P90X Begins, Days 1 and 2

Now that you have seen these pleasing pictures its time for me to start my transformation as I commit to the P90X challenge.

First of all I started my pretesting on December 6th and was able to hit all the minimum goals except for the pullups . With no help I can maybe get 1/2 a pull up. My upper body is not strong enough to pull up 208 lb's.

Yes my starting weight is 208. My goal is to hit 180 with 16 % body fat. Right now I am around 26 % body fat. As you can see from my pictures my trouble spots is upper body with pudginess all around. My legs look pretty good. I've always had chicken legs and some defintion in my thighs. This program should help me better define them and get that extra boost I would like for playing indoor soccer and rec/church basketball.

I officially started on May 8th with Chest and Back. Lost of pushups and pull ups. I needed assistance with a chair/step when I attempted the pull ups. I also tried the bands but just didn't get the effect I wanted. Sure I got a the burn but I want to be able to perform the pull-ups. My goal is to be able to get at least 5 reps for each exercise by the end of the program. That may seem like a small goal but like I said earlier I've never been able to do pull ups.

I started out strong with push ups. I paced my self slowly with only 15 push ups but as we progressed through to the other push ups my reps got less and less. I hope to be able to crank out at least 15 per exercise by the end of the program.

For the back exercises I wasn't sure if I was doing them right but by the end of the whole series last night I could feel the burn in my back and pecs near my arm pits. This morning when I woke up I felt OK but by the end of the day I was feeling really tight. I've been stretching like crazy any chance I get. Usually I can hold my 15 lb infant over my head with one hand but tonight that was not going to happen. I was lucky to put my hand over my head.

I did the Ab Ripper X and it kicked my butt. I form is horrible for most of the exercises and near the end I was lucky to get 10 reps in. I could feel the burn in my abs (which is where you are supposed to feel it) and my back. Need to work on the form. My goal is to just get better form and eventually at a minimum near the end get 10 reps. Bicycles suck big time.

Tonight I did the plyometrics and even though I struggled finishing out some of the exercises my success with this portion rocked compared to last night. Part of that has to do with playing soccer and basketball. I've always done well with leg exercises. I want to work on form and finishing out each exercise. By the end of the program I would like to be doing things double time.

Nutrion wise things are going good. I've done a fitness program before so eating more and better isn't a problem. I'm trying to stick with the P90X diet but I'm already sick of salads. Not very many carbs up to this point but I need sandwich for lunch tomorrow.

I love the recovery drink. Best exercise drink I have ever had. Of course it has more sugar than other drinks but P90X promotes it with their program I have no trouble following this one.

Well two days down. I'm excited to keep going and see the transformation.