Welcome to my P90X Fitness Blog!!
When I saw the P90X infomercial, I thought it might be some gimmick, but was still interged. I really wanted to buy it but refrained, because of the price. I kept doing my old workouts of running 3 miles a couple of time a week and at-home weightlifting twice a week. Really no structure to it and definately BORING. I really got in great shape about 2 years ago and have been fighting to get back there since.
I thought I was in decent shape, because I could run 3 to 6 miles no problem and did some weightlifting. But I was feeling so much older. I knew I needed something different. Something to really force me to look at myself, a goal. Something explosive and exciting.
Enter P90X.
After seeing the informercial and surfing the website for an hour -- I made the purchase. It was a total moment of compulsive weakness and a desire for some retail therapy, I'll admit. But afterwards, I was very content with myself for spending the $186. And althought I was a little turned off by the constant "Buy NOW and get this..." upgrade tactics, I can honestly say, I wish I had gotten the whole shabang.
Then, like a little kid waiting for the ice cream man, I checked the UPS website to find out were my purchase was in the country. When the package arrive, I met the UPS man at the door.
I immediately put in the DVD called "How to Bring it". Which told me nothing, really just how to work hard, blah blah. Come on, lets get crackalackin....
I put in the first workout. WOW. This is hard. I'm sacred. Not because I just blew 200 bones on a workout program but because I thought I was in good shape! I'm not. I have been totally dawging it.
I'm sucking wind and sweating like a fat man with hyperhydrosis. And this is only the weight training part. I am about to enter a HELL called Ab Ripper X. Lets just call this Jack Ripper X, because I am dead.
The next day, I stick with the program, using the youtube and Beachbody community (free with the purchase for the first 30 days) as motivation. The youtubers seem to hold the best motivation for me in that they are Bringing It realtime.
I'm on to Plyometrics?
This is cool. Why? Its very hard, but now I'm getting the hang of the DVD setup and the show. They use 3 different skill levels, easy/beginner, modified/mid, and advance. Forget advanced--that guy is Superman. I pay no attention to him. The girl and the guy that flank Tony are a level I can handle--sort of. Plus this guy that flanks Tony has only one leg. You heard me ONE LEG. I tell myself if he can do it, then so can I. Plyometrics still wiped me out. I had a serious headache for the rest of the day and had to go to sleep at 8 pm.
Day 3 - Arms and Shoulders
PAIN. I'm in PAIN. Not a bad pain, but that kind that you get the day after a pick up game that you go hard at. I got to work on completing the Arms and Shoulders. Of course, the damn Ab Ripper X is immediately after the workout.
Day 4 Yoga
Hey, now something I dont have to sweat too much, right? WRONG! Tony Horten must have learned yoga from Speed Yogies contortionists. The first 45 minutes was filled with quick paced movements. thats right-- I said the FIRST 45 minutes. These P90Xers arent jacking around. The next 45 consisted of balance exercises and abdominal/core exercises including one move that I think might be illegal in some states.
So now I'm up to date with my progress so far. I hope to write an little bit about this everyday. I'm really excited to see what I will look like in 30 - 60 and 90. So far I have lost 4 pounds. ANd I definately feel different. Better. I still need to pull the eating plan together, but I have bee eating better there too.
Anyway, I plan on updating this daily, including my eating habits. I dont know if I'm brave enough to post confessionals on YouTube but I hope to gather the courage. This is the beginning of my journey to reinvent myself though better health and goals.
