P90X – Still Plugging Along
© Tim Pannell Photography
Well, I’m still plugging along with my P90X workouts.
My wife and I just got back from a 5 day photo shoot in Arizona last week.
We didn’t work out at all the last 5 days, with the exception of the running around we were doing for the shoot.
We started back up today with P90X Chest and Back.
It always feels great to get back into the P90X routine.
The 5 days off was actually kind of nice.
My left elbow has been extremely sore lately – it feels like “tennis elbow”.
This 5 days gave it a little time to heal up.
Today the elbow wasn’t nearly as painful as last week.
I’m not exactly sure what the pain was caused by.
No obvious injury or “aha” moment. It’s just been sore for a couple of weeks.
It’s not the muscle, but the joint.
In any case, progress is being made.
All 3 of us are seeing improvement in our ability to perform all the exercises, especially the ones that give us the most trouble.
Diamond push ups and divebomber push ups in particular.
When I first started doing P90X last year I couldn’t do a single diamond push up. Not one.
I was just a useless fat blob.
Today I did 2 sets of 25 diamond push ups. Not a bad improvement.
Now I’m a usefull, fat blob.
My wife, sister in law and I have been doing P90X for almost 2 months now, so it has become what I would call a routine.
We’ve had 2 periods during that time where we missed 5 days.
We’ve gotten right back into the swing of things after those down times.
Having the workout partners has helped make it much easier for me to start back up after periods where I just can’t do the workouts because of work or travel.
If you’re struggling with consistancy try and find someone to do the P90X exercises with.
Trust me…….it’ll work.
P90X – 2010 Healthy Lifestyle Commitment
P90x © Tim Pannell Photography
Yikes! I’ve been away for far too long.
I started doing P90X in 2009. I love P90X. It has helped me greatly. My only problem with the P90X workouts was really just a problem with me.
I struggled most of the year with being consistent. I had typical ups and downs. It seemed as though every time I got close to following the P90X routine consistently something would come along and knock me off track.
By the end of summer I thought I got a handle on life and then autumn came along.
It was a crazy fall season for our family and many things in our lives were put on hold for a while.
We put our house in Arizona on the market in September. We had as many as 24 showings a week.
We sold it in December and had to move out on the 28th, just 3 days after Christmas.
We had to put our almost 15 year old Dalmation”Sammi” to sleep on the 29th.
One of my dearest friends in the world passed away on the 31st…………I’m still in disbelief.
We were homeless nomads for 2 weeks until we were able to move into our new house in Utah on the 9th of January.
Thank you to everyone who helped put us up in their homes before the moving truck got here with all our junk.
We are in the new house…..finally……there are still lots of boxes to unpack, but for the most part, we are in.
Now it’s time to get back into shape and leave behind old habits and attitudes that have not served me well over the years.
New Year’s resolutions always seemed hollow to me prior to this year. This year is different.
My life in 2010 compared to my life in 2009 has changed in so many ways.
The routines of 2009 and prior years are over. We live in a different home, in a different neighborhood, in a different state. We have different neighbors and will be making new friends.
The kids are all in different schools, we all are wearing different wardrobe…….we are missing our shorts and flip flops bigtime at the moment.
So…..the beginning of 2010 really is all new and fresh for us.
This is the perfect time for me to create a new routine, a healthier routine.
I made quite a few healthier choices in 2009. I did better in a lot of ways. 2010 will be about becoming more focused and more consistent.
P90X helped stop my slide into more and more unhealthy living. I had hit bottom and P90X helped me start bouncing back from that.
I will eat healthier meals 5 times a day and will work out at least 5 days a week. I will make these things habits that will become as natural to me as breathing.
I want to be able to enjoy life more and make the most of the time I have left with my family and friends.
I have had several years in my life that provided turning points…..forks in the road…..opportunities to shrink or to grow…..move forward or fall back.
I’ve always chosen to grow and move forward. 2010 has provided me with another fork in the road and I am now choosing to look and move forward today.
I’ve been sick as a dog for almost 2 weeks now, but I don’t care. My home gym is set up, my weights are out, my TV and DVD player are all set up, the recumbent bike is ready to go…….no excuses…..even if I’m hacking up a lung with this stupid unending cough.
Let my quest for good health in 2010 officially begin right now.
So………..I’m off to ride the bike for 30 minutes and pop in a P90X DVD.
P90X Routine – Why Do I Do It?
P90X Routine © Tim Pannell Photography
OK, I’m still seriously overweight. I’ve been doing pretty well with my eating habits and p90x workout routines. I’m losing weight, I’m adding muscle and burning fat.
Today I’m taking an account of where I’m at compared to where I was just a few short months ago.
It used to be extremely easy to talk myself out of working out. I could find all kinds of excuses.
The biggest excuse was the lack of results. I was notorious for getting down on myself when the weight didn’t just fly off my body after a few days or maybe even weeks of “being good.”
My attitude towards living a healthy lifestyle was only based on hard data, numbers…….results that could be seen or measured with some kind of tool. Well guess who the “tool” really was.
Living and dying by your numbers alone is a fools game. All the right things for all the wrong reasons. I’ve changed my attitude around completely.
I now workout for the sheer enjoyment of it. I feel better, I have a better attitude about my life, I look at things differently. Sure, I still have crappy days, just ask my sister about my golf game yesterday. I was a schmuck! It felt nice to do a little venting though and now I’ve moved past it.
I am no longer willing to let a few less than stellar numbers keep me from working out and eating more healthy foods. These are rewards in and of themselves.
Who cares if I’m still overweight today? I’m more healthy today than I was 2 weeks ago. I’ll be healthier still 2 weeks from today. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing.
I’ve embraced the healthier lifestyle for it’s own sake. The measurable results will come at their own pace and in their own time. The real benefits happen immediately as I consistently workout and eat better.
I’m celebrating a little bit today. That statement doesn’t mean today what it meant 4 months ago. Then it would mean treating myself to a Jethro Bodean sized bowl of ice cream.
Today it just means I’m consciously being grateful that I’ve finally found the key for me to get back into shape. I am now living for the process.
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