Fitness: Welcome To Our Yoga Studio

Fitness: Welcome To Our Yoga Studio
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We're about 40 days into the P90X program. I missed 4 days of workouts earlier this week due to travel. To make up for slacking off I bumped up my bicep/shoulder workout by 2lbs. It seemed like a good idea at the time but today I was paying for it. I totally struggled through yoga this AM. My upper extremities were completely fatigued.  Ugh! No fun.

Fitness: P90X - Day 16

I SWEAR that wasn't there 16 days ago!!!


Despite being advised Farilla and I didn't take any "before" pics.  It's not like I would have posted them here anyway. So, it just wasn't high priority.  We did finally take down some base measurements (at the end of week one), though.  My scale measures BMI, Weight, Skeletal Muscle, Fat, Visceral Fat & Metabolism.  It'll be interesting to compare our starting numbers with our measurements at the end of 90 days.  Everything's going well.  The workouts are pretty advanced and challenging but I push myself  to do what I can.  On the downside, my appetite is raging!  Seriously, ALL I THINK ABOUT IS FOOD.  Hello, metabolism!

Fitness: P90X - Day 11

What a difference a week makes! Waking up a bunch of muscles last week (which haven't been used in way too long) totally rocked me. I'm glad to share that Week 2 has been a lot easier on my body. All achy muscles seem to be appropriately achy for the work I've been doing. I know I've said it before but muscle memory is a beautiful thing. We kicked off Day 11 with 1.5 hours of YogaExtreme. About 20% of this program is just way beyond my capabilities. I wish they offered more alternative poses for those of us who aren't as advanced. Admittedly, getting a yoga block will help with a few of the poses I'm struggling with. I don't know what it is about stretching and yoga that makes me feel so sleepy afterward but I'm feeling quite jello-y and lethargic at the moment. Oh, how nice a nap would be...Yawn.

Fitness: P90X - Day 3

Day three and EVERYTHING hurts.  I was going to push our morning workout to the afternoon to give my aching muscles a few more hours of recovery time but when Farilla got up and was obviously going for it so I persevered.  Day one went a little something like this....push-ups, pull-ups...more push-ups and more pull-ups...and even more push-ups and MORE pull-ups.  Dude...my lats, pects and triceps have been screaming for 2 days straight.  Day two went like this....squats, lunges, jumping.....more squats, deeper lunges & higher jumps....then DEEPER squats, MORE lunges & even HIGHER jumps.  It's a wonder I can walk today.  Well, I wouldn't call it much of a walk.  It's more of a shuffle right now.  Day three (today) brought more upper body work.  So, as previously stated, I'm sore...TO THE MAX.  Yes, I just said to the max!

Fitness: P90X - Day 1

We started P90X in-home training today.  Let me start by saying that I know very little about this workout program aside from its claim to transform your body into amazingness in 90 days.  I haven't seen any of their advertising nor have I read any of the literature supplied with the program.  In fact the above banner was just pulled from their website which I visited for the first time (for the sole purpose of finding a banner).  I'm very much just following Farilla's lead on this one.  Though, from a few conversations I've had with friends, this seems to be the current big workout trend.  Farilla's been really pumped about getting on the P90X train so I figured, wth.  I'm in.  Seriously how hard could it be? It's not like having a trainer in the room with you who would normally hold you accountable for slacking off.  I figure I'll work at my own pace and we'll see what happens.   

Well......what happened was that Day 1 kicked my ass (or rather my upper extremities) so hard that I barely notice how sore my legs are from my run yesterday.  Dude!

Having a partner through this process will make all the difference.  Farilla's support and encouragement (mixed with a dash of my competitiveness) will be enough to keep me from slacking off.  We'll take some baseline measurements/photos and post updates along the way.  Stay tuned!

You can find more info about the P90X program here:
P90X Extreme Home Fitness Workout Program