Ok, yes, I started over again. Feeling pretty good. I’m on day 3, so I’ll skip some of the normal info. But, I tried to figure out why I failed the other times. Here goes: I tried working out at night after the kids went to bed. Honestly, it sounded like a great idea. But, by the time 8:30 rolled around, I was ready to go to bed myself. So, it was harder and harder to keep up. So, I had to adjust my schedule. I didn’t sleep enough. I was trying to get about 5-6 hours of sleep a night. Honestly, I was exhausted and fatigued. So, I’m going to up the amount of sleep I have   read more

Ok, I’m starting over again. I went for about 2 weeks, then hurt my wrist. It wasn’t because of P90X, it was because of an old injury. For some reason, I can pop my wrist out it’s joints so that I can’t even turn a door know. I think it was caused by doing the chicken wing stretch and I pulled on my hand instead of forearm to stretch. Anyway, I’m back. I started back again. I forgot how hard the workouts are. And, I know tomorrow’s plyometrics is going to crush me. Tonight’s chest and back was tough. I couldn’t do the same amount of reps I did the   read more

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Week 2 is going great. Have to admit though, my body feels fatigued. I’m noticing that more sleep helps. Last week, I averaged 5-6 hours of sleep a night. This week, I’ve bumped it up to 6-7 to see if I have any better results. I finally started losing weight a little after I ate a little more. Still can’t get over the hurdle of eating so much. It’s actually pretty hard if I eat right. Ab ripper x is still crushing me. I can feel my abs aching on several occasions and I just can’t continue. But, I take a break then move on. I can start to see some differences in   read more

Ok, this is the toughest of all the workouts. Just a reminder, plyometrics stands for jump training. So, in this workout, you are doing probably 100 or more squats, 50+ jumps. It’s a bear as they say. I got through the workout barely. I did have to stop a couple of times and come back even within the 30 second sets. I felt like I was going to upchuck maybe once. But, this told me that I was working hard enough. One thing I noticed in particular was my form. This time, I could actually tell that I was cheating with my back. So, I straightened my back for the workout and was able to drive the   read more

Today was a little different. I felt good, a little tired, I guess a lot of rest on the weekend made me a little slow. Today was the first workout where I could compare results. I didn’t mention this previously, but with the non cardio workouts like the Shoulders and Back, Shoulders and Arms, and the Back and Legs workouts, you track the number of repetitions you can do. So, today my goal was to do more than I did last week. Results are in and I did. For each exercise, I was able to do at least 1 to 2 more repetitions. Doesn’t sound like much but it was an accomplishment. In the initial   read more

Week 1 was tough. Day 1, I knew the rest of the week would change my body. In fact, this entire workout would change my body. I already feel tight in areas like my chest and core. I can’t say it enough, that my core feels different. When working out, I actually now feel like I’m using my muscles instead of cheating with other parts of my body. Granted this doesn’t mean that I can finish all of the workouts. My abs are starting to feel better. Doing the P90X Ab Ripper 3 times this week has taken it’s toll. Granted, I haven’t been able to keep up with them on the video   read more

Have to admit, I was looking forward to this day. I feel a little weak overall. It appears to be due to the amount of food I’m eating. So, I’m going to start eating a little bit more. My body has completely recovered from the pain encountered earlier in the week. My triceps are feeling better and my legs feel good as well. The stretching this evening felt good. Already, I can tell that I’m more flexible than I have been in many years. It may even make me feel a little more relaxed at time. The parts of my body that were cracking aren’t cracking or making sounds like they   read more

Today has been an odd day. Why? The first 2 days of P90X I was losing weight, then I started gaining weight. Why? Well, I think I figured it out. I was taking a protein shake and a creatine shake at night. After I did, I felt pretty full, figured it was all of the liquid. I happened to check the creatine shakes numbers. There it was, 46 grams of carbohydrates. So, I nixed the shake this evening. Can’t wait to see what the morning will bring. Still hard to maintain the number of calories especially with meetings at staggered times of the day. What I felt tonight was a little different though   read more

Today was tough, now that I think about it, I guess all of the days have been tough. For some reason though, I felt more tired than normal. I did get up the courage to go in and do the legs and back routine, with the Abripper X at the end. It’s a tough class, my thighs felt like they were burning many times. I actually enjoyed doing the pull-ups as a break to doing the leg workout. The leg workout is pretty thorough. We worked almost every angle imaginable on the legs. This is completely different from the normal squat, extension, leg curl routine done in the gym. Therefore, this workout   read more