Gabriel http://www.gabrielserafini.com Web Design, Development and Business Wed, 09 May 2012 20:44:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Resuming P90X after 2 week hiatus – Back in the hunt! http://www.gabrielserafini.com/blog/2012/04/26/resuming-p90x-after-2-week-hiatus-back-in-the-hunt/ http://www.gabrielserafini.com/blog/2012/04/26/resuming-p90x-after-2-week-hiatus-back-in-the-hunt/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:15:29 +0000 Gabriel http://www.gabrielserafini.com/?p=1437 Delicious sundae at Fentons

After taking about 2 weeks off of my P90X routine I decided to resume it today.  According to the calendar schedule I have, I’m now in week 4 (recovery time) and today’s routine was Core Synergistics.  It was pretty fun, and not a terrible one to get back into it with.  I figured rather than restart at the beginning, just try to pick it back up and keep on going with it.  Taxes and some large projects got in the way, but now that those are done it’s time to get back into it.  Will try to keep doing it this time.  Also am thinking of trying to do them in the morning instead of evening going forward.

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Only did about 1/2 the reps for Ab Ripper X, resting in between.

All in all feels good to be doing my best to get one of these in each day.  I’m sailing around the Farallon Islands in a race on Saturday, so I’ll be skipping Stretch day for that, another one that I should be able to make up.

Tired and ready for bed…

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Did Plyometrics (“jump training”) all the way through today, taking lots of breaks.  It is very intense.

May still do Shoulders and Arms later tonight to get fully caught up.

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Felt good to get back to it.  Picture is of me taking a short break while doing Ab Ripper X — so fun!  Everyone should do it.

“Bring it!”

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Went sailing today with Craig, Anna Lisa, Julian, Andrea, Julian’s sister, and Amanda.  Was an absolutely gorgeous day out on the Bay.  We took a Catalina 32 out and enjoyed sunshine, consistent breeze and almost flat water conditions.

Went for Cheese Board pizza afterwards — delicious as always.  Again with the whole “eat what I want to eat but try to add some additional physical exercise to my regimen and see what kind of results we can get” approach.  Mmmm Cheese Board.

P90X fitness workout for today is Stretching.  Trying to get it completed before midnight.

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Delicious doughnuts that I ate last month in Portland. mmmm :)

Yesterday (day 5) ended up being a bye day for me for P90X. I had quite a lot of work that I had to finish (a client’s e-commerce shopping cart system wasn’t liking some of the logic that I had implemented, and I needed to fix it before I really did anything else). In bed around 1:45am, I thought I might catch up today (Friday). That didn’t happen though, due again to a number of factors (work, driving down to San Jose, dog-sitting).

Today, Day 6 (Kempo) I did manage to get 1/2 of the workout in. It was pretty fun (lots of punching the air) and when it started to get to the bigger kicks I decided to call it a night.

Resolving to continue to do my best to show up each day and hit play on this program. Almost done with Week 1. Overall body is still feeling sore, but happy to be doing the program.

Sailing tomorrow morning. :)

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Did about 40 minutes (out of 1.5hrs) of the yoga video last night, then it was midnight, and I had had enough. The P90X Yoga video definitely focuses on yoga as an athletic exercise (vs. a focus on yoga as a quiet and contemplative practice). It was a nice break and the stretching felt good, as many muscles are feeling sore that haven’t been worked in a while.

Overall still enjoying the routine, gonna keep at it.

“Do your best, forget the rest.”

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Day 2: Plyometrics
Ate large quantity of sushi omakase style at Kirala in Berkeley. Did not do Plyometrics tonight. Slept instead.

Day 3
Did first 1/2 half of Plyometrics video then had lunch with sister and my awesome nieces in the park. Was pretty wiped out and ready for the break.

Went to A’s vs Giants game, enjoyed hot dog & nachos for dinner.

Gonna do my best to get through video #3 tonight.

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Thinking about building a P90X WordPress plugin…

Need to do my fitness test and also take my “before” pics.

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Top tips from this video by UK chef Heston Blumenthal:

  1. Dry-age your steak by removing it from the package 2 days in advance and leave it exposed in the fridge.
  2. Let steak come to room temperature before cooking it.
  3. Heat oil in pan to smoking point – very hot pan!
  4. Salt steak (save pepper for later, it will scorch).
  5. Flip steak every 15-20 seconds.
  6. Remove from heat once temperature reaches desired state of doneness.
  7. Let rest for at least 5 additional minutes.

Can’t wait to try it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-9NgOZuUXM&feature=related

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