Sunday, October 17, 2010

Day "13": Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X

After taking a little over a week off from exercise, my knee is all "healed".  It only took a lot of ice and a lot of elevation.  Even a knee wrap.  But so far, so good.  This means: I EXERCISE TODAY!!!!  Yippee!!!

So why am I calling it day "13"?  Good question.  I debated calling it day 1 again because, according to The Truth (By Frank Sepe), every day you miss at the gym sets you back 1 week.  So, if I missed 9 days, that sets me back 9 weeks - which puts me to where I was 7 weeks before I started P90X!!  This thought has me seriously depressed at the momment.  So, I cheated.  I measured my waist because at first glance, I look exactly the same.  Well, so far so good!  I am down 2.5 inches in my waist and 12 pounds (cheated there too).  So, maybe just calling it day "13" will be ok.  Another reason why it is "13" is because technically that puts me at KenpoX, which scared me.  I didn't want to do some crazy thing on my knee quite yet.  So, skipping that day and just resting on the following 2 days brings me to today!  A fake day "13" and all my numbers will be messed up from here on out!  Sorry about that, but life happens.

Here are my exercises from today:
1. Standard Push-ups: 20, 20 (both from knee)
2. Wide Front Pull-ups: 20R+Blk, 20R+Blk
3. Military Push-ups: 5, 6 (both from knee)
4. Reverse Grip Chin-ups: 20R+Blk, 20R+Blk
5. Wide Fly Push-ups: 20, 15 (both from knee)
6. Closed Grip Overhand Pull-ups: 15R+Blk, 15R+Blk
7. Decline Push-ups: 10, 7 (done CORRECTLY)
8. Heavy Pants: 20R, 10R
9. Diamond Push-ups: 6, 7 (both from knee)
10.Lawnmowers: 12&12R, 12&12R (did 12 on each side, right arm, left arm)
11.Dive-Bomber Push-ups: 3, 1 (Not low, but I am working on it)
12.Back Flys: 14R, 19R (From a standing position)

I think I did great today and I can't wait to try Plyometrics tomorrow.  I did notice that I was winded in the warm-up.  I hate taking time off from exercising, but I need to take it nice and easy.

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