Last week I finished up Phase 1 of P90X. It was tough, but I made it through. You could even say that maybe I enjoyed it a little bit. (Which is actually a HUGE step for me, Mr. I-Hate-Sweating.)

I’ve progressed in every single one of my workouts. I’ve kept track of my reps and weights for the M-W-F lifting workouts and have improved each time I’ve done the workouts. Unfortunately, I skipped a day of Arms & Shoulders and a day of Legs & Back because of traveling and extenuating circumstances. I also didn’t do much Yoga X and missed at least one Kenpo X workout. So I decided to extend Phase 1 for a week. No big deal.

But, since I’ve been doing this for 30 days, I re-weighed and measured myself yesterday. (I took pictures too, but they’re not worth posting.)

My weight stayed the same, but I went from 24.1 to 22.4% Body Fat, a significant change.
I lost about an inch around my chest and my belly respectively, and gained about an inch each around my biceps. (The spreadsheet is here.)

The biggest change is that I don’t hate working out anymore. Wow, it even looks weird to type it. Well, gotta go get ready for Plyometrics tonight!

One of the things I was worried about when I started P90X was not getting any better. I worried that I wouldn’t push myself hard enough and I would just be doing the same number of repetitions with the same weight every time I did a workout.

So I took Tony’s advice in the DVDs and started making notes during the lifting workouts (Monday-Wednesday-Friday). Being the nerd that I am, I decided to use Google Documents to keep track.

Take a look at my progress over the last three weeks of P90X Chest & Back. I’ve increased reps almost everywhere, as well as increasing the weight I’m using when we use weight! Exciting!

KEY: 12L&13R @ 25 means 12 reps with my Left arm and 13 reps with my Right arm using 25 pound weights.