Day 86 and 87 Core Synergistics and Kenpo 2 workouts left

Core synergistic is a tough workout no matter how good of shape you may think you are in. It's tough, you spend the entire workout "engaging" your core and it is a doozy. The Prison Push ups are the benchmark exercise for this event, in other words, something that can be measured to gauge your growth/ progress overall. Adam, the outrageously fit brother in the back pumps out 18 prison push ups. If you watch the video that means he does 54 total push ups through the time allotted. HHH got 15 in, I got 12 in before collapsing. The other ridiculous exercise is Plank to chataranga run. Too difficult to explain and more difficult to actually do for a full minute.
This morning I had Kenpo and really got after it but try as I might, I can not get my heart rate near Wesley's 160 until the very end when I try to put myself into an exercise induced stupor during vertical punches. Tomorrow is a stretch/ rest day, I'm golfing with HHH and Mr Matas, then another round of Core Synergistic, Yoga, and my final stretch before the most shocking Rose ceremony yet!
Stay tuned for next week when all of your questions are answered, did it work, am I stronger, did I lose weight...?
Gotta give shouts out to Adam, Dave C and some 80%ers in SoCal Matas and Maceever.

Day 85- I recommend Footpsray 7 Times

I was 40 minutes into Yoga this morning when the Beautiful Mrs Skye came down to join me. She was hoping to do Pilate's but the Old early Bird got the worm if you know what I mean and was already 2 minutes away from Warrior 3 to Half moon series. She joined us, and when I say us I mean, myself, Tony, Adam-He's a dancer and a wild man, and the 2 lovely ladies for the balance poses.
I got crane for a full 50 seconds and had wheel for 20 before having to go to bridge. Completed Yoga Belly 7 times and absolutely loved the workout.
Working in a tiny space and sweating like crazy!

Day 82, 83, and 84

Day 82 was Legs and Back and I am spent. Given the fact that I didn't start this workout before the kids got up and I was trying to let the wife sleep in ensured that I get interrupted a good 5 or 6 times with "Daddy! The show's over... , Daddy!, Sadie's awake!...Daddy Sadie pooped!" Anyway, got it done and I definitely feel strength in my pull ups but I'm glad this is the last week or lifting, the 4th week really takes a toll on you, I'm looking forward to recovery week. I skipped Kenpo for a run and fighting with Blackberry bushes and took Monday off. The wonderful week of recovery is upon me and my final reveal is just a week away.
I did some advanced measurements to confirm what my loose fitting clothes had been telling me for the last couple of weeks. I've lost inches off of my midsection in just 40+ days since I measured myself last. At least 3 inches off or my belly/ handles and 3 inches off of my hips and almost an inch off my waist. Crazy. Unfortunately I didn't do any measurements before I started so who knows how much I've really lost, we can only guess.
Rumor has it that Justin Frye has some smack to talk and he's also in his final week. I'm sure the Lil' Guy has made some major improvements.

Day 81- Yoga Belly 7 Times!

Got up and Rocked this bitch. First 45 minutes strait through to completion. Toe Lock, Wheel for 10+ seconds, Solid crane and the full Yoga Belly 7 series. Feeling good!

Day 80 - Back and Bis

Given my recent string of major advancements, I awoke this morning with a feeling of anticipation and excitement. I expected that I was going to jump up on the pull up bar and I would feel weightless this morning. I mean, I've dropped to 212lbs, I'm stronger all over and I own this. Boy was I wrong, 6 free form pull ups to start and 11 more with the stool only gave me an addition of 2 pull ups from 2 weeks ago. My total pull up count for the day was the lowest it's been in the last 3 workouts. This fourth week of lifting is a bitch. I'm also not eating enough carbs and I felt beat throughout the workout.
Sometimes you get the bull and sometimes the Bull rams his horns up your ass

Manochevitz! Plyo X for the last time in this circuit

I did not realize untill I consulted my 3 Ring binder that I was done with Plyo now for a couple of weeks. My average heart rate was 147 throughout and I kept up with Frog Boy. Half way through the workout I got a second wind. I still haven't totally embraced the high carb diet for Phase 3 and I've been tired. Last night I made a Shrimp and pasta dinner and man did I get rewarded today. I had energy through the entire workout and woke up ready to roll.
I have put Plyo to bed until Round 2 and I feel conflicted about leaving it for a while. It's like going on a promising business trip, you could close a big deal, get to spend the night in a hotel away from Kids and the family responsibilities but you're also stuck scrambling for something to eat at 10:00 PM and the 46 inch flat screen is connected to a coax cable from 1985, plus you won't get to see your kids in the morning. Good analogy, who knows, but it speaks to me.
Weighed in at 212lbs this morning. That is down 8lbs from my starting weight and down 12 lbs from my overall weight as I gained 4 lbs at the start of this journey.
Still haven't seen the breakthrough abs yet, but I feel them...they are there.

Start of Week 12- Chest Shoulders and Tris

We are having a heat wave! I didn't get my stretch in yesterday and I feel it big time. So this is my final week on the sheets. I closed out Chest Shoulders and tris and given my breakthroughs last week I expected to be blown away by my progress today. Well, Hertz... while I have seen steady progress in this workout, I do not have earth shattering numbers to report. However, I do have overall progress to report and my total count for push ups today was 128 up from 94 in week 5. Some of these moves are concentration moves but I'll take a 33% increase in 7 weeks of this program. Ab Ripper X is still a chore and I'm buying into Tony's mantra of loving it and hating it. Right now, I feel a little like AI.

Day 75 and 76 - Legs and Back and Kemmmmpow!

Breakthrough! By Bradley T Hensley Saturday was Legs and Back. LEt me start by saying this, I could barely do 3 full pull-ups for my fit test. My first day of doing pull ups I could only do 4 total freeform pull-ups. Last week I was able to 14 total free form pull ups with assitance, Saturday I did 31 total free form pull ups. I more than doubled my output in a week. Crazy!
Sunday was Kenpo and I got er done, I also golfed yesterday afternoon and was still a bit stiff from the day before. I've also noticed a significant increase in my distance on my irons since beginning P90X. I'm hitting it about 10 yards further with each iron so I'm still trying to dial in my distances. I nailed a green on a 148 yd par 3 with a 9 iron yesterday and my 8 iron is over 160 consistantly now, 7 iron in the 175 range, 5 iron 200, hybrid 210+, driver about the same as before but more consistant. However, golfing a day after Legs and Back is tough.
I'm going to make a major push on the diet for the last 2 weeks and see what I can do for my "reveal" The family is travelling to Carlsbad for graduation day!
Icee-

Day 74 - Toe Lock and Crane!

I owned crane today! 74 days later and I can rock the crane big time! Anyway, doing well with Yoga! I love it and I love it, I will continue to do Yoga as I progress beyond the X but I'm committed to another round of this blessed pain when it is over.
I really want to take my body to the next level.
The end is near...

Day 73 - Shoulders and Arms

Got after it today for my last time of the Shoulders and Arms circuit. The beach workout, I did most of this workout with my shirt off as I am that gay now! That and the fact the shirt I was wearing rubbing me the wrong way. Anyway, I don't think I've ever quite looked like this in my life. I'm still working on uncovering the abs but the lean muscle growth and thinning out of my entire body is kind of unbelievable. I had been resigned to the fact that "I'm just a big guy, always will be" My wife has even said on occassions in the past..."You're just a big guy" I think she was trying to be kind with that comment but now I see that I can maintain a fit body and get to a point that allows me to actually feel good about taking my shirt off in public.
I feel like I could be the next Matthew McConahey and walk around with my shirt off constantly and people would love it.
I want to give a big shout out to Justin"Don't call me Small" Fry. He's dropped 20 lbs in the same amount of time that I've dropped 10. He claims that he was 5'10" 207 at the start but I think he was more like 5'8" 207, so granted he can drop some weight off of that tiny frame. He played fullback for a tiny little shit school in Ohio known as DennyDoo. Hot chicks and little dudes.

Day 72 - Bucket/ Frog Boy

I am tired...cue Allen Iverson, these are really the dog days of the program but the end is in sight. At least the end of my first 90 days. Average Heart rate for today was a whopping 152 for Plyometrics, I'm really pushing myself now. What's crazy is the internal motivation I possess to get after it! My physical changes are very apparent now, but there is still a lot of improvement to go. I also wieghed myself and am weighing it at 214 lbs. That is a 6lb loss from my starting weight and 10 lbs overall during this program. I actually gained 4 lbs in the first 3 weeks of the program as I was starting to build muscle. Anyway, enough with the fuzzy math.
Knocked out Ab ripper last night on it's own and it's a lot more enjoyable doing it by itself as opposed to after a heavy lifting day but I see the benefit of doing it as prescribed.

Day 71 Closing out Worksheets!

Well Well Well,if it isn't Bobby the Softy from the Power hour. Today, I started out with one goal in mind...keep up with Bobby and the Band Man, and try not to fantasize too much about the German Potato Soup. It's fulfilling to close out a worksheet, and motivating as well. I really wanted to push it today to see how much improvement I'd actually get from day 1 to now.
Pull ups still are my nemesis. The laws of physics are conspiring against me on this one I'm afraid. 6'5" and 217lbs makes for a tough task of pulling all of that mass up over the bar. I'm getting there and I'm still committed to making a run at round two of this to really put myself over the top. Day 1 I did not do any free hanging pullps, today I did 10 free hanging pull ups.


Pushups are a different story...day 1 I only did 44 regular pushups before dropping to my knees like a woman. Today I did all of my pushups regular and got in 186 push ups! Major improvement, I'm not a math whiz but I think that's a 425% gain in performance.
The crazy thing is, not only are the numbers staggering to me but my form is near perfect and my entire body is now rigid throughout the sets of pushups. I don't know how those guys get over 20 dive bombers but I'll get there. I had to skip ab ripper due to taking my sister and nieces to the aeropuerto this morning but I will get it in tonight before dinner.
Manochevitz up tomorrow.

Day 69 - Create my own Workout - Koko style

I was in St Helena for the blessed Easter weekend with my family so I was without the ability to do Legs and Back, so I pulled a Koko/HHH and went for a run. It's the first time I have gone out on a Jog or Jogging with a silent J, and it felt pretty solid. I went out for an 50 minute run and did 100 pushups throughout. I found interesting ways to do pushups, did 25 on large boulders, 20 on top of a fence, and 20 along the side of the road with my feet up on a wall, and 35 at the end. I would have never thought of doing this in the past, as I would have just wanted to make it through the damn run. I kept the heart rate in the 130's with spikes after the push ups.
Major props are due to the Hensley crew! They have completed the P90x program. Check out this sexy dude here...HHH blows. He just did his final fit test and it is quite impressive.
Tomorrow starts week 11 for me!

Day 67 and 68 I got toe lock

Unfortunately, a night spent in the Emergency room with Sadie on Thursday night created an unforeseen glitch in my othwerwise robotic workout schedule. She has a cornea abbrassion, simply put a nasty scratch on her eyeball! I had an unscheduled day off yesterday due to lack of sleep, so I pushed Yoga to today and I'll do Legs and Back tomorrow, Kemmmmpo on Monday, yada yada yada.
In other news, I got toe lock on standing leg extensions! Also rocked the crane for the longest of any session to date and was getting close to holding it for 30 secs untill Tony opened his mouth and disturbed my Chi.
I love Yoga, and like most people who find it, I'm kicking myself for not doing it sooner but now will continue with it at least once or twice a week after I'm done with P90X.
Heading to the in laws for Easter. See you in the blogosphere on Monday.
Now that HHH is done, I know I'll have to step up my game a bit!
Icee

Katie is a whore Day 66

Back and Bis
I've been amped for this workout as I'm starting to really feel myself getting stronger all over. I think my body is craving the daily punishment now.
I've improved my pull up count by 10 to 83 total pull ups for the day and did 168 curls for the day which is also up in count. Increased some weight as well.
Ab Ripper is getting more enjoyable. I love it...but I hate it!
Big ups to HHH and White Parts! They've made it 90 days.

Day 65 - Plometrics

Quite frankly...This is the X in P90X!
Got the old ticker going today! I was psyched after obsessing over my photoshoot yesterday and really pumped to make the final push to the end. My average Hear Rate before each break was 151 so I got after it.
Man O Manochevits!

Day 60 Pics are here and in honor of the Original Photo Shoot, I'm representing with the Pink Corvette that was in the original Pre-workout set shot at 5:00 AM of Day 1. The Birthday Girl Bella Michele is shown flexing with daddy which is a welcome change from her telling me that I'm doing an exercise wrong. Today was Chest, Tris, and Shoulders and my natural/ regular pushup count was up 16 total push-ups from the last time I did this work out. From 104 to 120 regualr man-Pushups and another 23 on my knees to get to 143 total. I upped my weight to 25 lbs on the shoulder exercises and really burned myself out. What's crazy is that I'm 10 weeks into this and the workouts are set up in such a way that I still feel I can push myself. Whetehre it's Tony's banter back and forth with Phil or the ugly witch broad saying she'll do 15 reps, I am motivated to push to failure on every set. Crazy. Also, was feeling a little conflicted about these pics as I felt there wasn't going to be much of a change from 30 days, especially after I spent the majority of the weekend off of the diet. However, I was pleasantly suprised. Still no visible abs but they are there under the layer of fat that remains.

Enough with my own self critiques... here is what all of you guys are waiting for:

Day 62 - KeMMMMpo- Day 63 - rest

After a long week and longer weekend, I went into the garage looking forward to beating Murray's ass during Kenpo. I also began the workout with Ab Ripper and let me tell you there is a major difference between doing it before a workout vs. doing it at the end of a lifting workout. MAJOR! I did the whole entire workout, not ab ripper 100 or 200, but ab ripper 330. Then I got after it punching and kicking like I'm some kind of bad ass. Still not sure how the big guy in the back gets his heart rate up to 160 during this. Ho doesnt even appear to be working hard. I'm convinced that Tony H is concerned about him after he checks his HR monitor and sees 160. My Average hear rate through the entire exercise is 135. I was feeling energized after and pumped out 25 push ups and 5 wide grip pull ups just for good measure.
Today I rested, tomorrow Chest, tris, and Shoulders and most likely picture day. Stay tuned bitches!

Day 60 - Golf - Day 61 Legs and Back

First off, let me say, I beat Koko by at least 5 strokes yesterday. I really gave it to him! I'm looking forward to playing golf this year as I have more control through the entire round than I'm used to. I had birdie opportunities on 3 holes on the back 9, went par, bogey, par, par on the front but also had a few typical blow up holes. Good day over all.
Today was Bella's big 4th birthday and typical to fashion, we blew it out. Skye is quite the ambitious party planner when it comes to these things and I encourage it whole heartedly! We had a Hawaiian Hula Girl party and as soon as I got off the plane last night, I was put to work making pulled pork, bar b queing chicken and preparing for the big shindig. I got to the park to set up before 7:00 am this morning and spent the whole day on my feet serving up pulled pork sliders and hauling things to and fro...to and fro. Over all, great party and a long day. I had to do Legs and Back this afternoon and man was it tough to get going. I did it and I regressed a little in overall pull up numbers but did more free form pull ups than ever. My legs are fried and I'm going to do Ab ripper after Kenpo tomorrow.
I need some rest. I have a new found respect for HHH doing this on the road and motivating to get it done when he gets home. I'm beat!
Koko is out of the X circle.

Day 58 and 59 on the road -

Day 58 - did Shoulders and arms in the Houston 24hr fitness yesterday afternoon. Not to boast, and I'm not saying I'm the man but I will say that this is the first time I've worked out in front of a mirror in the last 2 months. It does not look like my body, I was shocked and excited while working out, for me, I'm getting in shape. Oh yeah, made significant gains in strength as well.

Day 59 - Yoga in a hotel room. Not as fun as Yoga in a studio or at home but got er done. I was only able to get through the first 45 minutes. Golfing tomorrow with Koko. I'll be back in the blogosphere this weekend and after 60 day pics are coming next week.