Ok, I really suck at keeping up with the blog. In fact, it is one of my goals to update my blog at least once a week from now until the end of the program. Things are going great with P90X. I slacked off a little last week and missed Yoga X, Legs and Back, and Kempo Karate. I personally dislike the first two. Kempo is actually pretty fun, but it is difficult to get me motivated to work out on Saturdays!
I made it to a major landmark - DAY 45. And, as promised, here are the updated pictures as of Day 45.
Day 45 Vs Day 1
There you have it folks. These are the half-way results. I'm quite happy how my body is responding to the exercise. As I mentioned in a previous post, eating right is extremely difficult. In my opinion, sticking to a healthy "diet" is more difficult than the workouts alone in P90X. I use the word "diet" carefully because I'm not just trying to lose weight, I'm trying to fuel my body to maximize my results, and that takes a lot of planning, sometimes extra cash, change of habits and eating things that I would not otherwise ever eat.
I actually starting taking some supplements around DAY 35 or so. This has made a huge change in my performance. I do about a protein shake per day (about 50g of protein) and I usually throw in some Creatine Monohyrdrate (about 8g on heavy lifting days). With P90X the most intense, muscle straining exercises are on days 1, 3 and 5. I found that when I went to go work out on days 3 and 5, I was still tired/sore from days 1 and 3, respectively. So that is the reason for the Creatine.
I'm really happy with how my abs are coming along. Haha, ok, I know you all are laughing, but for me, I have not had any kind of definition in my abdominal area since I was 19 years old, and the only definition you could see then were ribs! I am getting through most of the moves in the Ab RipperX workout. Today I did 25 In and Outs (arms in the air!), 50 bicycles (on my back), 25 Crunchy Frogs, 12 Fifer scissors, 20ish Hip Rock and Raise, 15 pulse ups, 14 V-up Roll-ups, 25 Straight leg cross touches, 27 Oblique V-ups (15 left, 12 right), 30 leg climbs (15 each leg), and 38 Mason Twists!!!!! That's big for me. For those of you who know what any of that is I hope you can appreciate all that work. For those of you who don't know what any of that is....do P90X. When I first started P90X I could only do about 10 of the first three moves on this workout and I would just lie on the floor for the rest of the 15 minutes until the workout was over, and that not even exaggerating!