P90X Reviews – Get Back On That Horse
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P90X Review – Week #4……..I just finished doing P90X Shoulders & Arms with my wife and brother in law. I’m so glad I did this workout today. I needed it so badly you wouldn’t believe it.
I have been dogging it since last Wednesday when I did an hour of P90X in the morning, followed immediately by 2 hours of racquetball and then another 2 hours of racquetball that evening.
I was feeling great the next day, but that was my niece’s wedding and for whatever reason I just dogged my workouts ever since. I haven’t felt like doing much of anything workout wise this week.
I’ve been assistant coaching my 12 year old’s football team, but I don’t get any workout benefit from that. My left knee is making all kinds of fussing noises and my right shoulder and triceps are still sore from a month ago.
Surprisingly, none of the exercises in the P90X Shoulders & Arms workout really give my shoulders or triceps too much trouble other than the “lying down triceps extensions” routine as well as the very last “side-tri-rise” exercise.
The rest of the exercises I”m pretty much pain free with. I feel pretty good right now…better mental outlook and attitude so I’m grateful I got off my fat butt and did my P90X for the day.
So….as of right now I have a little momentum……a very little bit of momentum and I need to capitalize on what little amount I have and keep running with this ball so to speak.
I keep pushing all our football players to work through the pain and exhaustion so I better be willing to do the same when it comes down to me and my performance……..don’t wanna be a hypocrite with these boys.
I have to stop using lame excuses to justify skipping a day which turns into 2 or 3 or more days when I don’t workout.
I do love being able to workout with my wife…she really helps me get in the right frame of mind. She enjoys the workouts and feels so much better about herself when she’s consistent with them. We’re still struggling with her work schedule, but we’ve decided that we just need to suck it up and get up everyday at 5:s0 am and just do it…..plain and simple…no excuses.
The bottom line is that we enjoy spending the time together with P90X and it helps set the tone for everything else once that one hour workout is complete…..it’s a much better way to start the day. We’ll have to make a concerted effort this next week and push each other to make sure we actually do this every day.
I will just keep moving forward and learn from my past mistakes and then put them behind me.
As Tony says – “Bring it!”
P90X Workout Review – Attitude Adjustment – 07/13/09
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Last week was actually not a great week. I got through the 4th of July weekend and actually lost weight. Monday morning I weighed in at 268 lbs. and was feeling fantastic.
The problem shift in attitude happened after I ate a bunch of junk that I’d been avoiding for the previous month or so. My oldest daughter also had a birthday on Wednesday last week and I ate cake and ice cream then as well.
In and of itself, that’s probably not such a big deal, but we had extra ice cream laying around the house….well, not actually laying around the house, but calling out to me from the freezer non stop.
I had some ice cream several days in a row and what I noticed was that I had less and less desire to work out once I started systematically filling my pie hole with a lot of junk.
In full confession mode here…..I’ve always liked ice cream, but I became and addict when my wife worked at Baskin Robbins while we were in college and I got used to eating it everyday.
In fact BR is absolutely responsible for me gaining 25 pounds shortly after Kim and I got married. It was the first time in my life that I ever even had a weight issue.
Now that you know the history, you’ll understand a bit better why this is so frustrating to me. I know better, I know I need to be careful around ice cream. It’s not like my fitness quest is over, far from it. It is a setback though.
Had I continued last week the way I had the previous week, I probably would have lost an additional 2 or 3 pounds. Instead I hung out in limbo for a week.
The interesting thing is the shift in my attitude. Prior to the ice cream binge, I couldn’t wait to get to my workout because it always felt so good. The last several days have been difficult for me to get motivated.
I”m sitting here writing instead of lifting weights and riding the bike. So……that being said, I’m gonna stop writing for the moment and go workout, even if I’m not totally fired up about it. I’ll be back in an hour and a half……………..
It’s 2 hours later and I’m feeling a lot better. I rode the bike for 55 minutes and I upped it’s intensity from 3 to 4. Then I did an hour of P90X Shoulders & Arms even though I was scheduled to do Back & Chest.
My arms felt weak and wimpy so I decided to start the week with my favorite set of exercises. I’m really glad I worked through my bad attitude and just did my workout. My body feels great, my arms are nice and tingly and I have a great “fitness” buzz on. My mind is clear now and I’m ready to tackle the week.
I know that there are people out there that once they commit to something they seem to never stumble, but when it comes to working out or eating a certain way, I’m not one of them. I’m going to have a few “down days”.
I’m not making excuses here…….I plan on doing better, but I’m not going to beat myself up for having a set back. That won’t help me reach my ultimate goal. So I’m gonna sit down and take a good long look at what I did last week and how it effected my overall plan and then I will learn from it.
All I can do today is start back on course and make a change for the better. I put in a good 2 hour workout and I feel great! That’s success in my book. The past is now in my past. I can actually do something in the present to have a positive effect on my future.
If you’ve struggled or are currently struggling with your weight, look at the past only to learn from it and then make a plan and stick to it.
Hang in there and don’t let the little or even the big setbacks get you down on yourself. Just keep moving forward and before you know it you’ll be hitting your fitness goals and maybe even moving above and beyond your health related goals.
Don’t let anyone or anything stop you from claiming what’s rightfully yours. It’s your body, it’s your health…..own it for crying out loud!
If I can get into shape, then anyone can. If you’re on the fence, what are you waiting for. There will never be a better time to start than right now. Try the p90x workouts, try a gym membership, get a personal trainer, whatever works or will work for you. Make a choice and follow it up with a bigtime commitment!
If you are waiting for an attitude adjustment to start working out, flip it around and workout so you get the attitude adjustment you want. Just close your eyes and bull your way through it if you have to, but I can guarantee you’ll feel better once you’ve done it.
The times you feel least like working out are probably the most important times to actually get your butt off the couch and start moving.
Special thanks to condron.us for promoting the Fatboy Fitness Blog, we appreciate it!
Tim Pannell – Big Fat Mama’s Boy!
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So I’m working out in public the other day and some guy yells out the window as he drives by…..”Hey FLABZILLA!” After I showed him he was “#1″ in my book………I started thinking.
Why should anybody listen to me about getting in shape? I’m still 60 lbs. overweight at the moment. Why listen to me?
I’ve actually seen this weight issue from both sides of the fence. I’ve been 185 lbs., with 6% body fat with washboard abs. I could eat anything and everything and not gain an ounce, even when I wanted to.
I’ve also weighed as much as 310 with 48% body fat with no abs in sight. I couldn’t lose weight no matter how little I ate or how much I exercised.
I know the frustrations caused by excess weight as well as the major roadblocks that keep someone in that forever heavy “state of mind.”
What was the main difference between the healthy me and the heavy me? It was attitude and expectations.
When I was fit I worked out because it was fun. I just flat out enjoyed it. No pressure, no life or death struggle, just the enjoyment of sweating and straining and trying to get stronger and faster.
When I got heavy it was a slow downward spiral that got more and more out of control as time went on. My attitude changed. I turned working out into a life or death struggle
I was easily frustrated when I didn’t see immediate results and that caused me to slide backwards more often than not. My self image took a beating. I was negative more often than I was positive.
I stopped believing in myself and got to a point where I actually reveled in my own grand mal sense of imminent failure. Let me tell ya, this is no place to find yourself.
What turned things around? I guess it came down to waking up one day and insisting that this just wasn’t good enough for me. I did a lot of soul searching about who I am, not what I looked like.
I’m more than just my weight or body fat %. I have an amazing life, a great wife, 5 amazing kids, a great mother and sister. I’ve had a storybook career where I’ve met and worked with some absolutely amazing people.
I have great friends whom I love that actually care about me. There is, quite frankly much more to me than this stupid weight issue I’ve been playing around with for the last couple of decades.
I have turned a corner in my life. I have turned a corner with my health and fitness as well. I am no longer allowing my weight to define me as a person.
I am working out once again because it’s fun, not because I have to. It’s made all the difference in the world.
I’ve dropped over 8% body fat in the last 6 weeks, that’s over 26 lbs. of fat that I’ve dropped. I’m training my body to burn fat more efficiently for fuel. I’m eating healthier more organic meals. Life is good.
Today I rode the bike for half an hour and followed it up with the P90X workout. I held my own pretty well today. It’s a great improvement over 6 weeks ago when I was struggling to just breath.
Sure there are still days that I can get frustrated when the numbers on the scale don’t correspond with the effort I put in the previous day, but I’m no longer working out just to hit certain numbers.
I’m in this for the long haul. I’m not just feeling stronger, I’m getting stronger and I have more energy than I did just a few short weeks ago. It’s a fun ride and I’m enjoying every minute of it.
Thank you condron.us and everybody else for your support over these last several weeks, it has made all the difference in the world, you’re great friends!
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