Tony wasn't kidding about the yoga!
It was nice and it felt so good, but it was a lot! We didn't do the whole thing. I kind of feel bad for not doing the whole thing but I have to remember that last night was the first time I have ever done yoga. It had me sweating more than when I do the strength training workouts. I have no idea that stretching could do so much!
Tonight we have legs and something else. I'm excited to see what I can do.
I know it has only been going on for 4 days now, but I'm super proud of myself for doing it. It isn't an easy program to stick with and I can say that if I weren't doing it with someone (that comes to my house every night), I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have done as much as I did. It's very hard to find the energy and the time for any workout program because of the children, the husband, the house and other things that drop their load on my head, but I have been working out in one form or another since November 13th. I did take a couple weeks off for Christmas as mentioned in a previous post and I did take a couple weeks off for the nasty/funky toe, but this has been some kind of record for me. I am down like 25 pounds and that isn't bad!
I'm proud of me!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
P90X - day 3
Ok, so Day 3 we did chest and back and let me tell you that it is 10 times more difficult than shoulders and arms. I'm super tight today. I have been up for about 3 hours now and the soreness is starting to set in. It feels so nice. I pushed myself hard last night and every time I thought I couldn't do any more I did some more. My shoulders are sore, my chest is sore, my back is sore and my legs are sore.
About the workout:
I can't do a pull-up or a chin-up without assistance (my husband laughed at me because I couldn't do one, but he wasn't in there doing the workout). Tamara and I needed to use a chair for all the exercises on the bar. The push-ups were difficult to do at the end and i had to do them the sissy way. The way I look at it is that at least I'm doing it. My core isn't strong enough to do the standard push-up. Every time I try my lower back pulls. Anyway, the workout was fast paced and very hard. It got my heart rate going and I broke a sweat. We were very proud that we finished. There was one exercise that we couldn't do. Well, Tamara could do it better than I could. It looked like a porn star move but it was called the dive bomber. It was ridiculous!
About workout results:
I'm the same weight, which I expected. I think I need to be adding some cardio to get the results that I really need. I'm so happy that I'm actually feeling this! I know that I sound really crazy saying that, but I need to feel sore! I'm hoping that by the end of the first 30 days I can drop 8 pounds. That may be a crazy goal, but I know I can do it!
About the workout:
I can't do a pull-up or a chin-up without assistance (my husband laughed at me because I couldn't do one, but he wasn't in there doing the workout). Tamara and I needed to use a chair for all the exercises on the bar. The push-ups were difficult to do at the end and i had to do them the sissy way. The way I look at it is that at least I'm doing it. My core isn't strong enough to do the standard push-up. Every time I try my lower back pulls. Anyway, the workout was fast paced and very hard. It got my heart rate going and I broke a sweat. We were very proud that we finished. There was one exercise that we couldn't do. Well, Tamara could do it better than I could. It looked like a porn star move but it was called the dive bomber. It was ridiculous!
About workout results:
I'm the same weight, which I expected. I think I need to be adding some cardio to get the results that I really need. I'm so happy that I'm actually feeling this! I know that I sound really crazy saying that, but I need to feel sore! I'm hoping that by the end of the first 30 days I can drop 8 pounds. That may be a crazy goal, but I know I can do it!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
It's been a long time!
Ok, so I know it's been a long time. What can I say?
I have to excuses for the absence.
1. The holidays... they came, saw and conquered me in every possible meaning of the word.
2. I do taxes, enough said.
Anyway, enough of the bull. During the holidays I pretty much did whatever I wanted, literally. I took the 2 weeks and the end of December to get in everything that I wanted. Jan 4th came and I was hardcore into dieting and exercising. I lost 15 pounds in the month of January. It was awesome, I felt great. Bad part about that is I took #1 to get her toes done with me and I came back with a staph infection. It was so nasty on so many levels. I couldn't wear shoes for a while. I was so happy that this didn't happen during the cold months of the year, haha. I finally was able to get a shoes back on in the middle of last week, so that was good news. During that time the exercising stopped. It was a sad time. I had no energy for anything.
My friend Tamara and I decided to start up p90x this past Monday. We were both really scared and nervous especially from everything that we both have read about the program. Here is what we have done so far:
Monday - Shoulders and Arms (we were suppose to start out on back and chest but I don't have pull-up bar)
Tuesday - Plyometrics
Tonight we are doing the back and chest. I'm going by the store to grab a pull-up bar so we can do everything that they are doing. We have been rather disappointed that we aren't sore. I'm pretty sure that this is our learning curve week. We shall see though. We are going to actually finish what we start tonight. The first night we finished mostly everything. It was a struggle. I think I need to push myself more and work on what I can do with what weights. The second night, with the plyometrics, was challenging. We had a goal of 30 minutes and we did just that. I have a bum knee and it wasn't use to all the jumping, lunges and squats. We also weren't able to do the ab ripper on Monday because the floor is too hard, so Tamara picked us up some mats yesterday at her gym. We found out why the abs weren't made to go after plyometrics, it's because nothing is made to go after that. I have seriously never done so much jumping around. My husband came up stairs from his "man cave" to make sure that we weren't wrestling bears.
I'll try and keep this updated as the days past.
Also something I need to work better on is my food intake.
I have to excuses for the absence.
1. The holidays... they came, saw and conquered me in every possible meaning of the word.
2. I do taxes, enough said.
Anyway, enough of the bull. During the holidays I pretty much did whatever I wanted, literally. I took the 2 weeks and the end of December to get in everything that I wanted. Jan 4th came and I was hardcore into dieting and exercising. I lost 15 pounds in the month of January. It was awesome, I felt great. Bad part about that is I took #1 to get her toes done with me and I came back with a staph infection. It was so nasty on so many levels. I couldn't wear shoes for a while. I was so happy that this didn't happen during the cold months of the year, haha. I finally was able to get a shoes back on in the middle of last week, so that was good news. During that time the exercising stopped. It was a sad time. I had no energy for anything.
My friend Tamara and I decided to start up p90x this past Monday. We were both really scared and nervous especially from everything that we both have read about the program. Here is what we have done so far:
Monday - Shoulders and Arms (we were suppose to start out on back and chest but I don't have pull-up bar)
Tuesday - Plyometrics
Tonight we are doing the back and chest. I'm going by the store to grab a pull-up bar so we can do everything that they are doing. We have been rather disappointed that we aren't sore. I'm pretty sure that this is our learning curve week. We shall see though. We are going to actually finish what we start tonight. The first night we finished mostly everything. It was a struggle. I think I need to push myself more and work on what I can do with what weights. The second night, with the plyometrics, was challenging. We had a goal of 30 minutes and we did just that. I have a bum knee and it wasn't use to all the jumping, lunges and squats. We also weren't able to do the ab ripper on Monday because the floor is too hard, so Tamara picked us up some mats yesterday at her gym. We found out why the abs weren't made to go after plyometrics, it's because nothing is made to go after that. I have seriously never done so much jumping around. My husband came up stairs from his "man cave" to make sure that we weren't wrestling bears.
I'll try and keep this updated as the days past.
Also something I need to work better on is my food intake.
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