P90X Works!

Doing P90X improved my athletic abilities greatly.  No doubt about it.  I haven't posted while I was doing it because I was so busy between keeping the P90x workouts up as well as training for the Seattle RnR.  But I still feel the P90X fire burning inside as I hit the gym now and would like to share the fire with you too .  As my endeavor with Insanity continues I sprinkle a little weight training on my weekly routine.  I feel more confident after having pushed through P90X when it comes to weight training.  In the privacy of the home and with the feedback through the challenge group I joined in April, I learned to push much harder then I ever have in the past.  I saw myself as just "not the guy that lift heavy" before ... but no more.

For years I did some weigh training, I kept the reps high where I wouldn't have to face the pain and difficulty of hitting heavy.  During the last 4 weeks of P90X I decided to try harder.  I was reading about the workouts of one of the challenge group member and the weights he was pushing and I figured, well why not me?  After 8 weeks of P90X I had realized that I was putting myself in a box. P90X brought me out the box.

This month I am working on my V-taper by incorporating pull-ups/chin-ups/Dumbbell chest presses and dead lift a couple of days a week.  I added also some bicep routine to help maintain my gain in my arms.  I have done this basic workout 3 times so far, each time varying the basic workout a little by adding a different routine at the end, switching the pull-ups around or simply adding some pushups.  My variation today went like this:

warmup 10 min bike
pullups:
Mid/front - Wide/front - Chin-ups/neutral 6x/5x
Lat pull downs 100# x8 (failure) then x7 + hold to failure
Chest -
10 pushups / Decline dumbell presses 30# alternate 8x too easy
10 pushups / Decline dumbell presses 40# alternate 6x
10 military pushups / Decline dumbell 40# alternate failure at 5, swithch to 30# 8x alternate
For the hell of it ... tried one handed pushups after 2 min rest ... did 3 sets of 3 each arm dropping at about 6-10 inches ... on my knees still but it almost feels like my core is able to support full weight ... my arms are not there yet though
Back
Dead lefts 80# barbell 3 reps
Arms
Bicep curls 25# 24- 4 curl & hold P90x still ... although I took a 30s break at 16
For keeps I hit the Hammer strength pulldown machine at the end ...
12 @ 90+0
10 @ 90+20
5 @ 90+40
5 @ 90+20
9 @ 90+0
Cool down - 10 min on bike

total workout took about 50 min :)  ... I felt awesome afterwards!