Long story short: I decided to get back into shape and my daughters asked me if that meant I was going to get a 6-pack.
Hmm, I thought. Never had one of those. Why not?
Enter P90X. Actually, enter my willingness to buy things off TV. (You didn’t know that about me, did you?) Then enter P90X.
I’m on day 8 of the 90 day workout today.
For the record: This workout is tough. My left calf is still struggling to release lactic acid from 2 days ago. My arms are tight. And… I’m actually feeling pretty good, to tell the truth. I managed to get my butt out of bed early every day last week, pop in the TV, block out the awareness of how ridiculous I must look marching in place in front of the TV, and grind out the workout. My goal was to get through the workouts, and I did—often with light weights and low reps.
Results have come surprisingly quickly. Today, I calculated I did over 60 pull ups during the course of the workout. And the stomach routine? Whereas I could barely do 10 reps of the 11 exercises on Day 1, today I knocked out 18 reps on each. Then I puked. Or at least I thought about puking. I definitely grunted a lot and rolled on the floor for a minute like a wounded beast.
And it dawned on me, by which I mean a friend called my attention to this fact: I run a blog called Fail Spectacularly! Failure isn’t just a work thing, it’s a friendship thing, family thing, spiritual thing, and—of course—a physical thing! So why not share my journey with you? You know: no place to hide. Either I get the six pack or fail, spectacularly, trying.
You’re going to love this.
Here’s a photo of me on day 7:
I wonder what kind of shape I’ll be in 82 days from now?
Let’s find out.
Together.
Stay tuned.
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You just want a place to show yourself half naked… don’t lie
Jason, you should have warned me about the NSFW content!
Good luck!
Wow, judging by that picture, I’d say you need a P180.
Haha… JUST kidding! Good luck! You can totally do this. And we can totally sit on the couch and read your blog about it. Win-win!
Jason you definitely got me laughing when you mentioned rolling on the floor like a wounded beast. I have had that happen multiple times while going through ab ripper. I really enjoyed the attitude in the posts, and the comments in the blog posts I read, keep up the good work!.
I just finished week 3 of P90X and I’m still walking and looking forward to the next workout. If I can do this, you can do it…
@Rich—When someone like you takes his shirt off, it’s showing off. When I do it, it’s comedy.
@Mark—LOL
@Karen—If they made the P360XYZ, that’d be for me… only thing is, I don’t think my joints could take it.
@Jen—Thanks. I’m glad to know I’m not blazing a trail here by myself. That helps… more than I’d like to admit.
@Chris—Thanks… I need the encouragement!
“Then I puked.” Hilarious. You’re not the first.
The same experiences but different workout schemes. I tried the <Turbo Fire Workout program. Nice read bro!