Hey everyone. I just started phase 2 of X2. Chest back and balance was today. For those who have done the original P90x, it works much the same way where you are alternating push ups and pull ups. But all the push up moves are on medicine balls and/or a stability ball. You can really tell that is what phase 1 is preparing you for. Without that 4 week work up, getting used to being on the balls and unstable surfaces you have no shot at doing this one. Even with phase one in the books I had to do some of the push up moves on my knees to keep from falling off the medicine balls. Like they say, modify, modify modify. Trust me you do not want to go flying off when you are doing a push up with medicine balls.
Here are my 30 day vs day 1 numbers.
Weight ---179.2 to 174.8 (- 4.4 lbs)
Waist ----38.8" to 37.2" (- 1.6")
Hips -----39" to 38.4" (-.6")
Chest -----42.5" to 40" (-2.5")
Thighs ------ ~23" to ~22" (-1")
Arms ------- ~12" to ~12" (no change)
Bodyfat ------ ~22% to ~20% (- ~ 2%)
I am posting a pic on my beachbody message board thread. I posted the link in one of my early posts on X2 so those of you so inclined can head over there and check it out. Thanks for reading. Have a good weekend. Have to give a shout out to my readers from Russia. I think that is pretty cool.
Here you will find things about fitness and nutrition, mainly (but not exclusively) in relation to the Beachbody programs like P90x and Insanity. And, I will start adding reviews for Books, DVDs and Blu-Rays, and other products. All views and opinions on this blog are my own.
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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.
I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.
I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time. As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
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