I wanted to do this again, because writing things down makes me feel that much more motivated. My goals are a lot like when I did P90X for the first time last summer.
Overall, I want to get into good physical shape. I’m in better shape than when I started last summer. That should show from the pictures from this summer. I’ll do a set of comparisons with this summer’s pictures with those from the start and end of P90X last summer. But it still isn’t ideal, and it still isn’t the healthiest I could be. I played intramural sports again all school year, and I did well. I scored 5 goals in our 7 game soccer season. And I am definitely not a soccer player. I was just in great shape from P90X and ready for the cardio of soccer. Even now, I’m still in decent athletic shape, and still in the upper ranks of athleticism at my school (let’s not forget I’m at Caltech though, which isn’t known for athletes).
In the last few weeks where I’ve been getting back into a working out mindset, I’ve felt pretty good. I want to keep that. Working out has always made me feel good. I want to do these workouts and feel great because of them.
I still want to look better. Last summer, as you can see from the pictures, I definitely changed physically (see HERE). This summer I’m going for a bigger change. That’s the main reason I’ve chosen to do P90X Lean. I’m going to be hitting more cardio-focused workouts to try and burn more calories and more fat. I’ve also decided to follow Ab Ripper X this time. It’s going to be really hard, but I think it will really boost my results. Not to mention that on the Lean plan there are more core workouts. I just think it will really help with cutting some of the fat from my stomach area, and really make a noticeable change in my physical appearance.
I’m a big guy. I’ve got a big frame, and my bone structure is pretty large. There’s not a lot I can do about that. So this summer, instead of doing the Classic P90X plan, I’m opting to do the Lean version in the hopes of shedding the fat that’s keeping me from being as thin as my frame allows and not try to get bulky. I have no issue with gaining muscle while doing P90X this summer, but I’m hoping to develop a leaner look. It’ll be better for me health wise, sports wise, and confidence wise. Just from last year’s results, I became really comfortable with my body. Maybe too comfortable. You’d have to ask the other people in my dorm I guess. I’m just shooting to try and be in the best shape of my life.
So let’s put that all into numbers. Solid numbers make good goals. I’m going to keep it simpler this time. I’m going to focus on weight, pushups, and pullups. Outside of those, I’ll let the pictures do the talking. I think they say a lot about results.
Let’s talk weight. I gained weight again this school year. That’s a given though. There’s no way I can maintain my weight during the school year because I don’t have the time to keep a good workout schedule. But I’m looking for big results again this summer. Last summer I managed to lose 16 pounds. I think that is a good goal to set for this summer too. This year, I weigh 179 pounds, which is 16 pounds less than last year at the start and the same as at the end. So my goal weight is 165 pounds.
Pushup time. My pushups are still good! I obviously lost a little bit of quantity here, but because of the 100 Day Challenge, I managed to gain back some of what I had lost. I’m starting out this summer at a maximum number of 51 reps of pushups in one set. That’s 13 more than at the start of last summer and 16 less than at the end of last summer. So my goal for max pushups is 70.
Pullups are another tough one. I saw great improvements last summer, but I lost a lot of that already. But I learned how to get my best results with pullups last time, so I expect good gains again this summer. I’m able to do 9 reps of pullups in one set now. That’s 4more than at the start of last summer and 4 less than at the end of last summer. This summer, my goal is to max out at 15 pullups.
There is only one big issue I have to face this summer. Due to my summer plans, I won’t be able to start P90X until July 13th. Based on that, I’ll hit week 10 by around September 20th, which is right before I head back to school. So I won’t be getting the full 12 weeks in. The last week is a recovery week, so that’s fine, but I will miss out on one week of workouts. I think I’ll live though, since that is similar to what happened last summer with the Hurricane. Just this time it will hopefully be a more pleasant ending.
That’s it! That’s what I want to do this summer. Let’s see if I can make it happen.