Early Bird Check In for Thurs Jan 3

[lorajc]

Morning Early Risers --

This morning I did KenpoX+ and repeated the last segment to make it a bit longer. Workout was 54" and I burned 482 calories.

I finally got my P90X+ workouts. I briefly looked at the Total Body and Upper Body ones and it looks like I'll need to do these in the basement to use the chin up bar. There's quite a bit of alternating between pushups and pullups, etc. I'm going to start incorporating pull-ups and chin-ups (assisted) in all of my weight routines, as my lats, etc. are pretty sore from those I did the other day. I fooled around with placing a bar across 2 chairs to do them upstairs and that works, but in P90X+, they move their legs and work their abs on the up movement on the chinup bar and you can't do that with the bar over 2 chairs. I might try the total body one tomorrow. The girl that's in the DVDS (I think she was in P90X Masters) has 6 kids and sick looking abs!! She is freakin' ripped to the core and when she does the chin ups.....you can see the ripples of muscle all the way down her back.....it's so cool. She looks amazing. I hope the chinups and pullups don't bother my injury too much. We shall see.....as I sit here icing my shoulders right now! LOL.

Have great workouts everyone.

Everyone keep trying with the wake schedule.........remember...it takes 3-4 weeks to develop a habit! It will get easier!

 

[deanie]

Good Morning Lorajc and everyone who comes after....

Today I almost didn't make it, which is unusual for me. DH and I were up late last night watching Casino Royale. I usually go to bed at 9:30, last night got to bed at 10:30! I slept an extra hour, and was only able to do a 30 min. yoga practice today. I was supposed to do an hour practice. Oh well Yoga is not my favorite, and its hard for me to get motivated.

Lorajc~ I am on the fence about ordering P90X+. Please let us know how they are That woman is Tracy Morrow~ and I know, she looks great!!! My DH hooked up a pullup/chinup bar for me in my basement, I love it.

To all who come after,
Have a great day! I hope you all were able to get up and workout this morning:7

Off to get DS11 and DS8 up for school!
Deanie

 

[fox2star]

Good Morning!

I feel like I am somewhat repeating myself as I do 2 other check ins that I start in the am!

Well the 2 little hellions tried to get up at 3:30 today, and I forced them to stay down until 3:45, when I figured that any more "whisper yelling" would wake DH up who is still very sick with a bad cold. So I got up and did 40 minutes of High Step Training. ( actually 33 minutes plus the stretch). I am down a pound since New Years Eve day. I like to weigh myself the morning after a cardio day. . I think your muscles retain a lot of water when you lift weights, so the next day you are heavier. That's my explanation and I am sticking to it! LOL

p.s I bought that Kimberly Spreen Absolute Kickboxing DVD from Ebay. I hope I like it. Should I buy some type of light body bar?

Lorajc:
Let us know what you think of P90x +. I have P90X but think I will wait for Cathe's new series.

Deanie:
I am with you on getting to bed early. I actually went to bed at 8:30 last night! That probably why the dogs would not stay down past 3:30.

Have a great day!

Deb
;-)

 

[Beavs]

I told you I'd pop in on occasion and here I am. I couldn't sleep so @ 3:30am I got up and did BM2 in it's entirety before heading off to work. Don't expect that tomorrow am

 

[mnglamourgirl]

Good morning, everyone!
Got my workout in, feels good to be done for the day. I did Imax 2, which is simply so much fun. Tomorrow's an off day - yippee! I get to sleep in until 5:00 a.m.

Lorajc: I have a friend who ordered P90x last fall and hasn't taken it out of the box yet.

Deanie: I'm definately an early to bed kinda gal. Otherwise, no way would I get up so early.

Deb: I like your theory on the weight lifting - I totally agree.

Well, off to work. Have a great day to everyone else who checks in.
Terri

 

[berry99]

Lora – I saw some clips of P90X+ and that woman was ripped in them. She has 6 kids? Wow, she looks amazing. Do you like the look of these workouts? I would love to start incorporating pull ups into my routine, but I think I will have to use the bar over two chair method.

Deanie – Did you like Casino Royale? I am not a huge Bond movie fan, but I loved this movie. Great job getting up even though you went to bed later than usual. What yoga DVD did you do?

Deb – I can’t believe that you were up at 3:30 again. How do you do that? I think that 5:00 is early . I have heard good things about Kimberly Spreen’s Absolute Kickboxing. Let us know how you like it.

Terri – I love Imax 2. The music in that workout stays with me all day. I hope you enjoy sleeping in tomorrow .

Beavs – Sorry you couldn’t sleep but glad you were able to get a workout in.

I need my car at work today so I didn’t have to get up super early to make the bus. I woke up at 5:30 and did Supersets. I haven’t done this workout in a long time. I really like the music in it. I have that “Band of Gold” song in my head now.

Off to eat breakfast and shower!

 

[iluvweights]

Good morning Early Birds!

OK, the fact that I live on the West Coast simply isn't going to save me today. I got up late... It's dark and cold in my house... OK, no excuses!!

I got the planned 1 hour workout in yesterday and am SORE today. I've turned into a wimpy wimpy gal over the last few months. I'm so glad to have all of you to inspire me! That P90X stuff sounds super tough. I can barely do a good pushup, let alone a pullup! Go Lora!

Deanie - I loved Casino Royale. Hope you found it worth the late night! I watched Zodiac last night, and it was very good also. Definitely worth the watch.

3:30 Deb!? Wow, and I thought I was an early bird since I sometimes get up before 5:30! I hope your guy feels better soon.

Terri - Good morning! Imax 2 is tough! Nice job. Sorry to hear about the business, but I'm glad it was all for the best. What are you up to these days?

Hello and have a great day everyone! It looks like I'll be getting my workout in this afternoon. I don't like to work out in the afternoon, but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!