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This weekend I have just completed the P90X fitness program. During the last 13 weeks I did about 120 hours of workout including about 2,700 pull-ups and 2,500 push-ups. Beyond the gain of muscles and weight, I learned a lot and here is what I retained:

1. The weight you lift is NOT the most important - Performing the move in a proper form is critical to obtain results, I didn't let my ego get in the way and choose lighter weight to focus on nice and control moves.
2. Recovery is key to allow muscles to grow - Even if I felt guilty during the recovery weeks, my performance always increased when I started again with intense workouts. 
3. Good food really helps to sustain workouts - The adequate food contributes to stamina, strength and balance. On the other hand junk food can kill all the efforts and the will. P90X definitively changed my food habits: I eat to have enough energy and to quickly recover.
4. Whole wheat pasta are actually tasty - That's good luck, it's inexpensive and simple to prepare, I eat it a lot!
5. Not ALL protein powder are bad - I eat a lot of banana milk-shake (vegetal milk) mixed with Jay Robb whey proteins. They seem to be natural and are recommended by dieteticiens.  
6. Before P90X I was using only a fraction of my capacity - I did running and workouts for many years but I realize now that I wasn't pushing me to the edge and I was focusing just on some specific spots. 
7. The more energy I spend, the more I have - I needed less sleeping hours to feel fully loaded (6 or 7 hours instead of 8), the two extra hours were the opportunity to catch up time spend to do exercise.  
8. Fitness is really addictive - The more I exercise, the more I enjoy it, that's why it's so hard to respect a resting day during the week. 

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Snaps from Tanto Japanese restaurant on El Camino Real in Sunnyvale. 

• Gyu ishiyaki - hot stone plate beef
• Tofu satsuma age - deep fried tofu cakes

• Kani gratin - Crab gratin ***
• Gyoza - pork & vegetables potstickers
• Hotate butter uni nose - scallop & sea urchin ***

So yummy ! 

A few pictures from a fun bike ride in the Bay area, we took the Caltrain from Mountain View to San Francisco, reached Larkspur by ferry then bike 37 miles to go back to SF via Sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a pretty nice way to enjoy with good friends the city, the bay and the changing weather :-)

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