Glamor Muscle Thursday

Today's workout was P90X Arms and Shoulders. AKA the "glamor muscles". This one hour Tony Horton workout cycles through 5 sets of exercises. Each set contains an exercise that targets the biceps, triceps, and shoulders. Each exercise in the set is completed two times. This means that two sets of 15 different exercises will be completed during this workout. For the majority of the exercises, it is recommended that 8-12 reps be completed. I found this workout to be somewhat challenging but the intensity of this program is really determined by the amount of weight that you select for each exercise. Overall, I find this workout is worth doing and I would suggest it to anyone specifically looking to target their biceps, triceps, and shoulders. 

Here is a list of the exercises in this workout:

Alternating Shoulder Press

In & Out Bicep Curls

Two-arm Tricep Kickbacks

Deep Swimmer’s Press

Full Supination Concentration Curls

Chair Dips

Upright Row

Static Arm Curls

Flip-Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks

Two-angle Shoulder Flyes

Crouching Cohen Curls

Lying-down Tricep Extensions

In & Out Straight-arm Shoulder Flyes

Congdon Curls

Side Tri-Rises

I also completed the P90X Ab Ripper X workout. This 20 minute, ab targeted, workout I found to be very challenging and was unable to keep up or complete some of the exercises. My abs are definitely sore after finishing this workout. Hopefully this means that it works. I believe, through repetition, I will be able to complete all the exercises in this workout in the future. 

Here is a list of the exercises in this workout:

In & Out

Seated Bicycle

Seated Crunchy Frog

Wide Leg Sit-ups

Fifer Scissor

Hip Rock n' Raise

Pulse Up

Roll-up/V-up Combo

Oblique V-up

Leg Climb

Mason Twist

What I consumed today:

1 cup coffee with 3 creamers (30 calories each)

1 banana

1 Greek yogurt

salad (Kale, Tuna, Cheese, Carrot, Light Ranch)

whole wheat pasta w/sauce mozerella cheese and kale

1 whey protein shake

2 tablets of amplified Creatine 189 (Creatine Hydrochloride)

1 handful of tortilla chips
> 80 ounces of water
seasoned cod

 

Whats Upcoming on Fitfluence?

I will be be starting on ongoing review of the creatine supplement Amplified Creatine 189.

Self Improvement + Blog Improvement

Firstly,  I would like to announce some planned improvements for the blog. In the future not only will I post my workout activity, I will posts my thoughts on the workout.  Secondly, I am going to keep track of generally what I eat throughout the day and any supplements that I take. These changes will be reflected in tomorrow's post. Without any further introduction here is what I have done the last couple of days:

Wednesday 6/6 - Rest Day

Tuesday 6/5 - Basketball - 1 Hour + 2 Mile Run

Monday 6/4 - Kickboxing - 1 Hour

              

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Today's Workout

Basketball 1.5 Hours + 30 Minute Bike Ride

Today's Workout

Sat 6/2 Kickboxing - 1 Hour + 3 Sets of 20 Ab rolls  + 3 Sets of  8-10  Leg lifts

Burn Those Calories!

I stumbled across an article today that stated kickboxing is one of the best calorie burning workouts. It states that you can burn up to 800 calories in one hour by kickboxing! How does kickboxing stack up versus some of the other top calorie burning workouts?

 

Kickboxing ~800 calories per hour

Jumping Rope ~ 780 calories per hour

Biking ~ 700 calories per hour

Running ~ 650 calories per hour

Aerobic Step Classes ~ 600 calories per hour

Zumba ~ 500 calories per hour

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 Here is my exercise log so far this week:

Friday 6/1 - P90X Chest, Shoulder, and Triceps 1 Hour

Thur 5/31 - P90X Core Synergistics 1 Hour

Wed 5/30 - Kickboxing 1 Hour

Tues 5/29 - Off

Mon 5/28 - Off

Welcome

I am completely new to blogging. I saw some other fitspo blogs which motivated me to create my own to track my own progress and hopefully inspire others. Firstly, let me introduce myself. I live in SoCal and turned 29 years old over last weekend. I have always been naturally skinny and what I consider myself to be in moderate shape. With 30 approaching I decided to start to become serious about getting really fit. I recently started taking kickboxing classes mixed in with doing P90X. My goal for this blog is to track my progress and post recipes or other information/motivational material. I am open to suggestions from anyone to improve this blog. Feel free to contribute!

Thanks for reading,

Victor