TGIF P90X Checkin

[jjswimmom]

TGIF everyone!! Busy week for me! Kids are out of school 5/24, so lots of activities until then. Today I started phase2. Chest/shoul/tri was fun! And I didn't skip ab rip Kathryn! Hope everyone has good w/outs today.

Christine - SOoo glad to hear foot is okay! Phase 2 is fun! I feel strong on pushups, don't you? And I second Tony on his plyo pushups! My my!

Alicia - Step Blast is sooo fun! I miss Cathe too. Yoga x is longggg. But good for us!

Carole - Have a good run and enjoy the new shoes!

Kathryn - Love your ab skipper line! Love shoul/arms too! 20 lbs is awesome!! Soon you'll be doing 25's!! Feel any DOMS yet?

Lorrie - You liked the CC#6? Which is your fav? I don't have any yet? I would use for running/eliptical. Thanks!

Amy - Hope your Xing is going great!

Anne - How is phase 3 for you?

To all that follow....X it and Eat Clean!

 

[andtckrtoo]

Hey all! Today is my rest day! YEAH! Slept in until 5:30 - felt soo decadent! }(

Tomorrow is a 6 mile run followed by Yoga X - or whatever I can get done as DH arrives around 10:30 AM!!! I'm so happy.

Janet - Oh, I know... He's kind of goofy and silly and I never thought of him as sexy until he does those pushups. I think it's some primal coming out.

Hey everyone! TGIF IS RIGHT!!! DH comes home tomorrow! It's going to be so weird to have him home - he was gone the majority of the last 4 weeks!

I seriously think my foot was a cramp that got stuck. That's exactly what it felt like and it worked it's way out by the end of the day. Weird... Of course, I'm kind of weird, too...

 

[Mckmain]

Janet...have fun with Phase 2. Ab Ripper is a killer workout, I have done it so much I usually pick something else like Kathryn! The new shoes felt great and I am sure I ran better...

Christine...I hope you are enjoying you DH being home. I have a kind of crush on Tony myself...and we are the same age....

No KenpoX today, but I did the Kicking & Punching combos of Kickmax and the ankle weight section of L&G. Now out to the yard....

Have a great day P90Xers..

 

[kathryn]

Yesterday was leg day, and I did the first part of PLB(increased weight by 5# on most exercises, but it didn't feel like I had gone up! I think I'm going to stick to my current weights and work more on depth and form. Can anybody really keep up with the pace of Cathe and crew when changing weights? I can't, but I don't really try, because I don't like to "hurry, hurry" through a weight workout, and my back wouldn't appreciate such a short rest between sets for deadlifts!).

I followed that with some work from Mindy's "All About Legs." I did the stability ball section (skipping theh inner/outer thigh work at the end) and the gliding disc section. I don't know if I'll ever use this DVD in its entirety, but for me, the stability ball section is worth the price of admission for the entire DVD, and the 'hack squat/side squat/rear squat" or 1-legged squat segment at the beginning is the most effective exercise in the history of mankind for hitting the glutes! LOL!

For a moment there, I thought I'd be unable to walk today. But I think I've figured out my nutrition so that I am recovering without much DOMS, though with good results.

ETA: 'All About LEGS," not "All About ABS." Duh!

 

[andtckrtoo]

Good morning all!

6 mile run yesterday, today I'm playing catch up on what I missed this week. I'll do KPC (skip the combos), KM blasts, and CK drills. Then I'll do yoga - maybe even Yoga X. Then it's back to weights on Monday - I know I should have a rest between Kick Box and weights, but I just don't have time. LOL.

Carole - good to know that I'm not the only one who finds goofy men who can do plyo push ups attractive! My DH is kind of goofy (in a good way), but he certainly cannot do a plyo push up. Oh well, I'll keep him anyway.

Kathryn - I have yet to do PLB because my barbell has a "screw top" and changing weights is a MAJOR pain. I was thinking of just tossing some ankle weights onto the bar to add weight for it. Great to hear about your nutrition! Any tips?

 

[kathryn]

> Great to hear about your nutrition! Any tips?

I've gradually made lots of little changes (adding things, eliminating things) over the past several months, so I think there is no ONE fix, but quite a few things working together synergistically.

I pretty much eliminated all synthetic vitamins and isolated vitamins (except B12), and have turned to 'superfoods" like maca and chlorella (that I get almost daily in a Vega smoothie, takng some extra chlorella on days I have a weight workout), 'blue mangosteen' (a combo mangosteen and blue-green algae supplement that is an antiinflammatory among other properties), goji berries (less often), green foods (a mixture of wheat and barley grass and spirulina and chlorella and lots of other stuff).

I changed my protein powder first from soy to pea/rice (about 1 1/2 years ago), then from the more processed pea/rice to raw hemp (a little more gradually, starting about 6 months ago, and I still use pea protein sometimes for a change, and have a pea/rice/vitamin/mineral powder that I am using up).

I've also upped my raw food intake (the last month or so), making sure to get at least 50% raw, and aspiring to go higher. And I've really limited my pre-prepared foods and gone more towards "fresh, raw and organic."

I make sure to have a smoothie right after doing a tough workout (like P90X weight workouts, or IMAX) and that seems to help me get a quicker start on recovery. Sometimes, I will have one before working out as well, to have all the nutrients I need ready when they are needed.

 

[Mckmain]

Kathryn, when I do PLB I use 3 different barbells. I also take about a 45 second rest between sets as I start with 50lbs...I have always taken a longer rest like that for pyramid training...

No stretch or rest for me as I did a 20 mile part trail/part pavement run...

Christine...I am sure my DH couldn't do near as well as Tony....but he is kinda cute so I'll keep him...

 

[wellness]

Hi ALL!!

Hope you've had a great weekend...good here. Weather has been quite changeable...stormy;( Wanted to do a bike ride, but too stormy. Don't want to get struck by lightening.

Did Legs and Back today, and Coremax (stability ball and medicine ball). Like that.

I have Kenpo X tomorrow and then yoga X...(I'm gonna try to get thru the whole thing this week). Then start my 1st recovery week YA!

Looking forward to start phase 2.
Janet and Christine...you both are in phase 2, right??
Excited to here your take on it.

I've been trying to cleanup the eating...cutting back on the carbs, still keeping some in. And trying to eat foods in there most natural state. Not quite to the extreme that Kathryn is doing.

Well, keep up the great work And ditto to Janet....clean eating:7
Alicia