I was feeling restless before the week even started, I looked at the weather and saw every day was sunny and in the 70s! I decided to try and just do my workout however I wanted to, which means I mostly went Mt Biking and running this week. But I think it was good that I got to do some of that, because now I’m really ready to start phase 2 week 5 and really focus on it!
Here is what my week looked like:
Recovery Week
Day 22 P90x
Sore level upon waking-0
Today is supposed to be Yoga, but it was so beautiful out I went for a run. I’ll prob. Tray to get outside as much as possible this week, since the workouts are light for p90x. I feel like I need some cardio.
I’ll probably hit up one yoga, but I’m not going do the recommended 3! Although the other day when I was doing downward dog I almost got my heels to touch the ground.
Day 23
Sore level upon waking-0
Today was suppose to be core synergistics but I had a headache and had to take a recover day! Now I gotta push everything off by a day. ☹
Day 24
Core Synergistics
Sore level upon waking- 0
Headache was pretty much gone, but after missing the last couple days of working out, I almost talked myself into just quitting all together on the program. But instead I pushed play. Video was okay, the only thing I didn’t like was how many workouts made you roll around on the floor.
Glad I decided not to quit, everything just feels off this week.
Day 25
Soreness upon waking- 2
Went Mt biking today, just shuffling the whole week around, it’s all screwy. I can’t help wanting to get outside it is just so nice out!
Day 26
Soreness upon waking- 1
Had good intentions to do Kenpo today but went for another MT bike ride…..It was a tough day, turned into a 3 hour hilly ride…..maybe should of just stuck to Kenpo!
Day 27
Soreness upon waking-2
Worn down from riding yesterday took a full recovery day.
Day 28
Soreness upon waking-2
Well took another recovery day…..didn’t get many videos accomplished this week, got outside a lot. But now on Monday I’ll be ready to start phase 2 and stay focused on the workouts now I got some of the outdoor things out of my system.
Day 15 P90x
Chest Back and Ab Ripper X
Sore level upon waking-0
Did the double workout today went for a run and hit the p90x.
Felt really solid on my run today, not out of breath. So I guess those plyometrics must be doing something.
P90 was solid today I put if off till 7pm and ate a string cheese before, cheese and working out don’t go together.
Anywas I switched I started doing the pushups off my knees I could easily hit between 10-15 off the knees then I would usually do about 10 on the knees. I big jump from the first two weeks.
The pull-ups doing seem to be progressing as fast, still struggle to do one on my own and then I use a chair to do them, but this way just feels awkward. I switched it up and did the chair and then did ten or 15 more reps with the band. My goal is to do 8 pull ups by the 60th day, but now I’m not sure if that is going happen.
I’ll just have to keep working it and see what happens!
Day 16
Plyometrics
Sore level upon waking-3.5
Got it done, still my least favorite, though I know it works. Pretty much kept focus all the way though, didn’t loose it halfway through like the last couple times, made it to the end feeling A Ok. Pretty tired and starving by the “bonus” round!
Day 17
Shoulder arms and ab ripper x
Sore level upon waking- 4.5
Sore when I woke this morning, the calves hurt and the upper body still tight from Chest and Back.
P90 went good today, felt strong.
Ready to move onto some new videos though, glad next week is recovery and then onto phase 2.
Day 18
Yoga
Soreness upon waking- 2
Today Was Yoga x I didn’t hesitate on this one, because I can easily make excuses to skip it, if I put it off. So I got first thing and got it done.
Anyhow I like the way I feel after yoga, its just I don’t really like the video much and find myself looking at the clock often. I don’t mind doing this video like every other week would be cool.
Anyways feels good to have day 18 done and early in the day too!
Day 19
Leg Back Ab ripper
Soreness upon waking- 0
Got It doneeeee! YAY! Can’t wait to switch stuff up next week is recover for me and then phase 2.
Day 20
Mountain bike
Soreness upon waking-1
Instead of taking a rest day this weekend, I decided to get some cardio and do some trail riding, it was great getting outside and doing something different.
Day 21
Kenpo
Soreness upon waking-0
Got this one done early in the morning, so I can have the day free! Went Fine, ready to switch it up a bit though!
Another Week of P90x done feeling stronger everyday! Feeling more energetic each day as well. Much less sore then week 1!
Day 8 P90x
Chest Back and Ab Ripper X
Sore level upon waking-2
For some reason I felt more sore when I started the video, then when I woke up this morning. Maybe I didn’t realize how sore my arms actually were. It was a rough day, I did feel much better than last Monday though.
The Abs weren’t hurting though so I really Brought it on Ab Ripper X- I feel stronger each times I do this video.
Day 9
Plyometrics
Sore level upon waking-1
This is the hardest workout if you ask me. The first time I did it I started to peter out and loose focus have way through, this time I made it a little bit past half way maybe between 36 and 40 minutes. I start loosing focus and the workout concentration. I don’t if it is just because I’m tired or what.
Anyways I’m always glad when this one is done, I still think it is a good workout. Hopefully by the end I can make it through and stay focused. Then I will know I have progressed!
Day 10
Shoulder arms and ab ripper x
Sore level upon waking-1
Feeling less sore every morning! Which I don’t mind because I can bring it harder doing the workouts! Maybe I’ll move my weights up next week. Currently I’m using 5lbs and 8lbs depending on the lift
Shoulder and arms is still the best video in my opinion. I just love all the moves in it, very solid arm workout!
Ab Ripper X was a bit rough today for some reason I was really feeling in the hip flexors.
Feels so good to have my days be in the double digits!
Day 11
Yoga
Soreness upon waking- 0
Well Today was supposed to be Yoga X- but I skipped and went trail riding instead. I felt a tad guilty about it, but I still got in an hour of riding so not that bad.
I don’t hate the yoga or love it. I just really wanted to bike so I did.
I don’t want to get so obsessed with the videos, that when they end I don’t know what to do with my time. So some days I just need to get an outside workout. That way when P90x comes to an end I’m used to doing other things as well. This doesn’t mean I want to be skipping videos all time, because I don’t want to follow through with the program, but every once in awhile I may replace one of the workouts with a solid outdoor session.
This video is getting me were I want to get though and that is to make working out a daily thing in my life.
I was thinking of doing the stretch workout on Sunday, just to see how it compares to the yoga.
Oh good news I ran up a fight of stairs today and didn’t run out of breath! YAY!
Day 12
Leg Back Ab ripper
Soreness upon waking-0
Got the video done….not much to say other then it went fine.
Day 13
Rest
Soreness upon waking 2
Suppose to do Kenpo today but had too much going on so moved it to Sunday.
Day 14
Kenpo
Soreness upon waking-0
Brought it on Kenpo today really good workout. I splurged a little on my diet yesterday, first time in 13 days I did that. So either I was feeling guilty or the extra calories gave me more energy, maybe I bit of both. Either way I really worked it today. Good workout, I like Kenpo for a cardio workout.
This weekly update for p90x will be longer then the future ones….just to give a idea of what the program is like….the following ones will probably just be a quick week recap.
Program Overview
This is phase 1 of the program, there are 3 phases over 3 months, the rotation of the videos switch up each month and some different videos get added, to change up the intensity! The fourth week each month is a recovery week, that just means you do more of the easier cardio/Yoga videos and less lifting!
Day 1 P90x
Chest Back and Ab Ripper X
Well the worst thing about a workout program is the first day. I knew it was going be hard, because I don’t really like to be told what to do. I like to do my own workouts, but since those seem to be lacking structure and consistency, I popped in the video.
First day Impressions -I’m much more out of shape then I realized. My general conditions is just poor right now.
-If you can’t do 20 solid push ups and feel good afterward, these probably are not the videos for you. You have to do like 100 push ups though out the first video.
-I really couldn’t go 100 percent on this video….hopefully by the end I will be able to. It is awkward learning the moves and trying to keep up to speed. I hope this will get easier with time and I can put more focus and quality effort into my movements.
-Workout videos have to be done at just the right time in ones life, if you are a real out door type, doing them at all will be hard. Doing them in the summer time would just be ridiculous. I think I picked the right time to do them, because I am in the mood just to follow a video and get into a routine.
-I can’t do a pull up right now, I used to pump them out all time, but taking two years off from lifting kills your strength. It is going to be a real challenge to hit my b-day goal list to do 8 of them!
Ab Ripper X (with a name like this you know your in for it)
2 Second You Tube Video of Tony Horton……This is what he says before the Ab Ripper Video and now I have been saying it!
The first part of the video is chest and back, it is little over an hour long. The second part is Ab ripper X which in my opinion is one of the best ab videos I have ever done, it is about 17 minutes of fluid ab movements, very tough. I notice too that it is on schedule for 3 days a week, that is going be challenge.
Glad that day one is over though, getting started, realizing and accepting where I’m at, was the hardest part, now I can focus on getting things stronger!
Day 2
Plyometrics
Sore level upon waking-6
Ughhhh, this video is a pain in the butt. Lots of squatting, lunging and jumping around. Was feeling okay the first half, but started to get tired and sloppy the second half. The video is about 1 hour 7 minutes….that equals a lot plymoetrics squat jumping.
Also I was bit sore in the chest and arms this morning, I slept about 10 hours last night too. The one hard thing is doing these videos when it is perfectly sunny and nice outside, part of me just wants to go for a jog. This is what I think about through most of the video. When it is done with I’m just glad it is over and then watch some p90x video blogs on you tube and it actually motivates me to keep sticking with it.
The plyometrics is obviously something I need to workout on otherwise it would be such a pain, I would love to be able to go through the video and feel strong afterward.
Day 3 Shoulder arms and ab ripper x Sore level upon waking-8
Actually didn’t mind this video, nothing too strenuous just a nice upper body workout. I was a tad sore starting out, I wouldn’t have wanted to do any leg stuff today for sure. But after the video I was feeling a lot less sore for some reason I even felt pretty energized.
Second time with Ab ripper….slightly better than the first I still can’t keep up with as many reps they do.
Overall not too bad Favorite video so far
Day 4 Yoga
Sore level 7
This is a long video 90 minutes but typical of most yoga classes if you were going to attend one. Besides this video being long wasn’t too bad.
Comparable to an advanced Vinyasa Yoga class, some of the moves could be a little rough if you don’t know what your doing.
Overall wasn’t that bad felt better after doing it.
I also went for a run on this day which may have been a mistake….my legs are just so sorreeeeee! Hopefully some of this soreness will subside.
Day 5
Leg Back Ab ripper
Soreness upon waking 5
Soreness wasn’t as bad this morning, I mean not perfect but not horrible. I made the mistake of putting this video off till the evening….the other ones I did early on in the day. But today I just felt so tired, I kept delaying the whole thing. I thought about just skipping today, but I stuck with it and so glad I did.
Overall Video is a pretty solid workout a lot of pull ups, I felt a lot better than I did on Monday with those. I even could pump out one! Yay! If you can’t do any pull ups, you can substitute them by using a band and doing pull doings which helps strengthen the back muscles, until you can actually do pull-ups. I felt solid today and that I put in a good workout.
Day 6
Kenpo
Soreness upon waking 2
Not bad at all-Kinda like a cardio boxing classes. It was pretty solid work out overall, video is only an hour, so it went by pretty quickly!
Day 7 Stretch Video or Rest
Soreness upon waking 5
I was surprised when I woke up today I was a tad sore from Kenpo I guess. I decided to take a rest day instead of doing the stretching video. I just wanted to take a day off from doing videos so I can start on Monday ready to go!
One of the items on my 10 things to do before my 30th Birthday list is two complete 2 months of the P90x workouts. Well this is something I have started right away, so I can try and stay on track with it and get the two months completed.
I first heard about P90x from my cousin, my first thought was ‘oh another lame workout video.’ I never really have heard p90x about before he mentioned it and after his description of it ’90 days of hardcore workouts’ my interest got the better of me and I started googling away.
P90x Community
Well turns out P90xers are kind of a group of there own, many blogs and you tube videos out there, some detailing the whole program and sharing everyone’s experiences with it. The more I watched the more interested I got in it. I got seriously addicted to the Youtube videos!
I guess word in the blogging world is you should already be in pretty good shape to even do the videos. You can even be expected to complete some pull ups by the end of the program. Which is already of interest to me, since I need to try and pump 8 out by my Birthday!
The Program
Tony Horton is your “personal trainer” through the videos, some may know him from other beach body workouts and he is pretty ripped. Anyhow there are like 12 different videos to do and you rotate through them during the week. The videos are couple weight workouts, plyometrics, one that is sorta like tae bo (kenopa) a yoga, and a hardcore ab.
My Thoughts
Okay by now I’m saying to myself wow I can’t believe I’m interested in this infomercial workout videos. My cousin even lent me his when he was done with them and I took them and set them in my closet that was about half a year ago. I mean I’m more of outdoorsy, biker, runner, snowboarder type of person, when was I actually going be able to dedicate like1 hour and half to these videos everyday, I would much rather go for a jog.
Really it was reading others blogs and watching their personal you tube videos that sold me on trying it out, it sorta looked fun (seriously if you have any interest in the videos go check out the post for them on you tube there are 100s of them to view). Plus I could use some strength training, I haven’t been doing any in the last year and didn’t really want to fork out money for gym right now.
So I figured I would put it on my “things to do before I am 30” list. I only had 60 days though, until my 30th Bday, but I figure hey if I make it 60 days, that’s better then nothing and maybe I’ll possibly stay motivated for the last 30 days. So I figured why not give it try and see how it goes, it just felt like the right time to do it.
Conclusion
I thought I would do possibly weekly (maybe more often at first since I’ll likely have more whining to do) updates on the program; I already completed day 1 and 2 yay! More thoughts on the program to come.
