No X-cuse, really...

Have I mentioned how easy it is to fall off the blogging horse?  Clearly there are tons of bloggers out there who prove me wrong by posting something every single day, but I haven't been on here for at least a month!  My blogging track record is almost 10%.

I've posted 9 (now 10) out of the 60 days I've been doing p90X.  There's no excuse for that, so I choose to focus on the extremely positive:

I'VE COMPLETED 60 OUT OF THE 90 DAYS IN THE PROGRAM!

I believe a dance party is in order.

And that's pretty much all I came on to say!  Though the updates have been less that satisfactory (i.e. nonexistent), I've continued to struggle my way to Day 90.  Mostly thanks to White J, actually.

One of my earlier comments was from a woman who had just moved in with her boyfriend for the first time, and the two of them planned on working out together.  I don't know if they went through with that plan, but word of caution: it's not easy.  There have been a couple of hearty p90X fights in our house, and at times it's plain hard working out with someone else right there to see you struggle with the hard parts.  Sometimes, I find myself annoyed and thinking, "Gosh, he moves so funny," and I'm sure he gets annoyed with my Bitch Face when we work out in the mornings.  Or in the afternoon.  Or at...you know, the time really doesn't matter that much.  Regardless, we're both there for each other in some way, whether it's him reminding me that we have to stay low in Warrior One, or me yelling at him to engage his abs during Kenpo.  It's the support that counts!  So if you plan on doing p90X or any fitness program with someone your care about, fight through your workouts, and work out all your fights – it's worth it.  (I think.  Keep in mind that we're not finished yet.)

In other news, I officially have Jumper's Knee (or Patellar Tendonitis) – self-diagnosed, because who the hell can afford doctors other than businessmen and other doctors? – so I'll be using ice after every workout and possibly taking it easy on the squats.  No bigs.

See you kids in... however many days it takes for me to update this again!  (Possibly one.  Maybe.)

Authors note: To all you bloggers out there, if any real bloggers are reading this, how do you keep up with a schedule? Don't you run out of things to write about?

p90Xmas

Core Synergystics just kicked my ass.

"Merry Christmas, Fatty!  Love, Tony the Devil."







(In retrospect, I only blame myself for doing the workout after Christmas dinner and festivities.  ...but still.  Ouch.  Half the confidence I'd gained from my progress in the last three weeks just flew out of my butt.  Take that as you will, and "that's all I hafta' say about that.")

P90Self - Reboot!

Oh goodness, it has been a while.  Looks like I really dropped the yoga ball on this one!

(That was lame, but I hope you smiled anyway.)

I'm back and better than ever!  Since my last post, I've driven to Spartansburg, SC, stood in line for 7 hours just to look at a camera and say how much I want to be "on top," missed two workouts, made up one of those workouts, had a modeling shoot, got back on schedule, returned to Austell, GA for Christmas, and did YOGA by myself.  Let me ask you something...

...does this photo look fierce to you?

...because that's not me, but it's how I felt doing yoga by myself today.  Not gonna lie, it was pretty much the worst.  Yet somehow, it was also invigorating, much like my last solo workout (which was coincidentally my last post).  I felt so empowered!  Like, "Ooh, look at me!  I'm doing yoga by myself! And I let my bunny hop around while I'm doing it, so it's super cute when he pops up from behind a piece of furniture.  It's almost like he's saying, 'Downward dog?  Bitch, please.'"

That's not a joke, by the way.  I'm talking about a real dwarf rabbit here.  Before my workout, White J bet me that Sgt. Pepper, my pet bunny, would probably show me up with yoga!  So, I let the sucker out to show me what he could do.  He chose not to participate.

So here I am, Christmas Eve (Happy Christmas, by the way!), all caught up in my workouts – almost – with only one Kenpo day to make up.  I can hardly believe it, but Phase One is nearly over.  In fact, if you consider that this is simply a recovery week, Phase One is over!  And you know what that means?

NO MORE PLYOMETRICS UNTIL WEEK NINE!!!***

And to celebrate, we have a special treat from the bunny gods, for all you non-believers out there:

Don't forget to comment/share if you see something inspring/amusing/stupid!

*** Just double-checked this on my calendar.  I was wrong as hell.  Ha!  Plyo is back next week.  Oh well, the celebrating is already done.

P90Self

Today, for the first time in the whole ten days White J and I have been doing P90X, I had to workout all by myself....

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...It was daunting at first – I wasn't used to having so much room – but I made it through!  Haha I might I have dogged the ab workout a little with no one there to push me, but the S&A part was great!

Speaking of the Ab Ripper workout, I don't know what the deal is, but that seems like the only thing that I don't feel improvement.  For all the other ones like S&A, C&B, Plyo, I can clearly tell that I've gotten better at the movements and my body is handling them.  For some reason with Ab Ripper, it's just as tough now as it was on Day 1.  WTF!?



Anyone know what's going on with this?

Pumped Up KiX

I realized yesterday that I'd missed a few days of posting. Sorry folks!

But... NEVER FEAR!  P90X is still in full effect.  I've been steady pumping up my sneakers every morning!  In fact, with White J by my side, it's somehow gotten easier!  Well, easier to handle anyway.

Yesterday was Chest & Back, and even though I probably "dogged" a few sets as TonyDevil would say, I think overall my performance was streets ahead of where I was last week!  Then there was our plyo workout today.

Last Tuesday, White J and I had paused that stupid Plyometrics video at least three times by the halfway mark, and today we paused once the whole time.  Holy improvement!  I didn't realize that kind of change was possible in just a week.  I went to sleep last night dreading the prospect of another plyo workout, and I woke up this morning feeling the same.  (White J had to practically fight me out of bed, which is another story altogether.)  Then we actually did it, and I pushed myself, and my thighs were on fire, and it felt fantastic.  And we paused only once!

As for physical results – well, I guess they're all physical, but as for results you can see – I can't really tell if my body has changed much, but I feel ...less fat, if that's a thing.  I feel lighter, and more sprightly!  (Ha, I used the word "sprightly.")







I do have one problem, though.  Squats give me so much trouble, and my knees hurt like hell, even after taking steps to fix my form.  Thoughts?  Suggestions?
















Whoo! I feel so good about working out that I'm going to listen to a dubstep remix of this post's title inspiration!  Care to join me?

Xertion

Yoga sucks.

The only thing that sucks more than yoga is knowing that you used to be better at it.

My legs actually failed on me today!  I was doing one of the one-leg-in-the-air with arms-straight-and-raised poses – I know that narrows it down to like 80% of all the things you do in yoga – and I just ...fell.  It was weird, because I was really trying for it!  My entire body was shaking with the effort, and then it was over.  Totally collapsed.  TonyDevil says throughout the whole thing, "You might collapse here, you might wobble, that's okay..." or whatever it is that he says, but for me it was the biggest hit to my confidence since Plyo.

In fact, I might hate yoga even more than plyo!

Mind: blown.





Well, see you folks tomorrow for Legs & Something!  I obviously need it.





In the meantime..... Have you ever done yoga?  Did it suck?

FleX

Short post, because my arms are too tired to type:

Actually, that's a lie.  My arms feel great!  Shoulders and arms both need lots more work, but I like the soreness.  Today was even a small boost of confidence.  I couldn't do all of the exercises perfectly yet, but it was streets ahead of the Plyo workout, as Pierce Hawthorne might say.  Can't wait to have tone arms again!  I'm planning to walk around flexing for no reason like a complete tool, and it's going to be awesome.

Ha! And so I leave this post at that and go off to watch some old episodes of Community.

See you tomorrow for Yoga!  (More like Yikes-a...)