After a long night of hanging out playing Tekken and Scene It, I woke up at 9ish to get ready to go apple picking at 10. I took a shower at 9:30 and when I finished I got a text from my friend and my sister at the same time that they were gonna be 20 minutes late. We didn't get going till 11 and I was pretty hungry. I wanted to wait until we got there so I can indulge in some apple cider donuts.
The drive over was pretty good and when we got there it was hotter than I expected. I would have preferred wearing shorts instead of jeans. Probably was better wearing jeans though because I might have gotten stung by a bee. We hopped over to the market and I picked up some donuts for breakfast. Dee-licious.
We picked apples for about 2 hours. Mostly red delicious since we didn't know how to pick the other apples. The red delicious trees were smaller too so it was easier to find the good ones. We got a few jonamac and a jonagold apple. I think my friend and I ended up getting 7 pounds of apples.
My original plan was to take a nap after apple picking to catch up on sleep from before. I had also planned to eat pretty cleanly in anticipation of the run tomorrow. I have this fear that I'm gonna have to take a dump during any race I do. However, as it goes when people come to central jersey, you have to eat at the Rutgers grease trucks. I was pretty full from eating 3 apples straight from the tree, so I agreed with my friend that we'd split it in half. Which in retrospect was a good idea. We got a fat barry. It was a cheesesteak with egg and bacon and fries I think.
After we ate, we hung out at my house and watched Djokovic beat Federer in the US Open. I hung out with my other friends nearby afterwards just playing xbox and some music here and there. Not sure if it was the greatest idea hanging out till 1AM again the day before the race, but hey, it's the weekend.
Stay powerful and amazing people
Monday, September 13, 2010
Day 20 - Rest Day
Supposed to do Core synergistics but my body felt pretty beaten up. My friends told me that they were meeting up a the Joe's Crab Shack nearby so I decided I would go do that. I was thinking of doing a workout before they met up because I wasn't feeling too bad after work, but I didn't know when they were gonna call me.
Ended up getting a steampot and it was delicious. I love using those shell cracker things they have there. Kinda like using a knife, but it's made for crab legs.
We were gonna go watch a concert but it was pretty far away so we just hung out at my place and played video games. I'm not sure if this was the greatest idea because we hung out till 2 or 3 am and I was going apple picking at 10 in the morning. My first thought was that I needed rest for the race on Sunday, but hanging out with friends is stress reducing.
Stay powerful everybody (and amazing)
Ended up getting a steampot and it was delicious. I love using those shell cracker things they have there. Kinda like using a knife, but it's made for crab legs.
We were gonna go watch a concert but it was pretty far away so we just hung out at my place and played video games. I'm not sure if this was the greatest idea because we hung out till 2 or 3 am and I was going apple picking at 10 in the morning. My first thought was that I needed rest for the race on Sunday, but hanging out with friends is stress reducing.
Stay powerful everybody (and amazing)
Friday, September 10, 2010
Day 19 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Sometimes it's easier to get a workout done when you have something else scheduled after it.
I got out of work at 5 then headed out to get my haircut. It's been good lately because I haven't had to wait in line to get my haircut. I was in and out by 5:30 then headed back home to get my workout started. It was breezy outside so I didn't have to turn on the AC to do my workout.
Originally I had Max interval circuit scheduled, but due to my race on Sunday, I wanted a challenging workout, but not "Max" challenging. No need to wear out my legs early. I was told before events, to take it easier on the body, but tougher on the cardio. We'll see how this pans out.
Plyo cardio circuit actually went pretty good today. I did get the usual aches in my shins before football sprints, but they were semi bearable today. I had to skip a few of the ski abs because it does a number on my toes. I don't wanna risk any pre-emptive toe injuries.
Afterwards went out to a dual birthday party. Good times. I ended up eating some cheesecake. It was pretty amazing, so I guess I can eat it.
Stay powerful everybody. (and amazing)
I got out of work at 5 then headed out to get my haircut. It's been good lately because I haven't had to wait in line to get my haircut. I was in and out by 5:30 then headed back home to get my workout started. It was breezy outside so I didn't have to turn on the AC to do my workout.
Originally I had Max interval circuit scheduled, but due to my race on Sunday, I wanted a challenging workout, but not "Max" challenging. No need to wear out my legs early. I was told before events, to take it easier on the body, but tougher on the cardio. We'll see how this pans out.
Plyo cardio circuit actually went pretty good today. I did get the usual aches in my shins before football sprints, but they were semi bearable today. I had to skip a few of the ski abs because it does a number on my toes. I don't wanna risk any pre-emptive toe injuries.
Afterwards went out to a dual birthday party. Good times. I ended up eating some cheesecake. It was pretty amazing, so I guess I can eat it.
Stay powerful everybody. (and amazing)
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Day 18 - Nothing again
Today was a little weird. It was pretty windy outside but felt really dry. I had max recovery scheduled but I was thinking about switching it with Yoga to prep for my 5k on Sunday. However as I was sitting on my couch as I got home from work, I didn't feel like doing Yoga either. Since the weather was decent outside I contemplated on doing a bike ride, but as I said, it felt really dry out there.
Since there wasn't much to do, I took a nap. After I woke up at around 7, I thought it'd be a good idea to do Core synergistics since I haven't done it in a while. But for some reason that idea just went out the window. I did end up walking to pick up dinner outside which is a third of a mile away, but 2/3 of a mile walking for the day isn't much exercise in my book.
I think taking the day off was a good idea though. I didn't exactly need a stretch, but I just wasn't in the mood for any cardio either. It gave me time to plan out this week though. Tomorrow will be plyo cardio circuit, Friday will be core synergistics, and Saturday will probably be yoga or X stretch. Need to stretch out the legs for the race on Sunday.
I'm still contemplating on counting this as week 3 or just redoing week 3. I'll see on Sunday. I'm leaning on making next week recovery week and just jump into month two though.
Stay powerful people (and amazing)
Since there wasn't much to do, I took a nap. After I woke up at around 7, I thought it'd be a good idea to do Core synergistics since I haven't done it in a while. But for some reason that idea just went out the window. I did end up walking to pick up dinner outside which is a third of a mile away, but 2/3 of a mile walking for the day isn't much exercise in my book.
I think taking the day off was a good idea though. I didn't exactly need a stretch, but I just wasn't in the mood for any cardio either. It gave me time to plan out this week though. Tomorrow will be plyo cardio circuit, Friday will be core synergistics, and Saturday will probably be yoga or X stretch. Need to stretch out the legs for the race on Sunday.
I'm still contemplating on counting this as week 3 or just redoing week 3. I'll see on Sunday. I'm leaning on making next week recovery week and just jump into month two though.
Stay powerful people (and amazing)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Day 17 - Shoulders and Arms/ARX
Back to the grind. I'm still unsure how this week is gonna pan out, but followed through with shoulders and arms. I had some laundry to do so I threw in a few loads after work. For some reason I've been very sleepy lately and wanted to take a nap after work. Good thing I did laundry instead of taking a nap because my clothes smelled. Well, at least my clothes from rafting on Saturday. After the washing was done, I moved the clothes into the dryer and got started on the workout.
I grabbed my weights and got going. I'm using 10 pounds (5 pounds on each side) on my dumbbell handles, so I'm using about 11-12 pounds per dumbbell. I'm not sure if that's enough weight, but I try make sure my form is correct on my reps. I'm doing the recommended 8-10 reps on the video mostly to keep pace, but also to try to gain some strength. If I know that a time interval is a bit long, I take more time going up and down on the reps. Supposedly this helps with strength gains (or in my case POWER).
I'm not sure where, but I think I hurt something in my left shoulder. On this third week, I've been trying to eek out my last reps to make sure I get the most out of it. Oh well. That's what recovery weeks are for, right?
Ab Ripper X has been improving for me slowly again. The first few moves aren't a problem, but then Fifer Scissors hits and my back starts aching. I think I stopped at 12 and then just took a break until the next move. Also the oblique v-ups really hurt on my left side. Think I only did 15-20 instead of the 25. Mason Twists weren't bad although I remember feeling it early on. Now I don't feel much until the last 10 or so reps, but they're more intense.
I've been wondering if there's a way to position your legs to isolate your abs more during Ab ripper X. I find doing the bicycles in the beginning if I point my toes inwards, I feel it more in the hip flexors. To avoid this, I try to point my feet either straight or outwards. I do this for a few of the other intro moves and I'm not sure if it does anything, but at least my hip flexors don't feel as strained.
Not too bad of a day. A lot more relaxed than a few other days have been lately. I got my clothes out of the dryer and folded them, settled down and watched some US Open. I have a feeling I forgot to do something, but that's ok.
Stay powerful folks (and amazing)
I grabbed my weights and got going. I'm using 10 pounds (5 pounds on each side) on my dumbbell handles, so I'm using about 11-12 pounds per dumbbell. I'm not sure if that's enough weight, but I try make sure my form is correct on my reps. I'm doing the recommended 8-10 reps on the video mostly to keep pace, but also to try to gain some strength. If I know that a time interval is a bit long, I take more time going up and down on the reps. Supposedly this helps with strength gains (or in my case POWER).
I'm not sure where, but I think I hurt something in my left shoulder. On this third week, I've been trying to eek out my last reps to make sure I get the most out of it. Oh well. That's what recovery weeks are for, right?
Ab Ripper X has been improving for me slowly again. The first few moves aren't a problem, but then Fifer Scissors hits and my back starts aching. I think I stopped at 12 and then just took a break until the next move. Also the oblique v-ups really hurt on my left side. Think I only did 15-20 instead of the 25. Mason Twists weren't bad although I remember feeling it early on. Now I don't feel much until the last 10 or so reps, but they're more intense.
I've been wondering if there's a way to position your legs to isolate your abs more during Ab ripper X. I find doing the bicycles in the beginning if I point my toes inwards, I feel it more in the hip flexors. To avoid this, I try to point my feet either straight or outwards. I do this for a few of the other intro moves and I'm not sure if it does anything, but at least my hip flexors don't feel as strained.
Not too bad of a day. A lot more relaxed than a few other days have been lately. I got my clothes out of the dryer and folded them, settled down and watched some US Open. I have a feeling I forgot to do something, but that's ok.
Stay powerful folks (and amazing)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Day 16 - Tragedy
Happy labor day everybody. I agreed to help my parents buy a hot water heater for the house and help them move it inside. Go figure, I got labor to do on labor day.
I was thinking of doing Max Interval plyo in the morning before I headed over to the house. However, I still had a mean headache from the night before. I was trying to relax on the couch, eat some breakfast and watch tv before I left, but my mom gave me a call asking to come around noon. I figured it wouldn't be too bad to do this workout in the evening so off I went. I helped my dad move the water heater and we finished around 3. I was pretty tired from the party the night before so I decided to take a nap.
I was out of sorts for the whole day, so I decided on ditching the workout. I had a lot of things to do like wash some dishes, do laundry, clean the house, etc. I really only got to doing the dishes though.
I'm thinking ahead towards a 5k I signed up for on Sunday. Doing the Max Insanity workouts might be a little too much for my body right now. I'm thinking I might extend the month one workouts by a week, or go ahead with the Max workouts on day 5 and 6 for this week. I'll have to do some research. I'll still go forward with Shoulders and arms on Tuesday, but we'll see where we go from here. I'd like to have a goal date around November because that's my birthday and I'd like to take some time off around Thanksgiving. Pushing back a week might not let me finish then. Time for research it is then.
Stay powerful everybody (and amazing)
I was thinking of doing Max Interval plyo in the morning before I headed over to the house. However, I still had a mean headache from the night before. I was trying to relax on the couch, eat some breakfast and watch tv before I left, but my mom gave me a call asking to come around noon. I figured it wouldn't be too bad to do this workout in the evening so off I went. I helped my dad move the water heater and we finished around 3. I was pretty tired from the party the night before so I decided to take a nap.
I was out of sorts for the whole day, so I decided on ditching the workout. I had a lot of things to do like wash some dishes, do laundry, clean the house, etc. I really only got to doing the dishes though.
I'm thinking ahead towards a 5k I signed up for on Sunday. Doing the Max Insanity workouts might be a little too much for my body right now. I'm thinking I might extend the month one workouts by a week, or go ahead with the Max workouts on day 5 and 6 for this week. I'll have to do some research. I'll still go forward with Shoulders and arms on Tuesday, but we'll see where we go from here. I'd like to have a goal date around November because that's my birthday and I'd like to take some time off around Thanksgiving. Pushing back a week might not let me finish then. Time for research it is then.
Stay powerful everybody (and amazing)
Day 15 - Chest and Back/ARX
Chest and back was pretty routine today. I felt stronger on the pushups, not the pullups, but what else is new. I thought after a day of rafting my shoulders would be killing me but I wasn't that bad at all. For some reason I felt worse in my knees.
After chest and back, I hit up ab ripper X. I had trouble doing Fifers and the oblique v-ups. I'm guessing it's because or the rafting, but either way, those are always so demanding on your hip flexors. Either that or my form is just incorrect.
I kind of hurried this routine up a little because I had a bbq to attend at 2. I got there at 3, but they didn't have any food ready. I was so hungry. Needless to say it was a fun Labor day bbq. I was introduced to beer 30 lite and four loko.
Stay powerful everybody (and amazing)
After chest and back, I hit up ab ripper X. I had trouble doing Fifers and the oblique v-ups. I'm guessing it's because or the rafting, but either way, those are always so demanding on your hip flexors. Either that or my form is just incorrect.
I kind of hurried this routine up a little because I had a bbq to attend at 2. I got there at 3, but they didn't have any food ready. I was so hungry. Needless to say it was a fun Labor day bbq. I was introduced to beer 30 lite and four loko.
Stay powerful everybody (and amazing)
Day 14 - Rest?
As I mentioned in the post for day 13, I wanted to skip the workout because I was going white water rafting. It was a pretty fun day overall.
I decided to sleep on the couch in the living room because I didn't feel like changing my alarm clock in the bedroom. So I set the alarm on my cell phone. My friend texted me at 1:30AM to wake him up, but I was pretty disoriented and thought my alarm went off. My first clue should've been that it was dark as hell.
My other friend called me at 7AM and I thought it was my alarm again. I was dozing in and out anyway so that was probably my best chance to wake up. Everyone else she called was still asleep. She just wanted to know what I was thinking about getting for lunch.
All the people gathered at around 9ish and we headed out to the road by 10. We got to the rafting place at around noon. Once we got in our boats we started using the bailing buckets to throw water at each other. I kept getting destroyed because I'm apparently a good target for a bucket of water.
There were four of us in our boat and we kept things pretty efficient. Most of the other rafts were pretty sloppy in their rowing and ended up going in circles because they couldn't coordinate. We ended up separating from the rest of the boats in our group so I couldn't really tell how they were doing. Me and my friend in the front just wanted to keep things efficient, stay injury free, and be the fastest boat out there. The two of us ran the spartan race a few weeks earlier, so our boat was the only one that was spartan powered.
When we stopped for lunch, somehow we parked on the shore perfectly in reverse. Pretty sure we just got skills. The rest of the ride was pretty quiet. Just rowing down the river. It was about 12 miles and took 6 hours. Fun was had by all. Another 2 hour ride back home.
Stay powerful people. (And amazing)
I decided to sleep on the couch in the living room because I didn't feel like changing my alarm clock in the bedroom. So I set the alarm on my cell phone. My friend texted me at 1:30AM to wake him up, but I was pretty disoriented and thought my alarm went off. My first clue should've been that it was dark as hell.
My other friend called me at 7AM and I thought it was my alarm again. I was dozing in and out anyway so that was probably my best chance to wake up. Everyone else she called was still asleep. She just wanted to know what I was thinking about getting for lunch.
All the people gathered at around 9ish and we headed out to the road by 10. We got to the rafting place at around noon. Once we got in our boats we started using the bailing buckets to throw water at each other. I kept getting destroyed because I'm apparently a good target for a bucket of water.
There were four of us in our boat and we kept things pretty efficient. Most of the other rafts were pretty sloppy in their rowing and ended up going in circles because they couldn't coordinate. We ended up separating from the rest of the boats in our group so I couldn't really tell how they were doing. Me and my friend in the front just wanted to keep things efficient, stay injury free, and be the fastest boat out there. The two of us ran the spartan race a few weeks earlier, so our boat was the only one that was spartan powered.
When we stopped for lunch, somehow we parked on the shore perfectly in reverse. Pretty sure we just got skills. The rest of the ride was pretty quiet. Just rowing down the river. It was about 12 miles and took 6 hours. Fun was had by all. Another 2 hour ride back home.
Stay powerful people. (And amazing)
Day 13 - Pure Cardio/ARX
This one was a toughie. I had gotten home late from a party on Thursday and didn't get too much sleep. I went to work and tried to convince myself to do pure cardio when I got home. I decided to take a nap instead. When I woke up, I was contemplating on skipping because I was going to go white water rafting the next day. I think I finally got around to doing the routine at around 8 or 9. Rough as usual.
I noticed that the football sprints are easier in this routine because they actually get to it earlier. I hate the football sprints in plyo cardio circuit because by then, my calves are on fire.
I decided last week that I wasn't going to do Cardio Abs anymore. I figured I'd rather be a master of ab ripper X before I'd be a master of cardio abs.
It was actually a decent workout session and I was pretty glad I got to it. I have recently bought an ab wheel but I have no idea how to use it yet. I might start thinking about a routine with this thing because cardio abs and ab ripper x seem to make my lower back more sore than I'd prefer. I'll look into this more in the future.
Stay powerful dudes. (and amazing)
I noticed that the football sprints are easier in this routine because they actually get to it earlier. I hate the football sprints in plyo cardio circuit because by then, my calves are on fire.
I decided last week that I wasn't going to do Cardio Abs anymore. I figured I'd rather be a master of ab ripper X before I'd be a master of cardio abs.
It was actually a decent workout session and I was pretty glad I got to it. I have recently bought an ab wheel but I have no idea how to use it yet. I might start thinking about a routine with this thing because cardio abs and ab ripper x seem to make my lower back more sore than I'd prefer. I'll look into this more in the future.
Stay powerful dudes. (and amazing)
Friday, September 3, 2010
Day 12 - Cardio Power and Resistance
Every Thursday at my job, we order thai food. It's fairly large portions and probably terrible for you, but the spiciness just can't be beat. I didn't have problems with it last week, probably because I had a split order of chicken and cashews and pad thai. This week it was pad thai only.
I had something to go to at night, so when I got home from work, I popped in the cardio power and resistance dvd. I was already a little uneasy because the warmup which I've grown accustomed too wasn't looking too pretty. My stomach felt funny and every move was worse than the last. I think I had to take a short breather during the last set of vertical jumps in the warmup. Keep in mind, this is the workout that I almost vomited during my first go at it.
The first circuit I was a little worried about because of the vertical pushups. This is where i'm upside down in downward dog doing a pushup. I took it as easy as I could and still made it.
This second circuit just finished me off. So much food in my stomach and so many pushups left to do. First you got the moving pushups, then you got the plank run, then the 8 hop squats and 8 pushups at the end. The spicy little war going on in my insides wasn't helping the situation either.
This was not a very good session, and I think I'll cut back on the thai food next week. Or at least skip breakfast so I have room in there.
Oh and by the way, I was totally about half an hour early so I probably could've slacked off a bit more and let myself digest.
Stay powerful people. (and amazing)
I had something to go to at night, so when I got home from work, I popped in the cardio power and resistance dvd. I was already a little uneasy because the warmup which I've grown accustomed too wasn't looking too pretty. My stomach felt funny and every move was worse than the last. I think I had to take a short breather during the last set of vertical jumps in the warmup. Keep in mind, this is the workout that I almost vomited during my first go at it.
The first circuit I was a little worried about because of the vertical pushups. This is where i'm upside down in downward dog doing a pushup. I took it as easy as I could and still made it.
This second circuit just finished me off. So much food in my stomach and so many pushups left to do. First you got the moving pushups, then you got the plank run, then the 8 hop squats and 8 pushups at the end. The spicy little war going on in my insides wasn't helping the situation either.
This was not a very good session, and I think I'll cut back on the thai food next week. Or at least skip breakfast so I have room in there.
Oh and by the way, I was totally about half an hour early so I probably could've slacked off a bit more and let myself digest.
Stay powerful people. (and amazing)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Day 11 - Fountain of Youth Yoga
The original premise of choosing to do yoga for week 2 in the program was because I thought my body might need a good stretch at this point. I thought about it, and it's not really the case. Either way, I was glad not to have to do an hour and a half of yoga x or those dreaded lunge isolations from cardio recovery.
I bought a yoga mat a few weeks ago to use for Insanity. Insanity was killing my feet so I thought I might buy a mat to cushion the jumps. I used it a few times for that purpose but found that my feet were getting used to the jumping. So, I actually used the yoga mat for the purpose of yoga.
I've done this video a few times before. Once during my first round of p90x. I was thinking of replacing yoga x with this routine, but I never felt the same afterwards. I figured if I wanted the most out of the program, I would just stick to yoga x.
Yesterday, I came to the realization why yoga x felt like such a good stretch. Being out of shape, day 2 (plyometrics) does a number on your legs, namely the hip flexors. Doing Insanity, Shaun T likes to emphasize the deep hip flexor stretch, which is very similar to runner's pose in yoga x. So the real benefit you get out of yoga x is staying in the hip flexor stretch for half an hour. The breathing does help, but I don't see why I need to do the whole 90 minute routine.
So anyway, I go through the entire routine. More like the poor man's version of yoga x. You still get a few downward dogs and vinyasas. Shorter time holding some positions (Like half moon). All in all it's better than doing nothing.
Stay powerful people (and amazing)
I bought a yoga mat a few weeks ago to use for Insanity. Insanity was killing my feet so I thought I might buy a mat to cushion the jumps. I used it a few times for that purpose but found that my feet were getting used to the jumping. So, I actually used the yoga mat for the purpose of yoga.
I've done this video a few times before. Once during my first round of p90x. I was thinking of replacing yoga x with this routine, but I never felt the same afterwards. I figured if I wanted the most out of the program, I would just stick to yoga x.
Yesterday, I came to the realization why yoga x felt like such a good stretch. Being out of shape, day 2 (plyometrics) does a number on your legs, namely the hip flexors. Doing Insanity, Shaun T likes to emphasize the deep hip flexor stretch, which is very similar to runner's pose in yoga x. So the real benefit you get out of yoga x is staying in the hip flexor stretch for half an hour. The breathing does help, but I don't see why I need to do the whole 90 minute routine.
So anyway, I go through the entire routine. More like the poor man's version of yoga x. You still get a few downward dogs and vinyasas. Shorter time holding some positions (Like half moon). All in all it's better than doing nothing.
Stay powerful people (and amazing)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Day 10 - Shoulders and Arms/ARX
Forgot what day I was on. Had to check the archives already.
Not sure why I've been so tired lately. This day could've been because I went to the buffet for lunch, skipped breakfast, or the fact that it was crazy hot. I took a nap until 7 but I was still out of sorts. I was trying to get myself ready to start Shoulders and Arms, but then I got a call from my dad asking for help getting a rental car for his upcoming trip. He said he'd look on his own and get back to me, so I was hesitant to get started. I didn't wanna wait around too long since it was getting late. I even contemplated skipping, but I got to it anyway a little before 8.
Shoulders and arms features a pretty solid crew of "the kids." We're introduced to Daniel Haas, Joe Bovino, and the "glorious" Dreya Weber.
Daniel Haas is the beginner here showing everyone the use of the bands. Just like Scotty Fifer, I was paying attention to his moves the most during the first go-around. He seems like a pretty ok guy, fairly obedient to Tony's instruction and he definitely looks like he works hard. Not too cocky either. I find it pretty funny that he's always ready to go even though it's "break time." Tony mentions that he was an aspiring actor. I wonder if he had to resort to doing porn like Maren.
Joe Bovino is the strongman in the back. He does the difficult versions of the exercises and is one third of the Tony Horton triplets. Tony mentions that he's a lawyer. Not sure why lawyers are drawn to do p90x, but I can't blame them for doing it either. I'm pretty impartial to Joe Bovino. He does look like a hard worker, but he doesn't joke around as much or annoy me like some other of the kids.
And then we get to Dreya Weber. This is the first of many times you'll meet her. Tony goes on and on about how wonderful she is and gorgeous her form is. I wouldn't mind all that so much because that's normal Tony banter. However, Dreya seems to bask in it. There's a few times in the video where I see Tony ask a question and she's waiting to be addressed just to answer his question with a clever answer. No doubt she's a hard worker because of her physique though and Tony and BeachBody probably owe her a lot of gratitude. She was one of the people that helped Tony come up with the routines and she was the model for the recovery drink commercial at the end of the videos. They even have her in a bunch of the promo pictures for the videos. But still, be humble about it at least.
I had trouble concentrating on this one this week. For some reason the pace seemed a little fast and I found myself trying to keep up on some reps. My dad called me around the halfway point so I had a small break of momentum. A thought did occur to me though: how come they don't want you to take a water break in this video? The break portion is labeled as "ballistic stretch." I mean I still drink water here and there and ballistic stretch when they tell me, but why not use the term we're used to?
Oh well. That's all I got for now. Stay powerful everybody. (and amazing)
Not sure why I've been so tired lately. This day could've been because I went to the buffet for lunch, skipped breakfast, or the fact that it was crazy hot. I took a nap until 7 but I was still out of sorts. I was trying to get myself ready to start Shoulders and Arms, but then I got a call from my dad asking for help getting a rental car for his upcoming trip. He said he'd look on his own and get back to me, so I was hesitant to get started. I didn't wanna wait around too long since it was getting late. I even contemplated skipping, but I got to it anyway a little before 8.
Shoulders and arms features a pretty solid crew of "the kids." We're introduced to Daniel Haas, Joe Bovino, and the "glorious" Dreya Weber.
Daniel Haas is the beginner here showing everyone the use of the bands. Just like Scotty Fifer, I was paying attention to his moves the most during the first go-around. He seems like a pretty ok guy, fairly obedient to Tony's instruction and he definitely looks like he works hard. Not too cocky either. I find it pretty funny that he's always ready to go even though it's "break time." Tony mentions that he was an aspiring actor. I wonder if he had to resort to doing porn like Maren.
Joe Bovino is the strongman in the back. He does the difficult versions of the exercises and is one third of the Tony Horton triplets. Tony mentions that he's a lawyer. Not sure why lawyers are drawn to do p90x, but I can't blame them for doing it either. I'm pretty impartial to Joe Bovino. He does look like a hard worker, but he doesn't joke around as much or annoy me like some other of the kids.
And then we get to Dreya Weber. This is the first of many times you'll meet her. Tony goes on and on about how wonderful she is and gorgeous her form is. I wouldn't mind all that so much because that's normal Tony banter. However, Dreya seems to bask in it. There's a few times in the video where I see Tony ask a question and she's waiting to be addressed just to answer his question with a clever answer. No doubt she's a hard worker because of her physique though and Tony and BeachBody probably owe her a lot of gratitude. She was one of the people that helped Tony come up with the routines and she was the model for the recovery drink commercial at the end of the videos. They even have her in a bunch of the promo pictures for the videos. But still, be humble about it at least.
I had trouble concentrating on this one this week. For some reason the pace seemed a little fast and I found myself trying to keep up on some reps. My dad called me around the halfway point so I had a small break of momentum. A thought did occur to me though: how come they don't want you to take a water break in this video? The break portion is labeled as "ballistic stretch." I mean I still drink water here and there and ballistic stretch when they tell me, but why not use the term we're used to?
Oh well. That's all I got for now. Stay powerful everybody. (and amazing)
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