P90x Week 12: Day 5 - Legs and Back

I thought this workout was going to be easier since we are near the end of the program... it wasn't! I'm guessing it is because my muscles are confused and were expecting a recovery week. I felt low in energy too.

We endured even with kids climbing all over us while we did the exercises:


One more workout to go!!

P90x Week 12: Day 3 - Back and Biceps

Since it is our last bicep workout for the program, we went hard today to see if we could beat our previous week's records... and we are feeling it! It was a tough workout. I always feel like crying (it's ok, I'm in touch with my feminine side) during the last exercise - the bicep curls strip-sets. I don't think I've ever got to 8 reps on each set - my arms are dead by the end of this workout.

Half-way done the week - looking forward to a good yoga stretch tomorrow.

P90x Week 12: Day 1 - Chest Shoulders Triceps

This is our Easter Turkey Dinner workout ... we got back from a family dinner tonight and squeezed in the first workout of the last week. It was pretty intense and the food overdose didn't help. We are happy to be in the last week, and look forward to measuring the results at the end of the week... unless we keep eating like we did today (we may need to do another round of P90x to work that off).

P90x Week 11: Day 5 - Legs and Back

Feels good to be back at it after missing yoga yesterday. I felt pretty sore after doing physical labor all day yesterday. My work is usually computer related, so I don't get to do much physical work (this was another reason we are doing P90x). I am sure I am less sore because I have been working out, but I am still sore.

Here's legs and back:

P90x Week 10: Day 5 - Legs and Back

Wow, you'd think this workout would be getting easier on week 10... I don't think so. This is the first time I've had a stomach cramp in any P90x workout. It could be diet issues, but I have another theory. The better you get at doing these exercises, the less rest-time you have between exercise. For example, on week one if someone was able to do 5 pull-ups, and now is able to do 20... there is a lot less time to stand around and watch Tony and the crew finish up their last reps (or the majority of their reps). The workout becomes more demanding!

See what I mean here:

P90x Week 6 Day 3 - Back and Biceps

It was pointed out on the YouTube posting that I seem to be slacking off on the Mason Twist part of the Ab Ripper X workout. Just to explain, this exercise seems to injure my lower back. I can feel it during the workout and it usually take a few days to feel better. I feel the same pain when I do those frog exercises - basically any of the ab exercises where I sit on the floor with legs off the ground and no support for the back. I don't know why it does that, but I haven't been able to get past it. Anyway, I will try again when it feels better, but this has happened several times now... any suggestions?

Here's the latest:

P90x Legs and Back - Week 5: Day 5

Have you ever noticed that the back stretches take an unusually long time - I thought it was because Tony gets side-tracked in introducing Sophia; talking about her "chicklet" teeth. If you watch Sophia's arms, you will notice that the video has been edited. At first she has her arms behind, then in-front for the close-up and then behind again. It is just a little quirk we noticed doing these workouts over and over - not a big deal, just something interesting... to me anyway :)

Week 1 - Day 3: Shoulders and Arms!

Here it is - week 01: Day 03 complete P90x Shoulders and Arms workout! If only we could move this fast in real life - we'd get so much done in a day.



I find in this workout I have to watch my dumbbell weight - if I go too heavy in the beginning, my arms are toast mid-way through. If I pace it right - it is a great work out! The real challenge for me is the 16 minutes of Ab insanity (aka: Ab Ripper X) after the Shoulders and Arms workout. In the words of Tony "I HATE IT, yet I love it"... well, I agree with the first part of his statement, I am working on the second part. I added a new fitness goal to my list: to be able to do all the exercises for the full length of time within the next 90 days! Common, who's with me??

Week 1: Day 1: Toss the Junk! , Chest, Back, and Ab Ripper X

Today,we did a lot of measurements:

Body fat % measured with calipers.
I'm (Shilleen) 35% fat. Yes, I can feel every % of my body fat and I'm ready for it to shred off. I have been like this for four years since the birth of my first child (and since then I've had another baby and I am the same). I've exercised but I know for a fact that my portion control isn't the best. It looks like a realistic goal in decreasing body fat % is 1/2 to 1 percent per month..So, for me, I could drop down between 32-33.5. okay, okay, I will accept this fact. It looks like little by little, the fat will go away. Check out my entry of Calipers 101 I had surprising news.

Recorded our body measurements

Weighed ourselves: I've gained 5 pounds since christmas time. It is true the scale doesn't lie, I can feel it.

Calculated our P90X nutrition level. My nutrion level is level II...I'm a little nervous about that because that's a whopping 2400 calories minumum..I honestly don't think I have ever comsumed that much food in one day, but I will follow what the book says. It says try it and
adjust as needed.

Took pictures of our bodies (oh dear, the camera doesn't lie either).

It was Toss the Junk Day for us!! We will be starting the P90X Nutrition Plan tomorrow. Why? Check out the pictures... we had vasts amounts of turkey dinner leftovers and look at the scrumptious Almond Danish Puff. We wanted to make sure this yummy food was no where to be seen...so it's gone now and we're ready to fat shred our bodies...that's right for me GOOD-BYE dark chocolate (Shilleen's #1 weakness), and goodbye baking (mostly brownies which I probably bake once or twice a month in a 9x13 pan, cookies on occasion) . It's a sad time because I love to bake but I needed a good reason to stop. I have perfected my brownies to the point that it is impossible to stop eating them...I've been baking bread for the last two months and love it because we all know that homemade bread is so much better than bread from the store. Having said all this, I'm ready to BRING IT! I can do something else like sewing instead of baking right?

Good-bye Almond Danish Pastry!

Good-bye Carbs....Well at least for the Fat Shredder Phase.

We welcome the fat to shred off our bodies, pretty please?

P90X Phase I: Fat Shredder: Meal Plan Approach...we want to see if these recipes included in the P90X nutrition plan are any good so we'll try them for a week, and let you know. We'll take pictures and rate them.

Last the workout: Chest and Back and Ab Ripper X

Feeling strong today, sweating like crazy. It was good...of course my divebombers I'm hoping will improve. They are definitely the hardest. My goal is to be able to do 10 divebombers and to do 3 pullups without the chair, and be able to do the whole Ab Ripper X without taking breaks.