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Post by Howie on Sept 5, 2011 16:28:24 GMT -5
Here's how my month turned out. Really great month of very solid workouts. I never really got a chance to fully run through the resistance band workout I put together but I'll try to do that soon. You can see that my last week has more recovery in it than the previous weeks. That is because i really started to feel like my body needed some time to regroup and recover. Normally a workout month is 3 weeks on and 1 week off so 4 weeks on was pushing hard. Attachments:
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Howie
Sept 5, 2011 18:53:09 GMT -5
Post by wardjf79 on Sept 5, 2011 18:53:09 GMT -5
I'm going to adopt this technique I think...ACCOUNTABILITY...MOTIVATION...SUCCESS
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Post by Howie on Sept 5, 2011 19:51:58 GMT -5
It's great to quickly see what you've got coming up so you can plan accordingly. Additionally seeing day off gaps or low cal burn days on that calendar sucks.
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Post by Howie on Sept 5, 2011 19:53:25 GMT -5
I can also quickly see what workouts are most effective at calorie burn and I can also see how many calories I burned doing the same workout the last time so it gives me a target to beat.
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Howie
Sept 8, 2011 11:13:07 GMT -5
Post by Howie on Sept 8, 2011 11:13:07 GMT -5
WOW! Ok, so I am currently in a recovery week (an extreme recovery week) and am hating it immensely. I've been seeing that periodically you should take a week or so of doing nothing or very little exercise to allow your body to refresh and recover fully.
The thing that sucks it that I feel like bluhhhh! I'm sure it doesn't help that my eating hasn't been all that great during this period either. I'm feeling very sluggish, pudgy, and soft. I think I'll cut this period off today and get back in the saddle. I plan to explore One on One and S90D a bit more over the next week or so than structure another super month program similar to the 4 week program I just finished.
Being lazy sucks...ughhhhh
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Howie
Sept 9, 2011 16:26:03 GMT -5
Post by Howie on Sept 9, 2011 16:26:03 GMT -5
Feeling a whole lot better. I'm back on the Paleo diet strong and have adjusted my eating times to something that I think will feel more comfortable to me.
Last night I did a double workout with P90X 1on1- Super Cardio and than followed up with a 10min kettlebell workout I pulled from Youtube. Both workouts went well although the cardio was a little under what I would have liked, the resistance and leg burns I got from the 1on1 was nice. The kettlebell workout was a nice way to follow up the cardio and proved to be worthwhile. I look forward to expanding on the use of my new adjustable kettlebell.
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Howie
Sept 13, 2011 8:48:33 GMT -5
Post by Howie on Sept 13, 2011 8:48:33 GMT -5
Ok, so over the weekend I decided to have a punch-a-thon with an ogre and am really paying for it now. My chest is so fucked up right now that ANY workouts involving the upper body are excruciating to get through.
I tried out P90X 1on1 Medicine ball cardio last night and liked it a lot but every second of it was miserable. It was, however, very short in time and by the end of it I had only burned around 250 cal so I decided to give "Bun Shaper" a shot sense it wouldn't involve upper body.
All said and done I was able to meet my targeted 600 cal burn minimum even though it was quite painful along the way.
I really hope this heals up fast 'cause it's really impacting my workouts.
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Howie
Sept 14, 2011 10:18:47 GMT -5
Post by Howie on Sept 14, 2011 10:18:47 GMT -5
Ughh! This chest injury is driving my nuts! The positive is that this down time just makes me more thankful for the the health I normally have.
On a positive note I am finally feeling much closer to my normal health and my chest is getting much better. I am still probably a few days away from returning to normal (depending on how bad this injury actually is) but at least it doesn't hurt to breath now.
I should be structuring up a new calendar soon for my next month of fitness and can't wait to get started on it.
Cheers!
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Post by Howie on Sept 14, 2011 17:52:25 GMT -5
I've been asked what supplements I take so here are the ones I currently take. Fish oil and vitamin D are the two I would recommend. Attachments:
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Post by Howie on Sept 18, 2011 1:13:26 GMT -5
Angie was my WOD and it went pretty well. I had a goal of 29 min but ended up finishing 34:32 so that's my new time to beat.
I was really Kickin ass at first as would be expected but massively slowed down after my 50th pullup. I have a ton of room for improvement in my pullups and plan to start doing them daily in addition to my usual workouts.
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Post by Howie on Sept 19, 2011 21:40:15 GMT -5
Wow! This forum has become a lonely place. No worries though, It's still a great place for me to store info so that everything is in one place.
Starting up a new month of fitness with new diet, new focus, and a new set of goals. The calendar I've posted today should reflect a more informed, focused fitness plan. My previous calendar was fun but I feel like it was somewhat of a shotgun approach with no specific goal in mind.
Some new elements this month are Crossfit WODs every week as well as some P90x 1on1 videos. I'll also be doing the pullup program everyday in addition to my regular workouts in an effort to improve that area which has been an obvious weekness for me.
Here's to a new month, Cheers!
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Howie
Sept 20, 2011 6:53:28 GMT -5
Post by wardjf79 on Sept 20, 2011 6:53:28 GMT -5
How do you do with pullups? I can do a few, then need the assistance of a chair. It's a marked improvement considering when I began I couldn't really do any and was fortunate to be using bands through my first round of P90X. I wanted to improve on them, so I decided actually doing them would get me there, but I still am having marginal success. Any thoughts?
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Howie
Sept 20, 2011 12:06:48 GMT -5
Post by Howie on Sept 20, 2011 12:06:48 GMT -5
I have a lot of room for improvements in the pull-up dept. I can currently do roughly 13-15 clean pull-ups fresh. I think when I started P90X I was only able to do 3 to start so my #s now are an obvious improvement. One of the things I struggle with the most as far as keeping up with the Beach Body workout videos is the Pullups. I can blow any of the other workouts out of the water but when it comes to the pullups EVERYONE in the videos does much better than me. I've recognized this as a weakness of mine and intend to correct this problem starting yesterday. How? by doing a lot of pullups. LOL. I will be doing pullups every day until either I get better or figure out that I need to allow some rest time between pullup day to allow repair and growth.
The problem I'm having with this as of now is that adding this to my workout schedule is extending my workout day significantly and is also starting me off really sore. My new calendar this month is getting off to a really rough start but I plan to stick with it as best I can and see what kind of growth (if any) I get out of these new workouts. I'll make adjustments if needed for future calendars.
As of this moment I would describe my current condition as "Beat Up". Unfortunately my chest injury is still not fully healed and is still effecting my workouts. My hope is that once this heals these workouts wont seem as taxing.
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Howie
Sept 20, 2011 19:31:28 GMT -5
Post by jeremy on Sept 20, 2011 19:31:28 GMT -5
Sorry, I read it every day but usually don't post anything.
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Post by Howie on Sept 20, 2011 20:17:48 GMT -5
No worries man. I've mostly been just using this as a blog of sorts to iron out my day-to-day and also organize the links and new info I come across.
I figured out a way to fit in my pull-up progam without impacting my workout day much. I'm just knocking them out as soon as I get home from work. Right now I'm doing 13, 9, 8, 7, 7 giving myself about 60 sec between maybe less.
My workout last night was just ridiculous and lasted almost 2 hrs! I burned almost 1000 cal even though my chest was really holding me back toward the end.
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