Time to Tackle P90X - and You Can, Too..! Starting Monday 3/

P90X DAY THIRTY-ONE - Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X

I have to say I honestly did not know there were so many different ways to work the biceps area. What I do know, after a good 52-minute-long pounding, is that my biceps have a serious burn lit in them. Just about everywhere else I was able to do bicep exercises with my 40-lb resistance band. With this workout, oh no - coming back down to the 30-lb band was a requirement after about the first 10 minutes of focused work. Interestingly enough though, through the last four or five moves, I was hefting the 30-lb band pretty well. On the last move where you curl through four sets of declining weight, I started at 40, then 30, then two sets of 20 with the tension picked up some on the last set. I think next week, I'm going to finally big out the big daddy and start with the 50-lb band... Watch out!

My performance in ARX is getting better and better, and I mean noticeably so. Today, I made it all the way to Fifer Scissors before it got tough enough that I had to press pause to stay with the group. I can remember when I had to do that at Bicycles (the second move), so I'm very pleased with how that's coming along.

It's a workout like this that makes one long for relaxation, and lookie, lookie... Yoga X tomorrow...

P90X DAY THIRTY-TWO - Yoga X

Someone I was talking to at work about P90X was asking me how the program was going. "Tough, every day, it's tough," I said.

She eyed me questioningly and asked, "Why on earth would you keep doing that if it's still tough after a month?"

Why indeed, I thought. "Because if it gets easy, then I'll stop growing and changing. Then I might as well stop."

Yoga is certainly one of the workouts that so far has not gotten easier at all. The strange thing is it's different poses that seem easy one session that challenge me the next. Last time I did Crane, I was able to hold it for a good 10-15 seconds. This time, I could barely get into the position, and when I did, it was only a few seconds before I had to come out of it. The one thing I am definitely still struggling with is reaching under the thigh from Right-Angle Pose to grasp the other hand behind the back. The area through my shoulders is very tight, and my progress there comes very slowly. I noticed today also that part of the problem was not leaning far enough forward on my front leg to get that shoulder alongside my leg to be able to make that reach. Always something to work on, something to improve.

Legs & Back tomorrow... I hope my back is ready for this since it got blasted on Back & Biceps earlier this week... Whew!

Oh, Tony! I hear ya!!! I was sore STILL from back and bis starting legs and back today!! I still pushed it but wonder what I'll feel like tomorrow!!!:laugh: :grumble: I did have a good run this morning! The weather was perfect- low 60s and sunny!!!

I feel so proud of myself: took the kids to putt putt today. They had ice cream after, but I passed!!! That's got to be a first for me!! I think I'll have a glass of wine with dh tonight!! I've got lots of extra cals!!!:drinker:

Have a good evening, everyone!

April

April... When I do L&B, I hurt from my backside down to the middle part of my legs for at least a good 24-36 hours. That leg workout pounds me! Way to go on the ice-cream denial. It's the small victories like that which add up to big success over time.