Where are my fellow P90xers?
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I cant do Yoga yet. Its too hard for me! Hopefully with my third round, I will be able to do it.0
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Ok please be honest, how bad would it be if I skipped yoga today? Is it going to effect my results?0
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To be honest I have never done any yoga before. Next week will be my first adventure into this kind of exercise. You all are scaring me off the yoga dvd
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In the grand scheme of things, I don't think it's going to kill you. I would just caution against skipping workouts, because it's a slippery slope... I haven't skipped one yet, because I know that if I did, I would be much more likely to skip again, then again... and before you know it, they have to cut me out of my house and forklift me onto a flatbed truck :laugh:
If you really don't feel up to yoga... try to do something, anything, instead... maybe the stretch x dvd??0 -
To be honest I have never done any yoga before. Next week will be my first adventure into this kind of exercise. You all are scaring me off the yoga dvd
don't be scared! Today was only my second time with yoga x, and I could already feel the difference from the last time... just do what you can, you won't be able to do some of the things that they do, but just do everything that you can and you will feel like a million bucks once its all done...0 -
In the grand scheme of things, I don't think it's going to kill you. I would just caution against skipping workouts, because it's a slippery slope... I haven't skipped one yet, because I know that if I did, I would be much more likely to skip again, then again... and before you know it, they have to cut me out of my house and forklift me onto a flatbed truck :laugh:
If you really don't feel up to yoga... try to do something, anything, instead... maybe the stretch x dvd??
I would never skip any of the other dvd's. Either the strength or cardio and I always give 100%. I don't know why I have a block against yoga. Maybe it is because I wont be able to do a lot of what they do and I don't do well with not keeping up. It makes me want to just stop doing it. Maybe I will just do JM yoga meltdown or something short and be more focused next week. I killed all the other workouts so far, and am looking forward to legs tomorrow and Kempo.0 -
In the grand scheme of things, I don't think it's going to kill you. I would just caution against skipping workouts, because it's a slippery slope... I haven't skipped one yet, because I know that if I did, I would be much more likely to skip again, then again... and before you know it, they have to cut me out of my house and forklift me onto a flatbed truck :laugh:
If you really don't feel up to yoga... try to do something, anything, instead... maybe the stretch x dvd??
I would never skip any of the other dvd's. Either the strength or cardio and I always give 100%. I don't know why I have a block against yoga. Maybe it is because I wont be able to do a lot of what they do and I don't do well with not keeping up. It makes me want to just stop doing it. Maybe I will just do JM yoga meltdown or something short and be more focused next week. I killed all the other workouts so far, and am looking forward to legs tomorrow and Kempo.
Are you afraid of slowing down? That sometimes is my fear when doing the yoga, like am I going to burn enough calories? am I going to see the same results if I am not high energy. There are several moves I cannot do, I cannot do Crane and I cannot do Plough and I can't hold many of the poses as long as Tony and the crew can. But as his mantra says "Do your best and forget the rest" I always want to quit at the 45 min mark, I always feel kind of antsy that I'm not bouncing around or lifting weights. But after the hour and half is done, I feel great, my body feels great. You definitely need a stretch type workout, he says if you can't do yoga, then replace with Stretch.0 -
In the grand scheme of things, I don't think it's going to kill you. I would just caution against skipping workouts, because it's a slippery slope... I haven't skipped one yet, because I know that if I did, I would be much more likely to skip again, then again... and before you know it, they have to cut me out of my house and forklift me onto a flatbed truck :laugh:
If you really don't feel up to yoga... try to do something, anything, instead... maybe the stretch x dvd??
I would never skip any of the other dvd's. Either the strength or cardio and I always give 100%. I don't know why I have a block against yoga. Maybe it is because I wont be able to do a lot of what they do and I don't do well with not keeping up. It makes me want to just stop doing it. Maybe I will just do JM yoga meltdown or something short and be more focused next week. I killed all the other workouts so far, and am looking forward to legs tomorrow and Kempo.
Are you afraid of slowing down? That sometimes is my fear when doing the yoga, like am I going to burn enough calories? am I going to see the same results if I am not high energy. There are several moves I cannot do, I cannot do Crane and I cannot do Plough and I can't hold many of the poses as long as Tony and the crew can. But as his mantra says "Do your best and forget the rest" I always want to quit at the 45 min mark, I always feel kind of antsy that I'm not bouncing around or lifting weights. But after the hour and half is done, I feel great, my body feels great. You definitely need a stretch type workout, he says if you can't do yoga, then replace with Stretch.
I havent even tried it yet. I get one chance a day to workout, that is when my son is napping. Since I had a high calorie day today I used his nap to do cardio. I want to do some yoga when the kids go to bed, but I cant be spending that much time on it. I bet my body would love it, but I need to get stuff done. :ohwell:0 -
YogaX completed. Man will I ever be able to do Plough or Crane. I'm so not flexible, it's even hard for me to do the Warrior pose where you are lifting your leg in the air. My hips are so tight.
But I will say when we finally get to the stretch portion it feels wonderful especially to stretch out the hamstrings and hips.
553 calories burned and I'm done for the day at 7:30 am. WOOHOO!!!
BRING IT PEOPLE!0 -
YogaX completed. Man will I ever be able to do Plough or Crane. I'm so not flexible, it's even hard for me to do the Warrior pose where you are lifting your leg in the air. My hips are so tight.
But I will say when we finally get to the stretch portion it feels wonderful especially to stretch out the hamstrings and hips.
553 calories burned and I'm done for the day at 7:30 am. WOOHOO!!!
BRING IT PEOPLE!
AWESOME!!! it's such a good feeling to get your workout in early, isn't it?0 -
In the grand scheme of things, I don't think it's going to kill you. I would just caution against skipping workouts, because it's a slippery slope... I haven't skipped one yet, because I know that if I did, I would be much more likely to skip again, then again... and before you know it, they have to cut me out of my house and forklift me onto a flatbed truck :laugh:
If you really don't feel up to yoga... try to do something, anything, instead... maybe the stretch x dvd??
I would never skip any of the other dvd's. Either the strength or cardio and I always give 100%. I don't know why I have a block against yoga. Maybe it is because I wont be able to do a lot of what they do and I don't do well with not keeping up. It makes me want to just stop doing it. Maybe I will just do JM yoga meltdown or something short and be more focused next week. I killed all the other workouts so far, and am looking forward to legs tomorrow and Kempo.
Are you afraid of slowing down? That sometimes is my fear when doing the yoga, like am I going to burn enough calories? am I going to see the same results if I am not high energy. There are several moves I cannot do, I cannot do Crane and I cannot do Plough and I can't hold many of the poses as long as Tony and the crew can. But as his mantra says "Do your best and forget the rest" I always want to quit at the 45 min mark, I always feel kind of antsy that I'm not bouncing around or lifting weights. But after the hour and half is done, I feel great, my body feels great. You definitely need a stretch type workout, he says if you can't do yoga, then replace with Stretch.
I havent even tried it yet. I get one chance a day to workout, that is when my son is napping. Since I had a high calorie day today I used his nap to do cardio. I want to do some yoga when the kids go to bed, but I cant be spending that much time on it. I bet my body would love it, but I need to get stuff done. :ohwell:
I'm sure you won't burn as many calories as I did, since I weigh so much more than you, but I burned about 625 calories doing Yoga yesterday, which is about what I would burn in 45 minutes on the eliptical or treadmill, so it is still a great workout, just takes longer... Like you said, if time is an issue and you can't commit 90 minutes, I would do a different, shorter Yoga workout like you suggested, or break this one up in half and do half this time, and the second half next yoga day, and so on...
You are doing fine... just do what you can do, and make sure whatever you are doing you are giving your best effort, and I'm sure you will get amazing results
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@Starving DIVA: Way to bring it! Yoga is going to be tough for awhile, but you will be amazed to see how fast you get better at it. I just love how I feel after doing it.
@Shaycat: Don't be discouraged if you can't or don't feel comfortable with yoga. For some people it's just simply not their thing. It wont drastically affect your results. The only reason I recommend it is because it helps with stability and gives you more core and lower body strength. However, if you absolutely feel like you don't want to do it, replace that workout with X Stretch or maybe even just do half the Yoga DVD. Either way you still give your muscles a good stretch. The X stretch dvd is long as well, but it is VERY important to recover those muscles after these workouts. Just keep doing what you're doing, you're doing awesome! 0 -
Don't ever get discouraged everyone. Some of these workouts are tough and time consuming. I for one have a very hard time fitting these into my schedule with working two jobs. So I sometimes have to switch days to get a shorter workout in or take a rest day on a workout day and workout and on my scheduled rest day.
When I first started p90x I had all the time in the world but was skeptical on yoga, but I did it because Tony highly recommended it along with other folks on the program. It was tough for the first 6 weeks and then I finally started to get better at it. Our bodies aren't used to this new regimen so you need to remember that it's going to take time. Modify as you need to but still try to push yourself that little extra. It's that determination to do better that will get you the results you want. But don't beat yourself up or get off track. You guys can do this!0 -
YogaX completed. Man will I ever be able to do Plough or Crane. I'm so not flexible, it's even hard for me to do the Warrior pose where you are lifting your leg in the air. My hips are so tight.
But I will say when we finally get to the stretch portion it feels wonderful especially to stretch out the hamstrings and hips.
553 calories burned and I'm done for the day at 7:30 am. WOOHOO!!!
BRING IT PEOPLE!
AWESOME!!! it's such a good feeling to get your workout in early, isn't it?
YES!!!! I have been doing my workouts at around 8:30-9 most days, but I'm really close to finally getting a job after being laid off for almost a year, so I wanted to start waking up earlier to get my workout in by 5ish/6ish so that I can do it before work.0 -
Hey guys! I am going to be gone this whole weekend on a fishing trip, so you won't be seeing anything from me this weekend, however I will be logging in. I will talk to you guys either Sunday or Monday, so keep doing your thing. Do your best and what?.... Forget the rest!
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just got done with legs and back and abs... ugh... legs are really hard... good thing is though, some of the biggest muscles in your body are in your legs, so the stronger the legs, the more muscle you will have, and the better off your metabolism will be, in theory.
Making progress on the ab ripper, getting better every time, although i find this one (the one after the leg workout) to be the toughest because so many of the ab exercises are leg intensive and my legs are already shot... Here is a trick that I have found... on the sets where you have to push your legs and butt into the air, it helps if you have something to grab on to behind you... I use the underside of my couch... this allows me to get in several more reps than if I didnt have anything to hold on to... hopefully by the end I will be able to do this without using the couch, but the more you can do now, the better! Happy exercising everyone! Only one more workout then its the best day of the week... OFF DAY!! 0 -
I also just got done with Legs and back and of coarse ab ripper.
My booty is going to be SORE tomorrow!
Call me crazy but I love ab ripper X and love that we do it 3 times a week.
I think I need to get a heavier band, I am not feeling those enough. I really want to work up to be able to do pull ups.0 -
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I also just got done with Legs and back and of coarse ab ripper.
My booty is going to be SORE tomorrow!
Call me crazy but I love ab ripper X and love that we do it 3 times a week.
I think I need to get a heavier band, I am not feeling those enough. I really want to work up to be able to do pull ups.
The first week I did legs and back I thought, this isn't so bad, or anything I hadn't already done, I did Debbie Siebers Slim in 6 and her Slim series, so I was used to a lot of squats and lunges, so the next day when my a*s and quads were screaming I thought, hmmm I guess he's hitting spots I wasn't hitting. LOL I think it's those skater lunges, holy cow!
I too love ab ripper!
I'm not feeling it enough in my back either, I just have the reddish band that came with the set. I may have to get a tighter band as well.0 -
Sorry been away for awhile I think I'm on week eight or nine. I don't have my stuff right in front of me but I think week eight.0
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Today was weigh in and tomorrow will be start of week 3. So far I've lost 3.5 inches just from doing this. But even better is this very non-scale victory. Several years ago I lost some weight, I did Slim in 6 and then I started boxing/kickboxing at the gym. At that time I bought a shirt from Target it was a different brand, but I didn't think about how brands are different, so it didn't fit (just too tight, rolls showed and my boobs were very snug) even though I fit in the same size but just another brand, it was so cute I just kept the shirt. Anyhow, back then I was 20 lbs less weight than I am as of this morning, I was probably doing weight lifting once a week during a circuit class, kickboxing/boxing in two sessions a day, as well as a bootcamp twice a week and then once a month I was doing a really heavy weight lifting class as well on a saturday. Yesterday I had a all day training and I was trying to find something to wear and I pulled it out, not only did it fit but it was loose in the stomach area, no bulges at all, I wore it yesterday and was so excited. I'm amazing 20 lbs difference, but I obviously have much better muscle tone now I was elated and it was a huge deal for me.0
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Crushed KenpoX with weighted gloved. 577 calories SEE YA!0
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any one do p90x and insanity, which is easier?0
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starting week 2 again tomorrow after having to miss 4 workouts due to a medical procedure. :-) Hope all of you are doing well.0
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starting week 2 again tomorrow after having to miss 4 workouts due to a medical procedure. :-) Hope all of you are doing well.
Hope everything is okay. I'm starting week 3 so we are on somewhat the same course. I'm doing classic.0 -
I also just got done with Legs and back and of coarse ab ripper.
My booty is going to be SORE tomorrow!
Call me crazy but I love ab ripper X and love that we do it 3 times a week.
I think I need to get a heavier band, I am not feeling those enough. I really want to work up to be able to do pull ups.
I know, i really don't 'feel the burn' much in my back using the bands for the pull up exercises... I really wish I had one of those assisted pull up machines in my house like they have at the gym! I think that would be ideal 0 -
Today was weigh in and tomorrow will be start of week 3. So far I've lost 3.5 inches just from doing this. But even better is this very non-scale victory. Several years ago I lost some weight, I did Slim in 6 and then I started boxing/kickboxing at the gym. At that time I bought a shirt from Target it was a different brand, but I didn't think about how brands are different, so it didn't fit (just too tight, rolls showed and my boobs were very snug) even though I fit in the same size but just another brand, it was so cute I just kept the shirt. Anyhow, back then I was 20 lbs less weight than I am as of this morning, I was probably doing weight lifting once a week during a circuit class, kickboxing/boxing in two sessions a day, as well as a bootcamp twice a week and then once a month I was doing a really heavy weight lifting class as well on a saturday. Yesterday I had a all day training and I was trying to find something to wear and I pulled it out, not only did it fit but it was loose in the stomach area, no bulges at all, I wore it yesterday and was so excited. I'm amazing 20 lbs difference, but I obviously have much better muscle tone now I was elated and it was a huge deal for me.
Congrats!! That is awesome! Everyone needs to find something in their lives to keep them motivated... often times, its the little things that keep us pushing forward...0 -
Crushed KenpoX with weighted gloved. 577 calories SEE YA!
NICE! I actually didn't do Kempo yesterday... I had a lot of labor intensive yard work to do yesterday (shoveling, wheelbarrow-ing, etc). I was planning to do Kenpa after I was done but I was SHOT after about 2 hours of yard work (and almost 1000 calories on the HRM! ) ... got a good workout anyways... everyone enjoy their off day! Back at it tomorrow for week 3, then we have a 'recovery' week. yay!0 -
I also just got done with Legs and back and of coarse ab ripper.
My booty is going to be SORE tomorrow!
Call me crazy but I love ab ripper X and love that we do it 3 times a week.
I think I need to get a heavier band, I am not feeling those enough. I really want to work up to be able to do pull ups.
I know, i really don't 'feel the burn' much in my back using the bands for the pull up exercises... I really wish I had one of those assisted pull up machines in my house like they have at the gym! I think that would be ideal
You know when I am doing them, I am thinking I don't feel it, but the next day I sure do. HA!0 -
any one do p90x and insanity, which is easier?
I think so fa P90x is easier, but I only just finished my first week.
I thought Kenpo was a nit slow for me. I will try with weighted gloves next week! Great idea Diva!
I am sad my first week is over. I always get good results the first week of a new program. So far I am in love with P90x. I cant wait for next week.
Today is suppose to be a rest day, but I went out to lunch. So in order not to go over my calories today I am going to do a little elliptical or treadmill. I Was stuck or gaining weight for the last 6 months. In the last two weeks I have lost 2lbs. I dont want to mess that up.0
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