Starting P90X!

Good morning! Shoulders and Arms for me this a.m. I didn't have time for the bonus round; need to get my eldest to school early for program rehearsal. I will do the bonus round and ab ripper tonight.

Have a great day everyone!

I did Back and legs today and loved it. It is crazy how this all works I religiously did abs daily before and now that I am only doing AB Ripper 3X a week I feel it even more. I have done some of Tony's other series and really like how he builds on each one. I am a huge fan.

Craig: I was interested to see that you took a break and then came back. I will soon be having to determine my plan for what is next. I certainly don't look like the "after" pictures yet. I would still like to get more definition!!

It was Kenpo for me this morning, and I did follow thru and finish the bonus round of arms and shoulders, as well as ARX last night.

Hello all! I took an unintential rest day yesterday. So I was up bright and early this Saturday morning and just completed Legs and Back. Off to basketball games and a fleece blanket making party. I am taking middle school girls to a church about an hour from here. All blankets are donated to a local children's hospital to be given to children who are admitted. It is in honor of the son of a friend of mine. He passed away 4 1/2 years ago, days short of his 5th birthday. It is amazing to see how that family turned heartbreak into blessings! :flowerforyou:

I will be back to do ARX and possibly yoga tonight.

Greetings,

I spent most of last week battling off the sickness that my youngest brought home from school. Missed a few of the scheduled workouts, but I needed rest more than anything.

Did Legs/Back Saturday, that plus CardioX for our double. Did YogaX last night. Apparently didn't get enough of a nutrition boost afterward, because the wife and I bonked hard during CardioX this morning. Will get Chest/Back/ARX in this evening, and I am going to try and do Plyo again tomorrow. That workout KILLS my knees, but, I going to give it another shot before I opt fo another cardio routine.

Teach- Don't worry about not looking like other "After" pictures. One thing I noticed after watching the P90X infomercial again. There are people that make their complete transformation in 90 days, and it will say "Day 1" and "Day 90" under their pictures. The people that take longer.......it will say "Day 1" and "P90X" under theirs. We all have different body types, and, different goals. My wife and I are on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to body types. I am a meso-ectomorph, I shed fat fast, but have a difficult time building muscle. My wife is a meso-endomorph. She has a hard time shedding fat, but an easier time gaining muscle. I dropped almost 40 pounds up to the end of our first round, she lost 15. It is definately not fair, I know.

In the big picture of things, we are in this for life and the journey is well worth the wait.:bigsmile:

Craig

Craig: I would say I am probably like your wife's body type; easier to build muscle, tougher to lose fat.

Way to go, Taxi! How wonderful that you are noticing the differences. And enjoy your recovery week with the different WO. Watch out for Core-WOW!!!

I am a bit under the weather, so today was a rest day. And rest day-I mean sleeping most of the day! No wonder my past couple of WO have been a struggle; I could feel this coming on. Luckily, we had a snow day so I didn't have to prep for a sub.

What is P90X?
I have not ideas what it is? Could some one explain that to me, please.
Felixa

P90X is an extreme home fitness program that comes w/ 12 workout DVD's. It's an awesome program to get you in awesome shape! Let me know if you have any questions about it, I've gotten incredible results using it!

Jess

I am well into week 2. Did legs, back, and abs today. The most suprising thing for me from this experience is the yoga. As much as I despise it I am already sitting straighter, walking taller, and feel it working muscles I didn't know I had. So I am trying to have an open mind about it. This series is great. My favorite is arms.

Jess you will have to let us know what you think of ChaLean's new series! I find her too perky but I am sure it is good.

Oh, and Jess, let me know about ChaLean. I'm so curious!!

No workout for me this morning, again. I slept SO HARD last night, and still felt a bit shaky this morning. I am feeling better, but still not myself. I'm debating getting in back and biceps yet tonight, of taking another rest day. That will be two in a row, so should I re-do this week? Urgh, I don't get sick very often and I hate it. It messes with my routines :grumble:

If you're really feeling bad, take it off! Just start back tomorrow. And I'm the worst at taking my own advice! :noway:

Hi all I am totally and completely new to this online fitness group stuff and I am really excited about how much support ya'll give each other!

I was hoping someone might explain a little more about what ya'll are talking about. I typed in WOWY in google and it took me to www.milliondollarbody.com where there is an online calendar where I can keep track of my work outs. There seem to be other services but they cost $38/month.

I wanted to try the work outs ya'll have been raving about, but, if I understand correctly, they are all expensive DVD sets ($60/each or so).

Ya'll sound like you are having so much fun while taking your body to the next level, is there something I have missed about the program you are doing?

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question.

Letia

Howdy groupies,

Last night was Shoulders/Arms/AbRipper! Next to Yoga, it is my favorite!!!! I upped my weights on 90% of the moves and totally brought it. I'm still feeling it this morning. Gonna kick some bootay today with KenpoX!

letiamae- The cost of Beachbody programs may 'seem' expensive, and yes, I agree that $120 for the P90X set made me think hard. But, with that said, we invest so much time and money into other people, and other ventures in our lives. We need to make the decision to invest in ourselves, and our health. P90X is an hour a day (give or take), and the money spent will seem minimal over the long term with the health benefits gained. My wife and I started with Power90, the less expensive , and less extreme workout program. Our thought at the time "Why spend that much money for something that is probably not going to do what it says!" We had a LARGE stack of workout/fitness videos that got us some results, but then stopped, we would get bored, and we would quit. These are different! The workouts coupled with the online peer support at Beachbody is tremendous. You wont get bored, you will see results, and you will get jazzed up about it. If you can't tell, I am! Sometimes you just need to plug your nose and jump into the deep end of the pool. You are definately worth the investment.:happy:

Enjoy the day, gang!

Craig

I, too, hesitated due to cost. But, I prefer to workout at home, so if I compared it to the cost of a gym membership, I'm money ahead.

Kak: I love Kenpo. It is one of my favorites. I feel goofy with my back kicks, too. I think doing the Turbo Jam videos helped prepare me for Kenpo. Keep with it!

I did Back and Biceps and AbRipper tonight. I slept in again!! But, it felt so good to be back with it. I still had a headache this afternoon and early evening, but 15 minutes into the workout and it was gone. I have felt rotten with this cold, but I think the lethargy of no workouts made it worse

Good luck to all of you with P90X! I am in my 3rd week. I thought that I was in pretty good shape before starting it. It is intense! I love it! Tony does a great job mixing it up! I am 55 and hanging tough! LOL I have had to modify my pull ups due to a shoulder tear, but I am not giving in. Stay with it, do your best and forget the rest!

Jeffrey