Yesterday was my first day of p90x classic. After the come down from my show on Saturday, I was really exhausted, but doing the chest and back workout in the morning actually refreshed me and made me free more energetic. Of course, it still wore me out physically, but mentally I had more energy.

It was a good workout with lots of push ups and pull ups. I think I did a decent job, though I don’t have my numbers with me right now (I will post a follow-up post with the numbers). I know that I increased on a few things since the last time I did chest and back (like a month ago) but only by like 1-2 reps.

On Ab Ripper X, which I did in the evening, I increased quite a bit. I think it really helps to split the ab exercises out from the rest because then it allows me to recover my energy levels before actually getting to the ab routine.

While I’m not sore today, I can definitely tell that I’ll be sore tomorrow.

Also, I’m not 100% sure, but I’m probably going to delay day 2 until tomorrow. I forgot to reset my alarm to allow me to do the exercises this morning, and I don’t get home until close to 10 today. But, that’s okay. It just means week 1 is 8 days rather than the morning 7. That’s fine.

Day 0 pictures after the jump (I have measurements too, but again, I don’t have that data with me right now)
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Last night, I did a sample run of the p90x chest and back routine. I didn’t have weights so I wasn’t able to do 3 of the exercises on the dvd. Also, I had a aerial session yesterday morning, so already my body was tired.

Even given those constraints, I think I did pretty good for my first time doing it. I set mostly realistic goals for myself, and either hit or exceeded them each time.

I ordered my own copy of p90x last night, and it should be here in about a weeks time. I’m excited to really start the process. I will be taking some before pictures today once I get off of work.

Here are my numbers for the p90x chest and back exercises:

Round One

• Standard Push Up - 20
• Wide Front Pull Up - 9
• Military Push Up - 10
• Reverse Grip Chin Up - 9
• Wide Fly Push Up - 14
• Close Grip Over Hand Pull Up - 9
• Decline Push Up - 4
• Heavy Pants - Skipped, weights/straps required
• Diamond Push Up - 6
• Lawnmowers - Skipped, weights/straps required
• Dive Bomber Push Up - 8
• Back Flies - Skipped, weights/straps required

Round Two

• Wide Front Pull Up - 8
• Standard Push Up - 9
• Reverse Grip Chin Up - 8
• Military Push Up - 6
• Close Grip Over Hand Pull Up - 10
• Wide Fly Push Up - 9
• Heavy Pants - Skipped, weights/straps required
• Decline Push Up - 4
• Lawnmowers - Skipped, weights/straps required
• Diamond Push Up - 4
• Back Flies - Skipped weights/straps required
• Dive Bomber Push Up - 3

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