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10
Sep
hamstring-stretch

Defying Stereotypes & The Compliments That Ensue

“Men aren’t flexible.” “I can’t do that.” “Of course she can do that, she’s a dancer.” “I better not. I don’t want to pull something.” Sound familiar? These are all phrases I used to say all the time, even while I was doing P90X. I would make strength gains, flexibility gains, endurance gains, etc, etc, and I always knew in the back of my head [Continue...]
6
May
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A #P90X Graduate’s Look Back….and, oh ya, my stats.

A few days ago, as many of you might recall, I tweet blasted the world (read: my twitter followers and facebook) that I was officially a graduate of P90X. (cue monty python cheer). Needless to say, it was a big day for me. I had a huge feeling of accomplishment all day. Though it took me a little longer than 90 days (I think the grand total was 102), my deviations from the schedule were unavoidable and being able t [Continue...]
6
Apr
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Workout During Recovery? Good idea or bad idea? I say, “Fantastic idea.”

All I know is this guy kept pushing play. You should too.

[/caption] This morning I had the pleasure of doing Day 65 of P90X, but I was pretty scared to do so. This weekend, I had some fun family business to take care of, and as such my workouts got all jumbled up. For starters, my weekly schedule was such that I had to switch up Plyometrics (Day 58) and Kenpo [Continue...]
26
Mar
baby-crazy-face

Obsession vs Fulfillment: What’s a lad to do?

"Stop the Crazy" This picture makes me giggle like a school girl.

[/caption] Let me be clear – for those of you who don’t know. I really enjoy fitness. A lot. I really enjoy eating very clean. A lot. I really enjoy talking about, getting people excited about, hear about other people getting interested in and seeing amazing progress in fit [Continue...]
18
Mar

#P90X Days 48 & 49: A recap

DAY 48: Legs & Back Legs & Back was good. This time I used resistance bands instead of my Iron Gym. It was quite a difference. Each pullup, even with all three bands in use, was easier than using the Iron Gym, but I was able to hold each movement at the top (or bottom, as the case may be) and I was able to aggressively work the middle muscles in my back moreso than I ever have before. In that light, I’ [Continue...]
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