P90X Round 2 – P90X+ Hybrid

Welcome to my Round 2 Blog! This time, it’s a P90X/P90X+ Hybrid with a focus of purely on adding muscle.

Goals

My goal for round 2 is to add as much lean muscle as possible while adding a little fat as possible. Creating a calorie surplus is neccesary and the undesired side-affect of “bulking up” is some fat to come along with it. I’m OKAY with this because I have confidence I can lose the fat AFTER round 2.

My WeakPoint: My legs!

I’m targetting my weak point in this round: My Legs!! I have chicken legs and it’s time to do something about it. I’ve been doubling up on leg workouts for the first 8 weeks and having some decent progress so far (you can see my updated measurements on the right side).

Here’s a photo of them starting out:

New Equipment

New Bench

New Weights (Bowflex Selecttech 1090s)

New 50″ TV

New Pull-up Bar

Nutrition

I chose 3600 calories because I calculated my “break even” point at 3000 calories and I wanted to run a 600 calorie surplus, 6 days a week. I started at 176, and like clock work, I’ve been gaining 1 lb a week to reach 184 after 8 weeks.

My diet

Each day consists of a combination of: