Round 2 : Day 47 - Reverse ARX, Legs & Back, ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs

I definitely need to go back to regular ARX. My ab muscles remembering all the reverse moves already, darn it. Legs & Back went pretty well...I've got company this morning for my workout, which was my neighbors who were watching the World Cup..haha. I could even hear them yelled "Goallll"- looks like Korea scored a goal?

Can't believe I'm already halfway this second round and next week will be recover week. I'll be taking my rest day tomorrow.

Round 2: Day 45 - Reverse ARX, Back & Biceps, ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs

This morning workout was quite good. I've been able to do more reps with a bit heavier weight, max. 12 lbs though. At least I didn't use any 5 lbs for today at all. I'm thinking to switch back to regular Ab Ripper X for the third phase since I don't feel it anymore. Gotta keep my ab muscles into confusion again.

I also be able to do all ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs push ups from my toes!! Kept telling myself to start doing push ups from my toes as much as possible. No more dilly dally push ups from the knees.

Round 2: Day 43 & Day 44 - Reverse ARX, Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs & Running in the Neighborhood

It was quite busy day yesterday so I didn't get a chance to post. Yesterday we didn't go to the beach because we got home late the night before. Thus, I did P90X Reverse ARX, Chest, Shoulders, Triceps and concluded with ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs. I pushed myself really really hard on the push ups, tried my best to do most of them from the toe until I couldn't get up anymore and continued on my knees until I really couldn't get up. I should push myself harder, yesterday wasn't hard enough. Couple of times I just sat there, watching Tony and his gangs cranking up their push ups.

So this morning, I decided to go for a run around the neighborhood area.
Total time: 1 hour
Total distance: 5.4 miles (18 laps) - including 1 lap warm up, 1 lap cool down

It was nice to see how the sky changed from dark to light and saw what time people usually leave to work. I saw some of my neighbors left their house around 5-5:30 am. That was super early to go to work. I was aiming for 20 laps for a total 6 miles but it was already 6 am and I needed sometime to shower, had breakfast and left to work.

I think I got a little better in running. My right foot wasn't hurting anymore, less pain on my knees either. The only time I started to feel my knees was the time I sped up my pace. But that wasn't my goal for now. My goal for now is to build up my endurance, keep running in consistent pace and just go with the flow without out of breath.

Round 2: Day 41 - Reverse ARX, Legs & Back, ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs

I set up my alarm to be a bit earlier (4 am) but in the end I didn't get up from the bed until 4:25 am. Regardless at least I could start up my workout before 5 am so finished everything at 6:15 am instead of 6:30 am. That gave me extra time to shower, had some breakfast then went to work.

I'm thinking to switch ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs prior the main workout and ARX after the main workout. But maybe I'll do that at Phase 3.

I conquered my fear of the snapped band and did the pull ups movement using the black band. Felt more resistance, but I still hold myself not to back up too much, otherwise this might snap on me too. The other one snapped last week when I did Reverse Grip Chin ups for Legs & Back.

Round 2: Day 39 - Reverse ARX, Back & Biceps, ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs

I was super tempted to make today a rest day because I got to sleep in until 7:30 am!! I took a day off from work today for some special occasion. After went out for lunch, some shopping with K, got back home and I felt like I should just crank out my workout. The beginning was super tough, especially I was still a bit dizzy from a glass of martini I had for lunch..hahahaa...but after a while the alcohol was actually wore off and I got to crank up a decent workout. Phew! And tomorrow will be the actual rest day, and I'll get to sleep in again......until 6 am.

Round 2: Day 37 - Reverse ARX, Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs

I was sweating crazy just from doing Reverse ARX, probably because of my stuffy living room. The weather is getting warmer now, but I usually keep the windows closed at night. Don't want to encourage someone to break in, right?

Anyway, the good thing about doing the Abs before doing the actual workout, I'll get sweaty and warm up so I could cut down doing the workout warm up, and just jumped right to the arm warm ups and ballistic stretches. As usual Chest, Shoulders and Triceps (CST) is always tough and remember I broke my blue resistance bands last time? It might be a sign I should start using dumbbells for all weight lifting exercises. For CST I mostly used 5lbs dumbbells for all triceps stuff and shoulder flys, cause those are so tough! I could even barely get to 10 reps in a good solid form. Hmph, gotta work more!

I still have 2 other resistance bands (red being the lightest and black being the heaviest), but I'd save that for doing the pull up stuff. I'm still debating whether to get a free standing pull up bar or not because I just don't like how it will sit in my living room like that.

ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs is getting easier to do, just need to incorporate the weights into some of the moves with the exception the push ups. Try to do more slow motion push ups and 3 sets of triceps, standard and wide push ups after Tony bashed you with these in CST already.

Btw, what's the cameraman of ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs thinking for shooting on this angle???

Round 2: Day 34- Reverse ARX, Legs & Back, ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs

I got a better hang on doing Reverse ARX today, perhaps this is a sign for me to switch back to the regular ARX to surprise my abs muscles. Legs & Back was a challenging workout as usual, too challenging that even my resistance bands couldn't handle it. It SNAPPED on me when I got to the 3rd part of the pull up moves.
Dang, maybe it's time for me to invest on a real pull up bar. I don't like the Iron Gym one, because it'll damage my door frame and I don't like to poke any holes on my ceiling nor the walls. A free standing pull up bar would be nice....even nicer if it's very compact. ChaLean's I've Got Abs was quite some fun...I actually kinda enjoyed doing the Oblique and the push ups, even though I am still a sucker..haha.

Round 2: Day 30- Reverse ARX, Chest, Shoulders & Triceps

This workout was TOUGH! I was quite wasted after reverse ARX, and continued to Chest, Shoulders & Triceps was no walk at the park. After a recovery week, jumped back into resistance workout was quite a challenge. I bet my push ups were all in bad shapes, though I was doing them on knees. I didn't do a second round of abs workout after CST because of time crunch. Had to do an errand right after it.

Round 2: Day 20 - Reverse ARX, Shoulders & Arms, 8 min crunches

I did P90X Ab Ripper X in the reverse order and it made me almost crashed. I was a bit fatigue during halfway (Hip Rock and Raise). Who can guess In and Outs (not the fast food chain) can be so challenging if you do it as the last part of the Ab Ripper X. Shoulders and Arms was quite challenging but I still finished everything. I don't have heart rate monitor but I could feel my heart was beating pretty fast after I finished every weight lifting. Majority of the moves I used 8lbs dumbbells, 10lbs for one or two and blue resistance bands for most triceps and shoulder flys.

I was debating whether I should do another ab workout, whether ChaLean Extreme I've Got Abs, or the Pilate Abs that I only did halfway. In the end I just did a bunch of crunches for 8 minutes. I was totally out of energy and didn't think I could crank up another 15-20 minutes abs.

Morning beach jogging time tomorrow if I can get up early enough or just around neighborhood area.