P90X Workout Review

Monday (8/31/09) - Insanity Core Cardio & Balance - This workout routine is a little tougher than it looks. I have been feeling sore from doing this one.

Tuesday (9/1/09) - Insanity Core Cardio & Balance - Felt sore again from doing it but its nice to do something not as intense for a couple days.

Wednesday (9/2/09) - Drove To Kentucky - Was heading down to Kentucky with a group of 12 people to do some Houseboating. It will be my first time going on one. The lake we were going down to is called Dale Hollow Lake. Its in Kentucky and Tenessee.

Thursday (9/3/09) - First Day On Houseboat - We picked up the house boat around noon and it is quite a large boat. The houseboat is 72 foot long. Its funny to think that the place we got it from just gives over the keys and sends you along your way. It only goes 4 mph so its not like you don't have time to react. Of course I got sick for the first time in two years this day. My head was just pounding.

Friday (9/4/09) - Second Day On Houseboat - What started out as a great day with doing some swimming, jumping off the back of the boat and water slide turned into being one of the most real situations I have ever been apart of. At around midnight my friend was walking down the side of the boat from the back to the front. While coming around he said he got bite by something. When he sat down we could see fang marks. It was a snake. His leg instantly started to swell up and he began puking. We had to call the Tennessee River Valley Authority to come pick him up from our boat and rush him to a dock where a ambulance was waiting. None of us had seen something like this before as Michigan does not have snakes like those.

Saturday (9/5/09) - Last Night On Houseboat - I picked up my friend from the hospital in the morning and he was in some pain. He was ok but his leg was a balloon and a little bruised. He decided to come back to the boat and spent the whole day resting. The rest of us went about our activities and enjoyed the rest of the day or so we thought. Around 9pm at night we were hanging out on the top deck playing a game. One of the girls went down to get a couple beers from the coolers. We heard a deafening scream. The snake was back. It appears that it never got off the boat and was hiding under our coolers the whole day while we sat 2 foot from them. The culprit ended up being a Copperhead. Of course he was hiding right next to the sliding door waiting for one of us to walk through it. Even worse than that was he worked his way in front of our beer coolers. We were stuck inside without our beer as we waited for the Tennessee River Valley Authority again along with the Animal Control. They came back out to our boat again to take care of it. After they got it into a jar the guy who caught it said he has been doing this for 30 years and has never handled one. We were happy when that thing was gone.

Sunday (9/6/09) - Drove Back To Michigan - Parked the boat and spent 8 hours driving back.

While I was excited for this week to be a relaxing one it ended up being a educational one. I started it with my recovery week with the Insanity workout. I still have two more days to go next week because of the house boat trip. The whole experience with the snake made things unforgettable. It leaves a bad memory in a trip that was still a lot of fun.

Monday (2/16/09) To feel ready for my vacation to Mont Tremblant I needed to get in some cardio and had to do something with Dad included. I decided to get out Kenpo X for the first time in awhile. I am not really a fan of Kenpo that much anymore because I don't feel like I get that much out of it. When I signed up to be a Beachbody Coach and bought the "Showcase Pack" there were a set of weighted gloves in there. I decided to put them on and use them. What a difference it made. Throwing all of those punches with just a little bit more weight made a huge impact. It was Dad's first time doing it so he had a little trouble keeping up and having good form.

Tuesday (2/17/09) I went to the gym and did 3 miles on the treadmill and .5 mile swimming. Dad said he was ready to workout and I was kind of tired. Since I cannot let him down we went with P90X Plyometrics. I needed this because of all the jumping involved to get me ready for skiing and snowboarding at Mont Tremblant. This was the first workout he had done twice now and was starting to remember a couple things.

Wednesday (2/18/09) I woke up sore as all heck. I think it was from doing Kenpo on monday with the gloves. The additional weight worked new muscles. The jumping, swimming, and running from Tuesday was not helping. Feeling sore and knowing I was going to be in a Ford F-150 for 11 hours with 4 other guys made me want to relax. I did not workout and instead waited for them to show up before getting on the road.

Thursday (2/19/09) We show up in Quebec at 8 am after driving in snow through the night and head right to the mountain. Conditions were awesome with fresh powder. I brought out my snowboard and did that the whole day. Surprisingly, I felt fresh while getting maybe an hour of sleep. Legs felt strong the whole time.

Friday (2/20/09) Busted out the snowblades I got for Christmas and had a great time on those for about 4 hours that day. They worked a lot of muscles around my knees and my lower back. Realized I needed to stay in a lowered crouched position to keep my balance without falling. Again, felt great after skiing.

Saturday (2/21/09) Brought out my skis today. It was my first time skiing this year and it was not as fun as yesterday because we stayed up a little bit later the night before and I was just tired out on the slopes. I still went all out and had a good time. Legs are still feeling good.

Sunday (2/22/09) For my last day at Mont Tremblant my buddy Dave and I went all day. It kept on snowing the whole time we were there so there was 2 inches of freshies out there. I enjoyed the snowblades so much I figured to end the trip with those. Didn't feel sore after getting at it for 6 hours. My knees were a little achy but this is expected because of all the banging the knees take from hitting bumps.

In summary, I did P90X twice before I left to Mont Tremblant. Took wednesday off because of the road trip at night. Skiing and snowboarding were my workouts for Thursday to Sunday. I feel a little tired from all the driving and staying up late but my body was in great shape from P90X to handle all of the skiing and snowboarding.