P90X: First Impressions

So yesterday I started the p90x workout even though I already did my normal 5am workout at the gym, sick, but fun! Today was chest and back, which wasn't too hard, but knowing how many reps the people on the videos are doing gives you a good goal to hit. Chest wasn't a problem, but it definately pointed out my current back workout isn't sufficient enough.

Biggest revelation yesterday was, I HAVE NO CORE! After doing the chest and back workout, you are supposed to do Ab Ripper X and there were some excercises that I couldn't do! This was a nice eye-opening experience as I thought my current core plan was decent...boy was I mistaken.

Also, I don't know if it was the two-a-day workout I did yesterday or the difficulty of the p90x workout, but I was tired and went to sleep about 1 hour earlier than I normally do. I actually got 10 hours of sleep which is 4 more than normal. We'll see how this goes...today is Plyometrics (or as my friend described it: lots of jumping that burns your calves).

Here is my p90x setup (pull up bar is in previous post):

Homemade Pull Up Bar

In preparation for the p90x workout my dad and I built and installed a pull up bar in my garage and it came out pretty sick! It took about 3 trips to home depot and a whole morning of labor, but it was woth it.

I have seen various homemade pull up bars across the net, so this is a variation on those.

Parts:

1 - 1" x 48" galvanized steel bar
2- 1" x 18" galvanized steel bar
2 - 90 degree 1" elbows
2 - 1" flanges
4 - 2" bolts for outer flange holes
8 - 4.5" lag screws
2 - 5" lag screws
1 - 2x6 board
Total = ~$60

If building one of these, remember to take into account the added width of the 90 degree elbows for your 2x6, cause I forgot the first time and was off by about 2 inches. Also, since my dad is like Bob Villa, we made sure to hit 4 different joists, so it should be able to hold me for a while.

Prime Rib on the BBQ!

We were lucky enough to get our Prime Rib from Costco this year, so instead of me messing up a $100+ piece of meat, I get the chance to screw up a $70 piece...woohoo!


Basics:

325 degrees
Indirect heat (duh)
12-14 min per pound

Meat Prep:
I removed the meat from the fridge about 1.5 hours before I was going to throw it on the grill.

Cut 4 cloves of garlic into thin slices and crammed them into the meat, near the fat worked the best as I didn't want to puncture the meat and have juices run out while I was cooking it.


Took another 4 cloves of garlic, ran them through the press and then rubbed it on the outside of the Prime Rib along with my father-in-laws famous salt rub.


Grill Prep:
Soaked some wood chips in beer at the same time I took the meat out of the fridge.
Put a pan of water under the grills where I was going to place the meat.
Get that sucker up to 325 degrees.


By my estimates, it should take about 90 minutes to cook the Prime Rib that we bought, but I have a thermometer that I use which monitors the temp throughout, so once it hits 115 degrees its coming out.

It took a little longer than 90 minutes and here it is right when I was taking it out and of course in my excitement/hunger, I forgot to take a picture of it carved.