P90X Support Group...

Hello All,

Sorry I have not been checking in but I have been extremely busy with work. I have been getting in my workouts though. Yesterday I did Legs, Back and ARX to make up for no workout on Saturday due to my son have a weekend long swim meet.

Today I doubled up on Core Synergistics and Kempo again due to being at a swim meet, no work out on Sunday but I am all caught up now.

I am very, very tired! Work is really taking a toll but I refuse to let it get the best of me! I will not let long hours at work get in the way of my goal....now if I could just get rid of these children that keep calling me mom...just kidding...

On a brighter side, my husband has decided to start round 2 of P90X, although it's not like it's back to back or anything he did 9P0X a little over a year ago. Anyway being the P90X grad that he is, he was constanly critizing my workouts...well now the shoe is on the other foot :laugh: ....I am now the one correcting his form, oh the joy! We are little competitive around our house....(some would say cut throat competitive).

My husband also suggested that I should substitute CardioX with Plyo even though the Lean version of P90X does not include Plyo. I am going to give it a try this week, wish me luck! It's the competitive side of me that's gonna kill me one of these days!

Jay - I loved your last post! Thanks for the inspiring words!

Wendy - Your pics are awesome....you've had great success, you should be very proud of yourself!

Sassy &Yeehawww - So glad you guys are back!!!

Everyone else....YOU ROCK!

~Ro

Good morning team!

Today was DAY 45 for me!! I'm HALFWAY THERE!! 45 down, 45 to go!!

Feeling better today than yesterday, and rocked a good Back & Biceps / Ab Ripper this morning. Getting stronger, getting more fit, and feeling great!

Yoga X tomorrow!

BRING IT!


-Mike

I'm embarrassed to say that I did not do Plyo yesterday. So, I woke up at 5am to do it this morning followed by Cardio X. I will probably NOT do that again. I found myself cussing at Tony throughout Cardio X. I was exhausted when I got to work, but thank goodness for the recovery drink. With that said, my triceps have been really hurting since I did s,h, & t on Monday. I did it last week and I didn't feel any pain, but now I'm thinking I didn't really put my all into it last week.

hi i didnt know there was a support group for p90x !? i finished yoga today broke it up into 2 parts hour in morning and rest at night. tomorrow is leg and back with ab ripper this is my 2nd week. still going strong. good job guys and BRING IT

Ro - Awesome! Way to step up the intensity! That's what I love about this program, you can tailor it down to yourself or if you need more, there's endless ways to step it up!

YVL93 - Welcome to the group. Great job on getting to week 2! Just keep pushing play and bringing it every day and you can't fail! Come and check in to let us know how you're going, we love to hear everyone's progress here

Back and Biceps this morning. Three words for y'all - UNDER ONE HOUR!!!

That's right ladies and gents, I got my second set of spinlock bars a couple of days ago and I barely had to pause to change my weight - about 3 times I think. I kept a heavy set on one set of bars and a lighter set on the other for quick changes between lawnmowers (about 14kg) and the likes of in/out curls (about 6.5 to 7.5kg).

So despite my *****ing and whining about this workout last week, I have to say I loved this today! I did the reverse order ARX again too and I have to say I much prefer it that way around.

Ok folks, I'm flying out from the UK to Atlanta tomorrow at 7:30am and after a 9 hour or so flight, I'll have a 4 or 5 hour coach trip to Nashville. Then a packed weekend including the Jack Daniels distillery tour and an intimate 350 capacity show featuring Plan B along with a backing band which reads like a who's who of who in music. Then the return trip getting home on Monday afternoon UK time. So I'm gonna be missing a few days of P90x but that's cool, I'll just drop back in with the schedule and I'll do a pickup week at the end of the program for any days I've missed.

In case I don't get on before I'm away on my travels, have a great weekend all and keep bringing it!

Jay

YVL - welcome and congrats on starting P90X and being in week 2, we all been there so if you have questions do not hesitate to ask this is a great group of very supportive people.

Jay - you are a BEAST :explode: BooM! You rock it out ninja style and are such a motivation! Way to keep it real and keep it going! Have an AWESOME weekend in the US, it should be a great time, hopefully you can log in so that you maintain your awesome streak! And to let us know how the tour and concert is! That is going to be a blast and quite the whirlwind!

Nikki, Wendy, and Drew - I don't know if I have said this already but thank you SO MUCH for checking up on me.:flowerforyou: Last week I was an epic slacker, I had one to many work functions and so P90X fell by the side for a bit, I did manage a couple of the routines but it was not nearly what I need to be doing to be successful. So thank you guys for saying hi and encouraging me to continue! You are all a great example of the support we have building here.

Nikki - :flowerforyou: No worries if you have off days or an off week the important is that you turn it back on full force and you give it what you've got. We can't change the things we've done we can only change the things we will do. Do your best, life doesn't end after this 90 day stint, we can always add on to the end or start round 2 in the new year! This is a journey to a lifetime of success!

Now for my update....

My arms and chest were JELLO all day, typing seemed a chore because I had to maintain a bent arm for the day! I loved the feeling knowing that I worked my arms and chest to the point of failure! It was great, and though I was not able to life most things haha I was proud! I love this program and the successes it brings!

Yesterday I needed to jump out to the mall to pick up a new outfit because I have been staying at my parents longer than planned so I didn't have time to get the full Plyo workout in, because I want to be able to do that one in its entirety, I subbed it for the shorter Cardio-X and gave that EVERYTHING I had. I was a puddle by the end of it and felt great! Thank you Tony!!!

Today I am going to miss Back and Bis because I have a work dinner to celebrate my promotion :drinker: so I am going to do that tomorrow with Cardio-X instead of Yoga.

I know you guys are probably getting sick of these types of updates but... When I went shopping yesterday I decided to check what size I am in skirts - I started this journey at a size 8 in skirts, you may remember I bought a size 4 dress (for the guys, the dress sizes are largely based on your top half... just incase me being surprised now is confusing) anyhoo, I went to my favourite store, grabbed a couple skirts - half in 6 and half in 8. Fully expecting that I won't fit nicely in the smaller size I tried it on first to "get it out of the way". I got it up, good start, I started to do the zipper, it did up, EXCELLENT I looked in the mirror... no pulling, bunching or weird curves that are only created when a piece of clothing is suctioning you in!!! :happy: YAY!! It fits! SO I bought it - a skirt, size 6 with a SMALL top!!!

To recap my successes in the past month with the toning and tightening we do here (because it is important when you aren't getting the #s to realize that there are changes, and hopefully to motivate our ladies to keep pushing play):

I started this journey a size 8, pretty much all around. A medium for tops and general items.

Dress size (blouse size) 4
Coat size (general items) X-Small / Small
Skirt size (pant size) 6

:drinker: Yay - thank you TONY!

Hello Everyone! Thanks again for all your updates; they are SO inspiring! Especially for me to see since it is my first time doing P90X, and I can see what is in store for me in the coming weeks.

Wendy, your pics are amazing! I wish my abs and back would look like that after only 30 days! Wow.

Sassy...thanks for sharing your NSVs! Really, they mean alot b/c I have not been seeing any improvement on the scale, so to read about you dropping inches and dress sizes is SO encouraging!!

Jay and Drew, thanks for always being so encouraging!

Nikki, I get behind as well. Life will always get in the way sometimes. Just keep pushing play as often as you can!

Good job everybody! I look forward to reading the updates every day.

Have a great week!

Hey guys!
update! got leg and back IN yay the calf raises kills me all the time. i also did ab ripper before leg and back cause after leg and back my legs are so sore that i can't get through bicycles. Any WAYS it felt good.
Hope everyone else is bring it =] stay healthy !!!