So I figured it was time to really talk up my fitness program of choice. It really is tough to just say the word "program" because it is really a combination of all things I have done in the past.
I first started on my fitness journey with Tony Horton's P90X dvd series. I was way out of shape and really in no condition to even consider tackling the program but I jumped in anyway. I put everything I had into it and always brought myself to pure muscle failure and exhaustion during the workouts. I wanted to make sure that it wouldn't be my fault that the program didn't work. I completed three rounds of that particular program and saw very impressive results.
I then joined up with my Spartan group, 300DC , and we completed a 7 week fitness program found on the GymJones website. Thats me in the center as King Leonidas in 2007 at DragonCon. This particular program was the exact set of exercises that the cast members from the movie, 300, completed over the same 7 week period to attain their fitness levels for the movie. That was real fun and I really learned to have an appreciation for cross-fit stylized workouts. Those types of workouts really had a way of getting you not only to look good, but really increased you fitness level and your stamina. I soon realized that I had found something that reallt struck a chord in me and soon started school. I am currently enrolled in a certification program to become a personal trainer and plan to have it finished by the summer.Enter P90X+.
Tony Horton and Beachbody then added the plus workout as a followup to P90X. I picked it up when I realized I was getting a bit out of shape. I had been at 201 pounds and about 9% body fat after finishing up the GymJones workouts and had attempted to "bulk up" by increasing my food intake and lifting heavier weights.
It seemed to work but I suffered a lot of my tone and fitness from the regimen and wasn't happy with what was going on. At that point I purchased P90X+, looking for something new to do and hoping that Tony would come through again for me.
I am currently finishing up week 8 of 12 as I post this blog, day 60 of 90. 
I have dropped back down to 206 from 221 and I actually have musch more lean muscle thanks to the building phase I put myself in. So a good lesson to learn is to take those times to build and then come back to chilsle out the progress. A constant cycle of this should result in a larger and more impressive muscle mass as well as a lean and flexible fitness level.
I have dropped back down to 206 from 221 and I actually have musch more lean muscle thanks to the building phase I put myself in. So a good lesson to learn is to take those times to build and then come back to chilsle out the progress. A constant cycle of this should result in a larger and more impressive muscle mass as well as a lean and flexible fitness level.
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