Getting the Family Involved

Two of my sons have started doing P90X. We're going to get group photos made when we finish. We should all be winding up by the end of April. This is going to be fun and a good way to stay motivated on this aspect of the journey.

My wife is mixing her program with Weight Watchers. She's always done well with that program. So we've just about got the whole clan involved.

But we have different goals. The wife and I are doing weight loss. The boys are trying to bulk up. We'll have a lot of good information and insight by the end of the process.

So here we go. A headlong rush to the end of April should reap outsanding results. Charge!

Team Up

You Spell "Sore" With A Captial "S"

I mangled my way through my workout last night. Some compute maintenance/transfer/upkeep was taking much longer than I had anticipated.  And the soreness from my run on Saturday was really setting in.  I probably won't get back to run until tomorrow night (Wednesday) late. It may wait till Thursday if the legs are still sore. As tough as it is, its good pain - its the pain that tells me I'll be stronger when its gone.

The nutrition part of my program is doing great. I'm relying heavily on Shakeology and its works great. I'm actually concerned that I'm not getting enough calories.

Tonight's routine will be shoulders and arms. That should give the lower body a bit of a break. And today Judy spent some time on the elliptical and the treadmill. We're both wearing pedometers to work on getting our 10,000 steps per day. All in all, looking very good so far. Time to Bring It, folks.

This is the scene from the "man cave" last night. I was moving files from my old G4 to my "new to me" G5 dual processor 2.5 GHz Power Mac. Since the main 'puter was busy I had to use the G3 iBook my brother-in-law gave me to play my P90X video on for the exercise. There's even my trusty iPad to the left of the monitor.  Anybody looking for a well used G4?

First Day of the Challenge

Here we go on day one. Its first thing in the morning. I didn't sleep well last night and now I'm running behind. When I get home this afternoon I'll be doing my first set of the round. I've got some ambitious goals to get through in the next few months, but I believe I can do it.

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After lunch I went to run to set my baseline for where I want to build on. The time frame includes 5 minutes of warm up, running until I reach a total of 3 miles (includes the warm up distance) and then the 5 minute cool down. Today it took exactly 38 mins. I would like to set my goal higher, but for the time being, I'm going to make it 1 minute a week for the first 4 weeks. Then I'll drop down to 30 seconds a week for the next 4 weeks. I'll re-evaluate it then, but I'd like to keep it up until the end of the effort.

I'll do the P90X after I get back from church.

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Done with Chest and Back. First round of the 90 Day Challenge I joined is in the books. Gonna try to get some rest now.