P90X - Day 79 - PLY-O-MET-RIXXXX Done!

Well, for the first round anyway! MAN did we ever BRING IT tonight! I guess it was because it was the "last" night for a while, that we'd be doing this workout...who knows. Anyway, had to call our latest recruit, Dr. Rob, and warn him about this one...Don't worry Rob: you get used to not being able to feel your legs! :O) (I'm kidding....sort of).

OK, so now I have to get to sleep fast (which shouldn't be a problem) because I have our men's group and Nehemiah chapter 11, at 6:30 in the morning. It's amazing how God can drag all of us guys up at such an early hour to study His Word! Praise God for that!!

Good night all...

P90X - Day 78 - Chest, Shoulders and Tris (w/ARX)

I've said it before. I'll say it again (and again, and again...): LOVE this workout! Even though I didn't feel the energy level was where I thought it should be, I brought it, BIG TIME! ALL exercises went up in weight/reps. 14 plyo push up's Jeremy! On my 15th, I actually landed but couldn't get my face back off the ground! :O( Alana is finally doing the "no knees" push ups, although when she gives out, she does hit her knees (GREAT for her!!!). She has always said that she couldn't do push ups like that...NOW look what she can do!

I've had an issue with my energy levels lately. Not sure what it is. But I have to figure it out soon! I've been OVERly tired ALL the time! Still getting in the workouts, but just haven't felt "right".???? We'll see. Could just be the simple fact of not getting enough sleep. We've been hitting our workouts pretty late in the evening, so we're gonna try and correct that this week. Could be the diet?? I have to take a closer look at that when I get the chance...Oh well. Next week is the "rest" week! Yeah right, rest???? :O)

P90X - Day 77 - KenpoX

Well, we had a "bad" eating day today. We met some friends (mainly for the kids to get together) at a pizza place today. I had 2 BIG slices of meat (grease) laden pizza! Pepperoni, sausage, ham, bacon. Meat, meat, meat! DANG was it ever good! Then it was off to praise band practice for 3 hours (I was asked to play this weekend!), then came home and ate meatloaf (not the singer!) and mashed potatoes. All that with only a MetRx shake and a banana for breakfast, made for some pretty poor intensity for tonight's workout. Still brought it. Still sweat. But just didn't feel like I was all there...weird huh? I did get to squeeze in the Recovery Drink. As they say on the DVD's: M-O-N-E-Y!

Jeremy. Dude. I know FULL well what you mean about the 'ole cheeks! Mine are killing me after doing legs and back last night. I also noticed my lats hurting more with the punches and blocks tonight. I guess that means I had a pretty good workout last night though, huh? Oh well. Tomorrow we get a break from the butt and back, and hit on the chest/shoulders/tris! ...I like! :O)

P90X - Day 76 - Legs and Back (& ARX)

Well after working yesterday, and watching a movie with the girls after working a 12 hour shift at the hospital, Alana decided on another RestXXXXXXXX day! She was pooped! Sooooo, while she has been zzzzzzz'ing, I did my best doing one of the workouts I dislike the most. I "brought it" though baby! I just checked to see exactly "no chair" pull up I did: 34! Woo- HOO! My back is on F-EYE-YA! Legs? Yeah well...it was legs.

Ab Ripper: FINALLY - 347 "ab ripping exercises". I missed the 349 by 2 on the Fifer scissors! But, it's coming!

Off to play a little XBOX and wind down a bit before bed...Jeremy: XBOX 360, World at War...but you never heard that from me! Christina would kill me if I got you hooked on that! ...oh wait. She's probably reading this too!....umm....."you didn't read a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g..."

P90X - Day 75 - Stretch X

Well, winter started today for us here in Denver! Blizzard conditions for most of the day. About a foot of snow...so far! (Praise God!!). Alana was working at the hospital today, but made it home safe, however, since I left work early, I've been home since 3 today. I figured, why not, and popped in the Stretch X DVD. Alana has a night out 'with the girls' and we had planned on our 'rest' day today...so I'm stuck at home...alone. :O(

Don't worry. I didn't loose my kids. Because Alana and I were both working today, we took them over to Aunt Nicky and Uncle Robb's house last night. I just couldn't get over to pick them up this afternoon, so they're staying another night.

So, I can NOT believe how flexible I've become! The "shoulder stand to plough"?? I can do it!! I still laugh when I hear Tony say, "...now just drop your knees down by your ears...". That just doesn't sound right. BUT, I can DO IT! The knee was still a bit sore for some of the stretches, but I ploughed through (pun intended!).

Oh and welcome Dr. Rob Byrum to the P90X gang!! His wife just ordered it for him! Rob is a long time friend of mine, and will be camping with us this June (when it's REAL hot here!). So, we're gonna be the 2 'buff' guys walking around the campsite this year! WOO-HOO!

P90X - Day 74 - CardioX

Alana absolutely gets "giddy" when we do this workout. She loves that it's such a short workout (in comparison to the rest!), and the amount of sweat produced, and just the overall workout you get from this!! For me? It's OK. I've never been a 'cardio' type guy, but I can't argue the fact, that when you do this workout, you can almost see the 'goo' melting away from your midsection! THAT, I love!

Well with the proven results of the P90X program, I've decided to take the step to become a BeachBody coach! I was quite the skeptic, with these sorts of 'workout' programs when Alana gave this to me for Christmas. But, I can't argue with the results (or the pictures!). This is definitely a great way to keep others motivated and show how ANYone can achieve his or her fitness goals with the help of others (thanks Branson's!!!!). If you're reading this and interested in becoming a coach, check out my site at
http://www.teambeachbody.com/kenewayne

Wow. Does that sound like a sales pitch or what!!?? Sorry. :O)

P90X - Day 73 - Shoulders and Arms (...and AbripperX!)

Well it was a little sad. That was the last time for this workout...well, for this round of the "X" anyway! :O)

This workout is M-O-N-E-Y! Shoulders and arms are what will show off all of this hard work, when putting ion the P90X tank top this summer!! I can't wait! Alana is loving the way she looks and feels. I tell ya, this P90X thing is absolutely the best thing that has happened for us in a long time! Not only do you end up looking great, but the way it makes you feel is wonderful! Not to mention healthy!

P90X - Day 72 - Plyo(uch)metrics

Yeah...now that my shoulder doesn't hurt anymore, my left knee keeps saying "don't forget about me!"...It's KILLING me! I don't know what I've done to it (other than just getting 'old'), but I'm now wearing a brace on it. If it doesn't heal up soon, I fear I may have to visit the (yup, I'm gonna say it!) doctor! Alana told me to take it easy and "modify" last night. I did for the most part, but when I have the brace on, it doesn't hurt as bad. So I'm sure I probably pushed it harder that I should have...oh well...as Tony says, "You can do anything for 30 seconds!"...Sweat gone! MAN do you ever sweat during this workout!!! Branson's?? You're lucky to be done with this workout. I can't wait to say that! ...oh wait, I think I've already committed to another 90 days! ...Dummy.

P90X - Day 71 - Chest and Back and ARX!

Man! I've forgotten how hard this workout was!! (Maybe it was the 6 mile hike we did earlier in the day???) Weird, but my biceps were so pumped up after doing this workout, they felt like it was ARM day! I'm pretty sure that's an indicator I was doing something wrong! Anyway, felt great afterwards, so I guess it's OK.

"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." - Psalm 118:24

Let me tell you, Sunday? We rejoiced!!! We started out with church in the morning. After hearing a GREAT message, we ran home and grabbed a quick bite to eat, then decided to all go on a hike. Just the family! We ended up hiking to the top of Carpenter's Peak in Roxborough Park. It's a 6 mile hike round trip, with a 1000 foot vertical gain! Kiera (my 3 1/2 year old) hiked the ENTIRE way up! I ended up carrying her the last 1/2 way down, but only because it was taking sooooo long! She's quite the trooper! Of course our boys loved it and had no trouble at all! Hiking in the wilderness is such a fantastic way to appreciate and enjoy all that God has made. And when you see images like this, who can deny that only God could have created such beauty??

P90X - Day 70 - Stretch X

I tell ya...I've been feeling so good lately, I just couldn't take a rest day today. Alana worked all day, so I had the kiddo's, and had every intention of resting....yeah right. 3 kids?? Nu-uh...

Had a bit of a break and thought, I could be doing stretchX right now...so I did. I was talking to my dad, telling him how great I feel, and how great this "P90X" thing is, and he wanted me to send him some pics. So I sent him my day 1 to day 60 pics, but the lighting was wrong for the 60 day pics, and they just really didn't look all that good. So I pulled up my shirt and took a new pic. I sent him these 2 below. The first one is day 1 (how embarrassing). The second is day 70 (no longer embarrassed!):



P90X is worth every dime! It works!! :O)

P90X - Day 69 - KenpoX

My favorite. I always picture Jason Statham from the Transporter movies during this workout. I love those movies (you've probably figured out, I'm a big movie guy!). I felt like the intensity was more than it's ever been last night. My legs were still killing me from the night before, but I pushed through it, just made them hurt more, and got even more fired up!! I think if Arnold (the governor) Schwartzneger was standing in my way during the "sword/hammer", I could have taken him down!! And if someone had walked behind me during back kicks?? They would have flow across the room....well, OK. But that's how I felt anyway! :O)

I also have to add: I started taking a supplement (not a super fan of supplements, but heard good things about this one) called "Arson" by Muscle Asylum Project (i.e. Muscletech). It's supposed to 'incinerate' fat and give you more energy. I wonder if that had anything to do with my intensity last night??? I'll keep you posted! I also found an interesting read called "the Cut Diet". You can check it out here: http://cutdiet.com/. Good stuff.

I've been so happy with the results from the P90X, I'm just looking for that little extra something to help me in the body fat/abs section during these last few weeks. Legally and safely, that is!

P90X - Day 68 - Legs and Back, and AbRipperX

I hate the leg workout. Did it, but hate it. I don't even like it a little! Hate it. OK...now that that point has been made...

I really try to "bring it" for these workouts (legs), but the intensity never seems to find me. Alana on the other hand is a monster on the legs workout. The back portion of this workout however: I think I did more "no chair" pull ups than I've ever done! And not just by a few!! My back was feeling great last night for this workout!!

I'm just about hitting all the ab reps that they do in the DVD. Still having trouble with the Pfifer scissors, and the oblique v-ups. I'll get there.

The fat seems to just be melting away on a daily basis, which feels GREAT!! I'm down to 189 to 192, at any given point during the day. I haven't been this fit since the Army!! Off to kick some Kenpo but tonight, the watching The Punisher: War Zone, with a couple of buddies....What guy could resist a movie with a title like that??? :O)

P90X - Day 67 - Cardio X (rewind)

Still playing catch up from last week, we opted out of the Yoga (again!). I think that we will need to hit the Yoga again, as I feel that something is missing...hmmmmm. Don't get me wrong, the CardioX makes Alana and I both sweat bucket fulls!! But I think the Yoga would be good for us again....all one and a half hours of it!! No ailments hit us this week, and we're back on track towards our graduation day!! Intensity: check. Focus: check. Starting to see those abs: check!!! It's getting there! :O)

P90X - Day 66 - Back, Biceps and ARX (Rewind)

OK. Rather than posting how I felt after this workout, I figured I would just show you how I felt:

'Nuf said.

P90X - Day 65 - Plyometrics (rewind)

OK. I can say without a doubt, that I sweat more than I ever have before (if that's possible??). Plyo is definitely the epitome of Tony's phrase "it's a love/hate thing"! I hate this workout. But I burn SOOOOO many calories with Plyo, and feel soooo good the next day, that I LOVE it! Alana still kicks my butt at anything having to do with legs....good for her! Off to work now....later.

P90X - Day 64 (rewind!) - Chest, Shoulders, Triceps and ARX!

YYYYYEEESSSSSSSS! W-E A-R-E B-A-C-K! Thank the Lord, our house is back to normal...well, as normal as it can be, anyway! We decided to start week 10 all over again, since our bout with the Flu. I'm bummed about missing those days (would this be considered an addiction, I wonder??), but feel great about 'pushing play' again! It was a great workout last night. We've had a few days off of doing absolutely nothing, and boy did it make a difference. Kicked butt on everything last night! Still hitting 10 on the "plyo" push ups. I even did 20 of the Pfifer Scissors, which has been a weakness of mine from the start!! WOO-HOO!! Anyway...not too much to say right now...just super excited to be back! :O)

P90X - Day 67 - CardioX/Stomach Flu X

Yup. Hit me like a ton of bricks last night. Alana went to bed early, still trying to recover from her bout with the flu, so I decided to hit the CardioX workout last night. Wasn't feeling great, but I just thought I needed to sweat a little. While the intensity was down, I still completed the workout, and thought to myself...my belly feels a little empty. I better have a recovery drink. Yeah...1:30AM? That recovery drink didn't taste so hot coming back up! PUKEAGE Jeremy! ALL NIGHT pukeage! I think I probably lost another 10 pounds! :O)

My diet today has consisted of 1/2 piece of toast, 3 cups of Ginger Ale, and 2 Alieve. While I barely have the energy to type this, I'll be skipping the workout tonight. In fact, Alana suggested that we just do this whole week over. Which in all reality is probably what we're gonna do. I'm going to hate getting that far "off track" with the Branson's, but I think it's probably best for us. Christina, thanks for the prayers! Stay healthy! Goodnight....

P90X - Day 66 - Back, Biceps and AbRipper X

Well....sickness has struck the P90X gang again! This time it's Alana! Adam (my 10 year old) had the stomach flu Monday (ALL day!). Alana had to work today and called me on her way home (after a 12 hour shift!)...yeah, you asked for pukeage Jeremy? You got it!! Needless to say, I hit the workout by myself tonight while she's trying to take it easy....

ANYway....My arms (once again) feel as if they're going to pop! Lats feel like rocks. In fact I felt so good, I decided to go ahead and post my 60 day pic:


I KNOW....Hard to believe, huh?

P90X - Day 65 - Plyometrics

Well, let me just start by saying that one should NEVER eat a naked chicken burrito from Qdoba 2 hours prior to this workout....bad idea. Calm down Jeremy...still no puke! But MAN did I ever "bonk" on this workout! My knee was giving me issues. I started getting a headache. And like I said...the Qdoba didn't sit so well...

Alana on the other hand was kicking it into high gear! She had an awesome workout! I think she was trying to keep me motivated just to get through it tonight...Oh well...there's always tomorrow. "Forgetting the rest" now....goodnight all...

P90X - Day 64 - Chest, Shoulders, Triceps & ARX!

Whew! That's a lot!!

Don't know if I've said it before, but this IS my favorite workout! My Tri's get so absolutely friggin' hard and pumped, they're as big as my legs!! Well...OK. But they feel like they're as big as my legs! And those "plyo" push ups??? L-O-V-E em! Went airborne for 10 tonight! Alana was freaking out! Speaking of Alana, she was doing the actual 'claps' on that set of push ups!! AWESOME! Overall, just a great workout today. Just got the kids in bed after a late night with Awana's, so we're beat as well....off to practice the corpse pose for about 8 hours. Wish me luck! :O)

P90X - Day 63 - KenpoX

Love this workout....Although I think that point has already been established. More kicking, punching and blocking. You'd think that after doing this for so long, we wouldn't look so un-coordinated doing this. The funniest is the "star blocks". Both of us just kind of wave our arms around as fast as we can! Still feel the burn in the shoulders, but look silly as heck doing it! Not much else to say.

DO NOT SEE WATCHMEN!

:O)

P90X - Day 62 - Rest

We took a rest day yesterday. Alana was called in to work early this morning, so neither one of us had our planned "sleep in" day!

Last night me and another Christina buddy of mine, went to see the movie "Watchmen". I emphasize Christian buddy, because both of us were disgusted that neither one of us told the other, that we wanted to walk out of that movie. DO NOT SEE WATCHMEN! I am a H-U-G-E movie fan (especially the "super hero" movies!), and can pretty much tolerate anything in a movie (it's Hollywood, right?). They went to far with this movie. While I understand it is an "R" rated movie, they blatantly and frequently 'mock' Christianity throughout this movie. I won't even mention how because it was such a disgusting movie. Not to mention it's over 3 hours long. DO NOT SEE WATCHMEN!

OK. Stepping off my soapbox now...

P90X - Day 61 - Legs, Back & AbRipperX

Only one word can describe last nights workout for me: "BONK"!!!!!

Yuk! I don't know if I had mentally psyched myself out for this workout, or what. But it stunk (...and not just because of the fiber bar I ate earlier in the day!)....Every exercise was less than what I had previously done (not by much...but none the less...). Meanwhile, Alana was keeping up with the 'kids' in the DVD! I'm very proud of her for doing so well (i.e. better than me!). I'm quite content with my two little nine irons sticking out of my shorts...I think that's part of my problem: complacency! Oh well...did my best and now it's time to "forget the rest"!

On to KenpoX Tonight!!! WOOO_HOO!!!! :O)

P90X - Day 60 - Cardio X

OK. In celebration of day 60....day 60!!! We did the Cardio X workout. This time Alana joined me for the workout. Man she's good at this workout! I have to say, during the Kenpo portion, it really made me miss KenpoX! When do we do that again?? During the Plyo portion: yup. Goin' air born!! I'm actually looking forward to the next Plyo workout as well! Did I just say that??

Took the 60 day pics. At first glance, I'm not as impressed as I thought I'd be. I haven't actually done the comparisons yet, just took a quick glance at the photos. Maybe I'll post 'em...I'll have to see...

Only 30 days left!! :O)

P90X - Day 59 - Shoulders, Arms and AbRipper X

NIIIIIIIIICE! What a great workout! The "glamour" muscles. Alana was laughing at the weight I was using during the first week of this thing. And I can't say I blame her...HOWEVER....the weight last night was WAY up! Again, I felt like I was back in my 'dungeon', doing my good 'ol iron workout with my free weights! Grunting. Sweating. Growling. It was great!! Although I think I may have scared Alana a bit...but she hung in there none the less! I have to say...she is looking AWESOME! And to see her doing biceps curls...well, that just does something for me! ;O)

I think we're gonna try Jeremy's Cardio workout, with the Yoga belly 7 tonight..."burn the goo"!!

P90X - Day 58 - Rest X..er..Stretch X...er...OK, CardioX!

Yeah so...trying to explain how I got to these listing of my "days", is a mathematical equation that even Einstein would shy away from...

So we (Alana) had figured on a 'rest' day for Monday, however, I chose to 'skip it' (hence, the beginning of the problem) and melt some more "goo" around the waist! Yup. Hit the Cardio X last night. Great workout. Although I had to do this by myself last night, I still brought the intensity! Sweat tons and feel GREAT again today! What a difference from my 'first' postings. I remember every workout "killing" me slowly! I thought I was going to die during those first weeks! Oh well...sticking with this program was the best thing that I've ever done for my body.

Reading the Phase III diet, I don't think I'll be following that part exactly. I checked with some fellow P90X'ers, who say just do what your body is reacting to. I'm doing pretty well on the Phase II diet right now, but I think I'm going to try dropping the calories, and increasing the carbs a bit! We'll see how I feel doing that. I plan on "bringin' it" even more during this last phase...

P90X - Day 57 - Plyometrics

Sweaty!!!! Continuing to melt away the flab covering up my abs (that's how I like to think of 'sweat' these days!). I think I did better than I have ever done with this workout before! I don't have a whole lot more to say on this today...guess I'm running out of stuff to blab about!! 60 day pics are coming shortly, so hopefully that'll re-ignite my chattiness!

Supposed to have a 'rest day' today, but I feel like I should do some Cardio X, or maybe Stretch X or something. We'll see how I feel when I get home tonight! Alana will definitely be taking a break today, as she's working a 12 hour shift at the hospital, then getting up in the morning to do it all again. We had a lat night last night, so I think she needs the rest!

The dinner last night was a lot of fun. Although today I feel guilty about eating ALL of that food! Not that it was all bad for us, but it was a lot! The wine on the other hand? (Mental note: probably not a good idea!)

Guess I had a bit more to chat about than I thought! Shutting up now! :O)

P90X - Day 56 - Chest, Back and Ab RipperX!

OK. So we opted out of the "rest day" today, and jumped right in to Phase 3!! Jeremy, help me keep my days straight here brother!

Chest and back. Boy have I missed this workout! And what a workout it was!!! Looking at my numbers I did, the last time I did this workout....well, I blew them out of the water!! Intensity was WAY up for this one! I'm actually typing this the day after I actually did the workout, and I'm feeling sore like I just did one of my hard-core weightlifting workouts! L-O-V-E it! It seems like daily now I'm seeing more and more results in the mirror. Not getting vain, but really seeing what P90X can do for this 'old' body of mine! I'm feeling so much better physically and mentally than ever! Keep "bringin' it" everyone!!!

P90X - Day 55 - Yoga X

Yup. We did the Yoga workout again. It was (as usual) L-O-N-G! However, Alana had been having some pain in her hip, but after the yoga workout, the pain was gone! It was actually quite a nice workout. Still changing things up. I can even "...relax my knees around my shoulders"!! Well...ok. Maybe not relax them, but I did finally do the 'plough' (at least I think that's what it's called! Not to much more to say, just trying to get caught up on my posts here...