Ok, so I am going to do the P90X workout. Here is the schedule that I have to follow. I will give updates every 30 days.
The classic P90x workout plan looks like this:
Weeks 1, 2, and 3
Day 1 – Chest and Back, plus Ab Ripper X
Day 2 – Plyometrics
Day 3 – Shoulders and Arms, Ab Ripper X
Day 4 – Yoga X
Day 5 – Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X
Day 6 – Kenpo X
Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch
The p90x workout schedule for week 4 is supposed to be a recovery week after hitting it hard six days a week for three weeks.
P90x Workout Plan Week 4
Day 1 – Yoga X
Day 2 – Core Synergistics
Day 3 – Kenpo X
Day 4 – X Stretch
Day 5 – Core Synergistics
Day 6 – Yoga X
Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch
For week 5 the P90x workout schedule changes yet again.
P90X Workout Plan Weeks 5, 6, 7
Day 1 – Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X
Day 2 – Plyometrics
Day 3 – Back and Biceps, Ab Ripper X
Day 4 – Yoga X
Day 5 – Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X
Day 6 – Kenpo X
Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch
Time to kick back to another recovery phase week for week 8
P90x Calendar Week 8 (Recovery Phase)
Day 1 – Yoga X
Day 2 – Core Synergistics
Day 3 – Kenpo X
Day 4 – X Stretch
Day 5 – Core Synergistics
Day 6 – Yoga X
Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch
The following workout program appears in Weeks 9 and then again in Week 11
Day 1 – Chest and Back, Ab Ripper X
Day 2 – Plyometrics
Day 3 – Shoulders and Arms, Ab Ripper X
Day 4 – Yoga X
Day 5 – Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X
Day 6 – Kenpo X
Day 7 Rest or X Stretch
Here’s the P90X Calendar for Weeks 10 and 12
Day 1 – Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, Ab Ripper X
Day 2- Plyometrics
Day 3 – Back and Biceps, Ab Ripper X
Day 4 – Yoga X
Day 5 – Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X
Day 6 – Kenpo X
Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch
P90X Workout Schedule Week 13 (Final Week)
Day 1 – Yoga X
Day 2 – Core Synergistics
Day 3 – Kenpo X
Day 4 – X Stretch
Day 5 – Core Synergistics
Day 6 – Yoga X
Day 7 – Rest or X Stretch
As you can see, the P90X workout schedule has you working out six days a week for 13 weeks, for about an hour to an hour and a half each workout.
Monday, August 30, 2010
The Master Pancake Theatre
Have you ever wanted to see one of your favorite movies while some comedians put their own commentary on speakers? Then you need to get your ass to the Alamo Draft House in Austin, Texas and enjoy The Master Pancake Theatre.
The Master Pancake Theatre is part of the Alamo tradition of pairing bad movies with live comedy (and beer)! It's smart, fast, and bust-a-gut funny.
I have never been to a Master Pancake Theatre show before, but from what all of my friends were telling me, it makes the movie even better. The basic theme of the whole experience is just to have fun at and get the crowd involved in the jokes as well.
The best way that I can describe it is it operates the same way that a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show does. People get to yell things and drink when a character says or does a certain thing. Also, there is a bunch of crowd participation before and during the film.
Before this particular showing of The Breakfast Club, teams of 2 were invited to come up to the stage and toss a pancake from one skillet to the other without dropping it. The team who could do it the most won. Cody and I went up there as Bullet/Proof. All of teams before us messed up quickly and we seemed like we had a chance to win until the team before us went up.
Apparently this team majored in tossing pancakes to each other because they were unstoppable. They were tossing pancakes like it was an art form or a really shitty ballet that girls would love to watch for 2 and a half hours with their boyfriends because it will be something different to do that we bring them close together but the boyfriend is just going so he can do something "special" that night with her WINK WINK.
Bullet and I knew that had to bring our A game in front of a crowd of several hundred people. That is exactly what he did, at least to our own standards, that is what he did. Team Bullet/Proof did very well until toss #5. That is when I dropped the pancake and was stuck in 2ND place.
The teams after us only reached to 3 flips and it we were officially in 2ND place or, depending how you are looking at it, 1st place in losing. The Master Pancake Theatre group was originally only going to give awards to the 1st place team and to whoever made the most craziest catch. But then something miraculous happened. Something that you would only see at the end of a feel good Disney movie, people started to chant "Bullet/Proof".
At first we thought it was only our friends that were cheering us on, but it was also some of the drunken members of the crowd. Because of our drunk comrades, the Master Pancake Theatre Group gave us our own prize, a $10 gift card to Kerby Lane, one of the best breakfasts places on earth.
Once the opening skit was done, it was time for the movie to begin. The show started with trailers and commercials from the year The Breakfast Club was released. The comedians were awesome to say the least. They made jokes and observations that never noticed in the movie before.
About halfway through the movie, they comedians stopped the show and had a Dating Game parody with people dressed up as the male characters from the movie. You can catch that video here. That lasted about 15 minutes and it was back to the movie time.
Oh, one quick thing to mention, if you have ever seen the movie, then you know that the Principal gives the Horns sign with his hand alot. Every time he does that , the crowd was supposed to yell Fisted Sister and take a drink. It was a great game but make sure you something to drink because the Principal goes nuts with the Horns gesture from time to time. There was also a contest on who could hold their breath underwater the longest during the film's longest pan scene, which you can watch here.
Overall, it was one hell of a good time and I hope they bring something like that to my neck of the woods.
The Master Pancake Theatre is part of the Alamo tradition of pairing bad movies with live comedy (and beer)! It's smart, fast, and bust-a-gut funny.
I have never been to a Master Pancake Theatre show before, but from what all of my friends were telling me, it makes the movie even better. The basic theme of the whole experience is just to have fun at and get the crowd involved in the jokes as well.
The best way that I can describe it is it operates the same way that a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show does. People get to yell things and drink when a character says or does a certain thing. Also, there is a bunch of crowd participation before and during the film.
Before this particular showing of The Breakfast Club, teams of 2 were invited to come up to the stage and toss a pancake from one skillet to the other without dropping it. The team who could do it the most won. Cody and I went up there as Bullet/Proof. All of teams before us messed up quickly and we seemed like we had a chance to win until the team before us went up.
Apparently this team majored in tossing pancakes to each other because they were unstoppable. They were tossing pancakes like it was an art form or a really shitty ballet that girls would love to watch for 2 and a half hours with their boyfriends because it will be something different to do that we bring them close together but the boyfriend is just going so he can do something "special" that night with her WINK WINK.
Bullet and I knew that had to bring our A game in front of a crowd of several hundred people. That is exactly what he did, at least to our own standards, that is what he did. Team Bullet/Proof did very well until toss #5. That is when I dropped the pancake and was stuck in 2ND place.
The teams after us only reached to 3 flips and it we were officially in 2ND place or, depending how you are looking at it, 1st place in losing. The Master Pancake Theatre group was originally only going to give awards to the 1st place team and to whoever made the most craziest catch. But then something miraculous happened. Something that you would only see at the end of a feel good Disney movie, people started to chant "Bullet/Proof".
At first we thought it was only our friends that were cheering us on, but it was also some of the drunken members of the crowd. Because of our drunk comrades, the Master Pancake Theatre Group gave us our own prize, a $10 gift card to Kerby Lane, one of the best breakfasts places on earth.
Once the opening skit was done, it was time for the movie to begin. The show started with trailers and commercials from the year The Breakfast Club was released. The comedians were awesome to say the least. They made jokes and observations that never noticed in the movie before.
About halfway through the movie, they comedians stopped the show and had a Dating Game parody with people dressed up as the male characters from the movie. You can catch that video here. That lasted about 15 minutes and it was back to the movie time.
Oh, one quick thing to mention, if you have ever seen the movie, then you know that the Principal gives the Horns sign with his hand alot. Every time he does that , the crowd was supposed to yell Fisted Sister and take a drink. It was a great game but make sure you something to drink because the Principal goes nuts with the Horns gesture from time to time. There was also a contest on who could hold their breath underwater the longest during the film's longest pan scene, which you can watch here.
Overall, it was one hell of a good time and I hope they bring something like that to my neck of the woods.
Dallas Uptown Pub Crawl
A few weeks ago, a group of friends and I participated in one of the greatest American Traditions people in their 20s can do: the pub crawl!On Saturday, August 14, a team of 7 set out to dominate 4 bars on the streets of Uptown Dallas. Our group, appropriately named "Pulling Out Is Only For Couches", were made up of the finest drinkers that AA would reject because of the bad name we would give them.
Colin, Meredith, Jon, Damon, Bryce, and myself met up at Cristina's apartment at 11 am so we could get ready to start drinking at noon. We prepared by eating a ton of bagels and betting on who will quit, get sick, or give up first. People pegged me for everything.
At noon, the seven us grabbed our pub crawl map and started to go to the first bar on our drunken adventure: Christie's.
Originally, we were only supposed to receive 3 pitchers of beer at each bar, but since we had 7 members in our group instead of 5, we were now drinking 4 pitchers of beer per bar. We paced ourselves at first, but the crowd quickly made us change our tune. Within 45 minutes at Christie's, we finished all of our beer and decided to go to the next bar on the list.
Some quick info that I should have mentioned at the beginning of this blog entry is that the initial pub crawl goes from noon until 4pm and it will be a shotgun start. Each group will go 4 bars and spend an hour at each of those bars. At four, all of the groups will go to the M.A.T. for the after party and the after party will last until all of kegs have been emptied.
Ok, back to the story. We left our first stop and quickly headed our way to the next stop on our magical quest: The Londoner.
The Londoner was only a block away from our first stop, so we got there fairly quickly. Obviously by the name of The Londoner, the place has a Costa Rica Theme to its bar. Not really, but I feel sorry for you if you believed that stupid lie.
The Londoner is actually a cool place to drink at. It does have a London theme to and it was just relaxing to go to. At this particular bar, we got a 4 pitchers of beer and started drinking. Again, since there were seven of us, we went through the pitchers at the first bar fairly quickly and we slowed down a little bit just because we didn't want to drink everything we had so quickly and then just wait around until it was time to the next bar. Well, we thought we slowed down.
We quickly went through the 4 pitchers of Coors Light and Damon had the bright idea to buy everyone a tall boy of Guinness. That was a bad idea since we were drinking light beer the whole time. After several games of darts, almost stabbing Colin with a dart in the hand, and slowly drinking a dark poison called Guinness, it was time to head to our third stop on our Saturday afternoon journey. And that place was called McKinney Avenue Tavern, or simply known as the M.A.T.
I like to think that the M.A.T. is where we started to feel the affects of the pub crawl. We are now into hour 3 and it is definitely time for some food of any kind. Everyone shared a couple of bowls of chips and queso and also other types of bar food version of appetizers.
Somehow, The M.A.T. decided to give us an extra pitcher so we are now working on pitchers 9 to 13. And this is when we started to get loud and crazy. From the time we arrived until the time we left, our group became friends with another group that was participating in the pub crawl. Drinks were being exchanged, along with dirty jokes and some picture taking as well.
I could tell that Colin and Jon were getting we bit tipsy because every time one of them would get from their seat, they would always back up into a mirror and break a section of it. The first couple of times were an accident but it quickly became a competition of who could do the most amount of damage with each quick toss of the chair. By the time we left, the mirror was shattered on both sides, so the team had to declare a draw and get the hell out of there before the management noticed and made us pay for it.
It is now 3 in the afternoon and it is time to head to the final bar on our epic journey known as the Dallas Uptown Pub Crawl. The final destination is the Uptown Bar and Grill. Everyone could tell that this was the last bar because we some people from other groups could not handle all of the drinking and heat. It was about 98 degrees out that day and it was effecting everyone. When we first started, there about 9 other groups with and then there were only 4.
After slowly finishing up not only our drinks at the bar, but also our last drinks of the day. We had successfully completed the pub crawl and decided to head back to Cristina's house. Or so we thought.
On our way back to Cristina's, we had to pass the M.A.T., the third bar that we went to, and completely forgot about the after party. Due to time restraints and schedules, only a couple of could attend this event. So Bryce, Jon, Cristina and myself but our livers on the line and decided to see if we had a "bonus" round in us. And we did, kind of.
We only had a couple of drinks at the after party at the M.A.T. until we decided to quit because it has been a long time since any of us had something to eat. Somehow from moving from the M.A.T. to Christie's across the street, we lost Bryce. Because of our hunger, Jon, Cristina, and I chose not to send out a searching party for Bryce and just something to eat instead. It was a wise decision.
After a quick late afternoon lunch, it was finally time to retire from the pub crawl for the day. It was a good time and it only cost $56 dollars a person which was tax deductible because all of the money from the pub crawl went to towards a charity that would benefit the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).
So if anyone every tells you that drinking doesn't pay off, other than the random one night stands and awesome things that you dare your friends to do, tell them do a pub crawl and drink for a cure. You could be actually drinking for a cure that would solve the epidemic you may have going on in your pants from one of the one night stands that you had. Just ask Jon.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Birthday Parties, Going Away Parties, and Bachelor Parties
It seems that ever since the last week of July, I have had some sort party to go to. So far, I have gone to 3 birthday parties, a going away party, a bachelor party and more to attend in the next couple of weeks.
2 out 3 of the birthday parties that I have attended have been fuel by alcohol at either a karaoke bar or the time vampire known as Caves. We call Caves a time vampire because you can show up there at 8 and before you know it, it is 2 am and it is closing time.
The first birthday party that I attended was actually for my mom. My old man and I took my mom to a brunch at a great place called Joe's. They make the best pies and omelets that I have ever had, although I have never had them at the same time.
After breakfast, my mom wanted to see Salt at the Movie Tavern. So that is exactly what we did. The movie was actually pretty good and my mom enjoyed it a lot. When we got home, we showered my mom with flowers, dinner, and gifts. I know what you are thinking and you are right, I am the best son ever.
The 2ND birthday party I went to was also a Going Away party for my friend Jarrod. He is moving to Korea for a year and teach Korean kids English. He decided to have his party at a Karaoke party called Bogart's.
I was actually surprised to see how many people could fit in such a small bar. Usually, Bogart's is just one of those bars where they have a pool table, a couple of chairs and tables, a bar top, and a cigarette machine. There had to be at least 25 of Jarrod's friends that showed up and that doesn't include the regular customers that were at the bar.
Since Bogart's is a karaoke bar, there was a lot of drunken singing. At one point of the night, all of the guys got a couple of the mics and belted out the best version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" that has ever been sung at a bar at 1 a.m.
After several drinks and even more horrible renditions of songs have been raped by retarded people in their mid 20s, it was time to go. The majority of the people were going home while the Man of The Hour invited a group of people to go to a house party with him. So my carload and I went to what we were told was going to be an awesome time. When we got to the place, it was a completely different story.
When I walked in to the house, it seemed like I was in a stereotypical Frat movie. Some guy is throwing up outside while his girlfriend is trying to take of him and some random girl is passed out in a lawn chair near the front door. As I walked inside, almost everyone was passed out or just about to. The inside kind of reminded me of the scene in "The Salton Sea" where everyone is doing drugs and passing out. But instead of drugs, it was only a large amount of alcohol. And if you have not seen the movie, then you need to because it is beyond awesome.
After being at the so called house party for 20 minutes, it was time to leave and head home and prepare for the next weekend full of debauchery.
Birthday party #3 is now upon us. This party was actually for Jarrod's brother Jon, who turned 27. The party was held at a bar called Caves or otherwise known as the Time Vampire. We call it the Time Vampire because that place will just suck the time right out of you and in a good way. You may walk in at 6 pm and then all of a sudden it is 2 am and its closing time.
This time there was about 20 people there and the Guest of Honor and his Lady Friend were almost an hour late to their own party, which meant they had to catch up on an hour of drinking very quickly. One thing I like about Caves is that around 10 or 11, a lady will come in a sell some of her homemade tacos and burritos. The food is good at first but you will regret it the next morning.The party was great, tons of shots were be taken, memories were being erased, and tabs were being paid. And the good part was that Jon didn't throw up at the bar and pass out by the shed again like last year.
The next night, Saturday, August 7th was the final party of this crazy 2 week journey. This was the mother of all parties because it was a bachelor party. We all know what may or may not occur at this parties so I will just let you imagination do all the work for you on this portion of the entry.
2 out 3 of the birthday parties that I have attended have been fuel by alcohol at either a karaoke bar or the time vampire known as Caves. We call Caves a time vampire because you can show up there at 8 and before you know it, it is 2 am and it is closing time.
The first birthday party that I attended was actually for my mom. My old man and I took my mom to a brunch at a great place called Joe's. They make the best pies and omelets that I have ever had, although I have never had them at the same time.
After breakfast, my mom wanted to see Salt at the Movie Tavern. So that is exactly what we did. The movie was actually pretty good and my mom enjoyed it a lot. When we got home, we showered my mom with flowers, dinner, and gifts. I know what you are thinking and you are right, I am the best son ever.
The 2ND birthday party I went to was also a Going Away party for my friend Jarrod. He is moving to Korea for a year and teach Korean kids English. He decided to have his party at a Karaoke party called Bogart's.
I was actually surprised to see how many people could fit in such a small bar. Usually, Bogart's is just one of those bars where they have a pool table, a couple of chairs and tables, a bar top, and a cigarette machine. There had to be at least 25 of Jarrod's friends that showed up and that doesn't include the regular customers that were at the bar.
Since Bogart's is a karaoke bar, there was a lot of drunken singing. At one point of the night, all of the guys got a couple of the mics and belted out the best version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" that has ever been sung at a bar at 1 a.m.
After several drinks and even more horrible renditions of songs have been raped by retarded people in their mid 20s, it was time to go. The majority of the people were going home while the Man of The Hour invited a group of people to go to a house party with him. So my carload and I went to what we were told was going to be an awesome time. When we got to the place, it was a completely different story.
When I walked in to the house, it seemed like I was in a stereotypical Frat movie. Some guy is throwing up outside while his girlfriend is trying to take of him and some random girl is passed out in a lawn chair near the front door. As I walked inside, almost everyone was passed out or just about to. The inside kind of reminded me of the scene in "The Salton Sea" where everyone is doing drugs and passing out. But instead of drugs, it was only a large amount of alcohol. And if you have not seen the movie, then you need to because it is beyond awesome.
After being at the so called house party for 20 minutes, it was time to leave and head home and prepare for the next weekend full of debauchery.
Birthday party #3 is now upon us. This party was actually for Jarrod's brother Jon, who turned 27. The party was held at a bar called Caves or otherwise known as the Time Vampire. We call it the Time Vampire because that place will just suck the time right out of you and in a good way. You may walk in at 6 pm and then all of a sudden it is 2 am and its closing time.
This time there was about 20 people there and the Guest of Honor and his Lady Friend were almost an hour late to their own party, which meant they had to catch up on an hour of drinking very quickly. One thing I like about Caves is that around 10 or 11, a lady will come in a sell some of her homemade tacos and burritos. The food is good at first but you will regret it the next morning.The party was great, tons of shots were be taken, memories were being erased, and tabs were being paid. And the good part was that Jon didn't throw up at the bar and pass out by the shed again like last year.
The next night, Saturday, August 7th was the final party of this crazy 2 week journey. This was the mother of all parties because it was a bachelor party. We all know what may or may not occur at this parties so I will just let you imagination do all the work for you on this portion of the entry.
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