WORK IT OUT, GIRL!

I’m constantly sore.  Not a good sore either.  With P90X, the burn I’d feel the next day was… motivating.  I was feeling good after each workout, feeling stronger, seeing progress. The sore I feel with Insanity is almost discouraging.  My legs are constantly shaking when it comes to stairs or anything that involves squatting and jumping.  :p  OK, so maybe discouraging isn’t the word.  Maybe intimidating.  P90 was intimidating, but after you got the routines down, you could get into a groove and push yourself more with each work out.  I feel like I could give up after the warmup.

I know, it’s early, hasn’t even been a month yet but damn.  I at least like being able to keep up and push through the whole friggin routine with minimal rests.  Can’t do that with Insanity since you’re constantly moving.  I don’t think I’ll ever like that I start to sweat before stretching begins.  And Cardio Recovery day?  **** that.  Recovery should not even be in the name for that.

I will say that the biggest thing I am not satisfied with is the stretching.  I miss Tony’s stretching.  Insanity has you doing the same damn stretches no matter what the work out (yea, i know they’re mainly cardio) but he doesn’t take to time to really stretch the back or the shoulders and you’re using them a lot in the work outs.  "TIGHTEN UP THE CORE!" and yet he doesn’t really take care of the core during cool down.

My back feels like complete ****-tight and everything.  I think we’re gonna look into getting massages this weekend.

I was doing P90X, but my bro and his girl wanted to start Insanity.  Yesterday was Day 1, the Fit Test.  Today was Plyometric Cardio Circuit.

Holy ****.  I’m in for some pain for the next couple months…

I just updated my measurements… not happy.  BUT, can’t complain, right?  I knew my knee issues would cause me to put weight back on + poor diet.  Seeing my chart go up with weight makes me want to burn it back off even faster.

I noticed the inches I’ve gained all around, but I have a feeling I’ll lose inches around my calves and arms again like the last time I did P90x Lean.  Hopefully I can get more definition and strength in my upper body finally!!

Here’s to leaning out and putting on some muscle

Today was Day 1 of p90x lean.  It’s been over a year since I did it the first time and had to take time off from it with my knee.

Core synergistics definitely kicked my ass.  Guess the cardio I was doing wasn’t really as effective as I though.  :p  Superman-banana is still my fav part.   Hopefully tomorrow will be easier… yea right.  Who am I kidding?

i didn’t completely get over my fever until wednesday… but then my lil one caught what i had.    she’s better now of course, but it set me back in P90x.  tomorrow, i’ll be starting phase 2 since i didn’t get to last week. :p

we were given friday off as a family day for memorial day weekend, but i had to go into work anyway.  the plan was to try and get things done by lunch…. but we stayed longer than expected.  we didn’t get out of there until about 1430, leaving me no time to go grocery shopping with my lil one before i had to drop her off with my ex.  i ended up going after i dropped her off (LONG 4 hours of driving ugh) and got home too late to even do a lite work out.

yesterday i was released from on call around lunch time so i was able to get to the gym.  i did arms and chest and felt GREAT afterwards.  today i’ll be doing back and legs.

hope everyone is having a safe memorial day weekend!

i got home yesterday and started feeling even more exhausted and dehydrated.  i couldn’t figure out what was wrong so i decided to take it easy. 

usually, i can tell when i’m about to be sick.  i "carry" my sickness in my lower back; start to have an unbelievable pain and can’t even numb it with medication.  i had an inkling that i was going to have something being that it was a cool 78° in the house and i was cold.  all i could think about was getting into the shower and putting the water as hot as i could bear. 

i had a temp of 100.6, not bad, but it got worse throughout the night.  tossing and turning because i was hot and then cold again…

i hope that i work out today.  definitely feeling better than last night, but a bit exhausted.

so i did my measurements and it’s progress, but a lil discouraging.  i’ve managed to lose inches all over except for my forearms- they gained an inch.  what’s discouraging?  i was hoping i lost more inches around my waist and thighs, but like dan says, it’s still progress.  i was shocked that i lost almost an inch around my calves, but he tells me that it means i’m leaning out.  i hope that’s the case. 

 today starts phase 2.  i think i’m gonna double up on videos on days that i don’t have cardio so that i actually have a cardio session (ex, tomorrow is shoulders and arms and i’ll just do a cardio video in the morning).  i’m doing pretty good about my diet, hopefully dan will have some ideas of how i can improve that more.  it’ll be a whole lot easier when he moves out here in that dept considering he’s got his down.

well, one more hour of work and then it’s time for my workout.

Sunday will be the last day of phase 1 for P90x.  i can see that i’ve lost some inches, but unsure about weight.  kinda nervous about weighing in on friday.  :p 

so far, i’m really happy with P90x.  the routine are fun and i get a great work out from them.  ab ripper x still kicks my ass, but i can feel my midsection grow stronger being that each time i do it, i’m able to hang with him more and do more of the reps. LOL

i’m gonna try to update more with phase 2……….

the ab ripper x left me sore all over.  don’t think i’ve ever had my sides sore before, a good sign that i don’t work them out enough.

did kenpo x today and was sweatin like crazy!  i’m really liking p90x……

hope i keep it up for the whole time. *crosses fingers*

wheni got home from work yesterday i was surprised to find a box by the door- P90x.  bebe surprised me and bought it for me.  (thanks bebe!)  i told him that i was trying to get back into slim in 6 since i had it for so long and decided 2 weeks before to bring it back out and try it out again.  he mentioned p90x and that he kept hearing a lot of good reviews for it.  he supports me in any and everything i do when it comes to staying in shape-and he’ll pay for it as well.  i told him i’d eventually look it up but that i didn’t really think i’d look into trying it out since it beachbody products are so expensive.  i had lost the first dvd for slim in 6 but was able to download it from the internet and watch it that way.

after looking through the box and reading through the guide, i decided on trying the p90x classic program.  after talking more with dan, i changed to the p90x lean program.  i popped in the first disc for the program- core synergistics.

i must say i am impressed and i had fun with that disc.  he is much more entertaining than debbie siebers and the work outs change up so fast that i don’t pay attention to the time remaining in the set like i do in slim in 6.

tonight is day 2- cardio x.  i hope he doesn’t kick my ass…. LMAO