4:30 grrr

4:30 is tough.  I need to make sure that I never schedule a long day on a Yoga X day.  I was slightly better at the ridiculous amount of runner's poses, downward dogs, and upward dogs today.  I knew better than to try to complete all of the early pushups that are optional.  I am finding out how "loose in the cage" I am.  The core is the foundation to almost all of the yoga moves.  After Ab Ripper X kicked my butt last night so did the ab focus at the end of the yoga.  Tomorrow legs and back and I get to sleep in until 5:00.  WooHoo!

School

I am so glad that I packed my lunch at school today - They served "Dunkers" with sauce, lettuce with ranch dressing, and a rice crispy treat.  As I watched the other faculty members eat the slop I thought about the kids who are also eating ice cream, cookies, and high sugar drinks and had to wonder what our society will look like in 15 years.  I hope I look more like Tony and less like half of my junior high band.

Omelettes?

I tried to make an omelette this morning.  It became pretty obvious that I don't know what I am doing.  First day of school today and I am glad to have 10 days in of workouts.  Mandy has been fantastic in all phases of this commitment.  Pants are getting looser and my body is adjusting nicely to the routine.  I was able to get 20 reps in my 2nd set of chair dips today. Last week I watched them do chair dips on the 2nd set.  That's all for now.  Ab ripper X after school.

Week 2 Day 1

Core Syn. today and I was already able to push myself further than before.  I had a little scare during prison cell pushups.  My lower back grabbed really hard and I had to break for a couple of minutes.  Mandy was able to complete every "Dreya Roll" correctly.  I was not able to do any correctly.  I still have too many rolls of my own to deal with.  I am feeling good and am excited to see what I will feel like in a month.

X Stretch

One hour of stretching this morning.  Tony spent 10-15 minutes on the hamstrings.  I learned plenty of new  stretches including the frog stretch which is the best groin stretch I have ever done.  I slept through the night for the first time since beginning the workout program.  Sleeping all night is very unusual for me so it was nice to sleep 7 consecutive hours in my bed.  Tomorrow we start the week long series again with a better awareness of the exercises and expectations.  Yeah Friday!

feeling drained

Work was very slow due to the fact it was a "work" day and I have been there for almost a month.  The 2:30 feeling hit me and I could fall asleep in moments if I tried.  After a week of exercises my body is beginning to feel a little different.  My muscles are fatigued but also feel more firm.  I don't notice a difference in the mirror yet but it has only been six workouts.  I am going to try to do the stretch video tomorrow even though it is optional. I don't think I will be waking up at 5:00 to do it though.  P90x is a 90 day cycle but at the end of the 90 days (if I make it)  I will probably want to continue.  We'll see what November holds.

punching and kicking and sweating

This morning's workout was all punches and kicks. We weren't very good at it but sweat plenty.  I am excited to start the 2nd week having a better understanding of the workouts.  Short post today.  Maybe I will reflect more later.

Adventures in parenting

Corina woke up at 4:30 this morning which made for an obstacle course for a workout.  She was the obstacle.  We made it through legs and back.  Seven different sets of pull ups.  I used a chair for my reps and at the end could only complete six with my left leg firmly on the chair.  Mandy used the resistance bands for her pull ups since we only have one bar. We still need to complete the ab ripper sometime today. I hope to complete it when Corina is sleeping.  The blogs may become less frequent since I go back to work tomorrow.

yoga X!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday afternoon I attempted the ab ripper x video.  16 minutes of torture.  I got through about half of the repetitions.  This morning was Yoga for 92 minutes.  This has been the most challenging video so far.  We began at 5:05 after hitting the snooze once.  There were a few poses that I just can't do yet but made it though the video.  I was surprised with my sweat output.  I am trying to eat healthier but I think I need more calories or at least more protein.  I know my body is still adjusting to the major wake up call that is P90X.  Tomorrow is legs and back along with another round of ab ripper x.

Day 3 - Shoulders and Arms

Today's workout was the first of many required an early wake up (5:10)  I was awake before that so I got the room ready for Tony and his "peeps".  Shoulders and arms required free weights throughout and was much more like a traditional weight room workout. Each exercise was in a set of three.  They were shoulders, biceps, triceps.  Chair dips and low squat curls were very difficult.  This workout we will continually be deciding on the proper weight for each exercise.  Mandy and I chose very light weights today to achieve proper form and learn how to complete each exercise.  Tomorrow will be the earliest morning wake up - 4:45.  Yoga X for 90 minutes.

Cardio X

Cardio X went well this morning but the disc has a scratch.  I have contacted Beachbody.com for a replacement and they are supposed to get back to me in the next 24 hours.  Favorite exercise for Mandy is Squat Press X.  Mine are the kick exercises.  The yoga warm up was a killer since we are sore from yesterday.

Here are the photos from day 1.  More photos on day 30.

Day 1 - Holy Sweat Batman!

Just completed the first workout in the "Lean" track.  I have never sweat more in an hour than I did in this workout.  I ran through tires, did the "banana boat", prison cell push ups and much more.  Mandy did a great job and seemed less winded than me. Maybe its the extra thirty pounds of donuts around my waist.  I enjoyed the first workout.  We'll see how I feel tomorrow.

Day 0....

Today p90x is scheduled to arrive.  This is going to be interesting.  I am cautiously optimistic that I will be able to give updates once a week on the progress and results that Mandy and I make.  We are going to do the "Lean" workout routine.  Mandy doesn't want to look "ridiculous and gross" at the end of 90 days.  I want to lose 15 lbs in 90 days so we thought that was the best fit for us.  The chin up bar arrived yesterday and we decided on the doorway of the laundry room even though you can't see the TV from there. We will take pictures today and give measurements.  I will try to post this info tomorrow.  Hopefully by creating this blog it will help us on the accountability front.  That's all for now.  Just waiting for the mail to arrive.