So Patrick commented with this link yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT5HPiYY6p0
Talk about intense. Unlike the 8 min abs vid there is nothing funny about it. The intensity and timing of the dude's voice combined with the crazy music makes me feel like I'm on some guerilla mission in the jungle. I had to watch the video at first to see the order of it and I thought to myself, "I can't do this, what the hell is he doing?!" But I'm not the type to turn down a challenge so I got to it, and actually completed it. I was pretty surprised that I could do it, and to Patrick's/Chen's credit I don't think I could have before this project. I definitely felt my abs working in different ways and guess what I did 8 min abs right after (probably because I'm a lunatic). That burn could start a forest fire.
With Kim's post yesterday and Ramiro's comment about "Think of where I'll be in a year" it's crazy to think that in the last week I realized that this is just the beginning. Now that we know how to eat right and the science behind exercising the possibilities are endless. I mean Rock Climbing? I wouldn't have thought about doing that before this. Shit, last night my friend brought up skydiving and immediately I said, "I'm in." Oh and that's another thing:
Will-power:
I was basically forced to go to a BBQ last night. I was actually really pissed about it. I didn't want to be around a bunch of food while I'm basically at the end of this. But when I showed up I just refused the food. I sat there and watched everyone eat and I didn't even think for a moment about joining in. And then a friend said, "Stu, you're being requested from the little ones." So I went to where the kids were and started playing with them. While everyone was barfed out with the BBQ and carrot cake I had the energy to be a human punching bag to a bunch of young hooligans. Thinking about how Patrick said that this will help the whole family and friends thing. I'm basically these kids uncle and instead of passing out on the floor I can pay attention to the, "hey stu, watch me body slam and then elbow this." and, "hey stu, this guerilla (stuffed animal) died the moment I punched it." Those kids are hilarious, and I enjoyed the BBQ after all.
I thought that this would be a short post but since it turned into a long one I have one more thing to say. I've heard of some friends of friends that have done the PX90 (or whatever it's called). I guess it's a workout plan and has nothing to do with diet. All of them have returned to their unhealthy body form after the thing ended, and I'm assuming because they don't know about the diet. I'm glad that I found this project instead of the other one.
80% diet! 20% workout. And then the other secret 100% of community and fellowship. The Stu of Day 1 wouldn't have been capable of writing a single paragraph of this post. Way to go man.
ReplyDeleteThat video is seriously hardcore, and I'm impressed that you did it. But, um, it is definitely cheesy. Do you see his hand movements? And what's with the super-loose shorts? I want to hear more about how you managed the foot-clapping.
ReplyDeleteLoving and feeling inspired by your sense of adventure. And you are so right about us having far better tools than the P90Xers. That said, we might have fun doing P90X now, and just combining it with our nutrition knowledge. I love it when other people come up with workouts so I don't have to.
Awesome, Stu! I, too, watched that video with a mixture of horror and fear - and immediately thought, "I've got to try that!" Sadly, I spent the weekend being sick in bed so I haven't tried it yet.
ReplyDeleteIt's very cool how living in these new, clean, strong bodies makes us more adventurous/open to new experiences. Really, there's nothing we can't do - which was true before this program started, we just didn't know it at the time. ;)
Keep it up, man! You're killing it!
ps - How're those supersets going??