Multi Athlete

I just made a layout of the Classic P90x Plan so you can know on which days of the week what workouts take place through each of the 3 phases and 12 weeks!

Check out the P90x Classic Plan HERE

Okay I could give a million excuses of why I quit p90x 5 weeks into the program about two months ago….like, I was sick for two weeks, I wanted to do things outside,  I was lazy, I was busy moving to a new state…the list could go on and on.  Basically somehow I fell off track, that not to say I haven’t been working out, been doing a ton of biking and trail running, but lately I have been missing p90x.  I was just starting to see good results, when I quit.

So now I’m restarting the program, going all the back to day 1.  Okay I know I said a million times, I would never do p90x in the summer time, because I didn’t want to workout inside.  The last couple months I have been outside a lot and working out, setting up a good fitness base again.

Now I feel like I’m stronger and will be starting p90x at a better level.  Before I didn’t have the energy to hit up a p90x workout, plus mt biking or running, but now I feel I may be able to do both.

So p90x starting tomorrow June 22nd Day 1.

The other thing that is going be changing is my diet, which I will go into more tomorrow!

Okay so I’m an advocate of moving, I like to move and check out new places, run new mountains, bike new trails and climb new ledges.  Well why don’t you just go on a trip??  That is a question a usually get from one of my friends after I declare I’m moving.  Sure trips are fun, but you never really get to know a spot in depth, with out living there.

Usually when I move I have been to the place that I’m planning on going or have at least driven through it before.  But this time I decided to try a place completely new and something that has been on my mind for awhile.

Park City Utah

I have been wanting to try out this spot since last year at this time.  The mountain bike trails are supposed to be sweet, 300 plus miles of them.  Plus the snow in the winter in Utah is “supposed” to be sweeter then Colorado, which would be great.

It is totally gorgeous here!  The weather has been a little bit of adjustment since, living in Fort Lauderdale and then San Diego.  You can say it is a tad bit chilly here even in June, but the outdoor aspects, trails and views make it an exciting place to live.

So here I am in Park City now, trying out something completely new and I find it very refreshing.

So a couple months ago I made a quick list of things to get done before I was 30 years old.  I only had about two months to get the items done, so I did not get everything accomplished, but some things are better than nothing.  Here is another look at the list and what went down.

1.    Mountain bike at least 4 different spots in CA  (This is one of the things that i keep putting off, there is so much great trail riding to be done here and I want to experience some of it)  GOT THIS ONE DONE!  Biked Sweetwater, Florida Canyon, Mission Trails and Tri Canyon.

2.    Learn to ride a skate board ( I have pretty much wanted to do this since I was 8 years old, better late then never…even though I’m sure it will be embarrassing.) CHECK!  Bought A Sector 9 Skate board and started practice riding it.

3.    Do a running trail race (I want to start trail running, it so fun getting of the road, so I decided what better way to motivate me then to sign up for a trail race) FAIL!  Never gotta around to doing this, p90x and Mountain biking took up too much time.

4.    Hike anzaborrego desert state park (This is suppose to be a really sweet state park in Southern CA, I wanted to go there last time I lived here, but never did, this time I’m going to do it) NOPE, never got around to driving all the way out there from San Diego.

5.    Read an adventure novel (Outside and Adventure magazine are always publishing the top classic adventure novels to read, I always go down the list and think I want to read one of these, but never do….what am I waiting for!) FAIL again Ha, this one was just due to complete laziness, I have no great excuses for failing this one.

6.    Volunteer for beach clean up (I really believe you shouldn’t just take from a place that you live and have fun at, you should give too)  Sad to Say Nope.

7.    Learn to ride a dirt bike (Basically another thing I have wanted to do since I was 8, I’m sure I’ll be in class with a bunch of teenagers, should be fun!) No! I really wanted to do this but the classes were too expensive to take right now.

8.    Do first two months of P90x (P90x is video workout, supposedly it pretty hardcore, I have had the videos for awhile but the plan is 90 days….so I always find an excuse not to do them…I figure if I start today I can get the first two months done and then easily finish the third one all before summer…no more excuses….I will blog about my experience with this program) Partial Pass!  I got about 40 some days into the program and then I caught a cold that hung on for a couple weeks, kinda made me push pause for awhile, then when I felt better I started really getting into Mt Biking.  Great program, plan to finish it off shortly.

9.    Get on a healthy balanced diet (Traveling makes you eat crappy, living on fast food and erratic meal times makes me feel like crud, but is an hard habit to break, I want to start eating balanced small meals through the day.  I will keep a food diary to keep on track and get balanced eating plan)  YES! For Two months I kept a food journal and ate in balance; So many carbs, proteins, fats a day.

10.  Do 8 solid pull ups (I used to pump out pull ups all the time, but not lifting weights or hitting the gym very often has weakened me, right now I can’t do ONE.  So I came up with the number 8; five seemed to easy and 10 felt to hard.) NO! I think I would have got a lot closes to this goal if I would have finsihed off p90x I started the program, by doing no pullups to being able to pump out three solid ones.

UGH WHAT A WEEK…Now I realize why I have been so tired, fighting a cold.

Day 36 P90x
Chest, Shoulder &Tricep/ Ab Ripper x
Sore level upon waking-0
I liked this video a little bit better then last week.  I guess it is a good combo of things.

Day 37
Plyometrics
Sore level upon waking-2
Skipped this workout today, I guess I will move it to Thursday.  Had a headache didn’t feel like jumping around.

Day 38
Back N Bicep+ Ab Ripper X
Sore level upon waking- 2
Have a cold today, but made it through the video.  Did not feel very strong.

Day 39
Sick missed workout

Day 40
SICK missed workout again

Day 41
UGH Sick still

Day 42
Recovering but for sure missed out on some videos, not sure what I will do, maybe take the videos I missed-Legs and back/Plyo and Kenpo and add them onto the recover week or just add another full week and then do the recovery week not sure yet.  Since it is only three workouts I prob could add them on and then just recover the rest of the week.

Making it through the first month of P90x is a great feeling

Onto PHASE 2:

Day 29 P90x
Chest, Shoulder &Tricep/ Ab Ripper x
Sore level upon waking-0
So this is a new video for the week and I thought it was just okay.  I like the Chest workout from Phase 1 a little better.  But maybe it is just because I know all moves now.  I sorta thought there was too much shoulder in this one.
Ab Ripper X is getting more fluid and goes smoothly now.

Day 30
Plyometrics
Sore level upon waking-2
Shoulders sore this morning from yesterday.  I can’t say much about today’s workout; just that I’m always thrilled when it is over.  It was complete torcher for me to stay INSIDE and do this video when it is Blue Skies and 74 degrees!

Day 31
Back N Bicep+ Ab Ripper X
Sore level upon waking- 2
Ohhhhh I like this workout!  Tons of Bicep……Love it!

Day 32
Yoga X
Soreness upon waking- 4
Feeling a bit sore all over today.  Body probably still adjusting to the new workouts.  So I guess it was a good day for Yoga.  Got it done and do feel a bit better now, for some reason I always seem to feel sleepy after this workout.

Day 33
Leg N Back and Ab Ripper X
Soreness upon waking-0
Was feeling pretty good when I woke up this morning so went for a jog and then came in and did the P90x Workout….Legs were really feeling.  Overall Good day!  So far have been staying on workout track for the week!

Day 34
Soreness upon waking-2
Rest Day

Day 35
Kenpo
Soreness upon waking-0
Bought a New Kayak today, got out and hit up some paddle time, hopefully shoulders won’t get to sore.
I was tired but still fit in Kenpo and I do think it may be the funniest workout video in the p90x series!  Moving on to week 6 tomorrow!

The other day I hit up Florida Canyon Trails, its not any major riding, but it is close to where I live so that nice.  The trails are simple and you have to watch out for dogs and people.  It was nice enough to cruise through and getting quick fix in.  I have wanted to ride the trails since the last time I lived here but hadn’t had a chance yet so glad I check it out.

The trails are located on the East Side of Balboa Park and do offer a bit of single track.  One of coolest things I saw though was a velodrome track up in the park, I never new it was there so that was a pretty sweet find.

Peak of Velodrome Track

For More Details on this ride or A Florida Canyon Trail Map Please Visit HERE

Well This is A Recovery week, the videos are suppose to be:

Monday-Yoga
Tuesday-Core Synergistics
Wednesday-Kenpo
Thursday-Stretch
Friday-Core Synergistics
Saturday-Yoga
Sunday-Stretch or Rest

I was feeling restless before the week even started, I looked at the weather and saw every day was sunny and in the 70s!  I decided to try and just do my workout however I wanted to, which means I mostly went Mt Biking and running this week.  But I think it was good that I got to do some of that, because now I’m really ready to start phase 2 week 5 and really focus on it!

Here is what my week looked like:

Recovery Week

Day 22 P90x
Sore level upon waking-0
Today is supposed to be Yoga, but it was so beautiful out I went for a run. I’ll prob. Tray to get outside as much as possible this week, since the workouts are light for p90x.  I feel like I need some cardio.

I’ll probably hit up one yoga, but I’m not going do the recommended 3!  Although the other day when I was doing downward dog I almost got my heels to touch the ground.

Day 23
Sore level upon waking-0
Today was suppose to be core synergistics but I had a headache and had to take a recover day!  Now I gotta push everything off by a day. ☹

Day 24
Core Synergistics
Sore level upon waking- 0
Headache was pretty much gone, but after missing the last couple days of working out, I almost talked myself into just quitting all together on the program.  But instead I pushed play.  Video was okay, the only thing I didn’t like was how many workouts made you roll around on the floor.

Glad I decided not to quit, everything just feels off this week.

Day 25
Soreness upon waking- 2
Went Mt biking today, just shuffling the whole week around, it’s all screwy.  I can’t help wanting to get outside it is just so nice out!

Day 26
Soreness upon waking- 1
Had good intentions to do Kenpo today but went for another MT bike ride…..It was a tough day, turned into a 3 hour hilly ride…..maybe should of just stuck to Kenpo!

Day 27
Soreness upon waking-2
Worn down from riding yesterday took a full recovery day.

Day 28
Soreness upon waking-2
Well took another recovery day…..didn’t get many videos accomplished this week, got outside a lot.  But now on Monday I’ll be ready to start phase 2 and stay focused on the workouts now I got some of the outdoor things out of my system.

Ready to Bring it on Phase 2!

More P90x getting done!

Day 15 P90x
Chest Back and Ab Ripper X
Sore level upon waking-0
Did the double workout today went for a run and hit the p90x.
Felt really solid on my run today, not out of breath.  So I guess those plyometrics must be doing something.

P90 was solid today I put if off till 7pm and ate a string cheese before, cheese and working out don’t go together.

Anywas I switched I started doing the pushups off my knees I could easily hit between 10-15 off the knees then I would usually do about 10 on the knees.  I big jump from the first two weeks.

The pull-ups doing seem to be progressing as fast, still struggle to do one on my own and then I use a chair to do them, but this way just feels awkward.  I switched it up and did the chair and then did ten or 15 more reps with the band.  My goal is to do 8 pull ups by the 60th day, but now I’m not sure if that is going happen.

I’ll just have to keep working it and see what happens!

Day 16
Plyometrics
Sore level upon waking-3.5
Got it done, still my least favorite, though I know it works.  Pretty much kept focus all the way though, didn’t loose it halfway through like the last couple times, made it to the end feeling A Ok.  Pretty tired and starving by the “bonus” round!

Day 17
Shoulder arms and ab ripper x
Sore level upon waking- 4.5
Sore when I woke this morning, the calves hurt and the upper body still tight from Chest and Back.

P90 went good today, felt strong.

Ready to move onto some new videos though, glad next week is recovery and then onto phase 2.

Day 18
Yoga
Soreness upon waking- 2
Today Was Yoga x I didn’t hesitate on this one, because I can easily make excuses to skip it, if I put it off.  So I got first thing and got it done.

Anyhow I like the way I feel after yoga, its just I don’t really like the video much and find myself looking at the clock often.  I don’t mind doing this video like every other week would be cool.

Anyways feels good to have day 18 done and early in the day too!

Day 19
Leg Back Ab ripper
Soreness upon waking- 0
Got It doneeeee!  YAY!  Can’t wait to switch stuff up next week is recover for me and then phase 2.

Day 20
Mountain bike
Soreness upon waking-1
Instead of taking a rest day this weekend, I decided to get some cardio and do some trail riding, it was great getting outside and doing something different.

Day 21
Kenpo
Soreness upon waking-0
Got this one done early in the morning, so I can have the day free!  Went Fine, ready to switch it up a bit though!

WOW 21 days done, feels like is going faster now.

Another Week of P90x done feeling stronger everyday!  Feeling more energetic each day as well.  Much less sore then week 1!

Day 8 P90x
Chest Back and Ab Ripper X
Sore level upon waking-2
For some reason I felt more sore when I started the video, then when I woke up this morning.  Maybe I didn’t realize how sore my arms actually were.  It was a rough day, I did feel much better than last Monday though.

The Abs weren’t hurting though so I really Brought it on Ab Ripper X- I feel stronger each times I do this video.

Day 9
Plyometrics
Sore level upon waking-1
This is the hardest workout if you ask me.  The first time I did it I started to peter out and loose focus have way through, this time I made it a little bit past half way maybe between 36 and 40 minutes.  I start loosing focus and the workout concentration.  I don’t if it is just because I’m tired or what.

Anyways I’m always glad when this one is done, I still think it is a good workout.  Hopefully by the end I can make it through and stay focused.  Then I will know I have progressed!

Day 10
Shoulder arms and ab ripper x
Sore level upon waking-1
Feeling less sore every morning! Which I don’t mind because I can bring it harder doing the workouts!  Maybe I’ll move my weights up next week.  Currently I’m using 5lbs and 8lbs depending on the lift
Shoulder and arms is still the best video in my opinion.  I just love all the moves in it, very solid arm workout!
Ab Ripper X was a bit rough today for some reason I was really feeling in the hip flexors.

Feels so good to have my days be in the double digits!

Day 11
Yoga
Soreness upon waking- 0
Well Today was supposed to be Yoga X- but I skipped and went trail riding instead.  I felt a tad guilty about it, but I still got in an hour of riding so not that bad.
I don’t hate the yoga or love it.  I just really wanted to bike so I did.
I don’t want to get so obsessed with the videos, that when they end I don’t know what to do with my time.  So some days I just need to get an outside workout.  That way when P90x comes to an end I’m used to doing other things as well.  This doesn’t mean I want to be skipping videos all time, because I don’t want to follow through with the program, but every once in awhile I may replace one of the workouts with a solid outdoor session.
This video is getting me were I want to get though and that is to make working out a daily thing in my life.
I was thinking of doing the stretch workout on Sunday, just to see how it compares to the yoga.
Oh good news I ran up a fight of stairs today and didn’t run out of breath! YAY!

Day 12
Leg Back Ab ripper
Soreness upon waking-0
Got the video done….not much to say other then it went fine.

Day 13
Rest
Soreness upon waking 2
Suppose to do Kenpo today but had too much going on so moved it to Sunday.

Day 14
Kenpo
Soreness upon waking-0
Brought it on Kenpo today really good workout.  I splurged a little on my diet yesterday, first time in 13 days I did that.  So either I was feeling guilty or the extra calories gave me more energy, maybe I bit of both.  Either way I really worked it today.  Good workout, I like Kenpo for a cardio workout.

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