I just signed up for my first sprint triathlon! I have always wanted to do one and thanks to P90X, this is a perfect time. Now, do not confuse a “sprint triathlon” with an “ironman triathlon”. The sprint triathlon I will be participating in starts off with a 1/3 mile swim in the Atlantic Ocean, followed by a 9 mile bike ride, and it finishes with a 3.1 mile run. If you break down the swim/bike/run individually, it does not seem bad at all (maybe the swim) but I know completing all three of these activities back to back to back is going to be far from being easy. I have no idea what to expect as far as time goes so my goal is to maintain a strong pace throughout the whole race. Ultimately, my goal is just to finish but I am pretty confident that I will be able to do so even if I have to coast on my bike and walk to the finish line. I would be disappointed in myself if that was the case so my plan is to train hard to avoid that.

I am going to commit myself to the P90X MASS workout schedule until phase 2 is over. I am then going to shift my focus to train for the triathlon…this will give me 10 solid weeks of triathlon training. I have not finalized my triathlon training program yet but it will definitely be a hybrid between the P90X workouts and swimming/biking/running.

P90X Triathlon Training – Starts May 3^rd, 2010

Triathlon Race Day – July 18^th, 2010

BRING IT!

 Interval Training – The combination of rain and the fact it was pitch black outside at 5:30 this morning, I used my alternative indoor workout…core synergistics

I changed it up a bit though, I used very light weight on all of the exercises that required weights so it was more of a cardio-type workout. I always find myself getting a solid workout in when doing CORE.

Finally, I did not have a chance to do ARX last night so I started the morning off by doing it and I finally completed 100% of it! The only problem I see with this now is the pressure to complete it everytime…bring it!

Now for the updated pics and measurements…

To be honest, I am somewhat disappointed with my results. I worked harder than ever these past 30 days (credit the 40lb vest) and I thought I would have seen more of an increase in muscle mass. My arms grew ¼” and my chest 1″ when compared to my day 90 measurements so I should be happy with that….maybe my expectations were too high?? I was shocked to see my weight drop 1 pound since my day 90 weight though. Not only did I cut out “doubles”, I am eating a bit more during the week and allowing myself a cheat meal every weekend. This is a sign that my metabolism is pretty much on fire right now. I guess this is a good thing to have, I just need to eat more to compensate for that.

I probably should increase my daily calorie intake with high quality foods but I may hold off from doing so until I see my day 150 measurements and pics. I have always struggled to keep weight off so I do not want to rush back to gaining it. If you told me all I would gain is muscle weight, I would do it but it’s almost impossible to just gain muscle weight…fat weight always comes with it. The practice among bodybuilders is that they cycle both thier nutrition plan and workouts. They will gain both muscle and fat during their offseason program and then go on a strict diet a few months before competition to lose all of that excess fat they gained while maintaining thier muscle mass weight. I have thought about attempting something similar but I quickly realized that I am just an average married guy working 9-5 with two kids so why would I commit myself to a program like that??

However, I will continue to commit myself to P90X.

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Here are my Day 120 measurement:
Weight – 192 lbs                     (Day1–220lbs)
Chest – 44″                                (Day1–40″)
Waist – 34″                                (Day1-391/2″)
Right thigh – 24 1/2″          (Day1-271/2″)
Left thigh – 24 1/2″              (Day1-271/2″)
Right arm – 16 3/4″              (Day1-16″)
Left arm – 16 3/4″                 (Day 1 -16″)

Here are my Day 120 pics… (more…)

Chest & Back – If you have been following my blog, this is not the first time I have felt this way on a Monday morning…

I can laugh about it now but I was so negative this morning as I just did not want to get up to workout. I am not going to lie, sometimes I absolutely hate working out…lets face it, it’s not easy. I did finally drag myself out of bed and started later than I normally do. Once I got downstairs, I was fine and actually a bit fired up to start. I started off wearing the 40lb vest and pretty much got crushed on all the push-ups and pull-ups. I averaged about 15-20 push-ups with it on and about 3-6 pull-ups. Once the first half was over, I took the vest off and completed the second half 40lbs lighter. Needless to say, I was able to bang out a lot more push-ups and pull-ups. Overall, I had a great workout!

 ARX – Seeing that I started late, I did not have time to complete this…my plan is to do it tonight.

 Updated pics and measurements tomorrow…

Interval Training – This workout was a short one, only 20 minutes long. Ran 1 mile and did some sprints.

I had tons of yard work to do so I was pretty much burning calories all day long. I shoveled and spread about 8 yards of crushed stone and chopped down a couple of trees. I was continuously moving for 10+ hours so I did not feel guilty having such a short workout.