Ab Ripper

Hi Everyone,
No pictures yet as I have not had time to grab my wife to take them. I hopefully will have them up by this weekend.

I am now moving to level 3 to level 4 with sculpt and sweat. Simple pushing my self harder. For ad ripper 200 I have moved from 20 to 25 reps per exercise. Made a huge difference regarding the intensity.

I feel 100% stronger in the last 2 weeks. My cloths feel looser. The only issue is, I want to eat more then my 2000 calories. I will stick with my calorie count for the next month, then decide what to do from there.

I am considering doing P90X next over the P90 Master Series. Not sure what to do. If anyone has suggests, please add your comments.

The 3-4 level

I have done sculpt and Sweat 3-4 with ab ripper 200, twice each.

Lets just say it is no normal jump. Levels 3-4 are WAY harder.

Couple differences:

1) I moved up from 10lbs to 15-20 lbs and still doing anywhere from 12 to 15 reps.
2) I 80% of the squats and lunges with dumbells
3) There 40% more pushups with different variety
4) Less rest time between sets
5) Sweat has more pace and intensity
6) I use 2lbs hand weight when doing leg kicks and arm punches
7) Ab ripper 100 does very little to prepare you for the 200. I just keep up with Tony and the kids. Just keeping up means very poor form by the end of the round. I am now not trying to keep up but concentrate more on form.

My body feels very drained after each work out and I can feel a difference the next day with my recovery as my muscles feel slightly heavy in the morning.

The best news is my body is changing and I am leaning out with greater definition.

Quick Update

WHEW! What a week, Kodiaks Main Camp, 2 practices on fri and sat at 10 am, birthday party, scouted two games for Under 16 team and some how figured in 4 workouts in all of this. Now off at 7.30 am for all day golf and meal. Then Monday off work and coaching in a first exhibition game. Then Tuesday off to my new job. Love it though, missed the hockey talk, being around good people and the challenge of winning a national championship. Anyways – to my workouts Sweat 3-4 not as hard as I thought. Sculpt 3-4 different story it is much harder with all the pushups. But love the feeling of being bagged right after its done. Cant wait to see what I look like on day 90. My diet has been okay, I haven’t cheated much, couple of cookies and one small spoon full of ice cream. So overall not bad. Little low on calories. My meal plans will start going back up soon once I am around the computer a bit more.

First Sculpt 3-4

Good Afternoon !!!!

Today we switch from P90 1-2 to 3-4. Also picked up some 15 and 20 lbs dumbells as well.

I did an early morning workout today since I hockey starts today and will not have time in the evenings for the next three days.
So I did sculpt 3-4 this morning. It is WWWWAAAAYYYYY harder then 1-2. I loved it.

I eat bran flakes and blue berries before which felt fine during the workout. Then I eat 2 eggs with salsa after. That didnt go as well. I choked those down due to feeling a little sick. I push my self and the leg exercises really got me. I was using extra weight when doing the lunge exercises LOL. I did them all and never took a break!

Hockey starts today – Awesome! Three days of main camp and then the grind to pick the team. I have been waiting all summer for this day! I will take the next two days off and then hit Sweat 3-4 on Thurday!

The end of level 1-2

Well I have the final three days for levels 1-2. The move to 3-4 will very welcome. The sweat 1-2 has been a great workout to start but need something more to push me. Although the 7-7-7 is still tough, the rest of the work out is becoming easier. The P 90 is a great way to start your fitness goals. I would recommend it to any one just starting out. I am glad I bought this instead of going straight into P90X!