It’s 4:40am, I am about to leave my house and head to Falmouth, MA (hour commute)…race starts at 7:30am!

I definitely have that anxious feeling but it’s in a good way. I was telling my wife last night that I want to maintain a pace just shy of my body shutting down, she thinks I am crazy but it’s basically another way of saying ” I want to do my best”. First goal is to “just finish”, second is to complete this to the best of my ability.

I will reach out tomorrow with my results and hopefully some pictures.

TIME TO BRING IT!!

I will be starting my P90X Triathlon routine on Monday so I decided to take a few days off. Although, I did wake up this morning and ran 4 miles so we’ll see if I actually take a break. I failed to mentioned it but I also went for a 4 mile run after the fit test yesterday. In my opinion, jogging is SO much easier than the P90X workouts so I do feel like I am taking a break even though I am exercising.

I will be posting my P90X Triathlon routine over the weekend…

Quick note regarding yesterday’s post…

I was disappointed with myself that I actually got out of bed to workout but I just did not have enough motivation to “press play”. Getting out of bed early in the morning is the hard part, pressing play should be easy once you actually get up. I look back at some of my earlier post and there were many mornings I did not want to get out of bed to workout…but I always did and I felt great afterwards. You do not need to have physical strength to see great results from P90X but you 100% need to be mentally strong to see the results you are looking for. In order to see a significant physical transformation in your body, you need to be disciplined on your nutrition as well as bring it hard during your P90X workouts. Those are the two most important factors of the P90X program and guess what…they are both mental.

Anyways, I guess I should not be too hard on myself…here are my Day 150 fit test results:

                                   DAY 150           DAY 90                DAY 1
Pull-Ups                 25                         21                             10
Vertical Leap     20 ¼”                 20 ½”                     17 ½”
Push-Ups               102                      76                             54
Toe Touch           +6                         +4                             3 ½
Wall Squat            3:38                     2:27                         1:06
Bicep Curls          17 reps               14  reps                   9 reps – 95lb straight bar
Ab Test                 96 reps                 94 reps                    51 reps

My vertical leap went down a bit but I think it’s from performing the wall squat test before that test so my legs were junk. On day 1 and 90, I did the vertical leap before the wall squat test (didn’t realize this until after). My wall squat time increased quite a bit so I am very happy with that.  Also,  I NEVER been able to do 100 push-ups!

This s*cks, what happen to me…

I was planning on doing weighted plyometrics (wearing the vest) this morning but when I got up I just did not have enough motivation to “press play”. I then figure I would go for a jog but soon realized my  mp3 player was at work so I nixed that idea too. Lately, I have not been as motivated to exercise and eat well as I once was during the first 90 days of the P90X program. My very first attempt at a triathlon is scheduled in 12 weeks so I need to resolve my motivation issues within 5 days…which is the start of my P90X Triathlon routine.

I think it makes sense for me to complete the fitness test tomorrow (day 150) and take the following couple of days off. My hope is that taking these days off will rejuvenate me to start my P90X triathlon training routine with full force…time will tell though!

Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps – Since incorporating the 40lb exercise vest into my workouts, this is now my favorite one! I always get a great workout in, it’s almost like lifting at a gym with free weights. During some exercises, I am only able to do 5-10 push-ups with it on…which is not much at all seeing that I could probably max out at a 100 right now. It just goes to show how much the vest really crushes you. Personally, I think the vest is worth the purchase if you are thinking about it, I paid about $80 for mine. I have been wearing it during the  ”Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps”, “Legs & Back”, and half of the ”Plyometric” routine.