Just wanted to take a second and hand out a Purple Heart to Alex out in Cali. During Legs & Back at the end of last week apparently he managed to dislocate his knee/kneecap. I guess he just isn't cut out for this, but nevertheless the doctors are discussing whether or not he will be able to do the program again, or if we should go ahead and have him put down. Stay tuned.
Fallen Soldier
Posted by Michael T at Monday, June 29, 2009 4 comments
Day 19-21 - Near Catastrophe
I went out of town this weekend, I was best man in a buddies wedding down in Springfield....definitely drank more booze than is recommended in the P90X diet book, but kept the diet pretty clean.
Posted by Michael T at Monday, June 29, 2009 0 comments
Day 18 - Running and Treats
So, yesterday I ran instead of doing Kenpo, dudn't get heat rash related hives, but still probably lost 15 pounds worth of sweat. Not much else to say, so I thought I would drop a real easy recipe/meal for you guys that you can fix in less than 10 minutes for dinner. This is set up for phase 1, so High protein and low carbs.
Posted by Michael T at Friday, June 26, 2009 2 comments
Day 17 Shoulders & Arms
I didn't feel as much of an improvement yesterday, but I did push it a bit harder. S & A is pain in the ass with bands, it's as simple as that....but I still don't want to spend the cash on dumbbells.
Posted by Michael T at Thursday, June 25, 2009 2 comments
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Day 16 - Plyo Madness
I'm kind've suprised at this point how much I've improved in three weeks. Plyo is still certainly not easy, but I recover much faster from the exercises an no longer skip any portion of them (previously sometimes I would start at 23-25 seconds instead of 30). So it is nice to see continued improvement.
Posted by Michael T at Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2 comments
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Days 12-15
Followed up a weekend with no posting followed by a Monday with crazy amounts of work, sorry for the lack of updates.
Posted by Michael T at Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3 comments
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Day 10-11 - Shoulders & Arms + Running
So I had some health complications yesterday, worked from home and chose not to post.
Posted by Michael T at Friday, June 19, 2009 0 comments
Day 9 - Plyo
I was a machine yesterday rocking out Plyo. Maybe like a '82 LeBaron, but a machine nontheless.
Posted by Michael T at Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5 comments
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Day 8 - Chest & Back
Chest & Back. Solid workout, still with the embarassing faceplant Divebombers at the end. This week going in my energy was gone, I think it's due to a lack of carbs. I had my carbs at dinner and later on did Ab-Ripper X and tore it up, so I might add an additional carb serving with some fruit during the day.
Posted by Michael T at Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3 comments
Days 5-7 - L&B, Kenpo and Rest
I was lazy over the weekend and I apologize to my maybe 5 readers that I didn't update the blog.
Posted by Michael T at Monday, June 15, 2009 4 comments
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Day 4 - Yoga X
Well, I failed. Yoga is unbelievably difficult for someone with no flexibility like me, but I did what i could. The problem is the majority of the time I was trying to figure out what to do, instead of actually doing it....I'd recommend watching the dvd a time or two before doing this DVD.
Posted by Michael T at Friday, June 12, 2009 2 comments
Day 3 -Shoulders & Arms
Let me preface S&A by saying that I was completely correct....my legs are most certainly more sore 2 days after Plyometrics than the day after. I am not pleased that I was correct.
Posted by Michael T at Thursday, June 11, 2009 4 comments
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Day 2 - Plyometrics
Plyo is like Polar Bears, it looks innocent enough....sitting there smiling, drinking coke, looking cute and cuddly, until you get near it and try to play with it and it mauls your face and eats your extremities before you realize what happened. Watching the video it looks simple, but when done in sequence, Plyometrics will mess you up. My legs are sore today, but I can tell it will be even worse tomorrow.
Posted by Michael T at Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4 comments
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Day 1 - Chest & Bizzle
So, I have a confession to make, which I'm sure you all noticed: I didn't post Day 1 photos. In fact, I didn't even take them, but I will remedy that soon.
Posted by Michael T at Tuesday, June 09, 2009 0 comments
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Into the Rabbit Hole
So the day of judgement is upon us...I tried eating my first P90X meal today and it's official: I can't stomach 12 oz of cottage cheese. The huge omelet and banana fine, but 12 oz of cottage cheese isn't happening, I'm definitely going to find a substitute.
Posted by Michael T at Monday, June 08, 2009 0 comments
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So....I ran a Marathon.
Marathons are long and they are certainly not easy. However, I have now run one and I feel pretty good about it. We finished in a little over 4.5 hours, which isn't great, but not terrible for a first timer. Few points to make about Marathons:
Posted by Michael T at Friday, June 05, 2009 0 comments