So, with DH off last Friday our workout was never rescheduled.  This coupled with the missed Yoga on Thursday, and no workout Saturday or Sunday or Monday!  Amanda and I resumed where we left off (sort of) on Tuesday.  We did not do Yoga.

Saturday – no workout

Sunday – no workout

Monday – no workout

Tuesday – Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X

Wednesday – Kenpo X

Thursday – Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X

Friday – Plyometrics

I feel it all over this week.  We were working our legs and abs and I said to Amanda I really need to work on my butt!  Apparently P90X heard me.  There is not a part of me that is not sore.  Oh, but it is a good sore.  I am really hoping to get back into all of those great clothes I bought last year [when I still had a job] and get more use out of them.

We decided it did not matter if we missed a few days.  We just pick up where we left off and continue towards our goal – to finish the program and get in shape!  Grrr!

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Amanda and I made it through our second week of P90X, almost.  DH is off today, so we postponed Legs & Back and Ab Ripper X until tonight.  This morning we mowed the lawn, weeded the garden, raked the grass (tractor was out of commission for 2 weeks!), and added some of that grass to the chicken coop instead of buying straw.  Still a decent bit of work and more arm work!  Woo Hoo!  Since I had an early morning dental appointment and errands yesterday we will be skipping Stretch X on Sunday and working on Yoga X instead.

Saturday – Kenpo X, I did this alone as Amanda and Stephen went to help DH with some side work last Saturday.

Sunday – Stretch X

Monday – Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X

Tuesday – Plyometrics, we lasted 30 minutes

Wednesday – Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X

Thursday – postponed Yoga X, will do Sunday

Friday – Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X, scheduled for tonight

I am so excited about getting back into a workout routine.  I feel more fit already and can do almost every exercise in the Ab Ripper X routine.  The first day I could do about half the routine.  I even did the bonus round for Shoulders & Arms on Wednesday.  Grrr!

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This week I resumed restarted my P90X workout.  I made it through 3 whole weeks back in March, then went out of town twice and missed several workouts, got frustrated, went out of town again, and decided to postpone the program until life settled down a bit.  Now is as good a time as any.  My lovely daughter, Amanda, is doing the program with me.  Our goal is to workout at 6:00 am each morning.  So far our earliest workout has been at 8:00 am.  By the time school starts we will need to be up and ready to workout at 5:00 am.  UGH!   By my calculations, I should be hitting 90 days right around my 38th birthday.  Wouldn’t that be nice?!

Monday – Chest & Back & Ab Ripper X

Tuesday – Plyometrics Core Synergistics

Wednesday – Shoulders & Arms & Ab Ripper X

Thursday – Yoga X

Friday – Legs & Back & Ab Ripper X

I do not own a scale so I will not be recording or worrying too much about weight loss by that measurement.  My big test will be by the feel and size of my clothing.  Currently, I am wearing anything from a size 6 to 9, depending on the cut.  My goal is to get back into my size 2 -4 pants (I was wearing these this past November before losing my job and my will to workout).  This should bring me to around 125 lbs for my 5’5″ frame.  But mostly, I will be happy when my arms do not have so much jiggle and my thighs do not annoy me by rubbing together.  Eek!

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I do not even want to admit out loud how long it has been since I last worked out.  Well, actually, it was when I visited my parents in Florida.  That is not as bad as I originally thought.  Here I was thinking it was March, right before I travelled to D.C. with Miss Amanda.  But, I did workout using my parents WII Fit.  Let me tell you, that can be one intense workout, and FUN!  Too bad I am way too cheap to buy one for myself.  Maybe I will win one.  

So, today I decided I would start easy.  I really need to resume my p90x workout.  This time with a full 90 day follow through.  But, for today it was Winsor Pilates (with the ring).  I cannot tell you enough how much I LOVE this workout!  20 minutes of toning, working out abs, thighs, butt, and arms.  And that 20 minutes flies by so quickly.  My new plan is to do Winsor Pilates any day I cannot do another workout.  This way if, for some reason, I cannot workout to the p90x plan I still will workout to something to stay in a routine.  Boy, it is good to be back!

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My punishment for being a slacker… four days in a row of Ab Ripper X.  Good thing I like Ab Ripper X.  

Let us recap: Saturday – no workout; out of town, Sunday – now workout; out of town, Monday – no workout; recovering from out of town, Tuesday & Wednesday – workouts for Saturday & Sunday, Thursday – no workout; did not feel well.  Today is Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X, and Kenpo X.  Saturday will be Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X, and Plyometrics (I might do Core Synergistics here so I do not hurt myself).  Sunday will be Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X, and Yoga X.  And, finally, Monday will be Legs & Back and Ab Ripper X; putting me back on schedule.  I am tired just thinking about it.  

Day 12 – Legs & Back + Ab Ripper X

Legs was tough!  Do you p90x?  If you do, then you know what I mean by calf raises – ouch!  And what is it with the one leg wall squat?  Can you get your leg parallel?  I can get mine up and hold it for the time alloted.  It is hard, but 10 second intervals makes it bearable.  I needed to add a band for my pull ups.  I do not have a bar so I have to do the modification with the bands.  Not that I could possibly do a pull up right now anyway.  Why is legs so painful?  Or is it just me.  I confess I skipped the scissors, roll up – v up, and leg climb today.  They hurt my back.  I can do all 50 of the mason twists, though.  And I did everything for the full 25 reps except the side v ups.  I did 14 each of these.  

Day 13 – Kenpo X

I will be doing Kenpo later tonight and will update accordingly.

** UPDATE **

I have fallen behind and I cannot catch up!  Instead of beating myself up for falling behind I am going to pick myself back up and just start where I left off without worrying if I am a few days behind in my workout.  So, Kenpo was not done yet, but I will be working on getting back on schedule today.  Oh, and as far as my going out of town, I will still workout as planned.  Something will be better than nothing even if it is a little backwards.  :)

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I am a little behind on my workouts due to some travel this past weekend and I am determined to get back on schedule.  So far this has not happened.  But, there is always tomorrow.  

Tuesday was Shoulders & Arms.  Shoulders and Arms have most assuredly improved in this short timeframe.  My reps were more, my band was more taut, I was pumped!  Have I said how much I LOVE this workout?  I really, really, and truly do.  Seriously.  My arms and upper body strength is not (have never been) one of my stronger (no pun intended) suites.  I am hoping to change that through p90x.  I did experience a little soreness in my left shoulder yesterday; it is gone today.  I rocked Ab Ripper X.  I should be able to do the entire workout by week 5.  That is my goal.

Today I did Yoga X and made it more than halfway through.  My goal was halfway.  I do not enjoy vinyasa.  I used to love yoga.  Maybe I will again, once I have more strength.  I did enjoy the balance poses and the stretches.  But somewhere around 18:55 minutes left I felt quite nauseated and had to lie down.  Thus ended my workout for the day.

I am still three days behind, so with a little luck I will do two workouts tomorrow and I could skip my day of rest or do the Stretch X and start week 3.  I will be out of town next Thursday, Friday, & Saturday and do not want to fall much further behind.  I figure with my recovery week it will not be so hard to maintain my workouts (hopefully) while away.  This means I need to get back on schedule.

I do not expect to see much change at my 30 day point, but I may be [pleasantly] surprised.  We shall see.

What is your workout routine?  I would love to hear all about it.  Did you blog about it?  Leave a comment with a link to your post.

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It is getting better.  I could do about 90% of the workout this week.  A vast improvement on last week’s pitiful attempt at jump training.  I must confess that with about 11 minutes left I stopped.  Not because I could not finish, but my dog (Ivy) had a present waiting for me.  Not fun, but it had to be cleaned up.  By the time I was done, my heart rate was down and it just seem futile to go on.  I am definitely putting her outside from now on.  She tends to walk around me when I am trying to workout and gets under foot.  Tomorrow is Shoulders & Arms and Ab Ripper X.  I am still on the fence with the recovery drink.  It is a bit pricey and the alternatives seem to be as well.  Right now I either have an Ensure or an Instant Breakfast.  I am not sure either is quite up to par.  But I cannot spend an enormous about of money either.  Maybe taking the vitamins I tend to shirk will suffice.  It is so complicated.

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Now for the review:

I also want to review the heart rate monitor I purchased at Walmart last week specifically for these workouts.  I purchased the MioZONE heart rate monitor.  This was one of the lower cost monitors since I did not want to spend a lot of money [that I do not have].  Priced at $30 it was not exactly cheap, but not as much as some others I found.  You wear it like a watch and when you want to check your heart rate you are to put your middle finger on the sensor at the top, your index finger on the black button on the lower end, and place your thumb on the strap under the index finger for stability.  The instructions state it should take 4-5 seconds to read, and then it will beep and display your heart rate along with the percentage [zone] you are in.  The zone is determined by your age which you enter when you program the watch/heart rate monitor.  I have used this twice.  Last week during my Kenpo workout and again today during Plyometrics.  I removed it during the beginning of my workout today.  Why?  Because I have determined it to be a piece of junk!  The whole point of checking your heart rate is to determine if you are in the zone for burning maximum calories.  Whenever I attempt to do this nothing happens.  I have spent the entire 30 second breaks trying to determine my heart rate only to be frustrated and not get the information I need.  I will be returning this next week.  I would not recommend this or any other monitor by this company.

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Okay, so I said I was going to do Stretch X on day 7, but I did homework instead. I had a report due for Auditing. This is the final week and I need to maintain my GPA. I also found out in class chat last night that there is an Auditing 2 course. I need to check my schedule and see if this is on it. I do not recall two auditing courses. This week we learned all about fraud. Ever hear of Crazy Eddie’s? “Our prices are… INSANE!” I remember the commercials from forever ago. Talk about your classic ethics and fraud case. But there I go, off topic… again.

** UPDATE: Got a “A” on that paper! WooHoo! **  

I took my, well deserved, day of rest yesterday. Honestly, I could have used the stretching. Live and learn. There is always next week. Today was the beginning of week two. A repeat of week one starting with Chest & Back. I must say, I did SO much better this week. It is amazing how one week of committed workouts will change your body. Can you just picture the little straightjacket? I did much better on the pull ups (using bands over the door) and push ups (modified as well).  I feel it in my back this week. I hope that means I did something right. And Ab Ripper X, oh my goodness! As my children would say – I am beasting! I did [almost] the who program. There are a few that still hurt my lower back, but not as bad. I modified the bicycle to accommodate my back and my thighs were screaming!

I am supposed to go out of town with Megan for IDL (Indoor Drumline) finals this weekend.  I will be able to workout Saturday, but Sunday is up for grabs.  And we may not return until some time on Monday.  Guess I will just take it one day at a time.  Tomorrow is Plyometrics X.  Tony refers to Plyo as the mother of all X workouts.  I would not question his authority on this one.  It is brutal.  I cannot wait to see how much I can do tomorrow!

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Yes, I did it. Another great workout and tomorrow is my day off. My reward for 6 days of “bringing it”. I am going to do Stretch X and not get out of the habit. I feel so good. Now, Kickboxing is not my “thing”. I am just not that coordinated. But I just stopped and restarted until I thought I had it.  Some of it I know I messed up, yet I moved the whole time.  The hour flew right by and it delivered as promised.  Definitely going to need to eat a banana; my calves are starting to feel a bit tight from yesterday.  Six days done, 84 to go.

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If I have not said so yet, let me say it now, I am LOVING this workout!  And by this workout I mean, p90x.  Tony Horton has got to be the best trainer/instructor on DVD.  I can only imagine how motivating he would be in person.  As someone who worked out several times a week and in many different classes, it is extremely important for me to connect with my instructor.  I have tried many different workout videos and they are good, but not nearly as motivating as p90x and Tony.  

I was concerned with doing legs today, since my legs are still like jelly from Plyometrics.  Man, that workout really stays with you.  I need not have concerned myself.  My legs feel much better now that I have worked them out again.  I need to figure out how to get my bands to stay over the door so I can simulate the pull ups, which were required yet again with this workout.  I did my best with arm curls, but I want to get the right exercise.  And there were the 75 calf raises.  I do these when I stand in one place too long just to break up the monotony, but try doing 75 in a row.  I hope I do not get a charlie horse tonight.  Where are those bananas?

I almost forgot about Ab Ripper X.  Two days in a row.  My punishment for being such a procrastinator and not having the time to do my workout on Saturday.  Good news, I did get through a lot more of this workout today.  Some of it still hurts my lower back, but I rocked the ab workout today.

Tomorrow is Kenpo X.  I am excited!

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