Round 3 / Day 52: One-on-One with Tony Horton - Killer Abs

I know, I know -- I'm a weasel for settling for a quick ab workout today. But you try working out on a hotel room floor with the lights out and your spouse and two kids sleeping less than ten feet away.

And while I know it's not an Insanity workout or anything, lugging a wriggling two-year-old and herding a punchy five-year-old around Disneyland isn't a cakewalk, either.

Round 2 / Day 52: P90X Shoulders & Arms + Ab Ripper X

After more than five months of P90X, I finally noticed today that I've been doing Deep Swimmer's Presses incorrectly this entire time. Tony and the gang start this move with their arms bent at a 90-degree angle, with their forearms parallel to the ground; they return to this position after each press. I, on the other hand, begin each rep with the dumbbells up by my collarbone and my elbows pointing towards the floor, which makes it easier keep the weights up between presses.

It's a minor thing, but I wonder how many other moves I've been fucking up.

P90X Day 52: Kenpo X

Oddly enough, I find the warm-up for Kenpo X to be more challenging than the main event. The "Saunders stretch cycle" isn't your typical Tony Horton warm-up; rather than hustling us through a bunch of now-familiar static and ballistic stretches, Tony tasks us with a series of balance-intensive moves and poses, including prayer squats and extreme side lunges. I'm usually still half-asleep when I start my warm-up in the morning, so launching immediately into balance poses can be tough for me.

As for the rest of Kenpo X, I'm still using weights, and trying my best not to land a hook/uppercut on my own face with a dumbbell.