As I start week 2 (proper week 2) I thought I would relate a few thoughts and see if Erik feels the same.
Today I did Day 1 again as per our schedule and here is what I am thinking:
1) I am stronger this week than last week. While not yet a beast (ok, let's be honest...I'll never be a beast...but a guy can dream...) I was still able to do a significant amount more this week than last week. Still not great (the dive bomber push ups had me mostly biting the dust and crashing to the floor in a very undignified manner) but more good pushups and better form.
2) I am finding it harder to get up and do it this week. The excitement of the first week has worn off and the grueling journey is ahead and I am finding the motivation a little less easy to come by than last week. Thankfully, Erik is doing this too and if I skipped out a day, I am not fully convinced that Erik wouldn't fly over to kick my Ebon Pinion.
3) I am a bit scared of 30 days. Let me explain. Erik and I have decided that we will post our before pics and the 30 days pics when we have done the first four weeks. While I feel stronger already, I don't see any difference yet and am a bit worried that 30 days will come and go and I will still look like a flabby girly man. I hope not, but the fear is there. (Oh, and by the way, if there isn't much difference, then you'd all better lie and say there is or I WILL fly over and kick your Ebon Pinion...Ebenezer style.)
So, that is what I'm all about now. Erik, I shall let you ruminate on your feelings as well. Same? Different? Are you just that much more of a man than I am? (I know you are...don't rub it in...)
However, I shall continue to bring it...for I am the thunder god!
-Thor
PS: Please post comments Sonya...it's becoming a bit of a sausage fest here. And I am determined to enjoy Yoga this week!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
I hate Yoga- C
There...I said it.
I just don't like it!
Couldn't do the Yoga yesterday as left home at 7:30 and got home at midnight, so am a day behind and did yoga today. It went a little something like this:
As the alarm goes up, my head springs off the pillow. "Today is YogaX," I think, "and fun will be had by all".
I was wrong.
I stretched, I pulled, I held...at one point I was asked to balance my entire body on my forearms. I am not stretchy. I never have been stretchy. And, chances are, I will NEVER be stretchy. I do have great respect now for Yoga people as I sweated and was breathing almost as hard as I do in Kenpo. I was never meant to bend or hold that way...NEVER! So that is why I hate Yoga.
Looking forward to Kenpo again in a couple of days.
So I have now done 4 out 72 workouts in this 90 day endurance trial.
How do I feel?
Like a god.
And not one of the 1000 of the Hindu religion or even any part of the Christian Trinity.
Ladies and Gentlemen...I am Thor!
I just don't like it!
Couldn't do the Yoga yesterday as left home at 7:30 and got home at midnight, so am a day behind and did yoga today. It went a little something like this:
As the alarm goes up, my head springs off the pillow. "Today is YogaX," I think, "and fun will be had by all".
I was wrong.
I stretched, I pulled, I held...at one point I was asked to balance my entire body on my forearms. I am not stretchy. I never have been stretchy. And, chances are, I will NEVER be stretchy. I do have great respect now for Yoga people as I sweated and was breathing almost as hard as I do in Kenpo. I was never meant to bend or hold that way...NEVER! So that is why I hate Yoga.
Looking forward to Kenpo again in a couple of days.
So I have now done 4 out 72 workouts in this 90 day endurance trial.
How do I feel?
Like a god.
And not one of the 1000 of the Hindu religion or even any part of the Christian Trinity.
Ladies and Gentlemen...I am Thor!
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:
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.
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
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
Saturday, November 15, 2008
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!!!!!
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!!!!!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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!
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!
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