Wow. 30 days. One month. I did it! I can't say that it's been the easiest month, but it sure has been rewarding. I hadn't done Cardio X in quite some time, and it felt good to do it again today. I will, however, have to start phasing it out pretty soon. It's a good workout, but it's not great for cardio anymore. I am going to have to start doing plyometrics, which I was happy to not have to do in the Lean program. BUT--I need to. No more fear of the insanity that is jump training. No more fat pants cardio X. Well, no, it's not that bad. I was definitely working hard. The first half of it is yoga, which is awesome, but just not cardio, you know? But, there's a snip of plyo, kenpo and core synergistics after that, and that's when the burn comes. By the time I get to it, though, it's only about 20 minutes of hard cardio. I'd like to do at least 45 minutes of hardcore cardio. So, plyo, you son of a gun, I'm coming for you!
Only downside to 30 days: pictures. Still don't like them, especially these. I like to be covered in layers upon layers of clothes at all times. These shorts and, um, not so much on the toppage, make me feel whatever's more vulnerable than vulnerable. HOWEVER, by the end, I'm sure I'll be strutting it so much people will be screaming, "Hey, lady, put your shirt back on!" Just try to stop me at day 90. I am, of course, kidding. Sort of.
I just filled out my workout schedule on my calendar, and I mixed up my end date. Oops! It's September 17th, which will give me more time to marathon train!
Day 30: Brought.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Day 29: Core Synergistics
And once again, I'm at Core Synergistics. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I cannot get enough of this workout! I haven't actually said it before in those words. I mixed it up a bit. The idea's still the same, though. It's just so fantastically hard and intricate, and there's always something there to improve upon. Every time I start, all my core muscles do a little jump for joy. Actually, they jump for joy after the workout. Before and during, they brace themselves with happy anticipation. Bonus: no toilet hugging today.
I can't believe how far my body's come since starting P90X. It's truly amazing to me as I push and stretch myself to places I never thought I could go. I mentioned a couple days ago that it was 6 months to my 33rd birthday. At Christmas last year, I had pretty much written myself off, telling myself that I squandered my 20's away and now that I was in my 30's, I was who I was meant to be for the rest of my life: fat, weak, undisciplined. I looked at my wrinkles, my emerging grey hairs, my doughy physique and just resigned myself to the idea that there was nothing I could do. Oh, maybe highlights and a lot of make-up, but physically, I was too old to start something too huge. And now, 6 months later, I'm almost 1/3 of the way done with P90X and have a half marathon calling my name. My thirties have ceased to be my declining decade and have become my defining decade (Jake, you were right! Tony's cheesiness does wear off onto his minions!!!). Core Synergistics is a huge stepping stone in this process. I think I hold this workout so dear not only because of how much it works me but because it was my very first P90X workout. The one that started it all.
Sidenote: HUGE shout out to Josh, who got back on the horse yesterday and amazed himself. And to his wife Lizzie, who hit a big milestone! You guys are my anchors, and I'm so proud to be in this with you both!
Day 29: Brought.
I can't believe how far my body's come since starting P90X. It's truly amazing to me as I push and stretch myself to places I never thought I could go. I mentioned a couple days ago that it was 6 months to my 33rd birthday. At Christmas last year, I had pretty much written myself off, telling myself that I squandered my 20's away and now that I was in my 30's, I was who I was meant to be for the rest of my life: fat, weak, undisciplined. I looked at my wrinkles, my emerging grey hairs, my doughy physique and just resigned myself to the idea that there was nothing I could do. Oh, maybe highlights and a lot of make-up, but physically, I was too old to start something too huge. And now, 6 months later, I'm almost 1/3 of the way done with P90X and have a half marathon calling my name. My thirties have ceased to be my declining decade and have become my defining decade (Jake, you were right! Tony's cheesiness does wear off onto his minions!!!). Core Synergistics is a huge stepping stone in this process. I think I hold this workout so dear not only because of how much it works me but because it was my very first P90X workout. The one that started it all.
Sidenote: HUGE shout out to Josh, who got back on the horse yesterday and amazed himself. And to his wife Lizzie, who hit a big milestone! You guys are my anchors, and I'm so proud to be in this with you both!
Day 29: Brought.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Day 28: Rest
Now, I know I said I was going to start incorporating the stretch video into my routine, but not today. Today, I rested. I have a lot going on this week, including a playdate all this morning and dinner with the pastor and his wife in our home this evening. I've done anything but rest. I'll get there. I promise.
And now, for my buddy Josh who is struggling: Your blog entry today reeks of fear. You say you don't tolerate uninterrupted routines, but what I read was fear of the new routine and desire to go back to the old routine. It's like when I lose weight and still hang on to my "fat pants." In my head, I've told myself that it's just a matter of time before I need those fat pants again and I better not get rid of them. The only problem is, the fat pants, while comfortable and familiar, are also very sad. And the bigger problem is, as long as they're there, I inevitably go back to them. You are holding on to your fat pants old routine when you need to Goodwill that sucker into oblivion. It's not an option anymore. You missed a few runs? Big deal. You ate crap? So what? It's done. You can't change it. LET IT GO.
I need you and Lizzie and everyone who's reading this on board. I can't do it alone. You can't do it alone. You've got the support you need, and if you need me to call you an emo double quitter to get you back on that track, then so be it. I will call you that until the day you die. And if that doesn't work, I'll chop off my ponytail. And if that doesn't work? I'll chop off YOUR ponytail, quit worship team and heckle you each and every Sunday from the cheap seats in the back until you're running like Forrest Gump on steroids. I mean it. Oh, and happy anniversary. That's exciting.
Day 28: Brought.
And now, for my buddy Josh who is struggling: Your blog entry today reeks of fear. You say you don't tolerate uninterrupted routines, but what I read was fear of the new routine and desire to go back to the old routine. It's like when I lose weight and still hang on to my "fat pants." In my head, I've told myself that it's just a matter of time before I need those fat pants again and I better not get rid of them. The only problem is, the fat pants, while comfortable and familiar, are also very sad. And the bigger problem is, as long as they're there, I inevitably go back to them. You are holding on to your fat pants old routine when you need to Goodwill that sucker into oblivion. It's not an option anymore. You missed a few runs? Big deal. You ate crap? So what? It's done. You can't change it. LET IT GO.
I need you and Lizzie and everyone who's reading this on board. I can't do it alone. You can't do it alone. You've got the support you need, and if you need me to call you an emo double quitter to get you back on that track, then so be it. I will call you that until the day you die. And if that doesn't work, I'll chop off my ponytail. And if that doesn't work? I'll chop off YOUR ponytail, quit worship team and heckle you each and every Sunday from the cheap seats in the back until you're running like Forrest Gump on steroids. I mean it. Oh, and happy anniversary. That's exciting.
Day 28: Brought.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Day 27: Yoga X
Ninety more minutes of yoga under my belt. I feel like I did when I was 15 and building up the driving hours in order to get my license. Only now, I'm building up for my License for Yoga Awesomeness. I'm pretty sure there's no such thing, but if there were, that's what I'd be working toward.
I tried "crane" today. Crane is an insane pose that puts you in a low crouch, balances your legs on your armpits and has you going up in the air and balancing on your hands. It's much harder to describe than I thought it would be when I started to describe it. Anyway, Tony cautions you to put a pillow on the floor in front of your face in case you fall. You know it's hardcore when a pillow's involved. Does that even sound right? At any rate, the alternative to doing 60 seconds of crane is 60 seconds of child's pose. That's an easy, relaxing one, and up until today, I've gone for that. I mean, I'm pretty wiped out at this point in the workout anyway. But, today, I decided to try it. I kind of almost did it. I got up for half a second at a time several times, and I even needed the pillow once since I couldn't fall back as instructed. Note to anyone attempting P90X. When Tony says get a pillow, get thee a pillow. Anyway, I was pumped that I could almost do it. A few more weeks, and I'm confident I'll be all up in that crane. That didn't sound right either.
Sidenote: We are 5 months from the half marathon today, and it is 6 months until my 33rd birthday.
Day 27: Brought.
I tried "crane" today. Crane is an insane pose that puts you in a low crouch, balances your legs on your armpits and has you going up in the air and balancing on your hands. It's much harder to describe than I thought it would be when I started to describe it. Anyway, Tony cautions you to put a pillow on the floor in front of your face in case you fall. You know it's hardcore when a pillow's involved. Does that even sound right? At any rate, the alternative to doing 60 seconds of crane is 60 seconds of child's pose. That's an easy, relaxing one, and up until today, I've gone for that. I mean, I'm pretty wiped out at this point in the workout anyway. But, today, I decided to try it. I kind of almost did it. I got up for half a second at a time several times, and I even needed the pillow once since I couldn't fall back as instructed. Note to anyone attempting P90X. When Tony says get a pillow, get thee a pillow. Anyway, I was pumped that I could almost do it. A few more weeks, and I'm confident I'll be all up in that crane. That didn't sound right either.
Sidenote: We are 5 months from the half marathon today, and it is 6 months until my 33rd birthday.
Day 27: Brought.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Day 26: Core Synergistics
I may have overdone it a bit on my free day yesterday. Actually, I know I overdid it. Sometimes I do. I was in the bathroom twice, hugging the toilet, during core synergistics today. I also went ahead and upped some weights and brought it a lot harder to the workout today. I mean, I'm almost 30 days in. I needed to be more uncomfortable. Mission accomplished.
The nausea is gone. The muscles are definitely aching. So, success in many ways.
Nausea aside, I've decided that this is one of my favorite workouts for my core. Ab Ripper just doesn't whip me into an abdominal frenzy of psychotic magnitude like CS does. My brother did tell me, though, that the achy legs in Ab Ripper are my hip flexors working which make the cool v-shape on my underwear line. I may never see that shape, what with the evidence of babies being rather prominent and quite possibly permanent without a bit of surgical help, but knowing that line is there, hidden, will make me feel good anyway. I'll focus on that when Ab Ripper creeps its way back into my routine this coming week.
Day 26: Brought.
The nausea is gone. The muscles are definitely aching. So, success in many ways.
Nausea aside, I've decided that this is one of my favorite workouts for my core. Ab Ripper just doesn't whip me into an abdominal frenzy of psychotic magnitude like CS does. My brother did tell me, though, that the achy legs in Ab Ripper are my hip flexors working which make the cool v-shape on my underwear line. I may never see that shape, what with the evidence of babies being rather prominent and quite possibly permanent without a bit of surgical help, but knowing that line is there, hidden, will make me feel good anyway. I'll focus on that when Ab Ripper creeps its way back into my routine this coming week.
Day 26: Brought.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Day 25: Stretch X
Holy self-massage, Batman! This was one awesome "workout." I put it in quotes because it wasn't so much a workout as it was an hour of making my body feel like a million bucks. As my brother told me, it's like yoga without the work. I am definitely going to start doing this on my "rest" days. That hour of stretching was way more beneficial and relaxing than an extra hour of sleep. Loved it.
It's farm share day! We will go pick up our surprise box of farm-fresh veggies at Whistling Train Farm. Last week's was all greens since it's too early in the season for actual veggies, most of which I had no clue as to their identities. But, man, when thrown in a bowl together, they made for an awesome salad. So awesome, in fact, I had one for breakfast yesterday. Talk about starting your day on a healthy high.
Day 25: Brought.
It's farm share day! We will go pick up our surprise box of farm-fresh veggies at Whistling Train Farm. Last week's was all greens since it's too early in the season for actual veggies, most of which I had no clue as to their identities. But, man, when thrown in a bowl together, they made for an awesome salad. So awesome, in fact, I had one for breakfast yesterday. Talk about starting your day on a healthy high.
Day 25: Brought.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Day 24: Kenpo X
My favorite! I guess my brain was really excited to do this workout because it woke me up a half hour before my alarm. Rather than lie there waiting for the alarm, I just got up and did it. I may have yawned my way through most of it, but I consider that deep, DEEP breathing, so it's all good. I just love working up a good amount of DNA removal before the day starts. That's what Tony calls sweat in this video. It makes me smile. "We don't do spray-ons in here. We do actual DNA removal." They remove more DNA than I do, but I'm just assuming their workout space is slightly warmer than the 55 degrees I keep my space at.
It's the first Friday of summer break. One more week of P90X before my first mini break from it. I head to CO next Saturday to go to a darling, wonderful friend's much-anticipated wedding. I have to admit, though, I'm a little sad that P90 won't be going with me. Maybe I'll sneak the yoga in my carry-on, but then again, it's so powerful, they might confiscate it as a weapon. Hm. Dilemma.
Day 24: Brought.
It's the first Friday of summer break. One more week of P90X before my first mini break from it. I head to CO next Saturday to go to a darling, wonderful friend's much-anticipated wedding. I have to admit, though, I'm a little sad that P90 won't be going with me. Maybe I'll sneak the yoga in my carry-on, but then again, it's so powerful, they might confiscate it as a weapon. Hm. Dilemma.
Day 24: Brought.
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