P90X Completed! What's Next?

Today marks the 90th day of P90X. Overall, we enjoyed the routine and plan to do it again soon. Since many of the routines are nearly an hour long, we are thinking about cutting the routines in half; especially, during the summer when there is so much more to do outside!

So far, Steve has continued to loss weight and his mid-section is toning up. Sherri is maintaining, but would like to see more results and thinks her eating habits are slowing her down.

The last two week of the program was hard to get through. Working out everyday is not easy as it takes a lot of commitment and quite frankly, we just didn't bring it! But, there have been other hurdles we were jumping too: life seemed busier and the body became just plum weary.

If this happens to you please do not get discouraged! If you miss a workout day (or two) - start again, just keep pushing along and don't quit!

The best thing that has happened to us is that we feel better and we can do more! We don't huff and puff walking up stairs nor, when we go for brisk walks. Remember the goal here is to make a life style change for the better. A healthier you, a healthier us!

So, what's next? We are going to focus in on training for the 5k "Race the Reserve" in August. Our plan is to 1) do cardio two or three times a week, 2) attempt to run three miles a day five times a week, and 3) throw in one or two rest days to give the body a break.

Looking forward to seeing what we will accomplish over the next several weeks.

Phase II Done, Phase III Begins

Week 8 was a little more difficult for us than we had expected, not so much the routines, but life in general. Time and other tasks at hand seemed to steal away our workout time. On top of all that, Sherri managed to be beaten down with a three day headache. It didn't matter how many Tylenol or Aleve she took, the headache just wouldn't subside. Sometimes you just have to slow down, even if you don't really want to.

Although we only got half of our workouts in, the outcome was good for us, because we were able to rest our muscles and give them time to heal. However, it is better if you do not allow to many days to go by between routines as this can set you back a bit.

So that brings us to this week, were we have started phase III of P90X. This phase is a little different in a few way: 1) we are introduced to a couple new routines, 2) we alternate weeks, 3) this phase is actually five weeks longs and 4) no more goofing off, it is time to BRING EVERYTHING you got to each and every routine.

The very first routine in Phase III was Chest and Back, which was new. Since we had not worked out for a few days, we halved this routine instead of trying to complete it the first time. This proved to be a wise decision for us, since the day before we had been tearing apart shelves that were still located in our old storage room, now known as our up and coming workout room.

Although our forearms were very sore, we managed to get through Cardio X this afternoon, which is one of Sherri's favorite routines.

We are a little behind in taking our weight and measurements, but we will be getting to that real soon. So hopefully, we will see some progress there too.

Until we post again...

P90X - Week 2

Have you been wondering where we have been? Don't worry...we are still pushing play! Week 2 is a repeat of Week 1 and Steve and I didn't want to blah blah blah about the same things. However, we do have a few comments that we would like to share.

First of all, week 2 doesn't necessarily appear to be getting any easier. We only did 45 minutes of the Yoga Wednesday morning and on Thursday, I had to split the back & arm routine and the AB Ripper X workout between the morning and the evening. I thought it would be bad for me to split the routines, but in the end it actually worked out better for me.

Secondly, it is really important to eat the right amount of food so it can fuel the body before, during and after the workouts. Steve and I are suppose to take in well over 2,000 calories a day, but I am finding this very hard to do. I've never been a big eater, so thinking about eating or what to prepare is a bit challenging.

Thirdly, getting enough rest is really important. If you are exhausted before you ever begin your workout, you are already on a slippery slope. So make sure you get plenty of rest.