Day 55 Last Fitness Test

I'm not sure why the calendar didn't go all the way through to 60 days, but I'm not going to complain too much. I finished a week ago today with the last fitness test. I would say that I have peaked on those exercises. This time through I did not have the paper that I have recorded all of the previous tests as I wanted to not have a number that I was trying to beat.

Previous experience has shown that if I did 65 reps of something last time, I shoot for 64 this time. I wanted to go in with a blank slate and just do the most that I could. I went up in a couple of exercises, down in a few others, and tied on one.

Overall I am impressed with the results over the course of two months. The day that I started I weighed 190 which was a very light day for me. I normally went between 192-195 the week leading up to starting. For the last two days I was 185 and 185.6. So I dropped 7-10 pounds depending on the day. The pictures don't seem to show that, but I know for a fact that I am stronger than when I started. My plan now is to go back to the first month's videos and do them 2-3 times a week trying to get some time on the bowflex in there as well. The last two weeks of this program really wore me down with the 6 days a week of workouts.

Fitness test results:
Switch Kicks - 63               0%            53.66%
Power Jacks - 45                -4.26%     73.08%
Power Knees - 95               3.26%      50.79%
Power Jumps - 25               -7.41%     25%
Globe Jumps - 7.5               -16.67%   87.5%
Suicide Jumps - 15              25%          87.5%
Push Up Jacks - 28             -3.45%     47.37%
Low Plank Oblique - 55      -6.78        83.33%

The first percentage is the change since the fourth fitness test. As you can see from those numbers I have plateaued on the exercises. The second percentages are the change since day 1. Pretty impressive considering I thought I was going to pass out on day 1. Consistent exercise does pay off, and that was without any kind of diet change.

Day 43 Fit Test #4

I made it through another Fit Test tonight, and that is where I stop for the evening. I learned on day 31 that doing a fit test and workout in the same night is no bueno. So I opted out of the workout tonight. Results improved in all but one exercise. Those damn suicide jumps got me. The first percentage in the results is the increase since day 1 and the second number is the increase since the last fit test on Day 31.

Switch Kicks - 63             53.66% 6.78%
Power Jacks - 47              80.77% 6.82%
Power Knees - 92             46.03% 10.84%
Power Jumps - 27             35%      3.85%
Globe Jumps - 9               125%    12.5%
Suicide Jumps - 12           50%      -7.69%
Push Up Jacks - 29          52.63%  11.54%
Low Plank Oblique - 59  96.67%  18%

Day 13 Fitness Test #2

I definitely improved from the baseline fitness test from two weeks ago. My numbers for tonight are:

Switch Kicks: 55
Power Jacks: 41
Power Knees: 76
Power Jumps: 23
Globe Jumps: 7
Suicide Jumps: 12
Push-up Jacks: 24
Low Plank Oblique: 43

If you look back at my first time numbers, there was pretty significant improvement all around. I will see if I can put it in a spreadsheet to show percentage increases. Tomorrow is the Cardio Circuit again.