Day 19 - Arms and Legs

It is Friday - again and almost the end of this week as well as the end of week three.

Do I see some changes? Yes I do - mostly in my arms and I can feel my Abs!

Next week is recovery week - Will I miss the weight workout? Yes/No ... But I will enjoy the stretch and no weight week.

The workout was ok - my arms were tired and I could not do as much pull-ups (with a chair) as I wanted to. I can feel my legs today - no wonder since this was a Leg workout today. I wish very much I would see some results in my legs too. Maybe there are some changes but I cannot see them - but maybe others.

Even if there is a recovery week next week - I am thinking about still practicing my push-ups and the negative pull-ups ... Just to be better for Phase One.

I am wishing everyone a wonderful weekend.

Day 18 - Rest Day

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Day 17 - Shoulders and Arms

Midweek - and "only" 13 more days till I am done with Phase I.

I am still modifying some of the weight workouts - not that I cannot do it with just 8 Kilo dumbbells, but:

Like about almost 20 years ago I had a bad accident and broke my arms while riding my bike from the pool. My left side got twisted really bad and after surgery I woke up with screws in my elbow and no feeling in my little finger. After lots of training and "electronic water therapy" I got my feeling back but never my full strength. I am guessing that either my fall from the bike or the doctor during surgery did mess my muscle strain up. Ever since I have about 12-14 Kilo less strength in my left arm. And I can feel the difference as soon as I do weight workout and I have to push the weight up in the air, otherwise I have no problem at all. Even if I use 5 kilo it is still hard at some point. So I am not doing 15 reps but try at lest 10 or 12 with less weight. This does not affect my normal life at all - I can just feel it during the workout.

After today's workout I did Ab Ripper X and wow - I hate that in most of these routines my legs are burning (leap frog, bicycle, etc.) more than my stomach - they should have called it like "Ab Ripper Upper Legs X" .... hahaha

Good news - today I did Masons Twist with no break!!!

Favorite Quote: "Dont smash your face"

Day 16 - Plyometrics

Pushed play this morning at 5:00 am again. This morning we where all complete again (me and Christi and Jenn). It is summer break and sometimes it is hard to get them all together because of vacation with the family :-)

Even now 30 minutes after I finished the workout I can still feel my muscles and since I gave a little bit more effort into it this morning - I bet that I will have a slightly muscle pain. But thats a good thing.

I also felt like that I am getting used to the Videos so much that workouts seems to be shorter or quicker to be done. I am guessing some people dont know what Plyometrics is - so I googled it and found this here:

"Plyometrics exercises use explosive movements to develop muscular power. Plyometric training acts on the nerves, muscles, and tendons to increase an athlets's power output without necessarily increasing their maximum strength capacity." (Wikipedia)

Favorite Tony quote - "Get sexy with it"

Day 15 - Chest and Back

Yeah - I am so happy, so proud and so excited!!!

Why? I did my first half-push-up without being on my knees. Thats a big deal for me, really.

2 weeks of P90X and on my knees while I am doing push-ups and finally I can do half-way-down push ups.

I did the first round on my knees and I though when they repeat it I should try to do it the real way. I can do 2-4 so far but thats it - no more and because I did real once today I can feel new muscles in my arms.

Also it seems like I am having less and less muscle pain after a workout now, I hope that only means I am getting used to the workout and not that I am not giving a 100%. I can say it again and again - working out with someone does really help - especially when you have someone who is "better" than you - that really keeps me pushing harder every time.

Promise: Next time I do push-ups I'll post a photo :-)

Day 14 - Roadtrip

I am bad - so bad but the fun at the amusement park is so big I am not feeling bad at all.

We walked all day around the park and and I was wearing my "Easy Tones" - so I kind of did my workout. Waking up by 7:30 am after a short night sleep and leaving the park by 10:00 pm and then the long drive back home - no chance of a workout. I am trying not to sound like I am looking for excuses ... Or I maybe I do :-)

I did good with the diet on this trip - lots of water, salad with chicken breast, more water, no ice cream, no chocolate (which is hard when you are at Hershey park) BUT I ate some Kettle Corn ... and I love it. That was my little treat this weekend :-)

All happy and exhausted from lots of walking and waiting for rides in the hot sunshine and swimming in the water park .... and so ready for a new week full of P90X. Will push a littel extra hard so I can feel guilt free about the Kettle Corn ...

Day 13 - Roadtrip

I got invited for a weekend trip to Hershey Park in Pennsylvania.

Leaving by 4:30 am there was no chance of an early workout (p90x) - and creating chocolates bars and riding rides and staying up till 11:30 pm there was no chance of a late workout. So I called today a "Rest Day" ...

And YES I made my very own chocolate bar today - with all these delicious fillings and mhmmm that nice milk chocolate. It was very much fun for the kiddos and for me and I can proudly say that
I AM NOT GOING TO EAT IT!!!

Day 12 - Legs and Back

Yeah - it is Friday and I almost can say I have finished another week of P90X.

Did my workout alone today since Christi took care of some stuff. Hate it - to workout alone, but what needs to be done...

I am feeling the strength in my arms and back more and more after each week. And of course thats where I see the most changes so far. My stomach - well ... we will see. I am doing Ab Ripper X three times a week and I can feel that Abs wanting to come through ... but that little bit of belly fat .. Awwwww!

Since I am Nanny'ing this summer I have the great opportunity to go to the pool pretty much every day and I can tell that that is the most fun and relaxing part of the day. I can do underwater stretches with my back and legs and arms and swim, and I am pretty sure that keeps me from having muscle pain.

Thanks to all the people who follow me on my blog - Have a great weekend :-)

Day 11 - Yoga

Outsch, outsch, outsch ....

I gave up hope today that Yoga will get easier - ever.

Today I had trouble keeping my fingers awake. Every time I put my hands/ arms in the air I could feel the tickle in my fingertips - arms are getting heavy ... Maybe I just had a bad day - short night sleep or my mind "was not in to it". I went through like 80 % of the routines - had to do some adjustments. But - hey - I Pushed play and I tried my best ... then forget the rest :-)

Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.

~Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois

I'll will keep my mind clear next time and practice a little more.I did Yoga alone today and I realized I really need my workout partner!

Day 10 - ....

Shame on me - no workout today.

(Will do it on my Rest Day)