May 18, P90X3, Week 2, Day 1

Total Synergistics

This is such a great workout. I was able to hang with most of it. I was able to up my weights a little. Move 5, Crawly Plyo Push-ups, last week, I died with 10 seconds left, but this week, I was able to hang all the way to the end. But I was so winded, I needed to pause the DVD for a few extra moments to catch my breath before the next move. Then on the next move, I upped my weight from 8.75kgs to 20kgs. A little too light last week. This week I was dying by the last rep. Pretty much all the 8.75kgs I used last week, I upped to 10kgs this week. On move 15, Side Rise Punch, I went from 2kgs to 5kgs. That was tough. Especially since my dumbbells are kind of long, I had to angle them to get them under my arm. Oh also, on the Flying Warrior, 2kgs to 5kgs. I didn't want to take the time to switch plates on my dumbbells so I put a towel through 2 of my 2.5kg plates and had 5kgs in each hand. Worked nicely. Finally, on the final move, Warrior Squat Moon, I was able to keep my balance better, not tapping out as much as last week.

Again, I started out with the Cold Start which I love! Total calorie burn was 619kcals. This is my first straight measurement of calories burned for this workout because I did the fit test last week. But the Cold Start is three calories down from the last time I did it.

Vegan Chocolate Shakeology for dinner. Feeling good about my eating.

I'm still struggling with sleep hours. I'm going to get it though.

Oh, finally, the weather today was so weird. I felt so UN-motivated. But I think it was affecting everyone. I actually accidentally took a nap in the afternoon. Something I almost never do without some type of physical activity prior. But my Super energetic daughter also took a nap today after she got home. Something she never has done before, so I'm not beating myself up over it.
Over all, a good start to Week 2 of P90X3 and to my work week as well.

May 16, Week 1, P90X3, Day 6

The Warrior

This program keep blowing me away. I am happily surprised at every turn. Another workout where Tony had me clutching my knees for breath after each round. Those Super Burpees are Crazy! Then to follow it up with those Think Drills. First time around, I couldn't hang at that point. I had to pause the DVD and catch my breath.

It was nice to see the return of some of the balance work in this workout as well. It it very nice to see elements from P90X and X2 in X3.  I added about 5-8 minutes to the workout for rewinding and leaning the new moves and catching my breath.  Also, I decided to do the Cold Start whenever it was available.  It was available today, so I did it. Only burned 54kcals with it, but I think it enhanced my calorie burn in the regular workout.  Then with my personal cool down (some extra stretching and foam rolling) after the main program, I burned a total of 500kcals today.

But I am still a touch sore from The Challenge. Heading into my rest day, I look forward to just stretching and taking it easy. Tonight, Shakeology for dinner and then hopefully getting to bed early. That is still the biggest problem for me. I want to get at least 7 hours of sleep regularly by the end of the program. And hopefully that also become habitual.

Have a great weekend everyone!

May 14, Week 1, P90X3, Day 5

CVX (Cardio Vascular X-Treme)

 First of all, I was wondering what CVX meant. I was hoping Tony would tell us what it stood for. If he did, I missed it. Can anyone tell me what it means?

Now to the workout. WOW, I have never done this type of cardio before. I mean, I have done certain moves with a weight, but never an entire workout with weight. It was easy at first, but again, about 15 minutes into the workout, I was contemplating putting the weight down, or at least grabbing a lighter dumbbell. And, there was one move in the second round, for which I did grab a lighter weight. But only one move.

Great workout, burned just under 500kcals.

Today, however, turned out to be a double workout day. In the morning, I played tennis. It was a great match from the start. I came roaring out of the gates. But I came a little undone later on. But closed it out in the end. It was also weird because we usually play 4+ sets, but we played a ton of deuces today in the second set and we only played just over 2 sets. I was striking the ball really well, but hit more than a few bad frame shots. Final score, 6-0, 6-3, 1-2.

May 14, Week 1, P90X3, Day 4

The Challenge

Since the name was rather ambiguous I wasn't sure what to expect. Then I took out the worksheet and BOOM! PULL PUSH DAY! I haven't been doing a lot of pull ups so far so I was a little nervous. Setting a number on a whole workout was a new twist. I am used to setting numbers for individual moves, but for an entire workout. HOO YA!!

I set my numbers to 10 Pull/Chin ups and 20 push ups. I got through the first double round fine, but the last rounds, I had to split up the pull/chin ups into a a 6-4 split to get to 10. I hit 20 push ups every time, so I will probably to with 25 next time. The Burn Out was awesome. I did 10 sets of the 1-3 combo, doing Parallel grip pull ups and regular push ups.

Got a major pump and burned over 600kcals. It was a true challenge!

May 13, Week 1, P90X3, Day 3

X3 Yoga

 This workout came just in time. I was especially busy today. Didn't get home till after 8pm and 30 min. was perfect. I was able to get in some playtime with my kids before they had to go back and hit the books for midterms. Got a little bit of a workout there, too.

 X3 Yoga, What can I say about 30 minutes of yoga? The moves are great, I worked up a good sweat, but if I'm being totally honest, I felt that it was a bit rushed. On top of that, I don't know how to explain it, but it just seemed like something was missing. The atmosphere and feel are so different from X2 Yoga, which I LOVE! I mean, in X2 yoga, Tony really tried to set a calm atmosphere and tone to the workout, turning down the lights, the music, even the way he instructed. Everything was flowing just perfectly.

 Finally, calorie burn was very different. I burned around 400kcals with X2 Yoga, only 156 with X3 yoga. Yes, I know, it's not a cardio workout, but I like to measure my calorie burn with all my workouts.

 That being said, I really enjoyed it as a workout, but not necessarily as a Yoga session. I'm going to stick with the program though. It did show me how non-flexible I am on my right side, though. Need to bring it more!

May 12, Week 1, P90X3, Day 2, Agility X

Okay, second workout in is Agility X and since I just finished Asylum, Vol. 2, for the second day in a row, I'm thinking this would be another cake walk. For the second day in a row, I was DEAD WRONG. Although I could hang for most of the moves, by the end of each move, I was breathing like there was no tomorrow. Heaving like dickens. And, On the last move, the Plyo Line Push Up, I could not hang. I could only manage 4 plyo push ups before I needed Child's pose for a bit.

I have to quit thinking the workouts are easy and just take each day one workout at a time, or else my butt is going to get kicked all over the place.

This is the first day that I actually did only the workout. Actually, that's not true. I did do the Cold Start warm up. The 12 minute warm up burned 56kcals. Then again, I had to do a back up on some of the moves to get them down. So, the 30 minute workout actually took about 38 minutes. Plus a 12 minute cool down. Today's workout burned just over 600kcals. I was very happy with that. I'm thinking to do the Cold Start warm up every time I it's available.

Great workout today!

P90X3, Week 1, Day 1

I watched the introductory DVD, Did the Fit Test, and then did Total Synergistics. (There is a red wavy line under the word "Synergistics", is it not a word yet?)

Okay, I'll be honest, I was thinking, "30 minutes,HA! Piece of cake." Total Synergistics totally kicked my butt. I could not hang with about half the moves till the end of time, or I'd have to take a quick breather in the middle before finishing. Maybe I'm just making excuses, but maybe it was so hard because I just did the fit test and sort of burned out on those moves. Also, I had to take a little longer than the 30 minutes because I didn't know a lot of the moves. So I watched them do it, then went back and did it. I think I took an extra 10-15 minutes or so. But again, to tell the truth, It's a good thing because Tony was moving a lot faster than he has in the past programs (10 minutes trainer aside). 

But Man, was I beat. I started my HRM when I started watching the Intro DVD and then stopped it after cooling down. A total of 2 hours and 11 minutes.  I'm a little surprised at the Wowy gym, though. When I started the fit test, it only gave me 6 minutes to complete it. And for a lot of the moves, the book says, "rest 4/3/2 minutes". And believe me, I took those rests. Took a lot longer, with the rests to finish the fit test.

Here are my Fit Test results for Day 0:

Resting HR- 62
Pull ups- 16
Vert. Jump- 40 cm
Push ups- 45
Toe Touch Flex- 8 cm past my toes
Wall Squat- 2min. 6 sec.
Bicep Curls- 12 reps. 12kgs
In & Outs- 55
HR Max- 150, +1min.124, +2min. 111, +3min. 103, +4min. 97

By the way, I Loved the Shakeology commercial after the Total Synergistics workout. Tony was hilarious!