P90X - Day 2 - Jump around

Day two is done.  I had plyometrics today.  It really got my heart going and had me out of breath, but overall I felt good during the workout today.  I almost skipped today's workout since my hip flexors hurt so bad today.  I'm glad that I decided to go for it.  We'll see how I feel about the decision tomorrow though. 

Again, I ate before the workout.  I didn't eat much though.  I got home late today and my son was a handful for my wife today so I helped her out by making dinner.  Take pizza from freezer, insert into oven.  I know, I know I really shouldn't be eating pizza during this whole thing, but I only ate a couple pieces.  I then gave my son a bottle and put him to bed.  That gave me some digestion time.  I had my wife take the "before" pictures too.  I gotta make sure this whole thing was worth it, right?  ;)

The plyo went much better than the chest and back.  That being said, I still took much longer breaks than Tony and his crew.  Even then guy with one leg took shorter breaks!  Oh well; it gives me something to work up to.

P90X - Day 1 - The reason for torturing myself

A little background:
My wife and I are both fans of pretty much all endurance sports.  In 2009 we completed Ironman Wisconsin.  Since then I have slacked off on my training, so I decided that I need a new goal.  The best  goal that I could come up with is to run the 2012 Boston Marathon.  This is a goal that is on my bucket list, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to cross it off.

Living in the freezing cold climate of Wisconsin during the winter makes it hard to motivate myself to get outside.  As a way to kick off my Boston training without having to freeze my nose off I decided to try out P90X.  As a former collegiate athlete, I feel like a tool even saying that I'm considering a workout program on DVD and advertised on infomercials.  Therefore, I will not be revealing my real name.   jk ;)

I've been planning the start of this program for a few weeks now.  There's a lot that goes into Tony Horton's program. They have a whole diet to follow that includes energy bars, protein supplements, and a lot of healthy eating.  Also required are some workout accessories.  I had to scrounge up a pull-up bar, resistance bands, a chair, and a yoga mat.  They also recommend push-up stands, but I opted to hold off on those.  (Maybe I'll make some from PVC pipe if I decide I need them.)

The plan was to start the program tomorrow when all of the supplements and energy bars will be delivered.  (I got 'em online).  Instead, when I woke up early this morning I thought it would be a good idea to just jump right in.  This decision wasn't made until after I chowed down a quite large energy bar that I got from a friend.  This wasn't the greatest decision that I've ever made.  The workout started out great.  The problem came about halfway through when I thought the energy bar that I had eaten earlier might come back up.  Ugh.  It was a struggle to keep it down as I finished.

Like I was saying, the first half of the workout went well.  I was able to complete all of my reps.  Then Tony started over doing all of the exercises over again.  I thought I might die.  He does worn everyone in he beginning of the video, but I obviously didn't scale back my reps far enough.  I took a bunch of breaks, but I was able to make it through the entire workout.  Next up was the ab ripper x.  That was only 15 minutes though.  I couldn't do all the reps that Tony did, but I made it through that too.  As I'm writing this, I'm pretty sore and will most definitely be sore tomorrow as well.  I'll let you know how I feel on day two.  Yikes!