Well, this is it. Tomorrow is Day 0 of 90, the fitness test in preparation for my first 90 days of P90X.
A few interesting topics to cover today:
1) Did a Stampede Breakfast with the family this morning, so I did an extra half lap of my walking/running course, and made sure to use the hill I normally avoid to add that little extra burn right at the end, although the entire course was taken at normal pace. My main objective with the walk was just to open up the lungs, get the air in, get some blood flowing, just a nice relaxing walk. Legs are happy happy and not sore at all, the rest day made sure that they recovered.
2) The diet. Oh good lord has that changed my life already o_O! Energy is steady and level throughout the day, I don't crash out between meals. My bowels are happy, I'm MUCH less gassy, and my movements are regular. I know that's kind of gory, but it's amazing how much of a change eating right can do for your intestinal health.
A lot of people will go "ewww he's talking about his poop chute," and you're damned right I am. It's an important part of your digestive system, and making sure that it's operating at an efficient and regular level is a great feeling. I'm not embarassed about it, and neither should anyone be. It's also very important for men as colon cancer is a very real risk for many, which can be reduced in risk with proper intestinal care. Regularity is important for intestinal health, as well as overall health. Do your research, kiddos.
3)Chinning station. Build on that is going awesome, got the uprights all cut, glued, and setting overnight. Bolting and final build goes tomorrow, gonna have my own homebuilt chinup station :D
4) Excitement. It's weird, in the past I've always found excuses to get OUT of the pain of doing workouts.... "I'm too sore." "I have to go raiding." "I just ate the 12th donut in the box, if I workout I'll puke." Blah blah BLAH. I've heard it all, because I've said it all. Now I'm actually excited about working out, and not so much focusing ALL my energy into gaming. In the grand scheme of things, being fit and healthy is more important than smashing pixels in the face with more pixels. Simple fact of life: Prioritize. I can still raid and get fit, if I MAKE the time to do both. That's the key that I missed before. Make the time, and it all falls into place.
Anyways, I am going to have a nice relaxing evening so I can sleep well and be ready for tomorrow's test. The entire point is to make sure that you at least have SOME fitness (I do) and to have a base of reference you can look back on in 90 days and go "I was THAT big?"
My goals for the first 90 days are not that out of hand or impossible. I'm aiming to be less than 200 lbs and reduce my body fat to 17% or less, minimal, or 15% or less if I feel that I can go hard the last 30 days and rock it out.
Anyways, that's it for me today, signing off to go snore happily.
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