Monday, March 8, 2010

Day 218

03/08/10

Day 1 of P90X
Told you i was going to just do it!

Tonight's workout:
Chest and Back

The one exercise that i loathe... push-ups.. I'll be frank, i suck at them, especially the military style. However, I bought those P90X power stands and i was able to crank em out.. not the military ones though because those are a whole other animal. Forget decline push ups, i barely squeaked out 1 each time (quite embarrassing). I praise the good Lord that they invented the recovery drink though.. it's YUMMY and it helps A LOT.

The good thing in all of this is that Beachbody put together an excel spreadsheet that calculates EVERYTHING for you. Based on their formulations, my stats are as follows: (please keep in mind, anything that required a pull up bar i had to use the bands because i don't have a bar at my house, it's at my Fiance's because i have no doorway to use (long story) so my numbers may seem quite high, but i don't know what formula to use for the bands vs. the chair so the formula used is based on the formula that they would use if i used a chair)..

01 Standard Push-Ups 15
02 Wide Front Pull-Ups 18
03 Military Push-Ups 8
04 Reverse Grip Chin-Ups 17
05 Wide Fly Push-Ups 12
06 Closed Grip Overhand Pull-Ups 20
07 Decline Push-Ups 1
08 Heavy Pants using 7.5lbs 11
09 Diamond Push-Ups 6
10 Lawnmowers using 7.5lbs 23
11 Dive-Bomber Push-Ups 3
12 Back Flys using 7.5lbs 9

*If you would like some information on the P90X recovery drink or the spreadsheet I am using please send me an e-mail at njfitclub@gmail.com and in the subject put P90X and I will be more than happy to assist you.