The - Brazil Butt Lift Workout ®

Am I ready to get the best butt of my life?

-Yes, I am!!!

That does not sound to enthusiastic - yet, but I am so ready for a workout routine which I am going to stick with this time.

I am still waiting for the package to arrive ... I could write already what the workout comes with (just because I have read so many things about it...) but that would be kind of "copy" the things I read and not the experience I have when I get "into" it and what comes up in my mind to write about.

But I know for sure this week is the week of preparation because I really would love to start as soon as possible - but also want to make sure I have all the ingredients in my kitchen to be able to eat healthy according to this nutrition-meal-plan the workout comes with.

Sine I work full-time (12 h/day) I decided that the best time for me to work out would be probably the evening, but I am flexible with that and will see how things go. Maybe switching to the morning would not be too bad since the sun is out so early already (Spring is coming - one reason to start as soon as possible...)

Thanks for stopping by :-)

A new commitment

I have ordered the "Brazilian Butt Lift Workout" today as well as a month supply for "Shakology" ...

Yes - it is about time to get in shape for this summer ...

In the next couple of days I will introduce a little more about my workout and how I prepare myself for this 90 day challenge.

Have a great week

The year is almost over ...

Wow ... how comes that is has been almost 4 month since my surgery?? Where does the time go?

Well, I finally settled at my new home in Texas and got a new job (full-time, 12 hours a day) ... but does that excuse for not working out at all?

Thanksgiving is over and I have eaten a lot and now Christmas is around the corner and then NYE. Isn't New Years Eve to give some resolutions? May as well start over with P90X again ...

I still hav about 4 weeks to read and get educated again how the P90X diet is working. It would be nice to have a better body by summer 2011. What? Is the next summer already 2011? I wanted to have a nice body since such a long time and never finished P90X (lack of motivation, moving from Europe to the US and the last time it was because of my gallbladder surgery in August ..

I guess it is time for a new commitment and of course another try to stay motivated and stick with it and keep pushing play. Will I succeed this time?

Day 20/ 21/22

I spend the weekend with friends in Maryland and did not do my Kenpo workout. Took the entire weekend off to enjoy a great time.

On Sunday I went to Mexican Restaurant in the Area and had a Enchilada (I have never ever eaten one) ... it was ok but I like Fajita way better. Soon after dinner I had this uncomfortable "burning" in my stomach. I have that sometimes but it goes away after 30 minutes or one hour.

So I went to bed and drunk some hot tea to calm my stomach. At 2:30 am in the morning (after about 7 hours of pain) I went to the Hospital ER to get a check up. I spend the rest of the night there. After many test I found out in the morning that I have a huge stone in my Gall-Bladder, which should be removed very soon. So I stayed at the Hospital and got surgery Monday night.

P90X has to wait till I recovered from surgery. That will be about 1-2 weeks. And then I almost think to re-start P90X since I was "only" 3 weeks into the program.

So I will take a little break from P90X and after I recover I will start again.

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 ...