My P90X Experience: Days 26-28

Well, I somehow managed to make it through Phase 1 of my first round with P90X. Although, the past couple days have been pretty rough. When I woke up yesterday I was in the worst pain I’ve been in since starting P90X. When I went to bed Friday night my back felt a little sore but when it was time to get out of bed Saturday morning it had moved past sore to not being able to move....

My P90X Experience: Days 23-25

Wow. So a couple days ago I had my first encounter with Core Synergistics. I was expecting this workout to be tough. But not that tough! Let’s just say–it was the first time I ever felt sick to my stomach during a workout and wanted to cry. I think it started somewhere between the Sphinx push-ups and Bow to Boat. However, I decided to do my best and forget the rest and...

My P90X Experience: Days 16-22

Today is my first day of Week 4 doing P90X. Week 4 is considered a recovery week, but I’m not expecting it to be easy. There are two days of Yoga X and two days of Core Synergistics. I haven’t done the Core workout yet (my first time is tomorrow) but word on the streets is that it’s pretty brutal. There are two days of X Stretch and one day of Kenpo X. A lot of people...

My P90X Experience–Day 15

Wow–Chest and Back seemed really difficult today. I was able to do better than last week on the majority of the exercises and used heavier weights. But there’s something I hate about this workout. The Back Flys are really awkward for me. I don’t feel like I’m getting the form right. I also seem really uncoordinated using the resistance bands for pull-ups. I can...

My P90X Experience: Days 8-14

What a busy week! Today I completed Week 2 of the P90X program. As you can see I haven’t been able to keep up with my daily P90X posts. I did manage to survive another 7 days of hard-core P90X workouts. In some aspects this second week seemed easier than the first week because I was more prepared for things to come, but I felt a lot more sore this week. That’s a good thing!...

My P90X Experience: Days 5-7

Whew! It’s been a busy couple days so I haven’t been able to keep up with my posts. But don’t worry–I was still able to keep up with my P90X workouts. ) Friday was Legs and Back. I’m not even close to being able to do a pull-up, so I’ve been using a resistance band to do the pull-up exercises. My husband liked using the chair when he was building up...

My P90X Experience: Day 3

So today was my first experience with the Shoulders and Arms workout from P90X. I think I got more out of the workout than my first time with the Chest and Back routine. The weights I used were pretty small. 5 pounds on the really tough ones (Tony is nice enough to warn you when you might want to scale back) and 10 pounds on the rest. Hopefully I won’t need to use the 5 pound...

My P90X Experience: Day 2

So, today was my first experience with Plyometrics X. Wowza. In case you didn’t know, Plyometrics is jumping. Lots of jumping and squatting. I managed to work up quite a sweat today unlike yesterday. I made it through the entire workout and even did the “bonus round” but it was definitely a struggle. From what I can remember, this workout has three rounds, with each...