Hey guys;
Only a short post here now. I’ve uploaded just a few pictures of my day 0 pictures. This really is an actual lie, as they are Day 3 pictures but as I didn’t take them then I had to do some else I’d have no comparisons. Day 0 data will be up soon so keep hanging on guys.

I’m keeping this post short as I’ve noticed a few bugs in my design that need to be retified a.s.a.p.
Just a quick word about the actual experience. I completed Day 3 today, Shoulders & Arms and yet another stab at Ab Ripper X. This time I was able to complete quite alot of the AB Ripper X and keep my form and get to the required number of reps. I did have to take quite a few mini breaks but I hope to phase them out as time goes by. Also, I did ‘The Mother of All Workouts’ yesterday in the form of Plyometrics and that thing is tough. I did this at home but I found I was running out of room so for next tuesday when I have to do it, I’ll be heading to to the gym in order to do it.

I’m off now but you can check out Day 0 (or day 3 rather) pictures here: http://www.myp90x.net/photos/day-0-pictures/

Hey;

Today I started my 90days of pain. On Day 1, I haven’t started well with the nutrition and I know this is going to be hard on myself to cut back on the junk and eat more healthy. Today I started of eating a chocolate bar for late morning breakfast. A few hours later I had a small portion of Tuna-Mayonaise Pasta. Mayonaise isn’t the best thing for me to be having as I wish to shead some-weight but as a little compensation I did use light mayonaise hehe. Anyway in the late afternoon after I gave my last meal a chance to settle I started Chest & Back.

I took my time with this DVD as you have 12 exercises and you have to do it twice. Prior to P90X, I have been working on my pressups to make sure I can make 10-12 pressups on multiple occasions with different styles. For the pressups on the first round I took my time and worked up to the burn, which in most cases was between 8-12. For the pullup sections I use some exercise bands that I bought from Agilo on Ebay. I will be using the ultra-strength band throughout P90X as I feel this will give me the best workout whilst acheiving a good amount of reps. I took my time and repositioned myself a few times with the bands to try get the maximum resistance. Although these bands work great and you can feel the burn after 12-15 reps once at the maximum resistance, I feel I will have to head to my gym in order to use the pullup equipment there in order to get results in the future.

For the weights again I took my time and used part 1 to work out the weights I would need in order to reach the required amount of reps (10-12) but also making sure that I get the burn in the final 3 but not to the point where I am comprimising the quality of the rep. I was then able to alter the weight for the next round.

I took notes of how many reps I targetted for and how many I actually did and also notes of the weights I was using. I will post them also in the coming days.

To complete the day, I was supposed to do Abs_RipperX. There is 12 exercises with 25reps each to do. I was able to do the first 4 to the maximum reps, but for following ones the amount of reps were decreasing even with little breaks. This is an area already that I need to focus on to make sure I keep doing the reps.

Ok so this is Day 1, tomorrow is Day 2 and its Plyometrics. As I need more space to do this, I’ll be moving downstairs into our sunlouge in order to complete it. In the future I’ll be doing this at the gym as I have now got all 12 DVD’s loaded up onto my iPhone.

Thanks for reading. Feel free to leave comments or e-mail me.

Ryan.

Hey Guys;

Sorry for not posting my Pre-P90X stats & pictures yet. I’ll get them out as quick as possible but I’m waiting to be able to have enough money to be able to get a heart-rate monitor in-order to finish of the stats and what not.

Anyway as part of my P90X I’ll also be doing quite a few activities aside from what is stated to do in each phase. On Mondays & Saturdays I go to a Boxercise Fitness Class at my local Gym and most Saturdays I tend to stay on and do more focussed Boxing training such as pad work and shoulder-sparring. On Sundays, I am part of a 5-a-side team and we play in the evening.

As during much of Phase one my Saturdays for P90X are supposed to be KenpoX. I have deiceded that after I have done my Boxercise class, I will then either do further boxing training or do the KenpoX depending on how I am feeling. And for Sundays, there is an option to either rest or do X-Stretch. I have deceided that if I am feeling good I will do the X-Strech aswell as the football, if I’m not feeling as good then I will just do the football (if I am playing that weekend) or just X-Stretch (if I am not) or do neither. I do not want to overwork myself but I want to keep the pressure on and make sure I get the results I want.

Anyway check out for the next post in a few minutes where I talk about my first day at the office.

Ciao

Welcome to MyP90X. I am Ryan Gilmore and I’ll be completing the P90X Extreme workout from BeachBody.com. I’ve got my DVD’s and workout sheets all ready, and I’m now waiting for my excercise bands to come from America so I can begin on the 04th August 2008. 

This weekend I’ll be posting up my Day 0 pictures and results from How to Bring it fitness test.