Blogging Laziness

I actually find it easier to work out then i do to update this blog, but I thought I would take another crack at it today. I'm still rocking the P90x and still feeling pretty good about it. About to go into a rest week next week for the second time and then back to the second phase again, the change of pace will be nice. I always felt like after a couple weeks everything would be come easy and then last night I did a chest & back and almost threw up....so I guess it really is what you put into it.

As far as I know Mauzy is still doing his thing as well, but i haven;t received much update from California. Also, my wife claims she will be starting it again soon, so I guess we'll see how that goes. I give her a much better chance than Jondle, so that's something.

Should I actually put effort into making this blog entertaining, or even writing it? Does anyone actually read or pay attention to it? Let me know, if it's useful, I'll do more than just blankly type out text as an excuse to update the space.

Day 4 - Runnin Fool

My wife can dominate me at running. I realize she has run 28 marathons to my 1 and that she has continued running marathons since we ran ours in San Diego, but I still feel slightly emasculated when we run. We ran for 35 minutes last night and then walked for 30 more just talking, but she crushed a hill to finish the run and I was hurting. Granted I've barely been running recently (changing now), but oh well, I need a couple more years of training and her weak female knees to break down a bit more and then I will be able to beat a woman. Time is on my side.

Legs and back tonight, followed by drinking....my favorite kind of workout.

Day 3 - Shoulders & Guns

I think I definitely need to get more sleep. I have had little energy for the workouts this week, although I have been doing reasonably well during the workout, it has been a struggle. Shoulders & Arms certainly seems easier than Chest, Shoulders and Tris, but it's certainly still a challenge if you put forth the effort.

Today I will do about a 5 mile run instead of the P90X action, to keep my base for the marathon training that will start again this fall. It will only be about 7 months since my last marathon when I run Phoenix, which isn't too bad...I think two marathons a year is more than respectable. That being said, Mel and her dad just finished a stretch of 12 straight months of one marathon a month, in all different states of course. Thinking about that is certainly humbling, so next time you think your awesome because you rode your bike 2 miles to the In n' Out burger and back and are feeling good about yourself, just remember that statistic.

That's right, compared to my wife and her father, we are all pathetic.

Day 2 - Jumping Around

Plyo isn't really the cardio workout it was when I first started....at this point I just get tired from the exertion. I breathe hard, but I recover quickly, it is more muscle fatigue in the legs than anything else. I think I am going to pick up a heart rate monitor to push myself though, because I think I'm suffering from a slight lack of motivation on Plyo.

Day 1 - Deja Vu

I like the structure of the program and the regimen in general....so getting out of rythm bothered me. After the neck injury my recovery week didn't go well and I started the 5 th week a couple days late and my clock was all off, so i've decided to restart.

I didn't get much sleep all weekend and I was dead tired last night, but I still did Chest & Back with ARX. Despite my fatigue I still met or exceeded all my totals from week 3 previously, so I'm starting the program from a better place. I don't really see it all as a failure, just bad luck with the neck and hopefully this time around goes smoothly. I could've easily just kept going and been fine, but oh well, another 4-5 extra weeks on the first run won't hurt me.

If you are staying strong and still pressing play, then congratulations, you're a machine. If not, you should be ashamed and at a loss for self-confidence with your flabby body. Yes, I'm looking at you Jondle.

Plyo Bonanza

I didn't have a huge amount of energy last night, but still took care of business on Plyo X. Plyo doesn't make me out of breath really anymore, but the exertion still can make me sick when I go hard at it, good to know it's a decent workout, one way or the other.

Today is the real question mark...for the first time since injuring myself, it will be time for pullups with the back and bi's workout. I'm sure it'll be fine...what's the worst that could happen? I guess I could dislocate my knee, but someone already did that....

Chest Shoulders and Tris

I did this workout once during my warmup period, but I didn't really try with the marathon approaching. This time around, I got the real story. This workout is all business. It has one water break and alot of ridiculous exercises. The famous clapping or plyo pushups, one armed pushups, etc., it's pretty brutal. I felt like I got a real good workout in though, so that's all you can ask for I guess.

On a positive note, my neck and shoulder were fine and feel ok today. I'm sore in the shoulders and chest, but with the couple extra days off from strength training and the hard workout, that was to be expected.

I'm going to start sliding in more carbs and transition into phase 2 of the diet. I have dropped a few more pounds and don't really want to lose more, so I think it's about time for more carbs. Also, quick shout out to my buddy Shawn in Texas, sounds like he and his wife are cruisin along steadily - just about ready to start the real deal. Make it happen man, it's worth it.

Dropping Like Flies

So I have been trying to hold myself together with my neck injury, which turned out to be much worse than anticipated. I did do most of the workouts last week and ran a couple times, including a 5k on Saturday which was a good time even though it had been raining and it was a trail run. I lost a full minute trying to fish my shoe out of a muddy ditch.

Yesterday my necks till wasn;t right, so I just ran, but tonight I am going to try Chest, Shoulders and Tris. We'll see, if I hurt myself again, I'll just run and do abs until my neck heals and then restart the whole program, but hopefully everything will be allright. Alex doesn't have a knee and Mauzy has had a jacked foot for a couple weeks, so I should be able to tough it out.

Diet is still doing pretty well, if I complete the workout today then I'll switch into Phase two of the diet, if not, I'll just stay in Phase 1 for the forseeable future.

Sorry I left this page cold for a week there, crazy at work and was half embarassed about the slacking due to injury...how is everyone doing?