Injury sucks worse

So 3 weeks ago, just as I was about to start P90X again since my achilles was pretty well healed up? I got hit by a car on my bicycle.

I ended up needing hip surgery, and now can't walk without a walker or cane or something. I also broke my collarbone, yay.

This experiment is on hiatus until I am either better, or I may not be able to pick back where I left off due to lack or recovery.

I am trying to be optimistic.

Injury sucks.

Well my achilles tendon is pretty messed up atm. I overstressed it while running and am now on week 3 without running or doing P90X. I am trying to keep my activity level up but no runnin or weight bearing exercise, or anything that aggravates it SEVERELY limits what I can do. However keeping up some good food choices I am still slowly losing weight. Here is a recent before/now pic for the time being :D

Hip strain

Ah the joys of overtraining, I put in a REALLY good week, and it turns out my excessive running hurt my hip a bit.

I took this week off to recover mostly and am feeling a lot better. I am going to start week 4 next week and see where this takes me!

Some visible results.

It's been almost a month and I can see some visible results so I thought I'd share what I think is the best comparative picture between now and 4 weeks ago.

I've lost around 10 pounds, and I have dropped my rest heart rate from the mid 80's to a low this morning of around 52/53 while I was laying in bed. This is a huge difference for one month I think.

The running I have added to the program probably accounts for most of the fat loss, but I have definitely gained some muscle size as well. So far this week between my running regimen and P90X I have burnt over 5,000 calories from workouts alone, as long as I keep my caloric intake correct I should continue to lose a pound or two a week until I hit my goal body fat %

One calculator I used described my fat % as going from 16% to 14% as well.

Not much more to report. Legs tonight, Kenpo tomorrow, and then a recovery week.

Til next time.......

Repeating week 3

I have seen some changes in my body, slight, but noticeable.

First thing I noticed was my arms, the pushups and pullups are defining them a bit more. I fumbled a bit at the end of week 3, went a bit too far with my running regimen, and was too sore to effetively complete the end of week workouts, therefor i am adding a week to this phase, finish strong before my recovery week.

On the running side of things, I can run 5k without pausing now, and I have completed a 10k though it was really rough and 2 of the last km turned into more of a powerwalk than a run. I finished it strong though, kept my heartrate up and am happy about it.

My weight has been almost like a yoyo, up 1.2 kg one day, down 1.4 the next, though it does seem to be on a gradual downhill slope, maybe a touch too gradual, but I can always ramp up my running for cardio/fat burning. On that note I did a boday fat test, using the forearm, wrist, belly and thigh, and apparently my body fat % went from 16% to 14.5% Though most of it seems to be on my gut. I can't wait to see my abs :D

Til next week..........

2 weeks down.....

2 weeks down. I don't feel a whole lot different this week than I did last week.

I don't see any visual differences yet either. This is of course to be expected, but I am impatient.

I added running to my regimen. I haven't ran in almost a decade, and do no sports at all. I WAS a good runner back in high school however so this has helped me amp up my runs quick.

I ran last tuesday 3 km with a couple stops. Here I realized I need to invest in some good shoes so I picked up some nike lunarglides, they are damn nice. I ran 3 km 2days ago no breaks, then I did a 5 km run last night and made it. I might not be in a position to start racing, but hey I'm completing them and that's what's important.

I am going to do this running as extra cardio rather than the cardio x regimen in doubles, so I will just be doing the classic program plus my running.

Other than that no real updates or changes!

Stay tuned.......

One week down...

So I finished my first week of P90X

I have been doing extra cardio ahead of time, since that's always been my strength and I want to eventually get back into running so if I can handle it, why not. I equated it earlier to playing ball with friends and still not working out. Why work out if you can't enjoy your strengths right?

My resting heart rate has already dropped 15-ish points from being 85-90 bpm down to 70ish bpm. I didn't see much of a change until my rest day, showing how important that rest day can really be.

Overall I am down about 6 lbs for week 1, I was down almost 8 lbs, but regained 2 lbs over the weekend, however not due to sloppy eating. I hope it's just my body reacting to the rest day and the extra protein and supplements now in my diet.

I already feel a bit stronger, bought a better doorway chinup bar, and was messing with it a bit today before doing week 2 of Chest and Back. That complemented with the drop in weight, and drop in heart rate shows that I have seen quick improvements. I have no experience with other "formal" workout programs, since I used to always be VERY active in my younger years and didn't need any programs to outrun 99% of the people i knew, and outswim 99.5% of them too.

I hope my best days are ahead of me, and it looks like P90X may be my first step in getting there. I feel satisfied at the end of a workout, my muscles almost give out, but they feel so good after ( although weak for a while ). The protein shake in the P90X book is simple, but good, I've got a chocolate protein shake mix thrown into it ( not the P90X brand, but another fortified with all kinds of goodies as an all in one ).

I'll probably blog about once or twice a week from this point, or if there are any points of significance otherwise.

Stay tuned and good luck with your own exercise programs!