Day 19 - 3:33... Make a Wish

That was, hands down, THE best P90x workout so far.

Legs & Back and Ab Ripper. WHEW that was just crazy.

I have eaten terribly the past couple of days (Indian food, cake, some cheesy bacon croissant thing, more cake, ice cream cake, etc)... so I *really* had to push today.

Time for a cold shower (which I never take; they are always hot, so you know I worked hard when I want a cold one!!) and then I have to get ready to go out and get my eat on (again).
Ice skating in Kissimmee tomorrow, so let's hope for no injuries!!
:)

Day 18 - What Do I Want for My Birthday? It's a Secret...

I had yoga this morning and let me tell you... I am nowhere near as coordinated at 6:30 am as I am after a full day of coffee and waking up.  I had no balance whatsoever and kept coming out of the poses... And to be quite honest, I fast forwarded through some of the poses for two reasons:  1.  I didn't think I'd have time to get ready for work since yoga is an hour and half long and I didn't wake up early enough, and 2. I didn't want to do more damage to my back than what has already been done.

I need to find a chiropractor who won't charge me an arm and a leg.  I would go to the chiropractor I've been going to for six years, but the last time I was there they told me that my annual plan was up and shoved a $2000 care plan at me.  Apparently insurance won't help cover the cost.  That was 3 months ago and obviously I haven't been back since.  ($2000... now I know how our clients at work feel)

I am so ready for crawling back into bed, um, I mean, the day! Just so ready for this day... (to be over) :-p
Have a happy Friday, everyone.

Day 16 & 17 - I'm a Silly, Silly Girl...

Due to my skipping a day yesterday, I now have Plyometrics, Shoulders and Arms, and Ab Ripper X in the same day. Yikes. I wanted to merge two workout days into one today because I'm off from work so it is *much* easier to get two of them them in on a day off than when one I'm working for 12 hours.
However, I would have liked to reserve Plyometrics on a day when I don't have any other workouts... I'm just glad it's not Plyometrics and then Legs! :)
I somehow hurt my back yesterday... I was sitting with a client at some point in the morning and out of nowhere my entire lower back just tightened and clenched up... serious muscle spasms... I excused myself and limped into the back room where I proceeded to helplessly cry as visions of me being in bed for 3 days filled my head until a coworker came in. My manager gave me some Magnesium powder mix that made me almost gag and I also took a few Motrin... and you know what, after lying flat on my back for about 30 minutes with my knees up I started to feel better. Glad that's over...
On a lighter note... I'M SO GLAD I'M OFF FROM WORK TODAY. True story.
I'm sure I'll update after the workouts (or in between if I'm really hurting) ;-)
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10:45 am

Okay, so I just finished Plyometrics... I either forgot how hard it was, or am suddenly out of shape.  That was REALLY tough!  Wow.  At one point when he said his heart rate was 153, I looked down at my watch and mine was 173!!  I promised myself (and my blog readers) last week's Plyometrics was just a trial run because I didn't want to burn myself out halfway though... well, this week, I guess I really pushed.


Plyometrics
Max HR: 207
Avg HR: 158
Calories Burned: 655


Not too shabby.

The only move I couldn't do was the rockstar jump one; the first time my feet kicked up my back pain came back...  So I skipped that one.  Surprisingly my back was okay on the rest of them and should be okay for arms and shoulders... I'm not too sure about abs but I'm going to try.

Next week is a recovery week, so this week has got to be hardcore.  I'm going to take the bike out for a spin around the block a few times and come back and do shoulders and arms and ab ripper... Update to follow.
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11:25 am

20 minutes bike
Max HR: 180
Avg HR: 162
Calories Burned: 173


Now it's time for some lunch. PROTEIN!  hehe


Question of the day:  What is it, exactly, that the P90x group is discussing in their pre-workout huddles?


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4:30 pm


Quick update:  I finished Shoulders and Arms with ease (I think it's time to increase the amount of weight again!) :) And then went for another spin on my bike.  I'm beat....!

Day 15 - Chest and Back, Ab Ripper - Week 3

Hmmm... Well, my fake *knee* push-ups definitely decreased this week... However, my reps with the weights (and the amount of weight itself) increased which is great. I wasn't able to utilize the pull-up bar because my brother is sleeping and I'm sure the last thing he wants is me huffing & puffing out some chair pull-ups in his doorway at 6:30 am, ha.
Ab Ripper X... again, getting easier each time, but I did feel very nauseous about halfway through again. Hmm....
Waking up at 6 is getting much easier so I'm going to continue with working out in the mornings... An accomplishment within itself.
Have a happy Tuesday... Just think, we're one day closer to Friday :) (and recovery week!!)

Day 14 - Why, Hello There Shin Splints...

Ow. This is new. Nothing a little Stretch X and a bag of ice can't fix :)

Quote of the day "Can you do Crane pose?"

HA!

Thank you for the laugh. :)
No... No I can't. Not even close. (not yet!)

The Early Bird Catches the Worm... No Worm; I Just Want Sleep.

6:00 am is not as bad as it was the other day; and hey, I even got to see the shuttle go up this morning. It is about 7:45 as I type this now and I'm sleepy but hoping I wake up more as the morning goes on and this coffee gets in my system.

I don't know if you give "shout outs" in blogs, but I want to give a shout out to James (I know you are reading this) who started exactly a week after me... Remind yourself how worth it this will all be in a couple months when you're flexing in every mirror you pass... Well, actually, don't do that... but you know what I mean :) And just think; sneaky lunges not only teach you how to sneak up on someone while flexing every single muscle in your body right down to your toes, but how to look good while doing it. Keep up the great work, homeboy.

I didn't work out this morning (shame on me) because it's only stretch X and I'm kind of looking forward to doing that before bed because it's very relaxing. (Or maybe I was just too tired this morning... heh) ;-)

Have a great day, everyone.

Day 13 - Strange...

I just finished Kenpo X and didn't burn nearly as many calories as I did last week and I'm wondering if it's because I didn't start my HR monitor until after the stretching warm up this time. I was really pushing it, too... strange that it wasn't as many calories or more.

Because it was such a lame amount of calories I'm going to take my bike around the block a couple times to make up for it.

Kenpo X
Max HR: 178
Avg HR: 151
Calories burned: 394