brandnu76 wrote:

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I'm currently in the process of transferring the videos to my ipod. It'll probably take me all night, but at least I'll be able to do the workouts with some travel bands while I'm away.

Hmm, how is this done? I'd like to do this too.

Courtland wrote:

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Finished week 2 yesterday! Can't wait to tear up Chest/Back/Abs tomorrow.

I played golf yesterday before Kenpo X. I was worried that P90X would affect my game. Boy, did it sure ever!

I shot my personal best yesterday (78) on my home course. I kept doing stretches from the videos throughout the 4 hour round to stay loose. Today I played again at another course and shot another personal best (77)!!! I think it was all from better balance and more energy from P90X.

-Courtland

it's paying off already, our very own Courtland is headed for the PGA.

Go to http://www.IMToo.com. The Ipod movie converter and the ipod computer transfer programs will be all you need. It takes a while, but it's definitely a help when you're on the go and don't want to miss a workout.

Les wrote:

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Courtland wrote:

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Finished week 2 yesterday! Can't wait to tear up Chest/Back/Abs tomorrow.

I played golf yesterday before Kenpo X. I was worried that P90X would affect my game. Boy, did it sure ever!

I shot my personal best yesterday (78) on my home course. I kept doing stretches from the videos throughout the 4 hour round to stay loose. Today I played again at another course and shot another personal best (77)!!! I think it was all from better balance and more energy from P90X.

-Courtland

it's paying off already, our very own Courtland is headed for the PGA.

I think I missed that boat about 30 years ago, but wow! I think the yoga and plyo has helped my balance a great deal for golf. I can't wait until Saturday morning to see if I am still hitting it well.

Yesterday's shoulders/arms was my best workout since starting P90X. Today's yoga was pretty tough though. I am really looking forward to the recovery week of cardio. I did some extra calf raises last night while playing Guitar Hero (I'm a junkie for it).

-Court

brandnu76 wrote:

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Go to http://www.IMToo.com. The Ipod movie converter and the ipod computer transfer programs will be all you need. It takes a while, but it's definitely a help when you're on the go and don't want to miss a workout.

Do you need to buy the full version of the converter to rip the DVDs to m4v? Once converted can I use iTunes to transfer?

-Court

I was doing Cardio X this morning and during the warm up I noticed a few improvements. During my stretch I noticed I was reaching a little further. Also during the warm up, when I was transitioning from the downward dog to the runners pose, I could almost get my foot in position without moving it forward with my hand. Then with it was over, I jumped on my scale before I got in the shower and saw my body fat has dropped 2.5%. This is enough to make me want to keep going full steam ahead for the next 9 and a half weeks!

Awesome work man! Keep it up.

Tonight will be our first Core Synergistics (first recovery week). Looking forward to some change.

-Court

Courtland wrote:

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Awesome work man! Keep it up.

Tonight will be our first Core Synergistics (first recovery week). Looking forward to some change.

-Court

Good luck with Core. I remember my first time with core. Very, very sore the next day. It's a great workout though.

Courtland wrote:

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brandnu76 wrote:

Do you need to buy the full version of the converter to rip the DVDs to m4v? Once converted can I use iTunes to transfer?

-Court

I use Imtoo's Dvd to Ipod converter and convert the dvd to mp4 into a folder which I summon to upload onto itune, and the same folder is monitored by my zune interface

brandnu76 wrote:

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Courtland wrote:

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Awesome work man! Keep it up.

Tonight will be our first Core Synergistics (first recovery week). Looking forward to some change.

-Court

Good luck with Core. I remember my first time with core. Very, very sore the next day. It's a great workout though.

You aren't kidding. Core was an asskicker last night. I loved it. In the first 5 minutes my wife said it was the best video so far, but at the end she said it was worse than plyo. Kenpo was the perfect follow up today. Looking forward to more Core on Friday.

What day are you on Brandnu?

-Courtland

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You aren't kidding. Core was an asskicker last night. I loved it. In the first 5 minutes my wife said it was the best video so far, but at the end she said it was worse than plyo. Kenpo was the perfect follow up today. Looking forward to more Core on Friday.

What day are you on Brandnu?

-Courtland

I just completed day 18 and I can honestly say at this point I truly dislike Yoga X. I would much rather do Tai Chi than yoga. Oh well, I just liken it to taking Zicam. It's not always the best tasting, but it does the job.

I disliked yoga in the beginning too, but it's becoming one of my favorites (Core is my new favorite).

Finished day 30 today. Before the back and biceps/ab ripper I did a 30 minute interval ride on the mountain bike. My legs are nowhere near where I used to be back in the day. Hopefully at the end of 90 days I will be able to turn the cranks with some intensity. I posted some pics up in the before and after section to give me some incentive to make a big difference in phase 2.

-Court

Day 45 done!

Today is the beginning of the 2nd half. I hope the next 45 days show as much improvement as the first 45.

I am loving Yoga because it is a good gauge of progress. The moves get easier. The burn isn't as bad. I can go deeper in the warrior positions. Looking forward to the day when I can ace through Yoga 100%.

Have you guys seen this video of planche pushups? Holy crap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rghpvUUy7bA

-Court

Where've you been? working hard i see.

that video is crazy and it's not going onto my must do list

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Where've you been? working hard i see.

that video is crazy and it's not going onto my must do list

Posting a little, but haven't updated the log in a while.

Woke up this morning ready to knock out chest/shoulders/triceps and realized that this was recovery week!

Did a poor rendition of Yoga-X which felt like 70% of last week's Yoga. I don't think it is possible to see gains every week for a given workout. I usually expect to see some major progress in a given workout the following week, but some days you just can't pull it off.

Don't get discouraged when that happens. Some days your body just isn't running at peak performance. You want to be able to add that 5 or 10lbs the next week, but sometimes you just can't because it's an off-day. Don't sweat it. It WILL happen.

Stay motivated and bring it!

-Court

Saturday I skipped Kenpo to ride the bike. Dragged myself out to the Suncoast Trail for 37 miles of absolute hell. I thought I was rocking it for miles 20-30. Had my heartrate around 140 at a good pace before the turnaround for the last 5 miles. Turned around and hit a major headwind that dropped my speed and juiced my heartrate to Plyo levels.

Today was Yoga-X for day 1 of the Phase 2 recovery week. What a shock to the body it is to switch from evening workouts to morning. I struggled bigtime with the vinyasas. Swam a 1/4 mile in the neighbor's pool out of curiosity to see what a triathlon sprint swim was like. Crap, 70 lengths in the pool was an eternity.

Time for a late night snack (something healthly) and bedtime (going to sleep like a baby). Tomorrow is Core Synergistics yay!

-Court

PS: Where are you Brandnu? How is the lean program going?

Day 71 done!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Things have been really busy. I have picked out an event for the end of August that I want to complete. As soon as Day 90 gets here I will start a modified P90x that will include 4 days a week of intense cycling.

Tonight is plyo. Love it. Hate it.

I can see the end in sight!

-Court

Day 71
stay focused. we're waiting on the other side.