Monday (3/2/09) Did the Power 90 Sculpt Phase 1-2. After finishing this workout I jumped on the treadmill and did ran 3 miles.

Tuesday (3/3/09) Power 90 Sweat Phase 1-2 followed by another 3 miles of running.

Wednesday (3/4/09) Power 90 Sculpt Phase 1-2 with 2 miles on the treadmill.

Thursday (3/5/09) Power 90 Sweat Phase 1-2 with 3 miles of running.

Friday (3/6/09) Went to the gym. It had been some time since I had been there due to my trip to Mont Tremblant. I really missed the pool so this is why I went. When I got there I hit up the treadmill for 3 miles. Upon finishing that I went and did 20 pull ups and then headed over to the pool. From all of the running I did this week already I felt light in the pool. I did 30 laps (60 lengths) with no problem. 

Saturday (3/7/09) 30 minutes of running on the treadmill which came out to 3 miles.

Sunday (3/8/09) Took the day off.

All in all it was a very productive week. I am not sure if I am really digging Power 90 right now. I know its only Phase 1-2 but its not really pushing me. Its not that they are not great workouts but I am use to doing P90X for an hour followed by 15 minutes of Ab Ripper X. The Power 90 DVDs are only about 35 minutes long and have not really challenged me yet. There was one day where my calves were sore from jumping around but that's it. I had to get on the treadmill just to get my heart rate up and break a sweat.

Power 90 is helping Dad out though because since he is so out of shape that the workouts are helping him gradually. He has told me that he is starting to feel more flexibility in his body already. For me to stay with it though we are going to have to skip to Power 90 Phase 3-4. Hopefully these workouts will be a little more intense and push me a little harder.

All in all it was a great week in workouts. I got a ton of running in, 17 miles in all. I even took my first YouTube video describing the many uses of the P90X Pull Up Bar. Over the weekend it had some views and even some nice comments from people. To help more people see what P90X is all about I am going to record myself doing all 12 P90X workouts and put them on here. Will take me a couple weeks to do but should be fun.

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Weekly Workouts For 3-2-09 to 3-8-09

I know I am probably doing this backwards but I have made up my mind and decided to give the Power 90 workout a go. I love P90X but have been doing it pretty consistent for the past year and I feel like its time for a change. When I do P90X now I know exactly when Tony Horton is going to throw out a funny joke and what exercise is coming up next.

What got me thinking about the change was when I became a Beachbody Coach and bought the "Showcase Pack." Inside it was all of the top Beachbody workout DVDs including Power 90. I did some reading through it and the one thing that stuck out was that it had a lot of circuit training. This was not about lifting large amounts of weights or seeing how many pull up you could do. It was about doing a certain amount of exercises in a short period of time and moving onto the next one that worked a different set of muscles. Another thing I liked was that each workout was only about 35 minutes long. Most workouts with P90X are about 1 hour and then another 15 minutes for Ab Ripper X.

One thing I wanted to get back into with spring right around the corner was running. Now when I do Power 90 for 35 minutes I can go for a 3 mile run right after or before and get cardio and resistance training done in the same time period I was doing P90X in. I miss running as it was what helped me lose a lot of weight and get into awesome pre-P90X shape. What P90X did was help me put on 10 pounds of muscle to go along with the outstanding cardio that I already had. My P90X results prove that a skinny guy can put on some muscle.

From what I have read and the videos I watched is that Power 90 is going to give me a great workout but still give me the time to get my running shoes on and get outside for a quick run. This way I can maintain the muscles I built up in P90X and get my cardio back up to par. Its not that P90X ruined my cardio but I did bulk up (my choice) and now I want to tighten it all up.

I will be taking my after P90X/before Power 90 photos here and posting them up. Its kind of funny because it should be the other way around. I glanced at a couple of the Power 90 dvds yesterday and I can tell that this is before Beachbody blew up as a company because the dvds do not have the marketing appeal that the P90X dvds have. Tony Horton looks younger in it too. Here is a brief video describing Power 90 and the results people had.

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Going To Give Power 90 A Try