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Wow. A rough week (and a couple of days), and not necessarily P90X-Wise. I caught a bit of a cold bug, which lasted for about 2 1/2 days, but put me out of commission for one day this week. On the whole, I have been good, but I am one day behind. Here's a short summary of progress through week 2:

Chest and Back (week 2)
did 10 pullups in the first set right out of the box. surprised the sh*t out of myself! Anyway, didn't do nearly as many as the workout progressed, used the chair a lot, but found I had better form and stamina (generally) in the pushups. Diamond pushups and the dive bombers are still the bitch of the bunch....

Plyometrics:
Again, challenging, but it feels great to finish. I did every exercise and could keep pace with the psychopath Horton, so that was good. I am absolutely wiped after this series.

Shoulders & Arms:
My favorite workout, hands down. Love it and want to keep working at increasing reps on bis and shoulders. Happy with my level of intensity on the tris, but everything can always use improvement.

Yoga X
Confession time! I only did 1/2 of the Yoga X program this week due to time constraints beyond my control. This workout is TOUGH and I am not flexible, but I showed improvement from last week, which is a plus.

Legs and Back:
Again, more reps than last week and, I think, better form. This is an enjoyable routine, but man do I feel it in my legs when I'm done for a couple of days.

Kenpo X
Still like this one - not so challenging as Plyo and Yoga (for different reasons), but really gets ya sweating. I will say I doubt very much that any of my "kicks" could knock over an old woman, but we're improving with time!

Ab Ripper X
Ah, Ab Ripper X, my old friend...Did this all three times this week after the lifting routines and I have to say, this is the area where I thought I would see the least improvement, and it ends up I an seeing the most improvement here! I can do every exercise now (even the satanic mason twists at the end) and while I am still in the 10-15 rep range for nearly all 11 exercises, it's a HUGE improvement from Week one. More soon as I am 1/2 way through week 3 already!