P90X Day 1: Chest And Back, Ab Ripper X, And Diet
Day 1 is officially in the books!
5:45am was early but not too early to get this great workout in.
I learned through Chest and Back just how weak of an upper body I have (and it probably does not help that I am carrying around all this extra weight). I had a lot of issues doing the push-ups in normal form so I found myself on my knees doing a lot of them. I made sure to still push myself even though I was on my knees and still get a burn.
Ditto on the pull-ups. I used a chair for all of them but pushed myself to use the chair only as needed. I’m hoping over the next few weeks to use the chair less and less.
And Ab Ripper X killed me! There were many of the exercises I had trouble doing due to a weak core. I’m going to keep pushing in learing the form and hope to be really, really good at it by the time all is said and done.
The first day of the diet is in the books. I don’t think my ratios were quite right although I hit all of the parts of the portion plan.
I also missed the 3,000 calorie mark according to the website. That’s sad, because I felt like I ate and ate and ate!
But here was my meals:
Post-workout recovery drink (alternative mixture to BeachBody’s)
10 egg whites with mozz cheese (which I could only eat about 80% of)
2 tbsp peanut butter on celery
6oz chicken breast tenderloins grilled on a whole wheat pita
2 cups steamed veggies
Mozz chese on both (1.5oz)
Snickers Marathon Protein Bar (never again, was nasty)
1 oz Pecans
8oz Chicken Breast Tenderloins cooked in 1 tbsp of EVOO with 1 cup onion/bell pepper, flavored with 1 tbsp Worcheshire
Protein shake (1 scoop whey protein, 1 cup skim milk, .5 cup strawberries, half a banana, ice)
I’m stuffed and still did not hit my calories…I don’t get it.
Here is my entire diet from myfitnesspal.com.
I’m going to do some of my nightly marketing, take a hot shower to loosen up some stiffness, and get some sleep. 5:45am tomorrow is Plyometrics!
