Mark Penix http://www.markpenix.com so the story goes... Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:40:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 P90X Day 15 Transformation Pictures http://www.markpenix.com/p90x-day-15-transformation-pictures/ http://www.markpenix.com/p90x-day-15-transformation-pictures/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:28:03 +0000 Mark http://www.markpenix.com/?p=495 P90X Days 1 to 15 Transformation Pictures. I don’t see dramatic changes, which is to be expected. However, I do see some “tightening up” in some areas, love handles dropping, stomach getting a little flatter, shoulders and arms getting more pronounced. I’m happy. On to Day 15′s workout now!

I weight in at 181.6 at the time of the pictures… down from 185ish. Measurements haven’t changed much. We’ll see what happens at day 30!

P90X Front Relaxed Days 1 to 15

P90X Front Relaxed

P90X Front Flexed Days 1 to 15

P90X Front Flexed

P90X Side Days 1 to 15

P90X Side

P90X Back Relaxed Days 1 to 15

P90X Back Relaxed

P90X Back Flexed Days 1 to 15

P90X Back Flexed Days

P90X 3 Quarters Relaxed Days 1 to 15

P90X 3 Quarters Relaxed

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Halfway through Phase 1!

15 day pictures to follow tomorrow!

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Day 10 – Shoulders and Arms – showed marked improvement and really pushed the extra weight around
Day 11 – Yoga X (explained above)
Day 12 – Legs and Back… kinda felt half there, legs still a little weak from previous days of yard work and did more yard work before the workout.

Did the Pull Ups and Chin Ups using Iron Woody’s bands: http://www.ironwoodyfitness.com/fitness-bands.php the first one listed as “Assisted Pull-up Package” for 67.50… well worth the purchase includes 3 high quality large rubber bands that vary in resistance.

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If you could ask Tony Horton anything, what would it be?

What was the hardest thing to overcome in starting P90X?

How many rounds of P90X have you done?

Did you follow the P90X nutrition plan?

If you completed P90X, what if anything did you do afterwards? (Another program? P90X Again?)

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I completely disagree with eXtreme. I believe X = Kiss, as in XOXOXO (Kiss, Hug, Kiss, Hug, Kiss, Hug.) Except… there is no hug and the only kiss you get is the kiss of death. The beginning of the workout started great, upward, downward, push up here and there, a few static poses… yeah then you did it again… again and again.

I feel like I worked through about 65% of the whole hour and a half. I probably could have pushed myself harder and I definitely need to get more flexible(as I’m finding out with each new workout). Hopefully X Stretch will help me in that department. Rhegan and I decided to do that instead of resting. We’ll see what happens. 4 days of 90 done. 4/90 = 4.444% done… okay forget I said that! 4/7 for this week done! Yay.

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