P90X Classic Day 31 – Back and Biceps – Ab Ripper X
Wow, what a nice workout. Every time I have to do anything with my arms…I just keep realizing how weak my upper body truly is..but I do feel like I am getting stronger.
I don’t really feel, honestly, that recovery week helped me get stronger though. Maybe its not supposed to after only 3 weeks. Maybe Week 8, the 2nd recovery week, will.
So far all the sessions in Week 5 have kicked my butt in terms of muscle soreness. My legs are really feeling it after plyometrics yesterday.
The good news about Back and Biceps…I got a REALLY good arm pump today. At one point…I thought my forearms would explode…they were just so tight.
I also introduced an alternative to pullups. As previously mentioned…I keep mangling my neck from time to time when attempting pullups. Its the exact thing that sidelined me for 3 months a while ago. I have a cheap little weight bench ($50 off craigs list 
), but it came with a lateral pulldown bar that I can attach weights to.
Tonight, I slapped on 70lbs worth of weights and used that as my first step to strengthening my back. See, up until tonight..I have done my pullups..but either I was straining to hard to get 1, maybe 2..but even with my feet on a chair..I never felt like I gave it a good workout. I felt like I was all arms, no back.
Well, with the pulldown machine, I can specifically focus on my back doing the work. I was able to pull down on average the various “pullups” about 10-12 times using 70 lbs. Next time for any pullup exercises.
My question to you all is…do I want to still focus on 8-10, or do I want to do more and more? Do I increase the weight next time and focus on 8-10 reps?
I expect my back to be feeling it tomorrow. Overall, I am just very happy with this workout. The final sets of curls were ROUGH. I used a mixture of 20lbs and 15 lbs throughout all the various types…but near the end, I did 1 set with 15lbs…and the final 3 sets had to be done with 10lbs LOL. Ugh.
Ab Ripper
Again, like mentioned earlier…I felt like Ab Ripper X didn’t go as smooth as I expected after recovery week. Parts I did well and felt stronger…other parts I was like “eh, this is rough”. I missed doing the Ab Ripper X on Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps day.
Do your best, and forget the rest..right.
An Update is needed
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Damn..wish I could say, “Hey, I started P90X almost 85 days ago…and I am right on track for my 90th day”.
Unfortunately, not. I stopped about 1 1/2 weeks ago at Week 7, not by my own accord but life responsibilities have kicked in…and unless I want to kill myself with 4-5 hours of sleep a [...]
P90X Classic Day 43 – Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps – Ab Ripper X
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Last night I completed Day 43 of my P90X Classic program. It’s the final week before recovery week.
I think I got a bit farther on my push-ups this week compared to last. I added a few more reps, but I still had to revert to doing them on my knees through most of the workout.
I [...]
P90X Classic Day 42 – Rest or X Stretch
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Today is day 42. It is kind of hard to justify a “rest” day when in a week, I might not be able to knock out a P90X session each day, so I kind of have 1-2 rest days in a week, however I just tend to have a lot going on.
As mentioned earlier, I [...]
P90X Progress Pictures – Day 42
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This week has been somewhat hit and miss. I haven’t been able to dedicate every day to P90X…so I have had a couple days in between a few workouts. I am quite flexible and get in stretching whenever I can almost every day, so I have not utilized Stretch X. I have also been bad [...]
P90X Classic Day 41 – Kenpo X with punching bag
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For a couple weeks in a row, I have chosen to go at my punching bag for my Kenpo X session. I spent about 40 minutes working on a combination of punches and kicks. I really feel good after a punching bag session.
Nothing else much to report on this one.
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P90X Classic Day 40 – Legs and Back – BOOM goes the dynamite
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So last night I had a fantastic session of Legs and Back. It’s actually one of the first sessions I have had that I walked away thinking…”damn that was some progress”.
Case in point, for most of the lunges I used 20lb dumbbells whereas before I was using either 15lbs or none. Then for the lateral [...]
P90X Classic Day 39 – Yoga X – Skipped
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I had a lot going on this day, I wasn’t able to perform the Yoga X session.
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P90X Classic Day 38 – Back and Biceps
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My energy level today was a bit better then it was the last two workouts. I also was able to “up” my weight a bit on certain sets. On the lawnmowers I was able to go up to 25lbs. On many of the curls, I was able to use 20lbs. I was doing 20lbs on [...]
P90X Classic – Day 37 – Plyometrics – Dragging ass
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So the good news. I burned about 1080 calories during this workout. In fact, that is the most single set of calories I have ever burned during P90X. I am not really sure why to be honest, since on average its between 850-900. One theory is I significantly lowered my caffeine intake and so that [...]
P90X Classic Day 36 – Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps
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So I began Week #6 this evening with a grueling Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps workout. I also included Ab Ripper X at the end.
I think my body trying to regulate itself after greatly reducing my caffeine intake (for those keeping score at home, 400mg down to 30mg now per day) probably doesn’t help my energy [...]
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about 1 year ago
The recovery week is supposed to rest those inflamed muscles and prepare them for more EXPLOSION in the next phase. Just when your muscles think the pain and suffering is over…BOOM! its time for round two and your muscles are shocked into building.