I dominated with Dom tonight. Move for move. Pain was had by all.
Thanks for reading
Billy
Monday, November 30, 2009
I started to post.....
And got distracted the other day. So I'm back, what's happened last week.
Last Monday I decided to do 42 minutes on the treadmill. Still looking out for back, I still burnt 500 calories and my back is not sore.
Tuesday was shoulders and arms. Probably my favorite workout. It just pounds you in so many areas. I even got 15 side tri rises which isn't the 20+ Dreya does, but I'll take it.
Wednesday was another 42 minutes on the treadmill at 5.1 mph. Just were the fat burns please.
Thursday was legs and back. Another modification from several weeks ago, I am doing mostly leg curls and reverse leg curls on the Bowflex. I can tell a difference in my legs just from several weeks of doing this. On chin ups I got 23 (probably) could have done more but they were moving on to next exercise. I got 101 pull ups in the series which is great, considering they aren't my strength. I got to halfway on abs and felt nausea and quit.
Friday was treadmill for 42 minutes at 5.1 mph and balance of ab routine I stopped on Friday.
Sunday which was yesterday I had the change to chest, shoulders, and tris. Great workout, felt tired and probably didn't eat enough. I'm not a huge fan of this chest routine on p90x. I know it confuses, it's just some of the push ups are strange so I head to the bowflex and do hybrid sets of 4 press/4 fly in the same set. I might also add, if your a slow gainer in the chest area, do some extra push ups. My chest is a strong point and I still do extra push ups. When? Always after the workout, while watching t.v., I get them in during commercial breaks. Last night during an hour show I busted out 50, 40, 40, 35, 35, 25. You basically do 6 sets per hour. That's 220 push ups to just fill in blank unused time. Not a bad way to accelerate development. I wouldn't do this if it were more than say 3 hours past the workout though. At that point recovery is more important.
Anyway tonight is plyo. I will bring it and copy Dom to a T. Oh and this morning I was 158.5. It's gonna be close.
Thanks for reading
Billy
Last Monday I decided to do 42 minutes on the treadmill. Still looking out for back, I still burnt 500 calories and my back is not sore.
Tuesday was shoulders and arms. Probably my favorite workout. It just pounds you in so many areas. I even got 15 side tri rises which isn't the 20+ Dreya does, but I'll take it.
Wednesday was another 42 minutes on the treadmill at 5.1 mph. Just were the fat burns please.
Thursday was legs and back. Another modification from several weeks ago, I am doing mostly leg curls and reverse leg curls on the Bowflex. I can tell a difference in my legs just from several weeks of doing this. On chin ups I got 23 (probably) could have done more but they were moving on to next exercise. I got 101 pull ups in the series which is great, considering they aren't my strength. I got to halfway on abs and felt nausea and quit.
Friday was treadmill for 42 minutes at 5.1 mph and balance of ab routine I stopped on Friday.
Sunday which was yesterday I had the change to chest, shoulders, and tris. Great workout, felt tired and probably didn't eat enough. I'm not a huge fan of this chest routine on p90x. I know it confuses, it's just some of the push ups are strange so I head to the bowflex and do hybrid sets of 4 press/4 fly in the same set. I might also add, if your a slow gainer in the chest area, do some extra push ups. My chest is a strong point and I still do extra push ups. When? Always after the workout, while watching t.v., I get them in during commercial breaks. Last night during an hour show I busted out 50, 40, 40, 35, 35, 25. You basically do 6 sets per hour. That's 220 push ups to just fill in blank unused time. Not a bad way to accelerate development. I wouldn't do this if it were more than say 3 hours past the workout though. At that point recovery is more important.
Anyway tonight is plyo. I will bring it and copy Dom to a T. Oh and this morning I was 158.5. It's gonna be close.
Thanks for reading
Billy
Monday, November 23, 2009
Don't touch that.......
e've all done it. You're trying to watch what you eat, so far through lunch your doing great. "This isn't so bad" you think, and eat a sensible dinner. A family member makes brownies and sets them on the stove to cool off. Before bed you decide to do a load of laundry. You pass by the kitchen and see the half eaten tray of brownies. They look good. You get wash cycle going and on the way back through the kitchen you catch a second glimpse. Before you know it your hand automatically reaches for the spatula and in a blink you have a plateful of brownies about to be devored. Huge diet fail.
But how do we get from good breakfast/lunch/dinner to half platters of brownies.
It helps to have the family on board with the diet, but I don't expect my kids to scarf chicken and brocoli every night. The motivation is there during the day. So why do people fail to carry out diets any longer than a few days at a time.
We don't itemize our homes and we automatically grab at shitty food because it makes us feel good. I call it auto-grabbing. Think I'm kidding? Your best intentions are usually met with subverse thoughts way below the surface all day long. This builds up and at night, or day, the hand just reaches out.
I've experienced auto-grabs before and usually there isn't a ton of pre-meditated rationalizing like "brownies have milk in them, that's good for me. Oh and cocoa was in the news last week, they said it helps something blah blah". No, your intentions are good and the hand reaches out, boom, your off the diet - there's always tomorrow.
How do I get around this? For one I don't bury my head in the sand and pretend like there isn't shitty food in the house. I look and take stock. Graham cracker and pretzles in cupboard, brownies in covered plate on counter, etc. I know were everything is and am prepared for it. I've choosen this diet so why not prepare what your thoughts will be. There are no food surprizes when I go through the kitchen.
I also mentally prepare for my mind to ask everytime something like cake or pretzels is out on a counter or someones eating them in close proximity - no tasting. No fingerfulls, no pinch of this or that, no reaching out to touch - nothing. It WILL lead to platefuls and failed diets. I prepare for this stuff because our minds work against us. They want those quick carbs and will tell you reasons why tomorrow is ok, or next week or year.
I have my bail food ready in the fridge. If I start geeking late, I throw down a chicken breast and drink a flavored water(s). If I keep geeking usually it's time to get my ass to bed.
Stay on a diet for awhile and it gets a lot easier but the first few weeks are always hard to get off the ground.
So to recap-
Know were crappy food is in your house. Don't pretend it ain't there.
Plan you dinner and bail snacks for late night. This means cooking the PREVIOUS day some chicken usually. I plan to cook a bag of chicken every other day. Sometimes family members who aren't dieting will scarf my diet chicken. This problem is easily over come by seasoning every chicken breast with Old Bay Seasoning. I know, it's higher sodium, but it keeps my chicken from being used in some casserole or dinner for family members that don't worry about their eating habits. Plus, I grew up in Maryland, and Bay Seasoning is used on crabs - nothing tastes better.
Workout at night. It really helps hunger cravings for me, helps me sleep better, and gives my body 8 hours of instant recovery. Morning workouts are hard, you have to rush, plus you have to wake up stiff muscles. I'll pass.
Learn what your mind is gonna tell you about shitty food. Usually it's "let's just taste it" or "tomorrow you pick the diet back up" or my fave, "the p90x people won't know your blowing your diet because they're just DVD's". When your craving crappy food the mind will say anything.
Eat enough protein like chicken, eggs and fiber and you'll be full and won't get hungry. Brocoli is KING for this. I buy bags of it. A pinch of shredded cheese and it's pretty good.
Do this stuff and the PAYBACK is your waistline becomes a flat sumbitch. Imagine a waist were there is no bulge between shirt and pants. Were you can see your belt. Muscle actually have separation to them. People ask what is different about you.
Part of good dietingis also picking a good diet and TRUSTING that it works. Many quit after 2-3 days because they haven't dropped 5 pounds from jump.
Think of it like this. The body is like an elevator. If your on the 9th floor and want off on 10 by quickly pushing 10, guess what, you probably will go up to 11 first before stopping. The body is the same. It needs a second to turn around. Once it gets to losing weight, it comes pretty easily and the body obliges in that direction.
Don't get resentful at family members for eating shitty food in front of you. First we love them. Second - you choose to diet because at some point you choose to eat way too much shitty food. You did the crime and lost the priviledge not them. Resentments of this kind are worthless and should be met with this understanding.
I just wanted to share this stuff because successful dieting is pretty easy but you have to plan your ass off. Shooting from the cuff DOESN'T work. What is that you ask? It would be like heading into Friday night with no cooked chicken or brocoli in the fridge. Or even worse, none in the house, oh and your family members who we can't be resentful towards - they just ordered pizza. "Hey hon, you want any of this deep dish Chicago style with garlic bread, they didn't eat much, it's in the kitchen". Fuck, I can pick this diet up again in the morning, Chicago deep dish and a movie here I come. And there goes the beltline. Yes, they are mutually exclusive. See were I'm going with this. Plan and stick to it.
Yesterday was Chest and shoulders. Prior to that I had Thanksgiving with my mom. What to eat at T-giving. For me, 2 servings of turkey and ham followed with green beans. No stuffing, mashed potatos, or cheesecake.
I knew after a rest week this workout would suck. It did. My power was off and dropped to nothing by the end. Even so, 17 wide pull ups was a good sign of improvement. My vasularity is really coming in right now. At 161 Saturday, I'm close to my goal. I don't know if I'll get to 155 in these 4 weeks. I think it will be close, but those last 2-3 are gonna be slow. We'll see.
I was so spent yesterday, I could't finishing my ab routine within the 15 minutes ab ripper x is on. Tony left the lights on.
Tonight is scheduled plyo. Since I pulled that back muscle last week, I may decide to run on treadmill instead of plyo. I man up to anything, but take no chances with my back and while plyo doesn't hurt my back, there is impact involved. I'll decide later today what to do. On the treadmill I still burn 500 calories so it isn't like a vacation of any sorts.
Thanks for reading
Billy
But how do we get from good breakfast/lunch/dinner to half platters of brownies.
It helps to have the family on board with the diet, but I don't expect my kids to scarf chicken and brocoli every night. The motivation is there during the day. So why do people fail to carry out diets any longer than a few days at a time.
We don't itemize our homes and we automatically grab at shitty food because it makes us feel good. I call it auto-grabbing. Think I'm kidding? Your best intentions are usually met with subverse thoughts way below the surface all day long. This builds up and at night, or day, the hand just reaches out.
I've experienced auto-grabs before and usually there isn't a ton of pre-meditated rationalizing like "brownies have milk in them, that's good for me. Oh and cocoa was in the news last week, they said it helps something blah blah". No, your intentions are good and the hand reaches out, boom, your off the diet - there's always tomorrow.
How do I get around this? For one I don't bury my head in the sand and pretend like there isn't shitty food in the house. I look and take stock. Graham cracker and pretzles in cupboard, brownies in covered plate on counter, etc. I know were everything is and am prepared for it. I've choosen this diet so why not prepare what your thoughts will be. There are no food surprizes when I go through the kitchen.
I also mentally prepare for my mind to ask everytime something like cake or pretzels is out on a counter or someones eating them in close proximity - no tasting. No fingerfulls, no pinch of this or that, no reaching out to touch - nothing. It WILL lead to platefuls and failed diets. I prepare for this stuff because our minds work against us. They want those quick carbs and will tell you reasons why tomorrow is ok, or next week or year.
I have my bail food ready in the fridge. If I start geeking late, I throw down a chicken breast and drink a flavored water(s). If I keep geeking usually it's time to get my ass to bed.
Stay on a diet for awhile and it gets a lot easier but the first few weeks are always hard to get off the ground.
So to recap-
Know were crappy food is in your house. Don't pretend it ain't there.
Plan you dinner and bail snacks for late night. This means cooking the PREVIOUS day some chicken usually. I plan to cook a bag of chicken every other day. Sometimes family members who aren't dieting will scarf my diet chicken. This problem is easily over come by seasoning every chicken breast with Old Bay Seasoning. I know, it's higher sodium, but it keeps my chicken from being used in some casserole or dinner for family members that don't worry about their eating habits. Plus, I grew up in Maryland, and Bay Seasoning is used on crabs - nothing tastes better.
Workout at night. It really helps hunger cravings for me, helps me sleep better, and gives my body 8 hours of instant recovery. Morning workouts are hard, you have to rush, plus you have to wake up stiff muscles. I'll pass.
Learn what your mind is gonna tell you about shitty food. Usually it's "let's just taste it" or "tomorrow you pick the diet back up" or my fave, "the p90x people won't know your blowing your diet because they're just DVD's". When your craving crappy food the mind will say anything.
Eat enough protein like chicken, eggs and fiber and you'll be full and won't get hungry. Brocoli is KING for this. I buy bags of it. A pinch of shredded cheese and it's pretty good.
Do this stuff and the PAYBACK is your waistline becomes a flat sumbitch. Imagine a waist were there is no bulge between shirt and pants. Were you can see your belt. Muscle actually have separation to them. People ask what is different about you.
Part of good dietingis also picking a good diet and TRUSTING that it works. Many quit after 2-3 days because they haven't dropped 5 pounds from jump.
Think of it like this. The body is like an elevator. If your on the 9th floor and want off on 10 by quickly pushing 10, guess what, you probably will go up to 11 first before stopping. The body is the same. It needs a second to turn around. Once it gets to losing weight, it comes pretty easily and the body obliges in that direction.
Don't get resentful at family members for eating shitty food in front of you. First we love them. Second - you choose to diet because at some point you choose to eat way too much shitty food. You did the crime and lost the priviledge not them. Resentments of this kind are worthless and should be met with this understanding.
I just wanted to share this stuff because successful dieting is pretty easy but you have to plan your ass off. Shooting from the cuff DOESN'T work. What is that you ask? It would be like heading into Friday night with no cooked chicken or brocoli in the fridge. Or even worse, none in the house, oh and your family members who we can't be resentful towards - they just ordered pizza. "Hey hon, you want any of this deep dish Chicago style with garlic bread, they didn't eat much, it's in the kitchen". Fuck, I can pick this diet up again in the morning, Chicago deep dish and a movie here I come. And there goes the beltline. Yes, they are mutually exclusive. See were I'm going with this. Plan and stick to it.
Yesterday was Chest and shoulders. Prior to that I had Thanksgiving with my mom. What to eat at T-giving. For me, 2 servings of turkey and ham followed with green beans. No stuffing, mashed potatos, or cheesecake.
I knew after a rest week this workout would suck. It did. My power was off and dropped to nothing by the end. Even so, 17 wide pull ups was a good sign of improvement. My vasularity is really coming in right now. At 161 Saturday, I'm close to my goal. I don't know if I'll get to 155 in these 4 weeks. I think it will be close, but those last 2-3 are gonna be slow. We'll see.
I was so spent yesterday, I could't finishing my ab routine within the 15 minutes ab ripper x is on. Tony left the lights on.
Tonight is scheduled plyo. Since I pulled that back muscle last week, I may decide to run on treadmill instead of plyo. I man up to anything, but take no chances with my back and while plyo doesn't hurt my back, there is impact involved. I'll decide later today what to do. On the treadmill I still burn 500 calories so it isn't like a vacation of any sorts.
Thanks for reading
Billy
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Ugh...
So let's see, Friday I ran for 42 mins approx and Saturday did my ab ripper x routine.
Sunday I was taking pictures of my son and pulled a back muscle. By pull, I mean my right lower side, were I had surgery, felt like it pulled. I know it's a muscle and not my back, but kinda scary nevertheless. This is how my back surgery got started last year. A back ache that never went away follow by tightened nerves in the leg restricting range of movement by half. I didn't have that so all is good. It is a reminder though that I need to work on that area more.
So the plan this week is to do 2-3 days of lower back exercises and maybe some light exercising by wed/thurs if back muscle is better.
In next 4.5 weeks I gotta loss some serious weight to get to #155. I'm at 162.5 which ain't bad, but I'd rather be lower at this point. We'll see.
Thanks for reading
Billy
Sunday I was taking pictures of my son and pulled a back muscle. By pull, I mean my right lower side, were I had surgery, felt like it pulled. I know it's a muscle and not my back, but kinda scary nevertheless. This is how my back surgery got started last year. A back ache that never went away follow by tightened nerves in the leg restricting range of movement by half. I didn't have that so all is good. It is a reminder though that I need to work on that area more.
So the plan this week is to do 2-3 days of lower back exercises and maybe some light exercising by wed/thurs if back muscle is better.
In next 4.5 weeks I gotta loss some serious weight to get to #155. I'm at 162.5 which ain't bad, but I'd rather be lower at this point. We'll see.
Thanks for reading
Billy
Friday, November 13, 2009
Rest week here we come....
As the week comes to an end I gladly welcome a bit of a rest. The last 4 weeks of p90x there is no rest so I'm going to take advantage of this.
Wednesday I did treadmill for 52 minutes and 500 ish calories gone.
Yesterday I had a dinner (that's a stretch) to attend with our new company VP. It was at Roosters, a wings, deep-fried, trans fats type of place. Beforehand I choked down half a protein bar so I wouldn't be hungry. I drank about 5 iced teas and had 2 pcs of celery lol. Finally got home around 7:45 and got legs and back going. I did huge amounts of leg curls and reverse leg curls in substitution for the mirade of step lunges. The lunges are great but I'm after a bit more than firming. The celery sticks weren't ideal energy food and I felt tired the entire workout. Finished and had dinner, chx breast and brocoli, and easily fell aspleep.
The longer I do this the more questions I get asked and some are from people that have absolutely NO clue what crap they are eating. I'm not a food snob, but my co-workers go out for fast food every day for lunch. It's amazing that this is the norm now for lunch, fast food.
And to that end, support from my wife on this p90x phaze has all but ended. Sadly in the Midwest, guys with 15 percent bodyfat are mistaken as Olympic athletes. Yeah, people eat like mad here in the heartland.
My wife and I don't share the same fitness goals (which is totally fine), but she alluded this am that my diet has gotten old and gets in the way of dinner plans. My point in bringing this up is if you decide to do something like this, you need to do it for you, and commit to that, - and not apologize for being fit-period. I bring my own dinner to the dinner table, usually chicken and veggies. The kids could care less. I don't critisize anyone for smoking, their diets, or their lifestyle. You get in what you put out. I enjoy having a resting heartrate of 50, it's strange, but to me that's cool. It means I can do a lot of stuff others can't. Why that's important to me, I don't know, but I don't apologize for it, even to my wife.
Tonight I have a short run on the treadmill (42 mins) - that's approximately 8 cigarettes timewise to a smoker by the way(my wife smokes). After that I'm gonna hit abs in a big way. Should take about an hour total time. To a smoker that's about 12 smokey treats.
Next week I'm planning on doing back twice and legs twice. Short workouts but specific and just enough to help for the coming final month.
Thanks for reading
Billy
Wednesday I did treadmill for 52 minutes and 500 ish calories gone.
Yesterday I had a dinner (that's a stretch) to attend with our new company VP. It was at Roosters, a wings, deep-fried, trans fats type of place. Beforehand I choked down half a protein bar so I wouldn't be hungry. I drank about 5 iced teas and had 2 pcs of celery lol. Finally got home around 7:45 and got legs and back going. I did huge amounts of leg curls and reverse leg curls in substitution for the mirade of step lunges. The lunges are great but I'm after a bit more than firming. The celery sticks weren't ideal energy food and I felt tired the entire workout. Finished and had dinner, chx breast and brocoli, and easily fell aspleep.
The longer I do this the more questions I get asked and some are from people that have absolutely NO clue what crap they are eating. I'm not a food snob, but my co-workers go out for fast food every day for lunch. It's amazing that this is the norm now for lunch, fast food.
And to that end, support from my wife on this p90x phaze has all but ended. Sadly in the Midwest, guys with 15 percent bodyfat are mistaken as Olympic athletes. Yeah, people eat like mad here in the heartland.
My wife and I don't share the same fitness goals (which is totally fine), but she alluded this am that my diet has gotten old and gets in the way of dinner plans. My point in bringing this up is if you decide to do something like this, you need to do it for you, and commit to that, - and not apologize for being fit-period. I bring my own dinner to the dinner table, usually chicken and veggies. The kids could care less. I don't critisize anyone for smoking, their diets, or their lifestyle. You get in what you put out. I enjoy having a resting heartrate of 50, it's strange, but to me that's cool. It means I can do a lot of stuff others can't. Why that's important to me, I don't know, but I don't apologize for it, even to my wife.
Tonight I have a short run on the treadmill (42 mins) - that's approximately 8 cigarettes timewise to a smoker by the way(my wife smokes). After that I'm gonna hit abs in a big way. Should take about an hour total time. To a smoker that's about 12 smokey treats.
Next week I'm planning on doing back twice and legs twice. Short workouts but specific and just enough to help for the coming final month.
Thanks for reading
Billy
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
I owned me some Plyo
Yeah, I said it. Yesterday I thought about it most of the day, and by last night it was on. The best part about plyometrics is no Abs! Your really done at the end. Anyho I follow Dom on everything and just had gas left in the tank at the end. It's nice when your not super trashed at the end. My extra leg workouts have something to do with that I imagine.
Tonight was Back and bi's. Guess who got 20 pull-ups. Yeah, I busted out 20 right outa the gate. Then 2 sets of curls, and following those like 15 seconds later Horton's like lets rock more pull-ups. I swear it drives me crazy. How can ya do a set of brutal arm curls and follow up SECONDS later with p/u's. Anyway, forced into that corner, I can only get 9 p/u's with a full arm pump. Needless to say I always get a good workout from p90x, I'm just critiquey (is that a word?). Also, Katie in the video bugs that crap out of me. At the beginning the guys are done and she's still on rep 59 using 2 lbs lol.
You can tell 2 sets in Tony's like "this chick is gonna fuck up my back and bi video if she don't hurry up". I guarantee there was a pause (however brief) and they had "a chat" about her finishing a set before the next century dawns on us.
I did an extra leg raise set of 50 tonight so 530 reps of abs - yeah I felt it.
Tomorrow I treadmill it and Thursday I will do a late late leg workout (dinner with my co. VP).
Thanks for reading
Billy
Tonight was Back and bi's. Guess who got 20 pull-ups. Yeah, I busted out 20 right outa the gate. Then 2 sets of curls, and following those like 15 seconds later Horton's like lets rock more pull-ups. I swear it drives me crazy. How can ya do a set of brutal arm curls and follow up SECONDS later with p/u's. Anyway, forced into that corner, I can only get 9 p/u's with a full arm pump. Needless to say I always get a good workout from p90x, I'm just critiquey (is that a word?). Also, Katie in the video bugs that crap out of me. At the beginning the guys are done and she's still on rep 59 using 2 lbs lol.
You can tell 2 sets in Tony's like "this chick is gonna fuck up my back and bi video if she don't hurry up". I guarantee there was a pause (however brief) and they had "a chat" about her finishing a set before the next century dawns on us.
I did an extra leg raise set of 50 tonight so 530 reps of abs - yeah I felt it.
Tomorrow I treadmill it and Thursday I will do a late late leg workout (dinner with my co. VP).
Thanks for reading
Billy
Monday, November 9, 2009
Midway...
Saturday was my off day. I felt like extra credit was in order so I busted out 30 sets of leg curls (15 reg / 15 reverse) and then did 480 reps of abs - 40 X 6 hanging leg raise, 40 X 6 Bowflex crunches. I'm glad I did really, the legs in coming weeks will see the benefits.
Last night was Chest/shoulders/triceps. As I have said in earlier posts, some of the push-ups in this 3 week series are different. I get the different part, I just introduce my own "different" doing Bowflex presses or flys instead. Doing Bowflex chest exercises is pretty close to using dumb ells. If there is a weak side, it will be exposed. I've been staying with the bands for most of the shoulder stuff, and if you write it down descriptively (what color/easy/hard/etc), it's pretty easy to go back a week later and see what you did quickly.
Followed all that up with my 480 rep version of ab ripper x which fills the entire 15 min and left me tummy spent.
Tonight is plyo. Bring it :)
Thanks for reading
Billy
Last night was Chest/shoulders/triceps. As I have said in earlier posts, some of the push-ups in this 3 week series are different. I get the different part, I just introduce my own "different" doing Bowflex presses or flys instead. Doing Bowflex chest exercises is pretty close to using dumb ells. If there is a weak side, it will be exposed. I've been staying with the bands for most of the shoulder stuff, and if you write it down descriptively (what color/easy/hard/etc), it's pretty easy to go back a week later and see what you did quickly.
Followed all that up with my 480 rep version of ab ripper x which fills the entire 15 min and left me tummy spent.
Tonight is plyo. Bring it :)
Thanks for reading
Billy
Friday, November 6, 2009
man up (verb) : To suck it up; become more of a man
as defined by Webster's
From early this am my mind came up with a thousand reasons to not do 480 reps of abs and treadmill for 42 minutes. All day long excuses were presented for my consideration.
I turned my mind off when I got home and manned up.
That is all
Thanks for reading
Billy
From early this am my mind came up with a thousand reasons to not do 480 reps of abs and treadmill for 42 minutes. All day long excuses were presented for my consideration.
I turned my mind off when I got home and manned up.
That is all
Thanks for reading
Billy
The legs are back
Had meeting at work yesterday and basically couldn't eat from 1pm until I got home. I felt tired and was not loving putting in legs and back cd. Slugged down some energy drink and hit it.
Instead of following a lot of the lunge sequences in legs (there's a lot) I alternated leg curls and reverse leg curls on my Bowflex. It worked really well and will be considered in future.
For back I came outa the gate and did 20 chin ups. All my pull up sets were 1 or 2 reps higher which is totally awesome. It takes awhile with back stuff.
I did have little energy to finish ab ripper x so I gotta do that tonight after my 42 min run.
Instead of following a lot of the lunge sequences in legs (there's a lot) I alternated leg curls and reverse leg curls on my Bowflex. It worked really well and will be considered in future.
For back I came outa the gate and did 20 chin ups. All my pull up sets were 1 or 2 reps higher which is totally awesome. It takes awhile with back stuff.
I did have little energy to finish ab ripper x so I gotta do that tonight after my 42 min run.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Treadmill day
Got on it yesterday for 42 minutes at 5.1 mph. Time went by quick and 475 calories burned.
Tonight is legs and back. Gonna be a hard workout, planning on extra sets for the legs - pain will had by all.
164.5 this morning :)
Thanks for reading
Billy
Tonight is legs and back. Gonna be a hard workout, planning on extra sets for the legs - pain will had by all.
164.5 this morning :)
Thanks for reading
Billy
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Going down from here on out..
Well Halloween went well. Stuck to the diet for the most part and ate beef jerky and chicken all weekend. Yuuum.
Sunday was Chest, shoulder, tri night. I like the chest workout on the first 3 weeks better. Some of the routines are gimmicky to me. If I don't care for it, I just jump on the Bowflex and do flys or presses, and it works well, believe me. We shot compound bows over the weekend and my left shoulder ac tendon is still pissy about being yanked on but held up ok through this.
Did plyo Monday night. I always try and bring it on plyo night. This was no exception. Did most of the moves Dom does and even did 5 sets of leg curls for the right leg to get it stronger at the end.
Tuesday I saw 165.5 on the scale. So basically 10# to go. That's gonna be tough navigating through Thanksgiving on this diet, which by the way I yanked the almonds from the line-up. Why? Well they are so good you can't just eat one, it even says so on the bag. You can't even eat a handful. So it's more chicken and eggs at lunch. I found eggs with 660 omega 3 at Krogers. Without the almonds the end of the day is a low carb drag. Basically after my Pure Protein bar at 10am, the carbs are turned off. I've survived on less.
Last night I did back and bi's. This workout is SOOOOOO rushed. You can't appreciate it till you see it. I had to hit pause numerous times and laughed when doing so.
I forgot to mention I changed the ab routine again. Sunday and last night I did 12 sets X 40 - or 480 reps of stomach. That's a lot. Basically 6 sets of 40 leg raises, and 6 sets of 40 Bowflex crunches. Hammer friggin time is what that does.
Back and bi's went well though - got 17 pull-ups to start. Would like to be at 25 when this ends, we'll see.
I'm planning 45 minute run tonight.
Thanks for reading
Billy
Sunday was Chest, shoulder, tri night. I like the chest workout on the first 3 weeks better. Some of the routines are gimmicky to me. If I don't care for it, I just jump on the Bowflex and do flys or presses, and it works well, believe me. We shot compound bows over the weekend and my left shoulder ac tendon is still pissy about being yanked on but held up ok through this.
Did plyo Monday night. I always try and bring it on plyo night. This was no exception. Did most of the moves Dom does and even did 5 sets of leg curls for the right leg to get it stronger at the end.
Tuesday I saw 165.5 on the scale. So basically 10# to go. That's gonna be tough navigating through Thanksgiving on this diet, which by the way I yanked the almonds from the line-up. Why? Well they are so good you can't just eat one, it even says so on the bag. You can't even eat a handful. So it's more chicken and eggs at lunch. I found eggs with 660 omega 3 at Krogers. Without the almonds the end of the day is a low carb drag. Basically after my Pure Protein bar at 10am, the carbs are turned off. I've survived on less.
Last night I did back and bi's. This workout is SOOOOOO rushed. You can't appreciate it till you see it. I had to hit pause numerous times and laughed when doing so.
I forgot to mention I changed the ab routine again. Sunday and last night I did 12 sets X 40 - or 480 reps of stomach. That's a lot. Basically 6 sets of 40 leg raises, and 6 sets of 40 Bowflex crunches. Hammer friggin time is what that does.
Back and bi's went well though - got 17 pull-ups to start. Would like to be at 25 when this ends, we'll see.
I'm planning 45 minute run tonight.
Thanks for reading
Billy
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