Posts tagged progress

P90X Classic Day 43 – Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps – Ab Ripper X

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 40 – Legs and Back – BOOM goes the dynamite

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 Update – Progress takes a hit, body takes a hit

I won’t lie…I am getting pretty tired of writing posts like these.
On Saturday, I came down with some stomach bug. It hit me like a ton of bricks and I ended up throwing up multiple times on Saturday. It got bad enough my wife took me to the medic center down the road to [...]

A P90X update – health, progress, etc…

For those of you keeping score at home, today I am feeling much better in terms of being sick. Whatever I had I think is almost gone, but the running nose, sore throat, etc.. seems to have left the building.
Now, if you saw my other post…you know I strained my neck the other day [...]

P90X Progress Pictures – Day 1 compared to Day 28

This post features 2 sets of pictures.
1. The Day 1 and Day 28 comparison. Honestly, I don’t see a ton of difference except in the back flexing picture…I see more definition in my back. But all the other poses…I guess maybe its just me looking at myself, but I struggle to see any big [...]

P90X Stretch suggestion for Tony Horton

So during Yoga X, Ab Ripper X, and several other exercises in the P90X system, I have found myself struggling because I didn’t have a specific flexiblity.
If you lie on your back with both legs on the floor, and you raise 1 leg off the floor toward the sky, but keeping both legs completely [...]