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I’m definitely starting to understand the benefit of p90x. While each individual workout hasn’t been particularly challenging (except Ab Ripper X, holy cow that kicked my butt), I think the strength lies in the combination of the workouts. Yesterday (which was day 4 since I’m posting this a day late) was the first day so far that I felt sore the day after the workout. I’m sore in places I didn’t even realize I was working out, like my hip flexors.

Day 4 was Yoga X, which was fun, though I really was really tired of doing plank-updog-downdog by about the 20 minute mark, but after about the 30 minute mark, I hit a point where I was just into it. I cleared my mind and just focused on my breathing and where my body was supposed to be. That’s what yoga is about!

As I look forward to day 5, I’m excited but exhausted. It’s probably just my imagination, but I can already see small changes in my body.

As a side note, my trapeze partner has asked me to take it easy the week of the show so that I can bring my a-game to the performance. Since the show is next week, that means, I’m only doing one week of p90x. After the show is over, I’m going to switch over to p90x classic and start again on week 1.

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Today was my postponed Day 3 of p90x Lean. Today was definitely harder than the other days, though I was less sweaty by the end of it than the other days. I can definitely feel the work out that my shoulders got. Here is the information about my shoulders and arms workout. The green and red are the bands that I used for those exercises. Now, the progression from easiest to hardest is yellow, green, red, blue. I’m finding that the red and green are a good choice in places and too light in others. It will be a bit of a learning process over time and eventually I’ll know exactly which bands to use.

• Alternating Shoulder Press - 14 - green
• In & Out Bicep Curl - 16 - green
• Two-Arm Triceps Kickback - 15 - green
• Alternating Shoulder Press - 14 - green
• In & Out Bicep Curl - 16 - red
• Two-Arm Triceps Kickback - 15 - green
• Deep Swimmer’s Press - 17 - green
• Full Supination Concentration Curl - 14 - green
• Chair Dip - 12
• Deep Swimmer’s Press - 16 - red
• Full Supination Concentration Curl - 13 - red
• Chair Dip - 15
• Upright Row - 16 - green
• Static Arm Curl - 20 - green
• Flip-Grip Twist Triceps Kickback - 15 - green
• Upright Row - 17 - red
• Static Arm Curl - 16 - red
• Flip-Grip Twist Triceps Kickback - 15 - green
• Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Fly - 16 - green
• Crouching Cohen Curl - 25 - green
• Lying-Down Triceps Extension - 16 - green
• Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Fly - 16 - green
• Crouching Cohen Curl - 20 - red
• Lying-Down Triceps Extension - 17 - green

And then once that was over, I had to do ab ripper x, which completely kicked my ass. Of course, it’s not surprising given the I had an aerial class last night. Anyway, here is the ab ripper x information:

• In & Out - 25
• Seated Bicycle - 25
• Seated Crunchy Frog - 25
• Crossed Leg/Wide Leg Sit-Up - 25
• Fifer Scissor - 19
• Hip Rock ‘N Raise - 22
• Pulse-Up - 13
• Roll up/v up combo - 19
• Oblique V-Up - Right - 21
• Oblique V-Up - Left - 21
• Leg Climb - Right - 12
• Leg Climb - Left - 12
• Mason Twist - 40

That’s all for today. I’ll try to get a video post done for week one

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This post was delayed because I was really busy yesterday and didn’t get a chance to do the graphs until today.

I do find that the Lean version of p90x isn’t really very intense. Am I supposed to do the lean in addition to the classic? Well either way, I’m going to stick with it like I had planned. Looking ahead to the future, I realized that I wouldn’t be able to do the shoulders, arms, and ab ripper X like planned because I have an aerial class tonight and I need my shoulders to be in fresh for the class, so I’m planning to postpone today’s workout and just do it tomorrow.

However, I did do Cardio X yesterday and it went really well. I worked up a good sweat and while I wasn’t quite ready for it to be over when it ended, I felt like it was a good thing. I kept track of my heart rate using my rad Suunto T6 heart rate monitor. Since it can save the data as XML, I already had a program to generate the heartbeat beats per minute and the “EPOC” which is a suunto thing. Here is the chart:

One thing that was quite out of control this weekend was my eating. I was very conscious the entire time that I wasn’t eating well, but I just didn’t care by the time I got to eat. Mainly because of the hectic schedule this weekend, I didn’t get my usual 5-6 meals a day, but mainly ate 1-2 fairly large meals. I don’t like doing that, but at least during the week, it’s easier to do it.

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So Today was day one of p90x. It is also the first saturday in a long while where the weather is decent, so the S.O. wants to go hiking. We are going hike to Bridal Veil Falls over near Sultan, WA.  It’s a wonderful hike, and about 3 miles round trip, but it’s almost entirely climbing on the way out.

So to recap my crazy day.  6:00am, Core Synergistics p90x, 8:00am Aerial Rehearsal, 2:00pm strenuous hike up to some beautiful falls.  Will I get my ass kicked into shape with p90x if I keep this rate up?  You betcha!

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Day one done, and I’m feeling great. Video post tomorrow.

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As I said in the last post, I’ve decided to do the p90x Lean until after my show at the end of the month so that I’m not too sore for the show. As it is, I’ll be just ending Week 2 when the show happens, so at least it will be a “rest day” for me.

I woke up early this morning so I could do my Day 1 DVD, which for lean is Core Synergistics. It was a fun workout and definitely had me sweating quite a bit by the end. There were only a few moves that I wasn’t able to finish fully. Specifically walking push-ups and Squat X Press. For walking push-ups, I had to stop about 15 seconds from the end because I just couldn’t keep going.

For Squat X Press, I think I chose the wrong resistance band to do 30. I finished 15 of them with the Red (Medium) Band, but because I didn’t have any of the other bands available, I finished the last 15 with no weight. Next time, I’ll just try with the next band size down.

Overall, it was an enjoyable, but slightly less intense workout than I was expecting, when compared to the Chest and Back Day that I tried out. I’m okay with that for this phase, but I’m definitely looking forward to starting the classic, 30 days from now.

It was a very nice surprise to see Dreya Weber [her website] on the dvd. Dreya is an aerialist like myself, though she does lyra (hoop) which I don’t do. It’s still nice to see a fellow aerialist sweating along side of me.

Now it’s time to eat a light breakfast and to go to rehearse my trapeze routine with my partner.

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Now that I have everything collected, I’m almost ready to start p90x. I decided, since I have a show at the end of the month, I’m going to start with p90x lean for the first phase. After this I’m going to switch to p90x classic phase 1 and go from there. I’m quite excited.

So, I’ve watched the “Bring It” video, which was, honestly, pretty pointless. It says the same things as the book and pushes more of their “product”. Lots of hype, no substance in my opinion.

Then last night, I did my fitness test and initial measurements. Here is the Fitness Test Data:

• Resting Heart Rate: 66
• Pull-Ups: 8
• I skipped the vertical leap for logistical reasons
• Push Ups: 18
• Toe Touch: +5 inches (I’m flexible)
• Wall Squat: 2m5s
• Bicep Curls: Red Band, 50
• In and Outs: 35
• Heart Rate Maximizer:
  • Immediately After: 169
  • 1 minute after: 137
  • 2 minutes after: 116
  • 3 minutes after: 104
  • 4 minutes after: 100

And here are the measurements. I calculated Body Fat percentage using the Navy Method.

• Weight: 160 lbs
• Body Fat %: 15.55%
• Chest: 37.5″
• Waist: 32.5″
• Hips: 35.5″
• Right Thigh: 20.5″
• Left Thigh: 21.5″
• Right Arm: 13″
• Left Arm: 13″
• Neck: 15″
• Height: 5′7.5″

I can’t wait to get started! I’m going to wake up early tomorrow and do my video before my aerial rehersal.

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So my p90x package was delivered last night, but I got home way too late to even open it last night.  So I took the books with me to work and read the workout guide.  I skimmed over the Nutrition Guide and it looks like it’s roughly about how I eat already, only I need to increase my calorie intake a bit, so I’ll start working on that immediately.

I still need to get the resistance bands to be able to start the exercises.  I’m going to try to leave work early tomorrow and hit up the store before I go home.  After that, I’m ready to start p90x!  I’ll take the fitness test tomorrow once I get the resistance bands since it looks like I need them in order to start.

I think the hardest thing for me will be balancing p90x with my regular trapeze training, but I hope that won’t be a problem.  I’m also prepping for a show at the end of May, so it might not be the best time to start, but I’ll just have to take a few days off prior to the show so I’m not too sore to perform.

Once I get started, I’m going to start doing video posts.

Wish me luck!

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My package containing p90x has made it to Portland.  While UPS isn’t giving me a delivery estimate, I’m guessing it will be here on Tuesday, but Wednesday at the latest.  Can’t wait.

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