The aftermath of P90X

Ok, so as I have said before November is going to be a great fun filled month for me. I have so many things that come into play this month and it all leads up to Christmas. Who isn't excited about that LOL!!

But in trying to get a head start on all the Holiday Festivities and all the great food, I told you that I was going to get a head start and start working out to prepare LOL!! Little did I know how intense I actually would be working.

Michael and Dawn have been doing P90X for about a month and asked us if we wanted to join in! I thought it was a great idea and OMG is ALL I have to say. To give you some background I have NEVER in my life worked out before. I have been used to eating what I want, when I want, and having no consequences. Now having said that, I may have not really gained any weight with that, but bless myself I can't walk down the drive way without panting like I'm going to have a heart attack. I am SOO OUT OF SHAPE! So I thought this little exercise video was just the key.

Well just let me tell you P90X is no little exercise video. It is very extreme and I have only got through day 2!

So what is P90X exactly??? It is a set of DVDs that you are supposed to do everyday for 90 days and getting ripped up like nobody's business is supposed to be the out come. But on another hand I don't know who in their right mind could even do it everyday. But like I said I have never worked out before so I am only going to do it 3 days a week...I mean its motto is "do your best and forget the rest" right. So 3 days a week is my best LOL!!

So on day 1 we started out with the Chest, Back and Ab Ripper. This video wasn't really bad...it was no piece of cake by no means but it was just a whole bunch of push-ups, and pull ups. Now I don't have a pull up bar so I substituted the pull ups for push ups which is probably why I didn't think it was so bad.

Now on to Day 2. The Day 2 Video was called Plyometrics. Now I didn't even know what that meant, and really I wish I would have never figured it out, because it was the hardest thing ever. Its a total Leg work out and its a bunch of Jumping, and crouching up and down. Plus you hardly get breaks and they are only 30 seconds.

It started out on this video and I was like oh I'm going to like this I can jump up and down and hold my legs in place and this will be a piece of cake...UM NO!!! 30 minutes in I was ready to be done. I couldn't breathe, I felt like my heart was going to pop out of my chest. It was VERY painful, and by then end I could barely jump 2 inches off the ground LOL!!! But I did finish the hour and I am very proud of myself for doing that!

I tried finding some pics of the videos so you could see some of the moves that you have to do:

The Yoga Part

This is a very painful exercise but I have to say I have enjoyed doing it. Even though my body feels like its about to shut down LOL!!! I will keep you guys posted on how the rest of the videos go.