P90X Rut Busters Check In - week of 2/28

Timber99

Cathlete
Good Morning Rut Busters :) Here's to week #6 of the rotation!

Started the week with Chest, Shoulders and Triceps plus Core Max segment #1. I had a good workout but boy, am I tired today :)
 
Hey, gang, I was sick and spent the last few days drugged, but I'm all better now. (Excuses, excuses!)

I did Gym Style Legs. Omigod, was that tough. I still don't like the band on stepups, but it works great on those hamstring lifts. And that new deadlift move--I LOVE it!
 
Hey, Girls, i did muscle max this morning. its hard.

let me tell u this HC is a killer. every time that i do one of this videos the next day i feel my body crying for help. but i guess is a good thing.

Domin1
 
Ladies, i'm in quite a funk mood today. It's my birthday. Okay, not a bad thing, but turning 38 and feeling 88 today. My DH came home from work with a pizza(as i requested), proceeded to yell at my son for mouthing off to him, then at my daughter for getting mouthy too. He was in a terrible mood, and for some reason it set me off and i started crying. I've been crying off and on all evening and i don't know why. Partially because i work so hard to give my kids so much, and alway give them such terrific birthday parties, and they didn't so much as make me a card (ages 12 and 9). I don't know if i'm hormonal or what:-( but it's just bumming me out. Everyone was upset and we all went our separate ways. I haven't worked out since friday nite cause of running for kids activities, baby shower, church functions yesterday and more. So, a little down and i'm not going to work out tonight as i feel tired now.

Sorry to bring everyone down, but i needed to vent and explain why i'm not working out today (love being accountable ;-)

Tomorrow, back on the wagon with chest and triceps hardcore, and if i have time, think i'll throw in some spinning or cardio to make up for todays and this weekends lack of workouts.
 
Oh yes, and wanted to add, in addition to not working out tonight, i'm going to have a few glasses of wine... maybe have to throw in some core work tomorrow too;-)
 
Hello folks! :)

Wendy - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :+ :+ :+ I think that on your birthday, you are entitled to a few glasses of wine! I hope that things got a little more cheery for you as the night went on. I know EXACTLY what you mean about the kids being thoughtful, etc. b/c sometimes I feel that way with BF and his daughter. I go bananas and really make a great effort to make holidays, special days, etc., good and special for them, but sometimes I feel like they don't reciprocate. And that feels rotten, esp. on a special day. :( I guess it is b/c we have that mothering nature and want to make everything perfect for those in our lives.

Amazon - still feeling okay?

Dom - keep on truckin' girl. You are rockin'!

This morning I did not want to get out of bed and even after I did, PlyoX was making me DREAD working out. The plan was to do PlyoX and the ankle weight work from Legs & Glutes. Has anyone else felt REALLY TIRED throughout this rotation? That was part of the issue this morning. I was just so tired that I didn't have it in me to do soemthing very challenging! I really didn't want to do PlyoX so I started w/the warm up to try and convince myself but after that, I changed it up. I did CardioX and the ankle weight work from L&G instead. It was a pretty decent workout and afterwards, I decided that I was better off changing it up than suffering through a workout that I hated the thought of and wasn't motivated through. I am going to try and fit in PlyoX on Sunday. BF has Army drill this weekend so I have TONS of time to myself.

Beachbody got me my yoga mat yesterday - hoorah! I hope that the bands come today for Back & Biceps tomorrow. Then it is just the pull up bar that I am waiting for!

Rut Busters - where is everyone? Come on, sound off!!!
 
Hello Everyone!!


this morning i did kpc. and abs. the whole68min workout. Ladies i started eating something half an hour b/c my workout and i feel with more energy. (a banana, yogurt, et)

Dominincan1
 
HI EVeryone! I feel much better today. Kids are home due to the snowstorm. I started out with chest and triceps, did a section of coremax, and now headed out to do a "snow shoveling' workout.
Even if it is cold, a little fresh air always gives me energy.

Wondering where everyone is!! Hopefully nobody is sick with the flu!

Tomorrow: Imax 3 or maybe a section of hardcore extreme.
 
Hello my lovely rut busters!!!

WENDY- HAPPY BIRHTDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Happy (belated) birthday!!!
I'm so sorry that you were feeling down and emotional on your day. I know it doesn't help much, but kids really do take a long time to realize that they need to give back once and a while!! Maybe if they saw that it upset you they will learn for the future. You sound like an amazing and wonderful mother, and one day they will not be able to tell you and show you enough!

I've been a little MIA from the boards, my life is a bit crazy these days. But I've been doing the hardcores - yesterday Muscle Max and Sunday I did some of Low Max and Core. Tonight I may just hit the gym for a run - or maybe give Kick Max another go - I'm enjoying that one! Definitely strayed from P90X but am still going.

Christine you should definitely NOT beat yourself up by switching to Cardio X! I think that was the perfect solution for your situation! If you stuck with PlyoX without wanting to, you wouldn't have given it enough to benefit from it, and you would hate it even more when it's time to do it again! I am SO VERY PROUD of how you are sticking to this program! I can't wait to hear your results!!! I really intended to do the same when we started out!

Dominincan1, do you have Kick Max? I was wondering how KPC compares to it? I'm really enjoying the kick boxing workouts, and would be interested in stocking up some more (not very economical, right? I haven't even done all the Hardcores yet!!!)

Amazon - I'm still afraid of Gym Style Legs!! HAhahaha! Working out my legs is my worst - especially lunges - oh man I don't like them!!!
I need to face my fear and give that one a try though!

Wheres Bubbles? and Ima?

OK Ladies back to the mess of a grind we've got going on over here. Guess what though? My hubby and I just got tickets to go out to Cali to visit my brother mid-March!!! Yippie!!!! He and his friends do an annual wine tour of Sonoma valley complete with limo and all. I'm so excited! I have two weeks to work up to the point where I can take the big 5 day break of the visit without my videos!!!!


:7 :7 :7
 
Wendy, you poor thing--Happy Belated Birthday. Sorry it was such a bummer. Here, have a glass of wine and a big ole' hug. :* 38 isn't so bad. I remember how I cried when I turned 25, and now I am 45!

Ladies, I am in some serious hurt. That Gym Style Legs was a killer. I can barely move. There's a new kind of deadlift in there (and I love me my deadlifts) and more lunges than you can shake a barbell at. Oy, the lunges. Forward lunges, back lunges, it was painful. And then the floorwork begins! I can hardly wait to do the other gymstyles.

I was supposed to do cardio but seeing as how I could barely walk, i just stretched. That felt good. I really needed it. Let's hear it for Stretch Max.

Now my son has strep and is on antibiotics. I just got over a bad respiratory thing--I don't wanna get strep, too.
 
Hello Ladies!

I'm in sunny (but a bit cold) Orlando helping my sister out. Coming from Central New York, I can't really complain about the cool weather. Her son is getting married in 3 weeks and the couple hadn't ordered flowers, secured a DJ or limo, and a myriad of other things. My sister was freaking out. We've made great headway since I've been here.

Happy Belated Birthday Wendy!!! Your kids won't appreciate all you do until they reach adulthood. I actually demand Valentine's from them. They occassionally remember to send me a card on my birthday now, and this Christmas is the first time they actually gave me thoughtful gifts. They are 23 ane 24 years old. **sigh** Don't worry. your time will come.

I didn't have time to workout Monday as I was in the air. Tuesday I did a four mile run. I haven't gone running in about 3 years. My legs are really feeling it today. Today I rearranged my sister's livingroom furniture and did shoulders, triceps and chest and ab ripper x.

We're off to do more "wedding stuff."

BTW, I'd love to be 38 again. I'll be 53 this year.

Margaret
 
Hello everyone! I did Back & Biceps w/ARX this morning. Wow, it was a heck of a lot harder with the blue band (than with the stupid sub band that I bought locally). I was dying and wondering why I was having a tough time matching the last workout and then I realized...I had a tough band this time }(

OK, I definitely have to try and get Gym Style Legs in this weekend. I want to see what this workout does to me! ...Glutton for punishment!
 
Wher eis everyone this week? :eek:

Did YogaX this morning on my new yoga mat! :) It was nice to do this workout without fearing that I would slip and fall on my face!

Question for you all - do you think that it would be a bad idea to switch PlyoX and KenpoX in the classic rotation? That would make Kenpo on Tues and PlyoX on Saturday. I would like to do Plyo on Saturday b/c I think that I'd get a better workout but I don't want to screw up the order. I figure they both have cardio and they both have some leg work. Thoughts?
 
Hi everyone!
Well yesterday was hardcore extreme, the interval one for me. That is one tough workout!! Toward the end, i could hardly get my legs in the air on the jumps!! Today is going to be a nothing (again), i had to work all day and DH and i are leaving now to go take in dinner and a movie ( i think he's trying to make up for my bummer b-day). Oh well, i'm just going to enjoy!!

Christine, i don't think you need to worry so much about the order of the workouts in the p90x. I think as long as you do them all in the week you're just fine. You're doing great with this rotation!

Margaret....ENVY ENVY}( YOu're in sunny florida and i'm here in snowy PA!! Hope your legs hold up okay after your run. WHen i don't run for a while then get back to it, i always have SERIOUS shin splints.

Amazon, hope the legs are less sore!! I know what you mean when you have a serious leg hurt!

Ruppie! I"m jealous!! I would love to go to california! And for a wine tour WOOO HOOO!!!

Well, off to my "date". Not going to feel guilty, not going to feel guilty about no workout;-)
 
Well...I have been gone for a LONG LONG time! I cannot believe how sick me and the kids were (still recovering). Yuck! That was a bad one. Anything that keeps me from working out is something serious. We are all still coughing and sniffling but the worst is behind us!

Sad to say I am totally thrown off the series. I started back to working out on Tuesday but have no choice but to take it easy to avoid a relapse. I have been doing my old Firm workouts (without the treadmill tack-on). Suprised to say...I'm sore! Cannot WAIT to be back full swing!

I am never taking my health for granted again!
 
Ima - I'm glad you're finally on the recovery track!!!! Take it slow and don't worry, you'll bounce back soon!

Wendy - did you enjoy your date night? What movie did you two see? Anything good? I just started Net Flix about a month ago and I think I've watched 30 DVDs since then. Now I'm rental-movied-out!!

Christine - the only thing I can think about switching Kenpo with Plyo is that kickboxing really works the arms more then Plyo does. Like shoulders and such. But I don't think that it will make a real difference in the rotation. I agree that if you can put more effort into Plyo on the weekend (it's hard to get into it in the mornings!) that overall you will get better results by switching them.

This week I've been swamped because not only work is crazy but I had a presentation due for school (did it last night! done!) So I haven't had much sleep and I'm feeling it today. Thank God it's FRIDAY!!! I wasn't able to open my eyes yesterday but I really wanted to try and do Circuit Max today, so hopefully when I get home. Whenever I feel sloppy that one always makes me feel good, I feel it's so well rounded.

Hope you guys are having a great day, Rut Busters!!!!

Oh PS - Hey Ima, do you always run on your treadmill? Do you have any walk routines? Or run/walk? I usually do interval running, like 4 mins at ~6mph then 1 min at 7.5 (that's fast for me). But since now I'm trying to do it as a second excercise at lunch I think that it may has been wearing me down, so I should slow down and start with less. I was thinking maybe walking? With changing the inclines? I was just curious to what you do since it's your second workout too!! (or at least what you started out doing to get where you are!)

THANKS!!!
 
Ima - I'm glad you're finally on the recovery track!!!! Take it slow and don't worry, you'll bounce back soon!

Wendy - did you enjoy your date night? What movie did you two see? Anything good? I just started Net Flix about a month ago and I think I've watched 30 DVDs since then. Now I'm rental-movied-out!!

Christine - the only thing I can think about switching Kenpo with Plyo is that kickboxing really works the arms more then Plyo does. Like shoulders and such. But I don't think that it will make a real difference in the rotation. I agree that if you can put more effort into Plyo on the weekend (it's hard to get into it in the mornings!) that overall you will get better results by switching them.

This week I've been swamped because not only work is crazy but I had a presentation due for school (did it last night! done!) So I haven't had much sleep and I'm feeling it today. Thank God it's FRIDAY!!! I wasn't able to open my eyes yesterday but I really wanted to try and do Circuit Max today, so hopefully when I get home. Whenever I feel sloppy that one always makes me feel good, I feel it's so well rounded.

Hope you guys are having a great day, Rut Busters!!!!

Oh PS - Hey Ima, do you always run on your treadmill? Do you have any walk routines? Or run/walk? I usually do interval running, like 4 mins at ~6mph then 1 min at 7.5 (that's fast for me). But since now I'm trying to do it as a second excercise at lunch I think that it may has been wearing me down, so I should slow down and start with less. I was thinking maybe walking? With changing the inclines? I was just curious to what you do since it's your second workout too!! (or at least what you started out doing to get where you are!)

THANKS!!!
 
Ruppie, I have only had my treadmill since the second week of January so I am new to running as a whole.

Right now, I am just trying to build my body, heart and lungs up to running at a respectable pace. Right now, I am at 6.5-6.7 for about 6-7 miles. However, right before I became ill, I had it to 7 mph for about a mile and a half with little discomfort (not huffing and puffing too bad). I'll be happy once the entire run is above 7 mph with comfort. Getting there! Then I plan on utilizing the intervals and inclines.

However, while recovering I have used the inclines more. If the running feels too hard on my body, I jack it up to 8% and walk or slighlty run up the incline.
 
Ruppie, I have only had my treadmill since the second week of January so I am new to running as a whole.

Right now, I am just trying to build my body, heart and lungs up to running at a respectable pace. Right now, I am at 6.5-6.7 for about 6-7 miles. However, right before I became ill, I had it to 7 mph for about a mile and a half with little discomfort (not huffing and puffing too bad). I'll be happy once the entire run is above 7 mph with comfort. Getting there! Then I plan on utilizing the intervals and inclines.

However, while recovering I have used the inclines more. If the running feels too hard on my body, I jack it up to 8% and walk or slighlty run up the incline.
 
Glad to see more of you popping in today! I was worried that we had more sickly people amongst us!

I did Legs & Back this morning and ARX. The abs are getting better for me! :) I am now able to do all of the reps, leg climbers w/no hands touching the leg and all of that last mvoe with my feet off of the floor (I started out doing them with my feet on the floor the way that Cathe does them). That feels good to see some improvement b/c I don't usually see a lot of that with ab work. It was alos nice to have a nice, heavy band for back today! ;)

Ima - your poor family really got whalloped w/this cold. Take care and rest up.

Wendy- I hope you had a nice date!

Ruppie - Sounds like you had a busy week! Circuit Max awas the workout that I could "not do" forever! The day I made it through without feeling like I was going to drop dead, I was so proud!

Dominican, Amazon and Margaret - Hi! :7
 

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