Showing posts with label Chest and Back. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chest and Back. Show all posts

Monday, November 17, 2008

Day 1 - Erik

It's 11:20pm EST and I just finished the Chest & Back exercise for day 1 of P90X. This one totally kicked my butt. However, I feel like I did better than my first attempt at this workout, which I did during our "trial" week. We've decided to start this whole process over since we didn't know there was an actual schedule to follow. Christopher found this awesome, printable P90X calendar and worksheets from the Caustic Musings blog at maggiewang.com.

The Chest and Back video is crazy hard. I HATE pull ups...because I suck at them. I have to use a chair after 2, but I'm expecting to get better with time. The Ab Ripper X segment afterward, was the killer part of the workout. It was totally a core workout and I felt it in my thighs more than I did in my abs. Or...I guess I should say "ab". Maybe we should put our BEFORE pictures up here, Christopher?! Eesh!

Okay...best quote in this workout:

The bars will give you an extra six inches. That will let you go deeper.

That's what she said!

Anyways, I'm glad that we're starting this thing out right and can't wait to see how well we've done after 89 more days! Here's a terrible pic of how I look after I "bring it". I felt like I was about to "lose" it...if you know what I mean.

Day 1 - Christopher

Thus it begins. Today was chest and back. Push ups, pull ups...thy name is pain. Did real well until the end where I actually made good friends with the floor. It went a little something like this:

ME: (feet on chair, hands on ground, doing decline push up) Hello Mr. Floor, you look very inviting.

FLOOR: Oh, but I am. In fact, the best feeling is to just let your arms give way and meet me in a faceplant.

ME: A faceplant?! Won't that hurt?

FLOOR: Yes

ME: Sweet

(CRUNCH)

So after a much pain, massive amounts of grunting, and the occasional urge to punch the guy in the TV, I have finished day one of a 90 day program.

Will I be able to continue on in this gruelling feast of pain? Will my body rise to the challenge or will I collapse into a quivering ball of wuss-jelly by the end of the week?

Only time will tell.

Erik...I Brought It! You?

C