Day 12

Legs and Back today.  Did AbRipperX after.  Killer workout.  78 mins, 1156 calories.  HRM was working overtime today.  Small improvement in AbRipperX  I am up to 280 points now in a workout.  I am just too slow for a lot of the exercises and do about half the reps even though I go the entire time limit.

Forsee one wrinkle in my plan.  May be going out of town on vacation most of week 5.  Much easier if it was week 4.  May swap schedule for week 4 and 5 since recovery week needs no pullup bar and hardly any weights.  Just a Yoga block and mat probably.  I will have a car DVD player for the kids, so I can just use that for the workouts.  Other option would be to try and find a gym at the location that I could use, but then I have to have the kids watched while I workout.

Day 11

Did the whole Yoga routine in one shot today.  I had to skip about 5 minutes of the first half.  Too many down dog loops.  Got one foot up in Crane for about 5 seconds.  I will be happy if I can do Crane by Day 60.  :)  Still unable to a lot of the "twist" moves.  I can't twist enough to get the elbows to leverage, etc.  Its a great relaxer though.  I hate the routine, but really like how you feel after you are done.  Next time I need to try the blanket under the shoulders.  My neck is a tad stiff from the Plow-Shoulder stand moves.

Day 10

Shoulders and Arms today.  Across the board improvement in weight and reps.  I now see why they are so detailed about recording everything.  Its really helps you not cheat yourself by doing something too light.  Glad I did AbRipper yesterday, was trashed by the end of the workout.  My obliques don't like me though.  Core Monday then AbRipper tuesday put the hurt on them.  :)  Holiday BBQ crap food is in the past, so expecting to be by the book this week on food.

Day 9

CardioX day.  Did better this week.  Still can't quite keep up all the way through Yoga.  I also did AbRipper today since tomorrow is busy day for me.  Saw a pretty big improvement in AbRipper this week.  About 40 total reps more than last weeks.  Will be interesting to see how much gains in wght/reps I get this week in the various programs.  Did decent on sticking to diet today.  I have made 10 shakes so far using the slow release Casein protein mix.  I still haven't figured out how to make it not suck.  The Whey tastes fine, I think it must be the flavor.  I will probably get chocolate next time or something.

Day 8

Lost 1 lb in week 1.  Today was Core synergistics.  Pretty close to last weeks numbers.  I did have a couple with big improvements over last week.  Stacked pushups, cresent lunges, and steam engine all showed good gains.  Couple were 1-2 reps lower than last week.  I forgot how many pushups in todays workout.  Oh well, tomorrow is cardio or yoga depending on if I swap.

Day 7

So nice to rest.  No workout today other than setting up the pool and awning for the kids.  That workout was followed by laying in a pool of cold water rather than one of my own sweat.  I pleasant change.  Tomorrow starts Week2.

Day 6

My legs are gone.  I hope I can walk tomorrow.  Yoga then legs and back then kenpo is brutal on the legs.  Also need to work on my feet.  I really prefer doing Kenpo barefoot, but my left foot/toe/ball of foot gets sore  Luckily I have rest+core day to let it get better before Tuesday.  Holiday week so I will probably do Yoga on tuesday and leave cardio for Thursday.  I still think Kenpo is my favorite Cardio workout, even with all the mule/back kicks.

Day 5

Legs and Back + AbRipper.  My legs are hurting.  Tony is not exaggerating when he comments about the calves on fire at one point.  Mine really were.  5 more reps and I would have fallen over.  I left AbRipper for the evening in the interest of time.  Its really tough to go from full str routine into abripper.  Maybe I drink my recovery drink in between or something to help me not crash.