DavidMunoz

This is the first day of my P90X training; I’ve done the workouts before up to about 65 days with very good results. During those attempts, I modified the workouts a bit, skipping the yoga and cardio/kenpo days and focusing on the resistance and plyometric exercises. I got down to about 170 and felt fantastic. Alas, I fell off the horse. To continue the Texas metaphors, I’m back in the saddle again.

The workout today  focused on chest and back, using pushups, pullups, and some free weight exercises. It’s basically a circuit training routine with two rounds of each exercise, alternating chest and back. Started off with pushups alternating with pullups, using different pushup widths and pullup grips. It added back flys, back rows, and alternating one-arm back rows. Here’s the routine and my reps:

Standard pushups-12

Wide front pullups-10

Militiary pushups (close width)-12

Reverse grip pullups-10

Wide fly pushups-12

Closed grip overhand pullups-10

Decline pushups (feet elevated on a chair)-12

Standing back rows-12 using 20 pound weights

Diamond pushups (wide feet stance, hands close at chest level)-10

Alternating one-arm rows-12 using 20 pound weights

Dive-bomber pushups (I hate these damn things! A wide legged stance, rump up in the air, then gliding the chest down and back up)-10

Seated back flys-12 using 20 pound weights

The workout is two rounds of this series; as strength improves the reps and weight increase.  Takes about an hour; I’ve done this particular series so much I didn’t even use the DVD.

Resistance days also add a 15-minute ab workout. I’ll do that this afternoon.

Comments and thoughts are welcomed; I appreciate people who’ve checked out my blog so far. Also…how does one post before/after pictures?

Thanks for reading.