An Ab Ripper X Haiku

I just finished Shoulders and Arms AND Ab Ripper X. I HATE when that six-pack shows up right after I've finished what I thought was a great workout. It taunts me, saying "Alright you flabby, girly-man. That keg won't turn into a six-pack on it's own. It's time to BRING IT!" I hate it SO much, it's inspired a creative work of art. Out of anger, beauty is birthed. Enjoy!


Oh Ab Ripper X
Could I hate anything more?
Let me think, um, no

Why must you tease me?
Rearing your head thrice weekly
Makes my tummy sick

With your Mason Twists
You mock me 'til I'm splayed out
Save me upward dog

Week 3 - Plyometrics

Last night was Plyometrics or Jump Training. I definitely agree with Tony that this is "the mother of all workouts". I decided to record myself doing some of the exercises and thought you might enjoy the show...or...maybe it'll just make you sick. I'll let you be the judge.

P90X - Plyometrics from Erik Luchauer on Vimeo.

For anybody reading this that isn't familiar with P90X, it's basically 1 hour a day, 6-7 days a week, for 90 days. Everything in this video was repeated twice and you do each exercise in 30 second stints, one right after the other. There are only about 8 30-second breaks in the whole 1-hour video. It's INSANE! But it's also kinda fun.

If you want to know more about P90X, check out the links to the right.

I hope you brought it yesterday, Christopher. I'm ready to BRING IT on some Shoulders and Arms tonight. I also might be hitting up Dicks on Peters for some heavier weights. Ebenezer, where is thy sting?!

Week 2, Day 3 - Erik

So, I just finished disc 3 "Shoulders & Arms" and it's really hard to type. My arms feel SO heavy, like they're going to smoosh my laptop. Forget about all of the proper typing form that I learned WAY back in highschool. That's for little wimps with small, weak arms. I'm beefy!!

Mmmm...beef. I'm SO hungry right now. I guess I'll grab something to eat. Probably going to have some tuna fish with some crackers and cheese and maybe some hummus with carrots. Then, I'll top it off with a nice cold one. Hahah!! Just kidding. Water is it, I guess. B-o-r-i-n-g!!

I'm rocking out to Kings of Leon right now. This album, Only By The Night, is AMAZING. Why didn't I get this before now? I first heard of these guys over a year ago when they played at Bonnaroo. I didn't go, but a friend did and told me about how good they were. I sampled some stuff, but wasn't really feeling it then. I must have been deaf!

Hey! What am I doing? Writing a review for the Kings of Leon?! No! This is a P90X blog, dang it!! I have a tendency of overusing exclamation points! Sheesh!! I just can't end a sentence with a period! What's wrong with me?!!

Okay...enough rambling. Just wanted to say that I finished the workout for today. I actually also did the bonus stuff for this workout and also did the Ab Ripper X stuff afterward. Woof! I hope you brought it on this one, Christopher. I can't wait for Kenpo X. Gotta get mine in early before the big food coma I'm likely going to put myself in for Turkey Day!

Plyo My Oh My

Just got done with Plyometrics for week 2. Ugh! My butt cheeks are so tight you could...umm...never mind.

I guess they don't call it "The mother of all workouts" for nothing! This week was a little better for me too, I must admit. I still got crazy tired and looked like a Sissy Mary when I was doing the baseball throws. My left hand isn't worth sheeee. (my transaction sheeee) And I digress.

I feel good though. Sonya did the workout with me and made me do some abs afterward. That was killer!

It was hard getting started this week, since I practically took 3 days off last week. I'm such a slacker!! I didn't do anything on Wednesday, Friday or Sunday. I did sneak in Yoga on Thursday, though. Anyways...don't hate me, Christopher. I'm sticking it out this week. I'm going to try to do the videos first thing when I get home from work. Over the holidays, I'll be doing them first thing in the morning.

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

The Beginning

P90X

I'll let you absorb that for a second.

P90X...a workout so intense, it can only be described like a plane's call sign.

As I sit here, having completed two weeks (albeit erroneously...always read the instructions, children...they are there for a reason), my legs ache, my shoulders burn, and there is a strange feeling deep in my groin that I have never felt before...I think it's called pride...nope, groin ache... Nevertheless, as has been posted previously, let this humble online tapestry serve as the repository of the journey, nay the sojourn, towards buffness! (Starting properly monday...D@%N directions!

As Erik and I talked about, we shall also be working on songs that we find funny. It would be nice if you did as well, dear readers, but not necessary (please read: you are redundant). Here is the start of one that popped to mind at work the other day about the funniest of natural processes: The Flatuate

(To the Tune of It's Still Rock and Roll to Me)

What's the matter with the poop I'm dropping
Can't you tell that it stinks so much
What's the matter with the gas I'm popping
Can't you see I just lost my lunch?

Erik...I shall let you continue...

BRING IT!!!!!

Hello World

I feel like I'm programming in C++ back in college again! This is just a test blog post to make sure that my partner in crime, Christopher, gets a notification.

It's alive, my friend! It's ALIIIIVE!!!

We'll be using this blog to talk about how much we suck at P90X, maybe write a few songs and just talk smack about how each other's country is better than the others.

Oh yeah, did I mention that Christopher lives in London? Meanwhile I'm stuck here in his hometown of Knoxville, TN. It's common knowledge that Knoxville isn't really known for anything other than being Christopher's hometown.

Well, I guess the only thing I have left to say is...BRING IT!