Round 2, here I come!

Okay.  Tomorrow, Sunday, starts Round 2 of the Hybrid.  I've remixed the order a tad to give me more variety, and to maximize the effectiveness of certain days (namely, Yoga).  I've thrown a couple of items back in, and extended it by a week to give a full 90 days (91, really) of workouts.  That includes three recovery weeks.

For this past week, I had decided to "give in" just a little bit.  I gained exactly 2 pounds, and since all I did was the Fit Test one day, and Yoga X another and NOTHING else (workout-wise), I'm sure it's all fat.  But I'm not upset  at all.  I expected it, and wanted my body to recharge and recuperate.  I want to go into Round 2 with a rested and healed body.  I only did the Fit Test and Yoga days like I did so I don't get too sore when I hit the weights tomorrow.

Damn, I'm getting excited just thinkin' about it.  43-45 pounds more to go for target weight.  According to the BodyBugg app (which I think is using a more accurate approach for body fat measurements), I'm 37% body fat as of tonight.  My eventual target is below 15%, preferably closer to 12% or 10%.  After my target weight is achieved, that's the only number I care about.

The day-to-day schedule can be seen here (it's an embed of my Google calendar).

Round 1 Fit Test Results

So yesterday, I did the Fit Test (using the P90X test as the model), just as I had done the day before I started the program.  I'll let the numbers speak for themselves:

	START	CURRENT
Date	2/27/2012	5/29/2012
Resting Heart Rate	96	86
Pull-ups	0	3
Vertical Leap	11	16
Push-Ups	26	37
Toe Touch	0	3
In & Outs	36	60
Wall Squat	0:35	1:13
Bicep Curls	15/20lb	13/30lb
First HR Maximizer	162	168
Third HR Maximizer	104	107

So, all in all, some pretty significant improvements in all areas.  I think the part I'm most happy about is the pull-up improvements.  I haven't been able to do pull-ups AT ALL for nearly 10 years.  Booyah!

That's it, the numbers are in!! Final weigh-in of round 1 is done!

Last work out completed!  P90X/Insanity Hybrid week 12 is DONE! It's been a painful experience, but a necessary one. And the story's not over, but I have reached the end of the chapter.

I now officially weigh lighter than I have in about six or seven years.

So, without further ado, let's start this journey off with the starting numbers:
Weight: 242lbs
Waist: 47in
Hips: 45in
Chest: 44.3in
Body Fat: 25.5% (ewww)
And, I looked like this:

Some Fitness Updates

So tomorrow marks my final workout of my P90X/Insanity Hybrid schedule. I have been working my ass off (in some ways, literally) to get myself in shape.  So 3-4 times a week I've been working on P90X, and the remaining 3-4 times have been Insanity.  It fluctuated a little, depending on which week I was in.  For example, earlier in the program, I was doing more P90X and less Insanity (a 5-to-2 ratio).  Now, near the end, I'm doing more Insanity, at a 3-to-4 ratio.

But tomorrow marks the last workout.  It would normally be X-Stretch, but I did that earlier this week due to some scheduling conflicts (I was unable to work on Yoga at the time I needed, thus preventing my use of the gym).  So I'll be doing Yoga X tomorrow at about 3:00pm.  Then the final results will be tallied, weighed, measured, compared, analyzed, entered into the Team Beach Body website, and then posted not only here, but on my Facebook page.

I do have a final fitness test, which I will complete on Wednesday, the 30th.  'Why wait three days,' you ask?  Because I want my body to be rested.  No major workout the day before hurting my results.  I didn't have a workout the day before my initial fit test, I'm not going to sabotage my progress measurements by doing it at the end.  I'll post pictures of my fatness, and my not-as-fatness, so people can see my before and after results.

But that doesn't mean I'm done.  Nay nay, as John Pinette would say.  I plan to start again the following Sunday.  And then another three months of kicking my own ass (and losing some of it).  Only this time, I'll take more progress pictures.