Day 1: Power 90 Sculpt 1-2

Ok, so I actually got up and made myself press play on that good ol DVD player and get myself through my first workout.  It really wasn't that bad.  I made the mistake of taking a sleep-aid last night and didn't wake up until 12:30 pm but I still got up, and I pushed through! It's day 1 of 90 and I know the end seems to be too far away but, darn it, I can make it! I'm taking my mom out later this evening to take a walk around the block.  It's about 3 miles. We've done it before and it's really nothing, but it helps.

So, last night I ended up staying up a little later than I intended because I got myself so fired up to get started. I made a workbook on Excel to track my weekly progress.  I'll share the stats with you in a bit.  I decided that I would do starting measurements, weight, and BMI, I'm going to figure out how to get an accurate body fat measurement, but I do know my starting percentage because I got that done when I went to the gym for my first personal training session about 3 months ago, and I know nothing has changed since then.  If they have, not drastically. So without further adieu, my stats for Day :

Starting weight: 269 lbs. (In my last post I guessed 270, pretty damn close)
Starting measurements:
Chest: 48"
Waist: 46"
Hips: 55"
R-Mid-thigh: 30"
L-Mid-thigh: 30"
R-Upper arm: 17.5
L-Upper Arm: 16.5

Resting Heart Rate: 79bpm
Blood pressure: 142/88 (I have a monitor for home use!)


Now, on with my actual progress.  Day 1 of the Power 90 program is basically a warm-up.  It's to get you accommodated with the movements, learning form, testing your strength, etc.  The goal is not to push yourself too hard, too fast.  So, on day one, these are the exercises and the reps I could do without trying to push myself too much:
Push-Ups (Standard): 6
Heavy Pants: 12
Military Press: 7
Bicep curls: 10
Back Scratchers: Left-9 Right-9
Lunges: L-3 R-3
Push Ups (Fly): 7
Back Flys: 10
Swimmers Press: 8
Open Arm Curls: 8
Two-arm Kick Backs: 8
Lunge/Squat Combo: L-3 R-3 (3 Standard squats between each lunge)
Push Ups (7/7/7): 7 each of Wide/Close/Standard
Lawnmowers: L-10 R-10
Shoulder Flys: 10
Bicep 21s: 7 each, low/mid/full curls
Chair Dips: None- I tried ever chair in the house and none of them were either sturdy enough or the proper height.
3-Part Squats: 8 each of Standard/Wide/Wider


So for all my reps I used the Magenta band that came with the package.  It's about 30 lbs of resistance, but for the Shoulder Fly's I used a 3lb. weight, because the band is too intense for me.

All-in-all I think I did pretty good for day one! Now I just need to work on my nutrition.