Yesterday was day 1 of the Super Hybrid workout. The routine on tap was 30-15: The Upper Body Massacre. The theory is you do 30 push ups followed by 15 pull ups. You do different variations for a total of 24 sets.
Eleven months ago when I started this journey I wasn't able to do a single pull up. Check that - I don't recall a time in my life when I was able to do a pull up. I was able to complete 7 for my Fit Test last week for Insanity: The Asylum, by far the most I've ever done. Asylum came with a pull up assist, which I used for a couple of weeks while I was wrapping up Phase II of P90X before I started Asylum. Then I didn't do a single pull up during Asylum (opted for lat push ups and other alternates instead). I opted for the pull up assist last night. I figured there was no way I could do the first set of 15 pull ups, let alone do it 11 more times. Even with the assist the most I got to was 12 and by then end I was down to 4. But the key is I stuck with it. I'm pushing myself out of my comfort zone and doing things I never though possible!
Push ups have become a friend of mine, but after about the fourth set of 30 I felt like I was toast. Tony Horton is an impressive man being 50 years old and able to do the things he does. He does drop down to 25-12 about half way through the video, but 25 diamond push ups is crazy at any time and this guy is busting them out for sets 17 and 19! The last few push up exercises I was doing 10-12. I could hardly lift my arms when I finished last night. I mixed a little recovery formula and chased that with a casein protein shake.
I hopped on the scale this morning and am now only 5 pounds away from my original goal! That means 60 pounds down, 5 to go. Although my workouts seem to be fast and furious, the pace has been slow and steady. This journey has taken eleven months. In no way am I planning on stopping once I reach the goal. This is a lifestyle now.
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