Day 371 - Chest + Back + Balance & X2 Ab Ripper

For the first time I did the whole workout without modifying which means doing all the required moved on medicine balls (instead of just some). Tough, but worth the challenge. I love that I've been doing X2 for a year now and still have lots of things to continue to challenge me.  My protein is way up today (183 grams) and I could tell that it helped to have some a half hour before working out.  I'm trying to get my calorie up to about 2400 today because of the intensity of the workout tonight.  I'm not convinced that I should be at 2600 like the calculator say, so I'm trying to stay short of that and see if I put muscle on by slowly increasing the calories.

Day 370 - Rest Day

It's Sunday again and I'm enjoying the day off from working out by taking Dad to breakfast and then attending church in the afternoon.  Breakfast was really good, but heavy on calories, so I went light during lunch.  Since this is an off day from working out I plan to keep my calories down to more like 2200-2300 today.

Day 369 - Base + Back & X2 Ab Ripper

Today I decided to split up my protein powder and have half before the workout and half after. It seemed to help me get through the workout today having the protein in my system during the workout.  I had to modify Ab Ripper because my bottom is still sore from the bruise.  I was able to substitute for some of the moves that I wasn't able to do.

Today I went out and got some rubber flooring to use under my indoor/outdoor carpeting. It seemed to help provide some extra cushioning with the jumping around during Base + Back.

Day 368 - X2 Yoga

I worked at yoga pretty hard in this session, but was surprised that I still didn't work up much of a sweat.  It's definitely getting easier for me to get through the moves in this.  I've been trying to figure out the best way to figure out my body fat %.  I've been looking into the devices that use electrical impedance and they seems to be pretty inaccurate, so I think I've resort to the caliper method.  Today's calories are up a bit higher today because it's my daughter's birthday so we went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse and later tonight had some cake and ice cream.  I actually think I did pretty well to stay at 2400 calories for the day.  I had the 10 ounce ribeye, side salad and steamed vegetables for dinner and had a very small slice of cake with less than one scoop of ice cream.  As it turns out I think I need to increase my daily calories a bit anyway if I plan to put on some muscle.  I went into my FatSecret site and recalculated my daily calories with the goal to maintain and entered my activity level as "Active" (which I think is a reasonable choice).  Based on my current weight of 137 it came back with a calorie count of 2600 to maintain.  Protein is at 160 grams for today, so also doing well on that front.

Day 367 - X2 Shoulders + Arms & X2 Ab Ripper

I got a good workout in tonight, but decided to split the two parts up with a break in between to play a board game with the family.  It was nice to have the break because it allowed me to put a bit more effort into the Ab Ripper workout.  My new goal with X2 is to see if I can put on 5 pounds of muscle, but I need to figure out my current body fat % so that I can make sure that the pounds I'm putting on are muscle.  As of this morning (according to my scale) I weigh in at 137, so my goal weight is now 142.  I do have to be a bit careful with adding in workouts with heavier weights because improper form can do more damage than good. 

Update: I was showering after my workout and I noticed a large bruise right around my tailbone (apparently from all of the moves in Ab Ripper that require balancing on that spot).   So, that's prompted me to look into getting something better to put on the floor instead of just the indoor/outdoor carpeting I'm currently using.  it also means I need to modify by Ab Ripper routine for a while until the bruise heals up since sitting is a bit uncomfortable right now.

Day 366 - Rest Day

No workouts today since it's a rest day and I need to head over to church tonight.  That's okay because I'm feeling the need for a break today.  Tomorrow it's back to work with my normal X2 workout.

Day 365 - X2 Ab Ripper & X2 Plyocide

I got up this morning and did Ab Ripper since I opted to not do it after my workout yesterday because I went for a run during lunch (no sense overdoing it in one day).  Then this afternoon I did Plyocide.  It all felt good and it's a good way to start of this new year on January 1st.  I noticed today that I have some sore chest muscles from the workout yesterday.  It's a good feeling since that means I'm continuing to make progress.  I'm hoping tomorrow to spend some time on my rest day working on the moves for Asylum 2.