Parry's P90X Journey

Updated 2010 Fitness Itinerary

2010-01-10T18:44:00.003-07:00

This year will be my Focus of Fitness year!

I just finished a re-introduction to P90X week of workouts. This year is the year I work on my fitness and health and not just short term, as I have been notorious for in the past.

The plan is now one round of P90X, immediately followed by a round of P90x Plus. (finishing around July 4th) Then a few weeks of recovery and then I'm planning a round of INSANITY!!

Anyway.. Round One starts tomorrow (1/11) Here are my measurements and fit test stats..

Height - 5'11"
Weight - 166lbs
Body Fat - 21% (35lbs fat) (131 lbs lean muscle)
Chest - 39"
Waist - 36"
Hips - 35"
rt arm - 12.5" left arm - 12.25"
rt thigh - 20.5 left thigh - 21"
Calves - 14.5"

FIT TEST NUMBERS (I've never done this before any other round of P90X)
Resting Heart Rate - 78.. yikes!!
Sit and Reach - +3"
Pushups - 18 (could have done more.. I've lost a lot of strength since my last round)
Pullups - 3.25 (again.. wow.. its been awhile)
Vertical Leap (hardly a leap) - 13.25"
Wall Squat - 1:13

Well, there it is.. Pics and results in 90 days .. then more .. then MORE..

TIME TO BRING IT IN 2010!! This is going to be the best year ever!!

A New Years Resolution.. of sorts...

2010-01-01T09:10:00.004-07:00

The new year always brings a crop of new years resolutions.. I personally think its a tad crazy to assume that a day of the week or day on the calendar means anything more than any other day. But it is fantastic in the fact that many people DO make their minds up to do something. That in and of itself is winner.

That being said.. I have some things I want to change in the upcoming year :)

~I will finish what I start~
This is sort of an all-encompassing "resolution."

Over the last year I have been the master of "on Monday I will start..." Anything, I began working out SEVERAL times this year, usually for about a week at a time. Part of my plan is to get back into P90X with no excuses or deviations from the prescribed workout regimen. The goal at this very juncture is 2 rounds of P90X before July 4th. I have never felt better than when I was in the process of completing P90X. I will feel that way again.

I also began attempting to learn a new language. Of course, this was put on the back burner several times. This year I really want to learn something new, expand my brain. Not sure language I'm going to go with yet (Italian, German, Chinese, Portuguese, who knows)

All of this (and much more) is directly because of my recent lack of determination, and hopefully this year will be the end of that!!

~I want to read a few books just for the joy of reading~

~Curse/Swear Less~
It was brought to my attention last night that I curse a lot... F#@$% I had no idea! I will try and tone down my language.. make myself a little more socially acceptable :) No reason to curse..

I have high hopes that 2010 will be the fantastic year that I had hoped 2009 would be, but alas, was not!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

WOWY indeed

2009-08-19T08:16:00.001-07:00

I just started using WOWY (Work Out With You) on teambeachbody.com

I have to say, very cool and very useful.

It's filling the accountability role that youtube provided in my last round.. AWESOME!!

BTW.. Phase One Recovery Week... that is all :)

KEEP PUSHING PLAY

P90X 2.0 Week 2

2009-08-03T19:19:00.002-07:00

Well Week One went alright, excited to continue on and get back into shape... I have a weekend Vegas trip in mid October (which will be around week 10-11) to get in shape for. Now I have another mini goal to shoot for :)

On tap for this week:
Monday - Chest & Back (DONE)
Tuesday AM - 1-on-1 Medicine Ball Core Cardio and Killer Abs (P90 Ab Ripper & P90X Ab RipperX back to back!!!)
Tuesday PM - HIKE
Wednesday AM - P90X Shoulders & Arms
Thursday AM - Kenpo X & Killer Abs
Thursday PM - Yoga X or 1-on-1 Fountain of youth Yoga
Friday AM - 1-on-1 Road Warrior & Killer Abs
Saturday - Intervals X+

GOING TO BE A BADASS WEEK!!!

Day Three Down.. 87 To Go!!

2009-07-29T21:41:00.003-07:00

Tuesday I decided to dust off Interval X+... Man that was a great workout, and I think it'll be a good replacement for plyo for the time being...

When I got up today and I decided today would be a doubles kind of day... so I threw in Medicine Ball Core Cardio from Tony Horton 1-on-1 and got Ab Ripper X out of the way.. what a great fun workout to start the day.

Just got done with Shoulders and Arms, while I know I've had some setbacks from the shoulder I'm not as far off as I thought I was... I still have a way to go to get back into the P90X shape I was in last summer, but now I'm certain that I can get back there and push farther past it..

Tomorrow is Fountain of Youth Yoga from 1-on-1... 40 mins of yoga sure beats 90! :)

P90X (2.0) Day One

2009-07-28T06:29:00.006-07:00

Well, after a weekend of sitting by the pool, drinkin beers and burning up (it had to be 114) I decided to skip the last week of my pre P90X workout and just BRING IT!!

I'm feeling freaking great about the start of this round, just I did in February (killed it for a month, then jacked up my neck and shoulder, which basically rendered me useless for 3 months)

Anyway, Day One was 7/27 and Chest and Back went OK.. I did fantastic the first round, as you know, one set, then repeat, so then round two came and I got punked (early and often) I'm excited to hit it hard next week and show it who is boss!!

Day two is supposed to be plyo and hiking, but first off there are excessive heat warnings today, and second our downstairs neighbor doesn't really appreciate the jumping that plyo entails (i think she's on the condo board or is friends with the condo board president so, I'm not messing with her :) ) I'm a little torn, I'm either going to do Interval X+, Kenpo-Cardio X+, or One-on-One Medicine Ball Core Cardio... I'll let ya know...

Anyway here are my pre P90X Stats and a (slightly red pic or two)

Day One Pre-Workout Measurements
Chest - 38"
Waist - 34"
Hips - 38"
Rt. Arm - 13"
Lft Arm - 12.25"
Rt Thigh - 20"
Lft Thigh - 21"
Calves - 15"
Weight - 162.2lbs
Body Fat - 16.5%

Hey Strangers!! Long time no talk!!

2009-07-14T06:53:00.003-07:00

Hey all... REALLY LONG TIME, HUH??!?

It's been so long I really don't know where to start. How about that, Parry with no idea what to say...Haha

I've been trying to get back into working out the last few months (my last round of P90X in February was cut short after completely messing up my shoulder and partially dislocating a few muscles over there) I'm finally to a point I can tolerate the pain and I have been attempting to start another round with a little success, I cant seem to stay motivated.. So I've come back to give my self some accountability. I'll hopefully be around more, talking about my diet and hybrid workouts.. (P90X, TH One-On-One, and P90X+) My Goal at this time is to continue a few of these workouts over the next few weeks and start a full round of P90X (mixed with hiking and the other workouts listed above) again the first week of August (Halloween Finish!!) and then about 60 days of One-On-One and P90X+ before Christmas... Then maybe something new and insane for the new year... thats the goal anyway.. haha

Anyway, is anyone still around?? I havent been on Youtube forever!! How is everyone doing??

Allow me to explain :)

2008-09-09T06:19:00.003-07:00

I know, I've been MIA for a few weeks on my blogs (both here and at youtube) I haven't stopped working out or anything... quite the contrary. Workouts are still in full swing and hiking is still going on multiple times a week. Chest Shoulders and Tri KICKED MY ASS last night, its the first time that I've used my dumbbells and it was tough as nails!!

However work has been crazy, crazy, crazy the last few weeks. Thats nice though because I work for an extremely small company and we've been pretty slow for the last few months. I'm extremely happy for the work but it's been a hectic few weeks, and I think there will be a few more weeks before we're not as crazy.

I hope everyone is still bringing it!! I just started WEEK 11 and I'm super excited to kick day 90 in the butt! I'll try and post something on youtube this weekend so everyone knows I'm still alive!!

Phase Three Has Begun!

2008-08-26T05:40:00.004-07:00

Phase Three kicked off last night with Chest & Back!! One noticable change from the first round was the change in my pushups! In the first round I dropped to my knees to finish a lot of the moves. I still busted it for as many regular pushups as i could, my breaking point was earlier than I liked. The first workout of phase three, was CRAZY! I only dropped to my knees to finish 3-4 Diamond Push-Ups near the end! I did a respectable amount of reps too! I was really pumped the changes from phase 1 to phase 3's innagural workout :) ARX, it had seemed like a million years since I've done ab ripper, so I was definitely feeling it, and it went pretty well!

Today, plyo at 4:45 (SUCK) Plyo went well, I was still shaking off grogginess when it started but what a way to start the day huh? LOL Plans are to go hiking tonight but I believe if we have the same Severe Monsoon Storms we had yesterday, that might not happen, which it ok... I feel like I'm so far behind on some general adult stuff like laundry, dishes, cleaning, and I'm building a website which has been relatively neglected recently.

Btw if you know anyone wanting web design I freelance... ;)

Keep bringing it, and you know I'll be right there with ya!!

~Parry

BTW quick pic of my day 0, phase 1 and phase 2 results thus far:

click to enlarge

I'm sorry

2008-08-22T19:59:00.003-07:00

Ok, it's been on my mind for awhile... My lack of updating the blog... is ... shameful!

I'm going to do my best to blog more during phase 3 of my P90X journey! Monday I want to start posting more, I need one more weekend of my "blog recovery month"

{Small Phase 2 Recap}
I have been doing regular doubles (normal workout in the morning and hiking the mountain after work!) Its been killer for my legs as the hike is excessively uphill and tough as nails! This phase has been incredible, I absolutely love P90X and how it has already changed my life in nearly 2 months! I love the workouts Phase 2 gave me, and just as I got to like them and get a little more accustomed to them, recovery week, and new workouts!! LOL

I have to say as well the P90X youtube community has just heightened the experience of this journey! I've never been more motivated or pumped to workout in my life and its all thanks to a little insanity on my part and the fantastic youtube community! I'm going to post a "exotic location" phase 2 recap with some pics hopefully this weekend (I know I'm making the video tomorrow)

YOU ALL ARE FREAKIN GREAT! Much love goin out to ya all!

Talk to you all soon, Phase 3 Starts MONDAY

~Parry

P90X Phase 2 -Day 1

2008-07-28T06:16:00.004-07:00

Phase 2 of P90X starts for me today with Chest, Shoulders, & Tricepts then AbRipper. I'm excited to start the next phase and hopefully feel as lost and hurt as much as I did when I started Phase 1! I'm sure I have a world of hurt in store...LOL. I'm so ready to bring it though!

My Phase 1 wrap up is loaded on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9zei__TNo

I did some progress pics from the Day 0 (technically Day -10) to Day 30ish of Round 1. I added another pic of me when I was super heavy 5 years ago. It was tough to put that online because I was so thouroughly disgusted with myself at that time with how I looked and what crap I was going through because of it. I keep those pics as reminders of where I don't want to be again. P90X is taking me even further than I thought it would in the first round! I'm always excited to see what the 90th day brings and then ahead to the next round, because its a Marathon not a Sprint!

Here is one of my pics... dont laugh too hard :)

Blog Slacker - Rest Week

2008-07-24T07:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry, the lack of blog update. Rest week is going interestingly well. The only new thing so far is Core Synergistics on Tuesday. I was sweating buckets during that workout. I felt just off kilter the entire time. it was interesting, and I'm kind of excited to give it another go round on Friday. Anyway all is good, always bringing it as much as I have in me. I'm also looking forward to some new workouts in phase 2!!!

Keep Bringin it!!

~Parry

Saturday was a LONG DAY

2008-07-20T08:13:00.003-07:00

Saturday started my day with Yoga (I switch yoga and kenpo so I have time to do it on Saturday) Then my friends and I had a trip to hike planned (Really kinda going crazy with the hiking lately) We drove about 60 miles north of Phoenix to a place, and this is no lie, called Wet Beaver Creek. Sorry, maybe I'm still a little immature but was this place named be high school sophomores? LOL The creek has a 2.5 mile hike to a really cool pond along the creek where you can jump into the extremely cool clear water off of the rocks. Which after hiking for 2.5 miles on rough terrain is more than welcome! We hung around there for a few and then headed back. One of my friends brought his wife and on the way back I ended up carrying not only my backpack, and cooler, but his wifes backpack, because "I'm the crazy guy doing that p90x workout," she had a rough time on the way in so either we left her behind or someone had to lighten her load. It was all good though, little more of a workout! Anyway here are some pics from my cell phone from the hike...

Week 3 Day 5 Today!!

2008-07-18T05:30:00.004-07:00

Busy week this week, which is nice.

This week has been GREAT! Ab Ripper is coming a long, it is still tough but I can do all 25 reps on almost all of the exercises. Chest and Back is always a bear, but I pushed hard through it and increased my push-ups in everything but diamond push ups. I had to skip plyo on Tuesday. Tuesday was another hiking day after work and I couldn't do plyo at 5am without the downstairs neighbor possible murdering me. I'm going to try and make it up though. Shoulders and Arms is my favorite workout (I'm going to miss it in phase 2) and that went really well. Hiked again on Thursday and continued my switch of Yoga and Kenpo, Yoga on the weekend really works a lot better for me. Anyway, I'm feeling like a million bucks right now. I absolutely love the program so far, and now I have officially gotten farther into it then ever before.

Gotta Run

Legs and back and ARX tonight

Take care all and...

KEEP BRINGING IT!

Week 3 Day 1

2008-07-14T21:11:00.003-07:00

Chest & Back and AbRipperX tonight.

I've definitely feeling stronger with all of the push ups in Chest and Back, although the diamond push ups ALWAYS kick my ass. I'm not sure what exactly it is but most of them are a struggle no matter how strong I feel throughout the rest of the workout. I have increased my reps each week so far, so I'm happy with that! Ab Ripper X is still rough, I definitely am feeling stronger and can do the entire thing with minimal breaks. I think I ate too late and had a little too much water beforehand but it went pretty well otherwise.

On a side note, I'm picking up my invisalign braces tomorrow. I kinda feel like a dork for getting braces for the first time at 26 but at the same time, my teeth bother the hell out of me and I can finally afford to do something about it on my own!! I'm very excited!

Thanks for checkin in

Tomorrow, Plyo and Hiking again after work!!

Keep Bringing It!
~P

Mini Flood

2008-07-13T19:20:00.002-07:00

What a fun weekend... We had torrential rains Thursday night here and my building had a little issue with the roof leaking. The leak caused a power outage on Friday so I spent the weekend with at my friends house. I still got all the workouts in but I felt like a nomad until I got home this afternoon.

I'm going to try and get my week two video on youtube as soon as I can.

Keep Bringing It!!!

Quick Update

2008-07-11T14:45:00.003-07:00

I'm at work so I can't be too long winded. :)

After work Thursday I ended up running around like a mad man trying to get some things in order so I decided to switch YogaX to Saturday and do KenpoX early. I have time on Saturday to give Yoga the attention it deserves..haha...

One thing I've noticed this week is not necessarily that my arms are becoming huge or anything yet (although there are gains in that department) It's the structural muscles are beginning to thicken up, I've had terrible shoulders forever, they've always felt weak. I'm noticing that my shoulders, hips, and core muscles are becoming more structurally sound, like a foundation has been laid. It's just a cool thing to feel develop, so much more than I've ever experienced. And to think that I'm not quite two weeks into this. It really gets me pumped for the days to come with this program.

Anyway I better get back to work before I get fired or something and I'm doing P90X on the streets of Phoenix.

Legs & Back and AbRipperX Tonight!!

HAVE A GREAT FRIDAY ALL...

KEEP BRINGIN IT!!

Week 2 Day 3 - I scaled to the peak

2008-07-09T22:07:00.005-07:00

today was a bear of a day.

I woke up early to get my P90X workout in, today, shoulders & arms. I love that workout. Weights were up, I was definately feelin it today. I enjoyed the morning workout and it kind of energized me for the day. I can't believe its been nearly two weeks since I started!

My big news of the day is I finished the entire trail at Piestewa Peak, yesterday we made it just under 3/4 of the way up and today I was determined to make it the rest of the way. My friends on the other hand were happy getting back up to where they were yesterday. So I left them behind and climed the last half mile almost straight up to the top (keep in mind it was still 106 here...lol). What an incredible feeling!! Piestewa Peak's Summit Trail is just over 1.5 miles and it rises up a rather steep way... i think the total height of the peak is around 2600 feet. Anyway it was incredible and it just makes me want to do more... here is a pic of me at the top... I'm going to try and get into it more on my youtube blog later this weekend...

Anyway I'm completely gassed from the hike... I have to make up AbRipperX in the morning. Off to bed...

Thanks for checkin in...

Keep Bringing It!!!

P90X Blog (Day 1)... P90X Week 2 Day 2

2008-07-08T20:38:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone... Welcome to my P90X Personal Fitness Blog!!

I hope to post every day, but who knows.

Today was day two of my week two of P90X. Today I did PlyoX... I had to do it early in the morning, which sucked after a crazy bout of insomnia, because my friends wanted to hike some after work. Plyo kicks my ass, straight and simple, it improved a lot from the first week but still tough way to start the morning. Worked it all the way through!!! Week three will get even better!! After a looooooooooong day of work I met up with my friends and started the 15 minute walk to the base of piestewa peak in Phoenix. HOLY LORD, I felt out of shape from the get go, its 1.5 miles of really steep climbs. (See Pic) My friends were gassed at the quarter point, and I'm not going to lie, with 106 degree heat it was TOUGH... But I kept encouraging them and we ended up about 3/4 of the way up, it was incredi-tough... so tough I created a word for it. My P90X mentality is starting to take shape and I was telling my friends to bring it, which started to get annoying, even to me. All in all it was dissapointing not to make the summit ( that sounds cool, right) But after we got back to the starting point I convinced them to try again tommorrow!!!

So tomorrow the plan is as follows, early morning shoulders and arms, hiking to the peak after work, then a little ab ripper x before bed... It's going to be fun...

By the way, thanks ATTICUS05 for the inspiration for the blog, THANKS BRO! Visit his blog at http://makinitxlike.blogspot.com/

Take care all - Until Next Time.... Keep Bringing it