Operation B.A.L.E

2010, Day 2

The day began with some good progress. I lost another 1.5 lbs, so I am around 186.8lbs. The rest of the day was rough!

First, I missed out on Pylometrics BUT did it early on Day 3 (I am going to do Day 3’s exercise at night, doubling up to catchup). Pylometrics are the hardest part of P90X; trainer Tony Horton himself says so. I did the low impact variations, so as not to strain my weak left knee. Last time I tried to tackle P90X (early 2009), pylometrics left me nauseous, and I had to take huge breaks, gasping for air. This time though, I actually kept up, and felt drained but good post-workout!

As for eating, I think I pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable. I had chinese for lunch, and hot & sour soup, but made conscious effort to not getting anything with sweet sauces and not to completely eat everything. Plus dinner was homemade chicken salad.

Breakfast: Kashi Go Lean Cereal and Orange Juice (310 Cal)
Snacks: Two Venti Skinny Vanilla Lattes throughout the day. (250 Cal each)
Lunch: Kung Pao chicken, Beef and Brocolli, Mixed vegetables, and Hot & Sour soup. (650 Cal)
Dinner: Chicken Salad (Stir fried chicken, mixed with romaine, pesto, minced garlic, dollop of extra virgin olive oil, fat-free ceasar salad dressing) (400 Cal)

13 January 2010 • diet workout p90x lunch dinner snack breakfast

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Day 1 began with a solid start, as I already dropped 2lbs, and tackled the first day of P90x. I got through the workout, but due to time I dodged the Ab Ripper X and my planned walk.

While I was truly winded by the end of the workout, I did find some of the band based exercises really easy. I would switch to a pull-up bar and dumbbells, except I don’t have a solid door frame that can support the former, and my love vetoed the latter. A possible solution I am toying with is to workout at the gym, walking/running there and back. In fact, I am going to do it!

My eating was pretty solid today too:

Breakfast: Protein Shake (175 Cal)
Morning Snack: 20 almonds (220 Cal)
Lunch: Roasted Chicken Breast and Garden Salad, and 1/2 whole wheat pita (300 Cal)
Afternoon Snack: Venti Skinny Vanilla Latte (250 Cal)
Dinner: Pitfire Chicken Salad and Veal Meatballs, shared with my lady (470 Cal)

Here’s looking to Day 2!

12 January 2010 • workout diet breakfast lunch snack dinner p90x

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Day 1: Workout: Spin and Weights

With the continuing issues with my knee, spinning is my cardio activity of choice, as I attended another 1 hour session at LA Fitness.

Following that, I did my upper-body workout:

Incline Dumbbell Press: 40lbs, 12 reps max
Pec Deltoid Flyes: 120lbs, 12 reps max
Lateral Raise: 15lbs, 10 reps max
Rear Pec Flyes: 90lbs, 10 reps max
Lateral Pulldowns: 85lbs, 15 reps max, time to increase.
Seated Cable Row: 75lbs, 10 reps max.

Looks like I may get to increase a couple of weights! Always good for the soul.

And of course, I finished up with a core workout:

Hanging knee raise, 15 reps
Cable Torso Roatation: 40lbs, 15reps.

I am going to increase the reps for the knee raises, as they’ve started to get boring, and will increase the weight of the cable rotation.

Onward!

18 October 2009 • workout weights spin

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Day 18: Workout - Spin + Weights

Amazingly, despite going to bed at ungodly hour, I woke up this morning at 6, and was all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to exercise. My brain tried to argue with my body about; it talked about sleep debt and the hard day of coding ahead. But my body was having none of it, and dragged the brain along. I am glad it did.

As usual, I did the one hour spin class, than hit the weights:

Dumbbell Curls: 15lbs, 15 reps max
Tricep Kickbacks: 10lbs, 18 reps max
Rope Tricep Pulldowns: 50lbs, 15 reps max
Rope Hammer Curls: 40lbs, 15 reps max

And of course my usual two sets of core workouts: hanging leg raises and cable torso rotation.

I am a bit disappointed that I haven’t been able to increase my load for these exercises. But if I up the weights, my form goes to hell, and I start pulling with my shoulders instead of my arms. What to do?

12 October 2009 • workout spin weights

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Day 16: Workout - Run + Weights

Woke up late, and decided to run/walk, even with the sore leg. Did nearly 5 miles, with more walking than running. http://bit.ly/3snCPa

This was followed by a workout session:

Incline Dumbbell Press: 40lbs, 10 reps max
Pec Del Flyes: 120lbs, 10 reps max
Dumbbell Lateral Raises: 15lbs, 10 reps max
Reverse Pec Del Flyes: 90, 10 reps max
Lateral Pulldown: 85lbs, 10 reps max
Cable Seated Row: 75lbs, 10 reps max

10 October 2009 • workout run weights

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Day 15: Workout - Spin and Weights

Once again, I managed to do a spin class for an hour, and move right into weight training:

Dumbbell Curls: 15lbs, 15 max reps
Tricep Kickbacks: 10lbs, 15 reps max
Rope Tricep Pulldowns: 50lbs, 15 reps max
Rope Hammer Curls: 40lbs, 15 reps max

I finished the workout off with the usual core routine:

Hanging leg raises: 15 reps
Cable Torso Rotation: 40lbs, 15 reps max

9 October 2009 • workout spin weights

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Day 12: Workout - Spin and Weights

With my running time down because of the knee problems, I went to a spin class today. One hour, took it fairly easy, my heart-rate in the zone.

This was followed by a weight session:

Incline Dumbbell Press: 40lbs, 10 reps.
Pec Des Flyes: 120lbs, 10 reps.
Lateral Raises: 10lbs, 15 reps, I should have done 15lbs but someone was using them.
Reverse Pec Des Flyes: 90lbs, 7 reps, frustrating because I find 75lbs too easy. Have to ask how to adjust the weight.
Lateral Pull Downs: 85lbs, 10 reps.
Cable Rows: 75lbs, 10 reps.

And I finished with some core exercise: