P90X Day 8: Chest & Back
Day 8: Chest & Back
To open, regarding last night’s workout:
I FRIGGIN KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK!
I had a genius of a workout. Boosted numbers in every. single. exercise. I was amped up to see the results! This time around I threw caution to the wind and did not, I repeat, did not pace myself, but just went for broke on all 12 workouts. I knew the order of workouts for the most part, and had a feel for what was needed to move from one to the next as easily as possible. My basic goal for each exercise was to do 5 more reps than I did last week and do more weight for the non-pull-up back exercises.
I decided rather than to use the bands wrapper around the pullup bar for when i couldn’t do any more pullups, I followed the girl on the video and used a chair. I took Tony’s advice and had the chair at as far as I could get it while still maintaining good upper body form.
Here is a table of my data from last night’s workout:
| EXERCISE | CIRCUIT #1 | CIRCUIT #2 |
| Standard Pushups | 30 | 25 |
| Wide-grip Pull-ups | 4/8 | 1/12 |
| Military Pushups | 15 | 19 |
| Chin-ups | 3/6 | 1/13 |
| WATER BREAK | ||
| Wide pushups | 20 | 20 |
| Close-grip Pull-ups | 1/10 | 0/15 |
| Decline pushups | 15 | 15 |
| Heavy Pants | 8 @ 40lbs/side | 8 @ 40lbs/side |
| WATER BREAK | ||
| Diamond pushups | 20 | 20 (on knees) |
| Lawnmowers | 15/side w/ 3 res. bands | 15/side w/ 3 res. bands |
| Divebomber Pushups | 10 | 15 |
| Back Flys | 10 | 20 |
| WATER BREAK | ||
Looking at this chart, I can see how I did pace myself in some areas not realizing so. I’m looking forward to being able to do more pullups/chinups without the aid of anything. That’ll be a big accomplishment for me.
On the second circuit, I just didn’t have the triceps left to do full diamond pushups, so I went to my knees and rocked out as many as the time would allow.
After the workout, I gave Ab Ripper X my all. This time it seemed tougher than even the first time. On some exercises I was better, and on others I felt like I was just off my game and my abs were already worn out. And maybe they were, now that I think about it. They were working during the previous hours. Ha! Mystery solved!
Looking forward to an aggressive Plyometric workout next.
TOTAL WORKOUT CALORIE BURN: 1,027
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Daily Diet:
Breakfast: Smoothie — 1/2 c. fat free yogurt, 1/2 c. wild blueberries, 1 tbsp flaxseed, 1 1/2 tbsp natural peanut butter, 1/2 scoop protein powder
Morning Snack: grapefruit
Lunch: Salad – 2 c. spinach, 1/2 c. kidney beans, 3 oz parmesan cheese, 1 cup shredded carrots, 6oz grilled turkey breast, fat free ranch dressing
Afternoon Snack: String cheese
Dinner/After-workout evening snack: protein drink w/ 1 1/2 c. skim milk and 1 1/2 cup granola mix.
