P90X Day Twenty

Day Twenty

Yesterday, for the first time, I did Kenpo X on the correct day.  After visiting the puppies and my goddaughter again, I had enough free time to do Kenpo X.  I'm noticing that if I don't do the workout, it drives me crazy and I start to feel guilty.  I now feel like I have to do it no matter how late...with the exception of Friday.  

Kenpo X still feels great to do.  My dad saw me doing the punching and block exercises and he got curious.  He started to ask what I was doing during the work out.  Too be honest, I think he's just happy that I'm working out, and not just being lazy.  The kicks and punches are so much fun to do.  It wears me out, but it's fun.

I've been working out for twenty days now, so I don't turn the volume up on the TV anymore.  I'll be watching other things on my computer while I work out, and it feels like the work out goes so much faster.  When I give my full attention to the workout DVD, I end up staring at the clock.  When I watch something else while working out, it feels so much better.  I may be sweaty and exhausted at the end, but I can already tell that it's working.

P90X Day Eighteen

Day Eighteen

Yesterday was yoga day.  It was seriously tempting to skip.  I almost did.  However, I believe this work out is becoming a habit, because I started to feel bad for not doing it.  By the end of the afternoon I whipped out my yoga mat, and went to it.  

Once again, I couldn't do the entire workout.  I skipped what I couldn't do, and I at least got an hour done.  That's better than usual.  I woke up this morning really sore from that.  Yoga...you are my greatest enemy.  I'd rather do plyometrics.

P90X Day Thirteen and Fourteen

P90X Day Thirteen and Fourteen

On Saturday, I didn't do the work out.  It looks like I'm going to have to make Saturdays my rest days and use Sunday and my Kenpo day.  It just makes everything easier.  I hope that has no effects on the results after 90 days.  ...if anything I know my eating habits will totally ruin it for me lol

Last night was Kenpo X.  It's really just ten minutes of stretching and forty minutes of workout.  It's not that bad, but the repetitive nature of the workout can really tire me out.  I love doing it, but I hate how exhausted I am by the end of it.  He always suggests getting that stupid recovery drink...that thing would not help me recover at all.  After the workout I chugged about a gallon of water.  I got my eight cups a day!

I'll post later today about Day Fifteen :)

P90X Day Ten and Eleven

Day Ten and Eleven

I didn't have time to post yesterday after the work out, but yesterday did the shoulder and back work out and the ab ripper work out.  I actually enjoyed it.  I could definatly feel my arms working

Yesterday I spent most of the time lifting weights using the bands.  I exchanged bands a few times going from heavy to medium.  I'm hoping to switch to the heaviest band soon.

After that I switched to the ab ripper.  I did about 320 crunches.  Each time I do this work out, I'm able to do more and more.  I've never felt better!!

Today was Yoga...Let me tell you..I HATE IT!!  I hate yoga!  I can't do it as long as the work out wants me too.  The maximum I can do is a half an hour.  My wrists hurt too much from those work outs.  My stupid weak ankles and wrists hold me back from the work out.  I keep pushing it, but I end up collapsing practically.  I swear by the end of this, I will complete the entire yoga work out at least once!! I swear it!

P90X Day Nine

Day Nine

After a mild day of classes and running to the store, I came straight home to do the work out.  Again, today was Plyometrics, and it still kicked my ass!

Once again, I did a lot of squats and running around.  This time I was able to squat a little lower, and go a little longer on each exercise.  At the beginning of the work out, my legs felt a little funny doing squats again, but after a few minutes of warming up, it was alright.  It's times like these when I wish I had a fan in my room.  All I can do is open my window a little and pray to God it will close correctly.  After the hour long work out, I took a cold shower and it felt GOOD!! Still wasn't cold enough though, my face is still beet red! haha

Takes a lot of energy but it is worth it.  I can already tell a different :)

P90X Day Six and Seven

Day Six and Seven 

Since I helped my sister move yesterday, I was exhausted and decided to switch day six and seven.  Yesterday I rested and tonight, I did Kenpo X.  It was actually a fun work out, you just need a lot of space to do it. My roommate joined me today also.  She may be continuing the work out with me :)

Kenpo was an interesting work out.  Although it was hard to do the kicks with the limited space I have, I modified it and got those kicks in.  The soreness has gone away for the most part...I'm just hoping it doesn't come back this week.  Just like Dad says, it will get easier over time.  I also moved back to school today, so that was a bit of a work out as well.

Tomorrow is back to Chest and Back, along with the Ab Ripper X.  Should be fun!

P90X Day Five

Day Five

So day five has passed.  Because my sister was moving to her new home today, I wasn't able to do P90X until about 10:30 tonight.  Now that it is almost midnight, I am exhausted, so I am going to make this a quick post. 

For the first work out it was focused on the legs and back.  It was a lot of squats again.  Since I barely made it down stairs, I couldn't see me making it through the work out.  I did the first squat, and said screw it.  I did the entire work out and my legs are burning again.  Haha.  I also did some exercises that help strengthen my calves.  I have a feeling, I'm going to feel it tomorrow. -_-

For the arms, I did some pull ups.  Instead of using the pull up bar, I used the heavy blue band.  I'm hoping that after doing this for a while, I can use the extra heavy bands.  I will tone these muscles!

Last but not least, I did the Ab Ripper X.  My back is burning...I love doing the ab work out because I really want to have a toned stomach.  The only problem is I feel the pain in my stomach and my back.  I have a feeling I'm doing it wrong, but I'm not entirely sure.

Tomorrow is the last day I can do the work outs at home.  I have to keep it up at school no matter what.  Must get fit!

P90X Day Four

 Day Four

Day four is now complete.  Luckily for me, it was a yoga day.  The only problem, was that it was an hour and a half long.  I started late today, so time wise, it wasn't that good. 

The yoga poses were difficult to hold, but it felt nice to not over do it for a day.  I did have to modify the poses a little bit because my wrists can hold that amount of pressure for very long.  The stretches felt good on my sore muscles.  My friend told me to stop complaining.  I meant to be joking a bit when I spoke about my muscle pains, but I was just trying to show how out of shape I really was.  

The recovery drink came in today, and so did the protein bars.  There is no way I can use these.  I feel awful wasting so much money on it, but these are disgusting.  Now, this is all personal opinions.  To others, it could be delicious, but for some reason the drink and bars do not work well with my stomach.  I'm feeling a little queasy after only a few sips.  I think I am going to stick to water for the time being.  

No one rely on my opinion for this!!  I have a sensitive stomach and very very picky taste buds.  The types of food I eat is very limited because of it...That is why I'm using Fitness Pal instead of following the nutrition plan.  If I followed their nutrition plan, I would never eat!  haha

Let's hope I can continue to do this when I go back to school.

P90X Day Three

 Day Three

Okay, day three is down.  Today's exercises were basically weight lifting for the arms and shoulders, and then doing Ab ripper X.  I am still really sore for yesterday's work-out but I knew today's exercising wouldn't work my legs too much.  My physical therapist is worried about me overworking my back too much, so I have to modify some of the exercises so I won't overdo it.

Since I won't have weights in school, I decided to use the bands.  It's a little bit harder, but it will do.  I've been using the one I found around the house.  Turns out I've been using the medium size one.  I just received five different size bands today to take back to school.  My upper back and arms feel worked, but it's a good thing.  It's still hard for me to walk from yesterday's work-out, but I have completed Day three!

Now that all of that is over with, I'm heading back to the desk to work some.  I've got my "2012 Guide to Literary Agents" book and I'm going to go through it again expand my list of agents.  I'm pumped to work hard.  Both for my health, and for my work/passion.  Not even school will slow me down! I'm going to do well with that too!

P90X Day Two

Today is day two!  Let me tell you...it kicked my ass!!  I thought day one was hard?  Oh no...no not at all compared to day two.  Today was only Plyometrics, and I am thanking God it was the only exercise for day two.  

Plyometrics is basically nothing but squats.  There is a lot of movement and mixing squats with some cardio.  A lot of the exercises required squatting along with movement.  For example, there was an exercise called Leapfrog Squats.  Basically, you are in the squat position and you hop forward twice then backwards twice for thirty seconds.  That doesn't sound too bad right?  NOPE!  Thirty seconds is a long time!  All together it was about 60 minutes of nonstop cardio and squatting.  It took me about five minutes just to go downstairs after that.  

I did practice some archery right after (and ironically shot a lot better than usual), but after all of that, I got some ice out and iced my legs and back.  I never knew ice packs would feel so good after that kind of work out.  I'm hoping that by doing that, I won't be as sore as I could be.  

Let's keep this up!! 

P90X Day One

Alright!  So I have started P90X!  I am exhausted!  That could also be because I didn't sleep much last night.  For the first workout, I spent an hour on the Chest and Back and then about half an hour on Ab Ripper X.  That's what it said to do for normal day one.


The Chest and Back disc kicked my butt!  I tell you what!  The work out had me do different kinds of pull ups along with different kinds of push ups.  I even had to do some weight lifting.

The pull ups were the hardest thing for me to do.  Even when I was in gymnastics, I was never good at it.  Since I'm moving back to school on Sunday, I ordered some resistance bands.  If I can't afford that pull up bar, I can at least afford the bands.  I'm going to find some way to make it work.  My arms had one heck of a work out.

Next was push ups.  I never knew there were so many different ways to do push ups.  At the very least I can do ten at a time...I can't keep up with the thirty at a time they do... O_o  Not that ripped yet.

Finally, I lifted weights.  All I really had here were 5 pound weights.  The other ones were about fifty pounds...those were dad's.  This was a good work out as well.  After all of that my arms are already sore.  I know it will pay off later though.  Hopefully once those resistance bands come it, it will help.

After that was done and over with, I moved on to the Ab Ripper X.  That is intense, and I love it.  If my lower back didn't hurt so much during the exercises, I would totally do it.

There were all kinds of sit ups.  Each sit up and crunch made my lower back burn like nobody's business.  My abs were worked a bit too.  After all that, I went down to the kitchen and got me some ice!  I'm hoping that will at least help me stay less sore tomorrow.

Once this comes in, I'm going to use their recovery formula after every work out.  I'm still going to keep to my fitness pal for food, so I have to save 220 calories for this little smoothie.  I pray to God it tastes alright.  And now, it's time for a shower, then bed time.  I'm hoping I can change my schedule for a morning work out when I go back to school.  If I do that, I have to wake up at 7:15 every morning and get going.  I need to not make excuses like every other time.  Note to self, go to bed by eleven!!!!  I'm going to have to set an alarm...