Starting Again? Maybe.

Last night I did half of the Legs and Back. I should have started with Shoulders and Back, but my pull up bar is missing - hoping it's just in the attic. Once I get it down I'll get Shoulders and Back done. I only did half the workout because we had a game to go to....but at least I did something. Right?

This morning I only had time for Ab Ripper X. It hurts. But again I did SOMETHING.

Hoping I can keep up with it this time. My friend Gretchen is a big encouragement to me to keep this up.

Plyometrics

Sadley, I've missed a week of workouts. No excuses. It just happened.

But tonight was plyo. 60 minutes of squats and jumping. It's over. It sucked.

The end.

Chest and Back - second time around

Today's workout was CHEST and BACK again. It was equally as hard as last time. I don't feel like I'm getting any stronger yet, hopefully that will come in time. I was completely fatigued at the end and skipped over the push ups that I hate (dive bomber, diamond and incline). I typically do another type of push up (normal or military) in its place, but tonight I completely skipped over the second round of those 3 that are so hard.

I only have 5 pound weights....and think I need to find some 8 pounders. I'm going to keep my eyes open at garage sales...weights ain't cheap....and I hate spending a bunch of money if I don't have to. With garage sale season just now starting I'm holding out hope that I'll find some.

Stretch X

This morning I did the Stretch X workout. Technically, you're allowed to rest or do this workout on day 7. Since I'm on the every-other-day regimine, this was actually my day 14. But who's counting?

I only got through 1/2 of the workout (30 minutes) before I had to leave for the day. David did it with me. And his downward dogs (yoga) are the cutest things I've ever seen.

He even told me the other day that I look skinny because I've been exercising. HOW SWEET! I can promise you that I am NO skinner than on day 1 - but the fact that my 5 year old said anything about that melted my heart.

Kenpo X

Tonight's workout was Kenpo X. Which is like the Turbo Kick class I used to take at the gym. Only lamer. It was challenging, but boring and slow at times. On the weeks that the Kenpo X workout falls on Tuesdays I'll take turbo kick at the Y instead.

I'm tired and my muscles are fatigued now....and I'm dripping with sweat....so I KNOW I got a good workout.

I just didn't love it.

Next up is either Stretch X or to just rest. I'm curious about the stretching, so I may try that. You get one rest day a week, but since I'm working out every other day....so I definitely don't want to rest too much.

I'm happy to say that I'm still enjoying this workout. I'm really hopeful that I can keep up with this. I don't see any difference yet (after all it's only the 6th workout) but hopefully I'll see something soon.

Legs and Back (and Ab Ripper X)

Tonight was LEGS and BACK for 60 minutes, then 15 minutes of AB RIPPER X.

There was lots of pull ups (no push ups tonight) and tons of leg work. Like tons. There must have been 8 version of squats. I liked that it we didn't duplicate one single leg exercise (the 4 pull up sets were repeated for a total of 8)....so everything was new and different.

I think my least favorite one was the simple calf exercises (toe raises, I think is what they were called). We did 25 toe raises with my feet pointed in each of 3 different directions - totalling 75. That was pretty tough and I felt my calves really cramping up....so I had to slow down a bit.

The wall squats were pretty tough too.

The Ab Ripper X was the same as day 1....still very hard and I couldn't do all the exercises, but I did as much as I could.

All I can say is I am glad that this workout is over . :)

Yoga X

The workout for today was YOGA X.

I'm not a huge yoga fan, but I don't hate it.

This workout is 90 minutes long. For real. 90 minutes.

I skipped through 20 minutes of it since it was all poses for standing on one foot with your head practically on the ground. No. Thank. You.

So....sadly I only did 70 minutes. It was hard and there was a lot of downward dog. UGH!

There was some stretching and ab work at the end. Over all it was a good workout. But I'm still not a huge yoga fan. Don't think I'll ever be.