathlon maintenance mode for the next few months. I will start incorporating some swimming and biking in a few weeks.
Diet
Calories – 1800
Carbs – 165g (47%)
Protein – 145g (42%)
Fat – 36g (11%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
The yoga session came right on time. I really needed it. My body is way sore. The main thing I like about the 1-on-1 yoga is that it is half the length of the P90X Yoga. I try to do yoga throughout the year, but sometimes it gets lost in my triathlon training. The yoga starts off with about 25 minutes of vinyasa’s, warrior poses, etc. and then goes into some ab work. You finish off with some good stretching. My flexibility is not where it needs to be.
My run was pretty basic, 4 miles at about an 8 minute mile pace. I am pretty much in triathlon maintenance mode for the next few months. I will start incorporating some swimming and biking in a few weeks.
Diet
Calories – 1800
Carbs – 165g (47%)
Protein – 145g (42%)
Fat – 36g (11%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Arms
Today was Shoulders and Arms with Ab Ripper X. (Take a look at blogs from March 2009 for complete P90X, P90X+ and 1-on-1 workout overviews)
I was feeling pretty sore today. My legs are feeling it a lot from last nights plyo. Also, my chest and back are a little night, but this is nothing unexpected. I was going into my shoulders and arms workout not really knowing what to expect. Would my strength be way down? Would I be too sore to tell? That question was answered quickly. I was pretty close to where I was before. Maybe only 5 lbs. less on weights used for each exercise. After my first few sets, I knew I was going to push it.
As I knocked off each set, my muscles started tightening up. When I got to the last set, I was toast. On the last set of shoulders (in and out flys), I had to take a couple mid-set breaks(aka a couple second breather). When I was done, I was feeling good. I knew I gave it my all and that I have the potential of making some pretty big gains in the coming weeks.
Diet
Calories – 1700
Carbs – 185g (49%)
Protein – 150g (39%)
Fat – 46g (12%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
I was feeling pretty sore today. My legs are feeling it a lot from last nights plyo. Also, my chest and back are a little night, but this is nothing unexpected. I was going into my shoulders and arms workout not really knowing what to expect. Would my strength be way down? Would I be too sore to tell? That question was answered quickly. I was pretty close to where I was before. Maybe only 5 lbs. less on weights used for each exercise. After my first few sets, I knew I was going to push it.
As I knocked off each set, my muscles started tightening up. When I got to the last set, I was toast. On the last set of shoulders (in and out flys), I had to take a couple mid-set breaks(aka a couple second breather). When I was done, I was feeling good. I knew I gave it my all and that I have the potential of making some pretty big gains in the coming weeks.
Diet
Calories – 1700
Carbs – 185g (49%)
Protein – 150g (39%)
Fat – 46g (12%)
In good health,
Joe
www.eeathlete.com
joe@eeathlete.com
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