Well I took a break from P90X for a while, so I decided instead of starting where I left off (the beginning of the first recovery week), I should really start all over. So that's what I did. My biggest problem last time was finding the time to do the full workout (usually an hour and a half), so now I have a new plan. I am going to get up first thing in the morning (on weekdays - weekends I'll be a little more flexible) and I will do my full workout then. I had wanted to do this before, but my fiance was still sleeping so it wouldn't work. Now we have an agreement that he will be getting up early (he goes to the gym at the crack of dawn most mornings anyway), so that my workout won't disturb his sleep.
Today was Day 1 (again). I did Chest and Back. I decided this time to copy the worksheet that is provided so that I didn't have to waste time writing down the name of the exercise in addition to how many reps I did. For Chest and Back this was never much of a problem because I never did more than half the reps that the guys and girl in the video did, but this was a constant cause of frustration for me in other videos.
This time I did not try to match what I did when I left off since I haven't worked out at all for several weeks. However, I did very well. During my first try at the program I was able to figure out how to accomplish more using my mind to keep me going. I was able to still apply this, so although I couldn't do quite what I could in week 3, I did better than I did on Day 1 last time.
I am excited about starting again.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Day 1 - Day 5
I started P90X 6 days ago, but didn't think about blogging about it until now. I was very excited to start the program and wanted to share my accomplishments, but the only way I could do that online was my facebook status and I figured my friends were getting sick of seeing "day one completed", etc.
So now I will catch you up on my progress so far...
Day 1 - Chest and Back - I was nervous to begin because I was afraid that I would be getting into something over my head. I was pleasantly surprised. It was definitely hard, but the great thing was that everyone in the video was doing 20 or more reps of each move and I was doing 12 at the most, so I had extra rest time in between each move. This extra rest allowed me to push myself and to finish the entire workout. I was very pleased.
Day 2 - Plyometrics X - I was worried about this workout because my legs haven't had much of a workout in quite some time and I wasn't sure they could take a lot of jumping around. However, each move is only 30 seconds! As Tony says "you can do anything for 30 seconds!" That wasn't entirely true - I did have to take a few 5-10 second breaks during some of the harder moves, but I didn't skip any moves. After this workout, I was sore, but again pleased.
Day 3 - Arms and Shoulders - I woke up at 4:40 to do this workout! I was afraid that I would give up just because I was too tired, but the warm up woke me up sufficiently. This workout was harder to keep up with because the guys were doing 8-10 reps and the girls 12-15. I was able to do the same number, so I didn't get much rest. I managed to finish though with pausing the tape just a couple times. After this workout I was all smiles. I had expected to be miserable because of getting up so early, but that was not the case. Unfortunately, when I got up, my cat decided he wanted everyone up, so my fiance was up since about 4:45. It will not be an option to work out so early again.
Day 4 - Yoga X - The brochures warn you that this will not be an easy workout, but I still wasn't prepared for what it was! I need to buy yoga blocks because I'm not yet flexible enough to successfully complete all the moves. This workout was very long and I was pressed for time, so I only did the first hour. There was still another half hour to go. I will make sure to have enough time next week to do the full hour and a half. Still after this workout, I felt good. My body felt fairly limber.
Day 5 - Legs and Back - I had a lot going on this day, so I did not eat dinner until about 8:30 and then tried to start this workout around 9:20. I usually go to bed at 10, so I was not very motivated to do the full hour. I had some problems with the DVD and gave up very early. I still got a few moves in, but did not complete even half the workout.
So now I will catch you up on my progress so far...
Day 1 - Chest and Back - I was nervous to begin because I was afraid that I would be getting into something over my head. I was pleasantly surprised. It was definitely hard, but the great thing was that everyone in the video was doing 20 or more reps of each move and I was doing 12 at the most, so I had extra rest time in between each move. This extra rest allowed me to push myself and to finish the entire workout. I was very pleased.
Day 2 - Plyometrics X - I was worried about this workout because my legs haven't had much of a workout in quite some time and I wasn't sure they could take a lot of jumping around. However, each move is only 30 seconds! As Tony says "you can do anything for 30 seconds!" That wasn't entirely true - I did have to take a few 5-10 second breaks during some of the harder moves, but I didn't skip any moves. After this workout, I was sore, but again pleased.
Day 3 - Arms and Shoulders - I woke up at 4:40 to do this workout! I was afraid that I would give up just because I was too tired, but the warm up woke me up sufficiently. This workout was harder to keep up with because the guys were doing 8-10 reps and the girls 12-15. I was able to do the same number, so I didn't get much rest. I managed to finish though with pausing the tape just a couple times. After this workout I was all smiles. I had expected to be miserable because of getting up so early, but that was not the case. Unfortunately, when I got up, my cat decided he wanted everyone up, so my fiance was up since about 4:45. It will not be an option to work out so early again.
Day 4 - Yoga X - The brochures warn you that this will not be an easy workout, but I still wasn't prepared for what it was! I need to buy yoga blocks because I'm not yet flexible enough to successfully complete all the moves. This workout was very long and I was pressed for time, so I only did the first hour. There was still another half hour to go. I will make sure to have enough time next week to do the full hour and a half. Still after this workout, I felt good. My body felt fairly limber.
Day 5 - Legs and Back - I had a lot going on this day, so I did not eat dinner until about 8:30 and then tried to start this workout around 9:20. I usually go to bed at 10, so I was not very motivated to do the full hour. I had some problems with the DVD and gave up very early. I still got a few moves in, but did not complete even half the workout.
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