Day 23 (AM) - Weights & Arc Trainer (15 min)

I did my normal 2 rounds on the machines today with the exception of skipping the squat machine because I woke up this morning with a tinge of pain in my right knee.  Kind of odd because I went to bed last night with no issues.  So I did my upper-body machine workouts and then did a quick 15-minute hill climb on the Arc Trainer.  Not a huge calorie burn today, but any day I show up and workout is a win.

Day 22 (PM) - X2 Ab Ripper & Chest + Back + Balance (1/2)

I got home and put in the time doing P90X2.  I was feeling a bit drained because I've been cutting back on calories in hopes of shedding some of the fat before the Spartan Sprint in early May.  My body has been used to lots of fuel, so it's been a bit of an adjustment.  I did well on calories today.  I kept it to 2000 and hit 160 grams of protein.  The workout went well.  Alternating between chin-up moves and pushup moves is a really good upper-body workout.  Tomorrow after work I'll do the second half.  Ab Ripper has to be one of the most condensed 15-minute workouts ever created.  By the end my muscles are good and fatigued and I've worked up a dripping sweat. 

Day 22 (AM) - Arc Trainer (45 Min)

I played some basketball on Saturday, but it really wasn't much of a workout, so I'm not counting that as a workout day.  It's Monday and I'm back to doing some workouts.  I've also decided that From now until the end of April I'm going to be in "Cutting" mode to drop some weight before the Spartan Sprint in early May.  So, I'm limiting my calories to 2000-2200 and making sure to take in 150 grams of protein per day.  I tried to hit 2000 yesterday, but ended up coming in closer to 2200 by the time we were done with our Sunday dinner.  This morning on the ArcTrainer I burned 625 calories by doing my normal 45 minute workout that was alternative levels 7-7-10-7-7-10...  I didn't have too hard of a time with it today.  It went by pretty quickly.  Last week I only got in 2 days of P90X2 after work.  From here on in I need to get 4-5 days of a workout after work if I'm going to be prepared for the race.  It's crunch time.

Day 21 (AM) - Weights and ArcTrainer

I spent some time with the weights in the gym this morning and then did a quick 15 minute workout on the ArcTrainer doing the strength workout called "Burst".  My legs are a bit sore from the run yesterday, so I was okay with keeping the workout mostly focused on upper body today.

Day 20 (PM) - X2 Ab Ripper & Chest + Back + Balance (1/2)

Tonight I did Ab Ripper and then did the second half of Chest + Back + Balance. It's good that I got this done tonight because I've been having trouble getting the second round of Ab Ripper in over the last couple of weeks.

Day 20 (AM) - 5K treadmill run

Yesterday was a rest day for me, so I didn't do any working out.  I needed the break.  Today I got into the gym and decided to do a 5K run because I didn't have the time to put into a 5 mile run.  I was trying to beat my pace from last time and i thought I was doing okay, but realized too late that I had ramped up the speed too slowly.  I did the last .3 mile at pretty much a sprint, but still came in at just over 29 minutes.  Next time I'll have to be a bit more thoughtful about my speed.  Still, it was a good workout and nothing to complain about.

Day 19 (AM) - Weights & ArcTrainer

This morning I did two rounds on the normal weight machines and then did 30 minutes on the ArcTrainer, but instead of doing my normal level 7, I bumped it up to level 8 for the entire 30 minutes.  That was a good workout.