Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Oh My Bleepin Bleep




So its started again! After becoming sick with scarlet fever a month ago, im back on my P90x quest for peak physical condition.

If you look back at my first post youll see a huge amount of surprise at how incredibly difficult this work out is. Starting over now its even worse!
Granted i didnt pass out this time but my muscles were taken to absolute physical exhaustion!

Until now i have substituted resistance bands for pull ups for lack of a stable wall, ceiling, or door frame to hang a bar. With all the time off getting well i built a frame and hung a bar to keep in the car port, cold for sure.. but out of the rain!

Now that i am doing the workout the way Tony Horton intended i am even more resolute in my assumption that he is a true masochist! Literally half way through the workout i couldnt even do 1 unassisted pull up! And after doing all those pull ups i could hardly finish the push ups for the workout. My arms are literally shaking right now and i finished a half hour ago!

Im actually really glad i started out with resistance bands... not because it gave me a good base to work with, but because if i had tried pull ups from the start i would have quit this program after day 1.

Im gonna need more support than ever to get through this workout now... so all you people reading my site please help encourage me as much as possible, cause there are definitely gonna be many days where ill wanna say F' it!

Friday, January 15, 2010

Day: Who know what frickin day!




So everyone has been asking where i went, what happened to my blog? Well the simple answer is: i went to the couch. My blog was postponed till an undetermined time.
Why one would ask when i was so hyped on doing the whole thing, when i was so adamant about getting back in shape?
SCARLET FEVER thats why!
Shortly after my last post the whole family caught a cold, starting with Araelynn, then Beth, then Me. I decided to not work out while sick, figuring it would just make me more sick. Seemed like a common cold, only when everyone else started to get better i got progressively worse! Ending with last week all the skin on my entire body turned red and got a fever of about 102. Then i spent another week on the couch getting better, with the help of penicillin or course.
Im feeling alot better now and still have several days of antibiotics to go.

Here is the major dilemma!
Do i start working out on monday or should i take another week off?
I believe i will start the whole program over again from day 1. I only had a month to go but taking almost three weeks off definitely wasnt part of said program!
If i start all over again it should just make me even stronger, especially if i finally figure out a way to install a pull-up bar in this trailer.

So should i start over? and Should i start on Monday? I'd really like some advice on this one so PLEASE leave some comments.