P90x Week 11: Day 3 - Shoulders and Arms

We have filled up our workout sheet for Shoulders and Arms - we won't be doing this routine again... for this round of p90x anyway.

A funny thing happened during the workout today - my (almost) 2 year old daughter tried to help me during the Crouching Cohen Curls - she has never done that before. I guess I looked like I was struggling and needed a spot.

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 11: Day 1 - Chest and Back

We're back at it - feels like we have worked out back a lot, but the amount of reps we can now do is the payoff.

I've been slacking on the diet portion of the workouts. I get busy in the mornings and don't get enough to eat before the workouts - as a result, I can feel my energy level is lower. I'd love to have a chief to prep all the food and make sure we are eating proper portions. If there is anywhere I can improve, it would be diet. Maybe if we video taped our meals I would be more consistent in eating according to the plan... who would watch that?

No complaints about the program through - we are both seeing results from being consistent in our workouts, but there is always room for improvement.

P90x Week 10: Day 6 - Kenpo x

We didn't get back until late tonight from visiting family, so this was the first time we had to do our workout in the evening... which one do we prefer? For me, it is nice to get the workout out of the way in the morning. Actually, we usually do our workouts at 10am 6 days a week; to accommodate this break in my workday I start work early; it turns out that this is a nice break about mid-way through my workday.

Shilleen noticed tonight that she was getting stomach cramps - it was most likely from the food that we ate an hour earlier. So, working out in the evening didn't work well with our eating schedule. We would have to adjust some things if we wanted to continue working out in the evening.

I think we are both happy continuing to workout in the morning - we may try something different after we complete the P90x program.

Here is today's work:

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 10: Day 4 - Yoga x

Our fat calipers and our body tape measurer finally arrived today! We expected to take a bit longer than usual to arrive up here in the Great White North - Amazon was only a week off in their estimate:) So, we will be able to do some measurements soon and post some results.

Yoga felt good today. It seems to go by faster now since we have almost memorized all the moves. I still struggle with the last move of the moving options, but all the others seem to be coming along fine. I didn't feel like I sweat as much as last time, although as my son was climbing my back during the exercises he mentioned that it was wet...

P90x Week 10: Day 3 - Back and Biceps

The real challenge with this workout is keeping pace with Tony and the gang - it some parts it seems like I barely have enough time to record what I did and then adjust the weight for the next exercise. I try to keep my reps between 8-10 which does give me a bit more time to make adjustments.

Today was pretty intense - I sure didn't feel like doing Ab Ripper; but I was happy when it was all over! See for yourself: