Month 2, Day 6, Kenpo X..Sa-weet Sa-weating!

It never fails...every time I do this workout, I feel just invigorated, powerful, exuberant...the list goes on. I have never done this workout and felt frustrated. Even tho I always bring it, this is THE ONE...the one that makes the whole week worth while. I LOVE this workout. And frankly, no other workout makes me sweat like this. Sure, I sweat plenty with P90X...but this is just insane! Not only can I do everything....I keep right up with them too. I'd love it if every day were Kenpo X day....but then again...having it this way ends the week off juuuust right. A weekend with Kenpo X, and then X Stretch....couldn't ask for more! :O)

Month 2, Day 5 P90X Legs & Back, (and blood, sweat and tears)

Okay, not literally...but close. I brought what I could today, as always. It seems like I am noticing a pattern lately. My attitude is awesome, until I feel a tweak, or a pain which will make me go lighter than I want to go. This happens to be my right knee. Even tho I am capable of more, and want to do more, the right knee has a mind of it's own, and it's quite loud. So, instead of going lower on lunges, and the Seiber squats, I had to go half way. In fact, I still can't do the Toe Roll Iso lunges or the Sneaky Lunges because of that right knee. If I'm careful with it, then one of these days, even if it's next round of P90X, I'll be able to do it.
I bumped it up a bit with the pull-ups. I did the first round hanging (sort of laying) and used the hooks. Then I switched back to beginner with the hooks for the second round of pull-ups. Man, those hanging ones made me sweat...I could feel the heat with the exertion. I'm sweating like a piggy, and I'm exhauted. Time for a recovery drink.

TOMORROW...KENPO X, BABY! (thank goodness...been waiting all week for this!)

Flare up

So I feel my back today. I should have known I would. I was exhausted last night...we went to bed...TO SLEEP...at 9:30! 9:30!!! It's not the normal 'been worked out sore' feeling. It's inflamed. I've had 13 + years to understand my back. I knew there would be a possiblility of a flareup given the working out I'm doing, at the intensity I'm doing it. It COULD be worse, if I were still eating refined sugar. But happily, it's not as bad as it could be. However, I will need to Tylenol up before I attempt Legs & Back today. When my back gets like this, it feels feverish, and I'm wiped out. It's similar to how you feel when you get the flu, except it's in my back. What I would do BEFORE I became this strongly dedicated to fitness girl, would have been to stop the workout, and chill. But I'm not going to do that. I'm on a program, and that program shall go on. I will monitor what I do today...if it's something that will aggravate my back, I'll omit it....and that's all I can do. I'm going to 'do my best, and forget the rest'.

Month 2, Day 4, P90X, Yoga X....The Love/Hate Relationship Continues

Well, I don't think I really had my mind totally on this workout today. I just couldn't get into any groove. I did what I could...and even kept trying the moves that I don't have down, like the balance moves. Sheesh! Quiet your mind! Right! I missed 10 minutes because Emily's ride came for her, and it was near the end, the Yoga ab 7 or whatever. So, I just jumped back in after that. I just didn't have it today. But at least I still attempted it, so there's that!

Month 2, Day 3, P90X Back and Biceps...A.K.A. Glamour Muscles :o)

I LOVE this workout. Hmmm, come to think of it, I seem to be saying that a LOT during this program. Seriously though. I DO love this one. There's not much better feeling than arms that are pUmPeD uP from working with weights. I could leave the back part...gimme more biceps! I think I feel my back though, and since I have back issues, I'm not sure which way I feel it. We'll see!

Here's the workout:

1) Wide Front Pull-Ups: (still using the beginner mode of the bar, until my weight comes way farther down)
15

2) Lawnmowers:
17 @ 8 lbs (increase next time)

3) Twenty-Ones: :o)
21 @ 8 lbs (increase next time)

4) One-Arm Cross-Body Curls:
15 @ 8 lbs (increase next time)

5) Switch Grip Pull-Ups:
16

6) Elbows-Out Lawnmovers:
14 @ 10 lbs

7) Standing Bicep Curls: :o)
15 @ 10 lbs

8) One-Arm Concentration Curls: :o)
10 ea @ 10 lbs

9) Corn Cob Pull-Ups: not sure if I did this right
10

10) Reverse Grip Bent-Over Rows:
15 @ 8 lbs

11) Open Arm Curls: :o)
18 @ 8 lbs (increase next time)

12) Static Arm Curls: :o)
16 @ 10 lbs

13) Towel Pull-Ups:
12

14) Congdon Locomotives: :o)
40 @ 8 lbs (increase next time)

15) Crouching Cohen Curls:
17 @ 8 lbs (increase next time)

16) One-Arm Corkscrew Curls: :o)
17 @ 10 lbs (increase next time)

17) Chin-Ups:
14

18) Seated Bent-Over Back Flys:
20 @ 8 lbs (increase next time)

19) Curl-Up/Hammer Downs: FAVORITE
16 @ 10 lbs

20) Hammer Curls: FAVORITE
10 @ 15 lbs

21) Max Rep Pull-Ups:
15

22) Superman: check

23) In-Out Hammer Curls: FAVORITE
14 @ 10 lbs

24) Strip-Set Curls: FAVORITE
8 @ 15 lbs, 8 @ 10 lbs, 8 @ 8 lbs, 8 @ 5 lbs (buy a 12 lbs wt and remove the 5)

I may feel this tomorrow. :o)

Month 2, Day 2 P90X, Plyometrics! Kicked My Butt Today!

Well, that was interesting. I have NO idea why, but Plyometrics kicked my butt today! Seriously! Quite frequently between new exercises, I had to stop and get my heart rate back down from insanity to in my zone. It has NEVER done that to me before. I didn't stop exercising, I would do ballistic stretches, and marches to get it down. It was very annoying. And, I'm covered in so much sweat, it's rediculous. Normally I would sweat buckets...but this is like a barrel of sweat. LOL. Good thing I still have my humor. I stopped half way and made a recovery drink and sipped on that, which likely helped. I did everything though. Success even if it almost beat me!

On a side note, my 12 year old walked by me as I was working out and she says to me "Bring it Mom!" LOL. That's my girl! :o)

Month 2, day 1, P90X Chest,Shoulders & Triceps

Well, that was fun. Okay, there are like a gazillion push-ups in it....talk about trying...in both senses of the word. I did what I could with the push-ups...but then I pulled something in my abdomen doing a standard floor fly...so then I had to just go to knees and didn't bother trying standard ones again. I DID really like the Clap push-ups (on knees) tho. Okay, Tony is PSYCHO!! I actually had to rewind for a few seconds to watch him do his 20 PLYO push-ups...he got some air, man! WOW. I'm not sure if I'll try Ab Ripper X tonight or not. I have a residual pull on my right side from Core Synergistics last week, and today did the same thing on the left. Not sure why either, maybe from weakness, maybe from bad form, maybe from already feeling worked out.
Now the weight part...LOVED IT! My favorites have got to be the "Throw The Bomb", and the "Slo-Mo Throws", the "Front-to-Back Tricep Extensions" , "Fly-Row Presses", "Dumbbell Cross-Body Blows"....pretty much all the weight ones...LOL.

Every time there is a new workout, I record it here, so.....

Here's the workout for today:

1)Slow-Motion 3-in-1 Push-Ups:
3 standard up&down, 2 standard up, then knees down, + 4 knees up& down

2) In & Out Shoulder Flys:
16 @ 5lbs (increase next time)

3) Chair Dips:
8 straight legs

4) Plange Push-Ups:
11 knees

5) Pike Presses: :o)
14

6) Side Tri-Rises: :0)
15 each side

7) Floor Flys: :o(
2 Standard, then pulled something in abs/ 3 knees

8)Scarecrows: :o)
15 @ 5 lbs (increase next time)

9) Overhead Tricep Extensions: :o)
15 @ 5 lbs (increase next time)

10) Two-Twitch Speed Push-Ups: :0/
2fst, 3 slo, 3 fst, 3 slo, 3 fst, 3 slo

11) Y Presses: :o)
15 @ 8 lbs

12) Lying Tricep Extensions: :o)
12 @ 10 lbs (increase next time)

13) Side to Side Push-Ups: :o/
13 knees

14) Pour Flys: :o)
12 @ 5lbs (increase next time)

15) Side Leaning Tricep Extensions: :o)
12 ea @ 8 lbs

16) One Arm Push-Ups:
12 knees

17) Weighted Circles:
10 x 4 @ 3lbs sounds like too low...but it does burn.

18) Throw The Bomb: :o)
12 ea @ 8 lbs

19) Clap or Plyo Push-Ups: :o)
15 knees

20) Slo-Mo Throws: :o)
? @ 5 lbs...forgot...lol...was busy watching Tony readjust The muscle-bound lawyer...LOL

21) Front-to-Back Tricep Extensions: :o)
17 ea @ 8 lbs

22) One-Arm Balance Push-Ups: :o)
5 standard, arm gave out on 6, LOL

23) Fly-Row Presses: :o/
6 @ 8lbs, 2 @ 5 lbs - have to learn the combo better

24) Dumbbell Cross Body Blows: :oD
45 @ 10 lbs (try to increase next time)

This was a great workout. Some of the weights I used were lower than I could have used, but since it was my first time doing this workout, it gives me lots of room for improvement. I'm upping the weights next week.....as soon as I transcribe the sheet to another one....yep, my jelly arms spilled half of my recovery drink all over it...luckily missing the computer keyboard.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring!