My Power 90 Journey

P90 Day 11

Matt — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:31:14 +0000

Good workout today. I only took a single break during part 1 – part 3. I took a quick break in the middle of part 2 then kept going following Tony. I rested my arms only during the second set of knee lifts and kept my arms up the rest of the time.

I’m eating well and that’s about it for now. I’m going to try and start posting my food intake again, so here is todays damage.

Calories 2,124
Carbs 377
Fat 39
Protein 71

P90 Day 10

Matt — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:40:58 +0000

Day 10 done. Just finished Sculpt 1-2 and was able to do a 6/6/5. That 5th one was tough. Started on time again, no pissing and moaning about having to workout. My heart was pounding a minute ago but has slowed down. Feeling good and surprisingly mellow right now. Going to hit the shower then figure out what to make for dinner.

Today’s Wrap-up

Push-ups – 10
Heavy Pants – 15 / 15# weights
Military Press – 15 / 10# weights
Standard Curls – 15 / 10# weights
Back Scratch – 15 (each arm) / 8# weights
Lunges – 3
Fly Push-ups – 10
Back Flys – 15 / 15# weights
Swimmer’s Press – 15 / 10# weights
Open Arm Curls – 15 / 10# weights
Kick Backs – 15 / 10# weights
Lunge/Squats – 3
7/7/7 Push-ups – Fly – 6, Close – 6, Standard –5
Lawnmower – 15 each arm / 15# weights
Shoulder Flys – 15 / 8# weights
Biceps 21’s – 7 low, 7 high, 7 full / 10# weights
Chair Dips – 10
3 Part Squats – 8 each

P90 Day 9

Matt — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:21:10 +0000

No long winded post today. It was a good day eating wise, thank goodness tomorrow is shopping day. I need to really stock up on the yogurt and the cereal. Sweat 1-2 / Ab Ripper 100 is complete. I had no problem starting the workout and I liked that. My only complaint is my heart-rate monitor watch thing won’t freaking measure my HR during my exercises. I guess I still need to play with it some more.

That’s it for today.. nice and easy and fun, just the way I like it.

P90 Day 8 Week 2

Matt — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:14:23 +0000

It’s Monday.. Day 8 and the start of week 2 of my Power 90 Journey. It was an interesting weekend but my beloved Patriots beat the Ravens and I completed the first week.

Today I have to say was an all around good day. Work was good, I kept busy and the day just cruised right along. I enjoyed a relaxing afternoon and now I just finished Sculpt 1-2. I upped the weight on the Lawnmower back to 15 pounds and while I was still a bit winded at that point it wasn’t as bad as last week, so I’m guessing that’s improvement.

Tonight I am going to purge the rest of the crap from my kitchen because it is a huge temptation and as I found out this afternoon makes it easy to slip up. I ended up eating a couple snack pack sized Doritos and a hot dog. Coming home after work is the worst time of day for me food wise. Other than that slip up everything else been good.

Here is today’s sculpt breakdown. Today I also managed a 6/6/4. That’s also a small milestone.

Push-ups – 10
Heavy Pants – 15 / 15# weights
Military Press – 15 / 10# weights
Standard Curls – 15 / 10# weights
Back Scratch – 15 (each arm) / 8# weights
Lunges – 3
Fly Push-ups – 10
Back Flys – 15 / 15# weights
Swimmer’s Press – 15 / 10# weights
Open Arm Curls – 15 / 10# weights
Kick Backs – 15 / 10# weights
Lunge/Squats – 3
7/7/7 Push-ups – Fly – 6, Close – 6, Standard – 4
Lawnmower – 15 each arm / 15# weights
Shoulder Flys – 15 / 8# weights
Biceps 21’s – 7 low, 7 high, 7 full / 10# weights
Chair Dips – 10
3 Part Squats – 8 each

P90 Day 7

Matt — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:27:19 +0000

Yesterday was a weird day for me and I ended up not doing my sweat 1-2/ab ripper 100 workout. I woke up around 1:30 saturday morning feeling some pain in my lower back. Once I took some ibuprofen I was able to go back to sleep. I was pretty much fine during the day saturday while I was at work but I could still feel it a bit. I decided not work out yesterday and after another good night sleep I got my workout in this morning.

So I completed the first week.. there is a temptation to weight myself, but I’m going to wait 3 more weeks for that.

I’m still playing around with my heart rate monitor watch and my notes are at my apartment but I think my heart rate was between 170-185 during the workout. All I know for sure was there was a lot of sweat, heavy breathing, tired arms and legs. It’s amusing to note that during certain exercises.. like the side kick, bicycle during the abs, 7/7/7, and chair dips I always say I hate that particular exercise before I do it.

Anyway.. Day 6 and 7 is done. Week 2 starts tomorrow with sculpt 1-2 at 7pm.