Time Constraints

My husband started P90X up with me this last week, and it's been great to have someone to workout with. The only problem comes when we are doing workouts that involve weights. We have the Bowflex SelectTech weights, but of course we only have one set of them. That being said, I did my workout today while he's at work so that we don't have to 'fight' over weights for our workout tonight.

I'm really glad that Tony Horton included workout sheets with the program. Without them I'd be doing too little weight pretty much every workout. They really help me to push myself further and harder. Today's workout - Shoulders & Arms - was a lot more rewarding than the first time that I did it last week because I knew what I was doing, and what I needed to do different. I did the workout while my baby was sleeping, and unfortunately didn't have time to do the bonus round today. I had the energy and the motivation to do it, but it was either finish the workout, or take a shower for the day. Sorry Tony, but this time, the shower won.

Plyo

Call me sadistic, but I actually thing that the P90X Plyometrics workout is pretty fun. It's like being a kid again, and spazzing out, and seeing who can jump the highest! This workout reminds me of that "Friends" episode where Phoebe and Rachel go running, and Phoebe runs like a total spaz cuz it's so much more fun to do it that way. Plyo makes me literally kick myself in the ass, but I do it with a smile on my face, and half the time I'm laughing about it as well.

Chest, Back & Abs round 2

Obviously from the title of this post, today was my second time around on P90X Chest Back and Abs. I'm still pretty sore and tight from my Kenpo workout last night, but I feel like I pushed myself nice and hard. I feel good and fatigued as I sit here typing and sipping my protein drink. I'm definitely feeling myself getting stronger though, even after just one week on the program. I'm finding ways to push myself harder, whether it be higher weight, forcing just one more rep out of myself, or no longer modifying some of the movements. I did my wide pushups today without going down to my knees. They were significantly harder, I could only do 5 or so instead of the 15-20 I can do on my knees, but I felt great for being able to do just those 5. I also used the pull up bar today on the second time around instead of using the bands. I have to help myself quite a bit using the chair, but it's a significantly harder workout doing it that way. I think I'm going to start using it more often to push myself that much harder.

Tony's Ab Ripper X routine still 100% kicks my butt, or abs I guess, but again I'm definitely feeling myself getting stronger. I'm not having to completely modify every single movement. I may not be able to do all of the reps without modifying, but I can do at least some of them, and that's an improvement.

Kenpo

Today's workout was Kenpo, and I actually had a lot of fun with it. Tony was right in his little intro interview, you're so busy doing so many different things that you don't have time to realize how stinking tired and sweaty you are. For this workout, I'm really glad that I have done so many other kickboxing routines. I've done a LOT of work with Turbo Jam, and Chalene's "tuck" position really helped me out with Tony's kenpo stuff.

I have successfully completed my first week of P90X. I had to rotate my kenpo day and my rest day because of my son's birthday party, but I finished everything right on scheule really.

P90X day 4

I haven't posted in a long time, and I've been thinking about a lot of things fitness, so this is likely to be a fairly long ramble.

First off, I'm on day 4 of my first time doing P90X, and so far I'm loving the program. It's incredibly challenging, but really set up so that you can go at your own pace. Tony is constantly reminding his audience to make sure they have the right weight so that they can maintain proper form, and to feel free to push pause if their body needs to take a break. I like how much he encourages people to listen to their own body. No workout program is going to be 100% perfect for any one individuals body, and he understands that and has built it into his system.

Second, the way the program is layed out so far is fabulous. After 3 days of fairly intense working out, I was more than happy when I realized that I have 1 1/2 hours of yoga tonight. It just sounds like something that my body wants and needs right now. Yoga, while physically intensive on your body, is also incredibly relaxing and therapeutic for it. I really think that after doing it tonight I'll have a much easier time getting through the rest of the week of workouts.

Third, Tony is constantly cracking me up! It's easy to forget how hard your body is working when you're busy laughing at the antics of your 'trainer'. And I really appreciate that he has people of all body types in there. You've got skinny dancer girls, big booty girls, lean men, and really built men. It's a great variety that helps me as a viewer to feel like I can achieve the body type of at least someone on the workouts.