Day 12

Legs and Back & Ab Ripper X - Today was the first time that I did more than just the first few moves of the legs and back workout. I was surprised that almost no weights were used. By the end, I was very sick of doing pullups. I can't do them without chair support and it starts to get frustrating after a while to just keep doing them with my feet on a chair. The leg workout was good though.

Then at the end was the ab workout. As I've done everyday so far, I forgot that it was coming. Luckily, they put both workouts on the same DVD so that I couldn't forget. I did much better on the abs this time. I optimized my breaks, so instead of going to failure around 15 reps and then sitting/laying still for the other 10, I did 10 reps, sat for 5, then did the last 10. As I build up my strength, I hope to go longer without a break. I was proud today of how much better I did than the last time I did this workout.

I'm not too sore from the Yoga workout yesterday, but I am just all around tired.

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.