P90x Week 12: Day 2: Plyometrics

With a late night workout yesterday and our regular 10am workout this morning, it didn't feel like there was much rest in between. I was sweating so bad I had to put a head-band on - it looks dorky, but it was a necessity. My daughter thought it was her hair-band, so I had to share with her... kind of disgusting (for her), but true. See for yourself:

P90x Week 11: Day 2 - Plyometrics

I noticed today Tony recommended slipping some recovery drink into the water you would drink during the exercises - we tried this when we played in a volleyball tournament a few weeks ago. We both highly recommend NOT doing this! I don't know what it is about the recovery drink, but if it gets warm, or sits out at room temperature for awhile it tastes way too sweet - it's nasty! There is only one way to drink it - put in half the recommended water, dump in a whole tray of ice, blend it, and drink it immediately. It tastes really good if you do it that way, and gives us something to look forward to at the end of the workout.

I felt good today doing the workout. I went a bit over on the carbs last night and I think that helped with my energy level during the workout. I was still sweating up a storm though.

P90x Week 10: Day 2 - Plyometrics

We still sweat like crazy on this workout and the heart gets pounding pretty good. Thanks to muscle confusion, I don't think this workout is going to get any easier in the next couple weeks.

P90x Week 9: Day 2 - Plyometrics

This workout came a bit too soon after our volleyball weekend - it worked the same leg muscles that were still in pain. We made it through with as much sweat and tears as ever. During the workout Shilleen asked if this workout ever gets easier... I think if we could remember the first time we did this workout we would see that it's actually getting better. But it is still a tough one as it should be; it is the MOTHER OF ALL P90X WORKOUTS!!

P90x Week 7 Day 2 - Plyometrics

Still on of our favorites - Plyo x is going well. Sill makes us sweat!

p90x Week 6 Day 2 - Plyometrics

Ahhhhhhhh... sweet cardio. You know what I like best about cardio days? No Ab Ripper X!! Out of all the cardio routeins, this one is the best. It changes up every 1 min or so; you don't get bored!

Here we are acting like frogs and doing our best Airborne Heismans:

P90x Plyometrics - Week 5: Day 2

Feels like we haven't done this one for awhile... actually, it's been a couple weeks! Once again, I think this is part of the "muscle confusion" strategy. Needless to say, it felt more difficult than I remember it. We muscled through it and survived.



As far as meals go, we are off the Fat Shredder phase now, but we haven't had time to do our measurements yet; we may need to go back on it. This past week has been a difficult week to keep to the diet plan. With Shilleen going away for a couple days and Valentine's Day festivities... we slacked off.. a lot! Hopefully we will get back into it.

Week 3: Day 2 - p90x Plyometrics - The MOTHER of all P90x Workouts!

I assuming what Tony means by the Mother of all P90x workouts is that this one is the hardest... personally, I would rather do this one over yoga and ab-ripper. Yoga x is slow torture for 1.5 hours, and Ab-Ripper is extreme torture for 16 minutes... at least Plyo x is a reasonable length of time although it keeps you hoppin. Having said that, I may sing a different tune in a few weeks time - if I can just get through those seemingly impossible exercises.

Here's today's work:

P90x Week 2: Day 02 Plyometrics

I apologize for the shaky camera in this video - we had some issues with our makeshift tripod (remember the one made from a 6ft lamp) - it couldn't handle the shockwaves we made on our carpeted concrete floor :( I guess we weren't doing it "like a cat". We didn't notice it was moving until we had finished, and both decided there was no way we were going to do another take! Actually, we had to make some adjustments to the makeshift tripod since we almost had a fire with it (somehow the lamp got turned on with the box on top), so we hope to refine it shortly.

So, why are we video recording our workouts anyway?

That's a good question! It takes a long time (a least for novice video editors such as ourselves) to edit and format the video so it can be posted on the web... is it really worth it? I hope to answer this question below so when I am tempted to curse this camera and back my car over it - Shilleen will be able to point me to this post and perhaps reason will prevail.

Motivation
We couldn't think of any better motivation to ensure we do the exercises properly, consistently and to the best of our ability. Sure, the video is in fast-forward, but you can still get the idea if the technique is correct and or if we are "doggin it". Just the thought in the back of our minds that hundreds of thousands (ok, maybe 10 tops) are going to be looking at these videos and studying our every move -makes us try that extra bit harder.

Proof: We Believe in Showing Our Work
Shilleen comes from a math background where she was taught to always show her work - at the end of this program we what to be able to prove that we did every work out and did it to the best of our ability. Video doesn't lie... unless it is skillfully altered, which skill we don't have.

Remembering the Glory Days
Ok, we are both in our early 30's now, so the real glory days were a decade ago, but I know I'll be saying the same thing when I am in my 40's. At least when I am in my 40's I will have something to look back on, whereas right now I don't have anything to show for my 20's.

Remembering Accomplishing a Goal
By recording our attempt at accomplishing a goal - we hope that we will either learn from the failure, or use it as a spring-board to accomplish even greater goals together.

Report to accelerate improvement
I heard a quote that I believe: "When performance is measured performance improves. When performance is measured and reported the rate of improvement accelerates" - Thomas S Monson. Who would be better to report to than you? We hope we will have some good feedback and encouraging comments. We also recognize that there are some out there that may not be so kind - if this is you, all that we ask is for a generous monetary donation and you can say whatever you want. Encouragement is free, criticism will cost you.

Show Others they Can Do It
By showing exactly what we did with exercise and diet, we hope to help others to learn from our successes, and mistakes - and get even better results than we did. Let's face it, we aren't the typical "gym monkeys" that have all day to work out and look at themselves in the mirror. If we can do it, you can do it too.

Have you ever done something like this? What was your motivation?

Here is today's workout video:
Week 1: Day 02