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!

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.

Day 38: The name of the game is improvisation

Today was another one of those testosterone days! You know the kind where you lift weight till your muscles feel like they might just explode or burst into flames!

Back and Bi, gotta say again im a fan of this workout. Lots and lots and lots of Reps. Which is great for muscle tone but not so great for getting huge.. which is what most men want!
I prefer shorter reps and hella weight! Coined "High Intensity Training" by Body Builder Mike Mentzer(the only Mr. Universe to ever get a perfect score)
If you are at all into getting stacked fast you should read his book.



So working out at home poses some problems. I love the gym and the weights there, but with having a child that could wake up any minute and beth needing to leave at a specific time everyday, i cant get to the gym on a regular basis.

This is what id prefer to use at home


But since even a single set of adjustable weights is over 60bucks i use this


Just saved the old laundry detergent containers and filled with sand and glue closed. And presto! a set of 18lb dumbbells for 2.50

Day:???? Whatever the hell day im on!! 37 i guess

Plyometrics AGAIN!
I hate this workout.. almost as much as the leg workout!
Not that i can yet keep up with Tony (masochistic)Horton, but im a lil tired of this workout! It JUST NOW occurred to me Plyos,Yoga,Legs&back,and Kenpo each get done 10 times in a three month period!
Now dont get me wrong thats not a ton i guess, but when it kicks your ass each time you get a lil tired of it about the oh gee i dont know.. FIRST TIME! Not to mention the 5th time!
This should blow your mind too... The Infamous AB Ripper X gets done 30 Times! Uh shoot me now?

Really its a great work out, Im not talkin smack about the program its just that i have a short attention span when it comes to pain and fatigue!
I mean seriously when i train for a half marathon i usually run on a tread mill!
Sound monotonous? NOT AT ALL! The scenery changes everyday.. No i dont mean the walls, i mean the people. And there is always a tv on, and that changes EVERY day. I also change my ipod play list every week.
OK im done complaining.. i think this is a natural progression for working out really. I think its one of the reasons most people quit.

BTW thank god for Craig Ferguson! That dude is hilarious!!!! I wanna drink with that guy! I know i know hes a recovering alcoholic! I just want him to make jokes while im drinking.. hed be so funny id pee my darn pants!!!
Well peeing myself isnt so fun.. unless youre into that.. IM NOT for clarification!

Day 33: 3am Yoga

Araelynn woke up at 2am, so after getting her back to sleep and all that jazz, before I knew it 3am had come around. I was pretty awake so i just decided to work out at that time. Doing yoga doesnt really seem to wake anyone up.

Ok, I took the 30 day pics and uploaded them to my Flickr account. One problem stupid blogger doesnt seem to display the application correctly.. looks fine in the set up but when you go the to page the icon is blank and wont link to the site? Did i ever mention how much i hate technology? I doubt i could ever be a tech guy cause people would call me and be like my computers arent working.. id just be like yeah that blows dude computers are a huge PAIN IN THE ASS! Just give up and cut your loses!

The photos really arent too impressive anyways. Light sucks so thats not very flattering or showing any muscle i may have gained. Ive lost 10lbs though. Considering im not strictly following the nutrition plan, am using weight bands instead of a real pull-up bar i shouldnt expect much more. There has however been a huge difference in muscle tone, every muscle on my body hasnt gained in size much but is rock hard. This month i expect to see alot more muscle growth simply due to the nature of the workouts.
I dont think the dozen Iced Ginger cookies i had over thanksgiving break really helped my love handles either. Hey now its a secret family recipe from my grandfathers bakery, it only gets made 6 or more dozen at a time, and i havent had one in like ehhh 6+ years! They are the best cookie ever made and i was making up for years lost.

If anyone can figure out why this blog wont show the flickr gadget let me know. Especially if you are a bored tech guy sitting in an office with nothing better to do.
(you know who you are)

Ok yeah just occurred to me i can just add a link right in here! This is why im no Techie!


Ok apparently that isnt working either!!!!!!!
FUCK THIS BLOGSPOT!
Art, I do ART! I create gorgeous sculptures out of clay with my bare hands! Its worked for thousands of years.. then people had to invent these damn computers!

Day 32: Will this child ever sleep?

Munchkin woke up at 11pm,12:30am,2:30am,can recall if there was another one in here... kind of blurry, but im totally sure she woke up at 6:30am. The real kicker to this is that each time she woke up screaming, and continued for at least a half hour each time. And when i say screaming i mean screaming like ive never heard before from her. She only whimpered when she got a flu shot if that tells you anything?
She has a doctors appointment at 2:15 today!

As for the back and biceps workout... very nice! Again didnt have to do the same thing twice.. i really enjoy that. The one phrase i cant stand hearing from Tony Horton is, "Ok, now we're gonna repeat that sequence!" What i hear in my head is, " Ok!, all that pain and exhaustion you just felt, LETS DO IT AGAIN! Only this time its gonna hurt more and youll wanna pass out!"

BTW my cheap ass work out band that i bought from target BROKE! The freakin handle cracked! Seriously i dont think im that strong, piece-o-crap!
Ive seriously gotta find a way to rig up a pull up bar in the living room. Problem is we rent, live in a trailer, paneled walls, tiled ceiling. Im pretty doubtful the studs are even 2x4s and im bet money that the ceiling joists wont support 160lbs. Oh and the door frames are smaller than standard height. I had to screw an extra board over the one in the bedroom to use my irongym pull up bars. The only door in the living room is a full sized exterior door so its too wide and even if it wasnt the wall is still too thin for my pull up bars!
Any one got any cheap solutions for me?

Day 30-31: Excuses, Excuses, Excuses!!!

As many of you may have noticed I dropped off the planet for two weeks.. well close enough I went to the midwest!!
Just kidding! Indiana, cold as it is still rocks harder than California! Did I ever mention I HATE California? Yeah i thought not!

Anyways being home visiting family was awesome. Sorry i didnt get to see many of you. My phone took a crap on me and wouldnt take a charge. I have to get a new one! Justified anyways, its Matt's handme down, pretty sure the phone is 3-4 yrs old now.

So I took a week off! This is where the excuses start: The night before we were to fly back to cali my daughter started teething! She woke up at 2am and basically didnt hardly sleep the rest of the night.. which means i didnt sleep! At 8am my mom woke up and took over for me so i got an hour sleep before i had to start packing and get ready to leave.
Here's the kicker: 45min flight to chicago(not so bad) 4hr flight to Sanfrancisco with a cranky teething child!!! Pretty much any parents nightmare. Oh did i mention it was just me? Just me with a 20lb child in my lap for 4hrs trying to keep her happy while my knees are mashed into the seat in front of me, wall on left side, dude on right side. He was a good sport about it, luckily he has two boys. He actually congratulated me on being so brave. Said He never would have tried that with his kids. I decided to take it as a compliment instead of an insult.
EVEN BETTER on the way home from sanfran Araelynn cried the whole time! Actually got so upset she projectile vomited all over herself and me!!! WooHoo for that. Needless to say no one got much sleep that night either.. oh yeah and the order went like this Araelynn, Me, Beth.. thats the order we all caught snotty colds last week!!

So you can see why i took a week off working out right?
Either way back on track now. Love the week five Chest,Shoulders,Tri work out!! You never do the same thing twice and the hour flies by, Awesome!

Day 31 back to those DAMN plyos! Great work out but i seriously get tired of getting light headed cause my heart is pumping so darn hard. I really need to find myself a cheap second hand heart rate monitor for this.

I need to post the 30 progress pictures so those will be up soon.. keep posted.
p.s. im not gonna proof read this one so i dont wanna hear it!