P90X: Day 15 - Chest and Back

Chest and Back with Ab Ripper X

Welcome to week 3 of the P90X workout program! Chest and Back is the name of the game today. My familiarity with this workout has grown over the past 2 weeks only to realize the sheer amount of push ups and pull ups that are required. Again, I imagine the palmetto bugs below me on the pull ups to my chin above the bar. Sometimes, I accidentally imagine them when doing push ups which leads me to freak out. Kidding, but still you have to find the motivation to achieve your goal.

Ab Ripper X went well today. I tried to do 20 reps of every exercise and 10 reps of the hard ones that I cannot for the life of me achieve namely the V-up ones. I did 7 or 8 reps of the V-up exercise and noticed my back arching so I decided to call it on that one. One of these days that exercise will be easy, until then, I will slugg through it.

My thoughts: I tried 25 reps on push ups for everything. I achieved this goal with the exception of dive bombers and the 2nd round of diamond push ups. The pull ups were assisted by a chair where I did between 10 and 15 reps for each trying to get my body used to copious amounts of pull ups. I upped the weight considerably for heavy pants and lawnmowers. Up to around 50lb each side for those.

How do you find motivation for your goal?