P90X Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to me! I can't believe its been a whole year since P90X came into my life...

One year later I can happily say I feel great, healthy, and strong. I am not doing the program full-time but do about 2-4 workouts a week (depending on how much running I do).

I still love kenpo. It is my go-to workout when I am having a hard time staying motivated.

I love that I can workout for an hour and maintain my good results. I love that it gets easier as I go on, and that I can do more advanced moves.

What I don't love... are my "big guns". I am all for having toned arms but I do feel like the workouts built up my upper body a little more than I would like. I don't love that I still can't do some of the moves!

Conclusion: I am glad that I did it, for sure, and would recommend it 100% to anyone. It is an amazing program that works well, and anyone can do it if they stay dedicated!

Day 90!

We can't believe it is finally over!

Of course, now it feels like the days flew by. We are so glad that we did it, and also a tiny bit proud that we finished the whole thing. We only cheated out of a few yoga sessions, but were otherwise consistent.

Jared- I'm glad that is over! I did the exercises consistently throughout the 90 days but gave up on the diet after about 6 weeks. So I got the muscle mass I wanted but didn't lose the weight I was hoping for. I did lose 10 pounds and feel a lot better so I'm happy overall with the results. We did the lean portion this time which isn't as intense but it still kicked our butts plenty. Plus we figured we would do the classic version in a few months so all in all it was a good time.

Paige-

I am glad I got the results I did, and I hope that in a few months we'll be up to trying it again. I don't feel like I look drastically different, but I reached my goal of maintaining my weight and gaining muscle mass while toning. The hardest part was the time commitment, but the best part was the metabolism boost and feeling abs!!

P90X- Week 3 Review

Week 3 is in the books! Jared's thoughts of the week:

My thought all along was that as we got familiar with these workouts and the exercises that we were doing that it would gradually become easier...WRONG! I'm still just as sore each day as when we first started. I think that is because at the beginning we couldn't do some of the difficult exercises. Now our form is better (so we can attempt the hard exercises) and we are doing more reps and therefore we are still sore.

Paige is starting to look really good and I think I'm a little less disgusting than when we first started so all in all its a win so far. Its to bad you can't just drop all the belly weight first instead of last!

High point of the week is the encouragement/amazement of my mom. She was visiting for a few days and each time she came in the room and watched us kept remarking "wow, I'm impressed you guys; look at you two go; oh its so cute you do it together." Also this next week is a "rest" week so we do mostly cardio exercises and no heavy lifting..YES!

Low point has to be yoga. We are getting better at it but the workout is over 90 minutes long and gets very repetitive. As I get the hang of the breathing though I'm starting to hate it just a little bit less (seriously just slightly less...we both still detest yoga)

21 days down, 69 to go! 1 more week and then we start Phase 2.

P90X- Week 2 Review

Phew

We made it another week!!

This week I felt like I hit the wall. It was equally frustrating to feel the loss of energy and to realize it is only the second week! During yoga on wednesday night, my body decided it had enough and also that it wasn't worth the effort to try just for yoga. Its not even real exercise!! (N.B.: I realize it is exercise, but in my own mind, 'real exercise' = sweat and a higher heart rate) Poor Jared had to stare through his downward dogged legs at my laziness on the couch.

Luckily... Kenpo came to the rescue! Despite my slump it was able to motivate me to sweating once again. I think the reason I love it so much is because I picture myself fighting off attacking bums on the LA streets. I am considering replacing the yoga workout with another kenpo one, but I worry then I wont like that as much either... Dilemmas!

I don't feel like I've made any changes in my body this week. My muscles feel weak and I am generally lazy and apathetic. I am hoping this is simply a fleeting state of mind, and thanks to my workout buddy, Jared, I have at least some motivation to keep it up.

High point- Without sounding too redundant... Kenpo! Love it

Low point- thursday and friday... no motivation whatsoever

14 days down, 76 to go!

talk about demotivating....

P90X- Week 1 Review

We made it through a WHOLE week! I am very excited. There were some moments where I considered quitting, seeing the large amount of days before us, but we're still going strong.

We did core workouts, kenpo (our favorite so far), arms and back, legs, yoga, and cardio.

High point- sweating during kenpo; up until that point I hadn't really felt like I had gotten my heart rate high enough, and it was actually very exciting to feel the sweat coming on! Ask Jared, I was all geeked up about it :)

(J's high point- the rush lifting and curling weights during the "arms" portion)

Low point- realizing how much we have left! It is difficult to sacrifice the quiet evening time where we usually watch some tv or read to unwind, especially for such a long time.

(J's low point- only doing two hanging pull ups... There's definitely room for improvement there!)

(motivating results like this keep me going!)

Also, I had to stop the phase 1 of the diet. I wasn't really planning on doing it in the first place, but I gave it a shot. All the protein and lack of grains in the phase 1 made me feel sick to my stomach all day. I could tell it was too much meat for me, and after I stopped I felt much better.

Another benefit is that I can already feel improvement! My stomach is feeling a bit tighter even after just a week. I can't wait to see what 90 days looks like!