Crap. I just finished writing this and lost everything from the draft. I'll try to retype what I had.
Sunday was Chest and Back. I tried not to make the same mistake as the previous Sunday so I made sure I ate breakfast. I had the toughest time just getting up to do this. I couldn't start until I had breakfast, then it was pretty hot so I made sure I drank enough water then got caught up in other things. But I finally did get up and start.
I decided not to record my data like last week because I don't know how adamant I am about keeping track of reps. Sure it's nice to see progression on paper, but it also leads to disappointment sometimes. As long as I keep within the 10-20 range for things I'm ok. That being said, I tried to up the intensity on some of the exercises. I was trying to keep pace with my first week numbers, which I did so that's good. I was trying to top my numbers on the dive bomber pushups but I think I tweaked something in my left shoulder. Might have to take it a little easy, but at least it's not broken or anything.
Chest and back is one of my favorite routines. It builds a decent strength base and you definitely feel like you're getting a workout. This is the first workout routine you're introduced to in p90x and I've seen it scare many people away, including me. During this routine I wasn't entirely sure if committing 90 days to this torture would be worth it, but it was.
This video introduces you to 3 of the "kids" as Tony Horton likes to call them. Bobby Stephenson, Scotty Fifer, and Maren.
Bobby Stephenson was one of the fitness models from power half hour and seems like an overall hardworking, good guy. He keeps up with Tony as far as every weight he picks and doesn't take the same breaks and the T man. Seems like a goofy guy cuz he likes to laugh at the corny jokes in the video and just seems to have an overall jovial personality. Tony considers him one third of a set of triplets consisting of him, Tony, and Joe Bovino.
Scotty Fifer holds it down in the back of the video and teaches how to use resistance bands. I particularly got used to watching him because I was a band user during me first round. He seems like a good guy with his crazy blue shoes and bandanna. If Tony needs someone to complete his banter, Scotty would be the guy to finish the sentence. However, Scotty gets minus points from me because Fifer Scissors were named after him in Ab Ripper X. BOO!
Maren is the first girl you'll get introduced to if you're doing the classic program. She likes to make cute faces into the screen, totally humbles the people at home with her pullup and pushup numbers, and it totally German. When Tony does the famous Karen Pot Stirrer stretch, her soup of choice is German Potato Soup. She seems pretty funny when she says how many reps she's gonna do and usually one ups the numbers the guys said they're gonna do. I did find out later that she's apparently been in a bunch of porn movies. After that, watching her in chest and back is not the same.
As I said before Chest and back is a great intro video to the p90x program. It'll definitely leave you sore the next day if you haven't been doing any form of exercise. What I think is the best part of the video as far as introducing you to the program is a speech that Tony says during the stretch. It lets you know that you're embarking on something big and it's gonna be a great journey if you stick to it. He says "Rome wasn't built in a day and neither is your body." This really makes you think about all the damage you've probably done in the past and why you're doing the program in the first place. I'm not sure if they meant for it to be that way, but that's the impact it put on me. I'm glad to hear the speech again as a reminder.
Well that's all I got for now. Stay powerful everyone (and amazing).
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