Ken's Road to Kona

So I started over on P90x on January 4th as my first day, just because New Years just threw a big kink into everything. Being that it may, this way my first time doing Legs and Back, which to be honest, I didn’t find that Xtreme. I did have some balance issues on my left leg and I took that as a goal to get stronger there. I’ll be adding more weight to these exercises to give them more of a challenge. I enjoyed Arms and Shoulders on Day 3 and I look forward to getting some guns that’ll hopefully pull me through the water a little faster than last year.

P90X - X is for Xtreme.

The big issue has been diet. In the first 30 days, P90x really restricts carbohydrates to a minimum in order to burn away was excess fat. While I’m trying to eat a 50% protein, 30% carbohydrate, and 20% fat diet, I’m barely getting over 2000 calories a day…when the p90x diet says I should be 2400 calories! But how many carbohydrate should one have when they are “restricted?” 200g? 400g? I’ve been averaging around 300, is that too much?

With the gym having weird hours this week, I couldn’t get in my Pylometrics on Tuesday after my 10 mile run. The same thing with Yoga on Thursday, I’ll have to move that to Sunday since it’s technically a rest day/X-stretch.  For the most part, I’m enjoying it, and I can definitely feel my upper body strength and core getting stronger, but I’ll have to keep the time management to a tee as my first week of coaching just concluded. P90x,cycling, running, and I start back at the pool next week! I’ll fit it all in somehow.