Day 82: P90X Legs and Back/Ab Ripper

Day 82. P90X Legs and Back/Ab Ripper. Today was tough. I don't think I got enough carbs yesterday. I did not want to do the Ab Ripper today. I was really feeling tired. I made it through though. You have to Bring it. Just goes to show you that nutrition is very important. You need to fuel your body in order to bring the intensity. Today was the last tough work out of this initial 90 days. Kenpo tomorrow and recovery week next week. Yoga, core, kenpo and then were done. My hands are also killing me today. I bought some gloves but they were ripped when I brought them home so I need to return them. Back and bicep day really gets your hands if you are using dumbells and then more pull ups today don't help at all either. All well. I think I bought the gloves too late since there is only 8 days left and I won't be using the dumbells during these last 8 days. That's ok. I'll use them when I start back up on the weights.

Day 75: P90X Legs and Back/ Ab Ripper

Day 75. P90X Legs and back/ Ab Riper. I only have a few minutes since we are getting ready to go to Biloxi for a long week end. I didn't have a lot of energy today and I was kind of dragging during Legs and Back. Think I skipped lunch yesterday and now I am feeling it today. Remember what you feed your body is just as important as doing the work outs themselves. Since now I know how to post from my Blackberry, I'll try and put a quick post tomorrow of whatever kind of work out we do. "Bring It"

Day 68: P90X Legs and Back/Ab Ripper

Day 68. P90X Legs and Back/Ab Ripper. Pull ups, sneaky lunges, wall squats, more pull ups and more lunges. This is a tough work out especially if you add the weights during the exercises. You will have to work up to that but it makes it all that much harder. I'm going to have to get some weight gloves. My hands are pretty beat up from the pull ups and Back and Bicep day. The dumbells and pull up bar have taken its toll. I can't find decent padding to wrap my home made pull up bar with so I just used 2 layers of hockey tape. Not enough. it still hurts. I'm hoping the gloves will fix that. It is very easy to slack off in Phase 3. You will be able to do all of the movements pretty well and you won't be very sore anymore so you might find yourself just repeating the previous week. Don't do it. Always try and get in more reps and more weight. More pull ups, more push ups, jump higher and dig deeper. Your body will thank you.

Day 61: P90X Legs and Back/Ab Ripper

Day 61. P90X Legs and Back/Ab Ripper. We were tired today. Both of these work outs were more difficult today for some reason. I still added some 10 lb dumbells to the sneaky lunges even though none of them do. Now that makes it tough. We were on are feet all day talking about Team Beachbody at a job fair so I am not sure if that had anything to do with making us tired but we were whipped when we pushed play and super whipped by the time we finished.

Day 47: P90x Legs and Back/Ab Ripper

Day 47. P90x Legs and Back/Ab Ripper. All I can say is wall squats. Those of you that are doing P90x know what I mean. They Buuuuuurn. In a good way. Pull ups and more pull ups. Wear gloves, your hands will love you for it. I need to get a pair very soon. They will really come in handy on bicep day. All those curls and pull ups take their toll on your hands. This is also the last week of this routine. Next week starts week 8. Kind of a recovery week but i'm not to sure I would call it that since I have to do Yoga X twice next week. Just when you start getting used to a routine Tony Horton switches it up. That's where the muscle confusion comes in. I can't believe after next week I will be in phase 3 which is the final phase. The home stretch. Debating on getting Shaun T's Insanity when it comes but I haven't decided for sure yet. I want to get back on the weights.

Day 40: P90x Legs and Back/Ab Ripper

Day 40 of P90x. Legs and Back/Ab Ripper. Ahhh. This is another great workout. Really works the legs and you still do a lot of pull ups. For anyone out there who is on the fence about doing P90X, I say go for it. This is a program like you have never done before. This is my first DVD work out and I love it. I jumped on the scale today and realized I dropped a couple more pounds. Ooops. I have to eat more. I'm burnig to many calories and not eating enough. Like I said before I'm not trying to drop any pounds. I will just have to eat more I guess. (yes clean eating)

Day 33: P90x Legs and Back/ Ab Ripper

Well Day 33 of P90x consists of Legs and Back and Ab Ripper. I really went deep in the squats and lunges today. I will probably feel it tomorrow. This is a pretty tough work out. Well I have to run. Going to watch the Wings play game 7 for the cup.

Day 19: P90x Legs and Back / Ab Ripper

Day 19 for P90x was Legs and Back and Ab Ripper. This work out is still hard but getting easier. I love working all of these different muscles. Pretty sure I didn't get all of my calories today but I didn't feel hungry either. It's tough sometimes when you are busy. Hamstrings are a little sore but I know they were neglected before I started. P90x is great for me since I babied one of my legs about 6 years ago because of back problems. I probably limped on it for about 4 months and then needed back surgery. With P90x you are focusing on each leg seperately and it is really helping me out. Even though it was 6 years ago one leg doesn't have as much muscle as the other so hopefully after P90x they will be equal again in strength and size.

Day 12: P90x Legs and Back/ Ab Riper X

Well I have come to the conclusion that P90x Legs and Back is definitely the hardest workout for me this far. The only things I did to workout my legs prior to P90x were calf raises, some leg curls and some jogging. All these lunges and chair poses have my legs going crazy. Definitely not used to it. But it feels great to work all of those muscles that have had no work in such a long time. Probably since high school is the last time I did anything close to this type of wokout.

If you are thinking about doing P90x then I say go for it. It is a great workout program so far and I have nothing negative to say about it. "Bring it" Tomorrow is kenpo and then a break on sunday. I am looking forward to starting week 3 since I am feeling really good. I have also noticed the bloated feeling I usually have when I wake up in the morning is going away. Hmmmmmm. Could it be the nutrtion plan? Maybe the nutter butters, microwave popcorn, tostitos and jalapeno cheese dip, white rice,bread,pasta, can of coke at midnight has something to do with that bloated feeling. I really didn't eat that junk everyday but it still gave me that bloated feeling even if I ate it 3 days ago.

It is also Memorial Day weekend so I know I will probably cheat this weekend. I'll try to keep it to a 12 pack. LOL. For those of you who do not know Memorial Day is the day we remember all of those who have died for this country. So I just wanted to say "thank you" to all of you in the military. Past and Present.

Day 5: P90x Legs and Back/Ab Ripper

Well today with P90x consisted of Legs and Back and then Ab Ripper. Not too bad as I think I am not getting used to the beating my body is taking. Nothing too drastic. Some more pull ups and great leg work. My hip flexors are still sore but I think by monday they should be fine. During my weight training I did do some leg extensions and calf raises so I think that prepared me a little bit for todays work out. If it wasn't for that I don't think I would be walking very well right since my hamstrings are a little sore as are my hip flexors. Calves and quads feel pretty good but they would have been pretty sore if I wasn't working them before hand.

I'm still looking for some hex dumbells. Buck a pound brand new was kind of expensive since you can find them for about 50 cents a pound used. I've been looking on Craigs List and found a set but they haven't emailed me back yet.

I didn't eat anything prior to P90x today except a yogurt about an hour before.Not feeling queazy anymore and I ate pretty good after my work out. Some egg whites, veggies and a protein shake. I did eat a lot today but it was all clean food. No garbage yet. I was pretty hungry today and I did eat a little more but I had to add some calories since I lost 3 lbs and I'm not trying to lose any weight. I have a lot of energy today. I feel like I can do another work out. Kenpo tomorrow and then Sunday is a break. Yessss. Relax time.