Update

I figured I would post something on this dying blog.

I'm cycling off of P90X officially now. I'm gonna focus on gaining weight again. P90X made me lose more weight than I would've like to have lost.

My bro-in-law and I are actually renewing our Weight Gain contest once again this year. You can follow it here if you like: http://weightgainwars.blogspot.com/

I plan on doing similar routines found in P90X but with lower reps - higher weights - and less cardio. I'll continue doing Yoga once a week. I still love it - despite it kicking my butt.

Who knows - I might post my final P90X test results some time.

P90X Graduate! (sorta)

I have "basically" finished P90X.

The last phase was a beast to complete. I was on schedule to finish the program in about 3.5 months - but I hit a minor setback: Full body hives.

With about 2 weeks left I got a minor sore throat. After 5 days of pain I decided to go to the doctor. Turned out that I had streph - so I was prescribed amoxicillin (sp?). I was to take it for 10 days. After 5 days I was starting to feel great. On the morning of day 6 I noticed strange bumps on my arm. After getting out of the shower I noticed those bumps were ALL OVER my body. Turns out I am allergic to penicillin.

The doctor said the hives would naturally go away and I was given anti-itching creams and drugs (both didn't help that much) and was instructed not to do anything that would cause me to sweat. The end of the P90X journey was delayed once again.

After about 1.5 weeks the hives started to fade - the itching subsided - and I took up P90X once again. It is amazing how weak your body can get after not exercising for even a short amount of time. My reps on pushups and pullups fell a bit - but on week two I was back to my last high rep marks.

I have yet to take the post P90X test. It will be interesting to see how far I've progressed. I do know that I've lost about 10-15 lbs since starting. I'm probably more flexible too - although yoga is still a beast to get through.

I'll post my post program results soon.

Hope you enjoyed my poor grammar and the amazing photo of my have infested back.

Phase 2 Complete!

Phase 2 is finally complete! Yes - it took me 5 weeks to complete it... but so did Phase 1.

The most difficult thing to do was doing the routines while traveling. I found that I've done it enough that I didn't need the DVD's to lead me. It wasn't perfect - but it got the job done.

I'm almost down to the weight I was at before I did my weight gaining competition last year. I'm gonna have to figure out a way to put more good weight back on me during Phase 3.

Time to take my day 60 pictures (I forgot to take them after 30 days).