Final 6 workouts of P90X begin TODAY! (Abs not included). I am unbelievably excited & so ready to take my recovery week! Today is Chest Shoulder Triceps FOR THE LAST TIME! WooHoo!
Sandra: You just HAD to sneak in behind me didn't you? LOL Awesome way to BRING IT on Kenpo & WILD WOMAN MEDAL for doing those blasts at that end! I can feel your delight in adding in some Cathe so GOOD FOR YOU! As far as recovery week sadness... You can always throw in extra Yoga, extra abs/cardios, extra kickbox blasts... shoot you could just work out NON STOP all week```` You silly person! On original P90 vs Masters... I used to have original collection... was ages ago. Format very different IF I RECALL. More just straight training like Cathe in front of camera (straight shots)... bland and monotonous I think... Don't recall Tony being at all fun. It also could be tho that I just wasn't "in" to any of it so we need others to chime in here. Master Series is very similar (95% same exercises w/ different names & in different workouts) to X. Your rotation thoughts look awesome! I actually had one similar but have changed it so dang many times! I am going to print yours out for future use. Thanks for sharing. OUCHIE on the cavity... get that fixed and take an hour and get your haircut! Gotta pamper self just a bit to be motivated to do all the hard stuff right? I am going to schedule my first ever facial as a reward for finishing P90X. I asked Santa for a gift certificate so I am going to indulge and call it my TROPHY. I think we all (but especially you moms) need to just do these good things for ourselves even if we feel we shouldn't spend time/money on them. How neat about you and Tosca being at same school! She was a few years ahead of you... (like me!) lol regarding my eating... I know its crazy but I just could never get the clean pro/carb/fat/fiber ratio's correct for my body. All I did was start following Tosca's plan and my energy level jumped, my blood sugar stabilized, afternoon dips were gone, and my weight has dropped EVERY day on scale since day 1. Its an eating style that is quickly becoming "natural". At the end of eating day I plug my stuff into Sparkspeople.com and am AMAZED that my ratios are perfect balance for my body. Tad higher in protein, tad less in carbs (although I'm eating WAY more wraps/ bread than EVER) & fats & fiber are just perfect. Its really amazing. I see that diet is truly at my age about perfect mini meals not just end of day stats. My body feels nourished for the first time in my life. Wt is down 4.4 pounds... its not all fat I know but everything is tighter and puffy's are non existent after 5 days. Cravings NADA, Hunger NADA.... Its really nothing NEW I suppose just easier language and direction than say BFFM which I have read 4 x and could not seem to incorporate properly. Straight forward writing from a women who is my age and mastered obesity for 7 years. ... So can you tell that Tony's Shrine has to be shared w/ Tosca Reno? lol 1 last thing... I think you should post the Ab Marathon that Cathe designed way back when out on Open Forum. Its AWESOME & I had never seen/heard of it before. TRACY: Great way to get in some extra legs & a Cathe fix yesterday! I found that my "Max's" are so much more now that I've learned from Tony what they are REALLY suppose to be about... ***thumps head*** Ah...its not just another cardio! duh! LOL- sounds like you are getting ready to invest in some new core work! Good idea to do that BEFORE we start another X round! Hope DH puts up Door Gym today... BTW: I was looking it over last night and its ALTUS Home Gym w/ workout DVD & Wall Chart. http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/aa/home.html LEA: Chuckling at Kenpo... Lets go with "its harder because you're bring it so much more! " RE abs... I think its GREAT to mix up ab work especially different exercises and instructors. I was thinking why Tony only gave us 1 knowing abs need to be confused too.. I really think its just a matter of keeping the package affordable. The more DVDs the ^ cost and at some point people wouldn't pay say 175.00 for 3 ab DVDs... just my thoughts. In my future X rounds I'll be doing ARX 1x a week and mixing up instructors for other 2. JMO GAYLE: Funny how so many of our ears perked up when you started talking inner thighs! lol. I'll jump in a pool if I never have to do floor lifts again!!! Smart changing Yoga for a day you actually have 92 minutes in a row with your busy schedule... HUG your sis for the X'ers! I MISS my sister so much.... She's in CA w/ all my family and our weekly calls just aren't enough. I never knew how vital my relationship was with her until I turned 40 for some reason. Perhaps because I don't have kids I think that someday she will be my only living family. ENJOY your time! JEANETTE: What did you end up buying in Reno? What a fun day!!! ^^^ 5 on getting your workout in even tho it wasn't a OH JOY factor yesterday! Tell DH he should check in with us too! lol.... Maybe not tho... I 'd really not be thrilled if my DH got into "my girl time!". STEPH: WooHoo on shoulder definition and FLEXING!!! I am right there with ya! My shoulders and Biceps are developing so nicely and I am frustrated that its not tank top weather!!! I keep walking around the house in them but then get cold so I gotta cover up! Are we silly or what? As far as your child's ADD/ADHD. Its so understandable that it took some time to wrap your brain around. There are still so many things that there is stigma on in the world... My mom was really ill 1.5 years ago and ultimately was diagnosed with bipolar...talk about a stigma! I did realize that I had to do my own work inside about it as well although I am one of the most open minded non judge mental people on the planet in most cases. Its all very different when it directly affects our day to day lives. What I think I have learned this past year is that people who make judgements and perpetuate stigmas do so out of lack of knowledge. I remember eons ago my grandma telling me that cancer had a stigma... unclean living, wrath of God... etc... We all recall AIDS years ago.... the list goes on. What people dont fully understan creates fear and that fear makes all of us act in riduluous ways and say cruel things. Be strong Steph... your mission is to nurture your child here not appease the 10000000's of different opinions on this earth. On DD- do kids get bladder infections? Bless her heart... Mommy sure has her hands full these days... Do you want a day a the spa???? WELCOME HOME BIRTHDAY GIRL (debra)
I look forward to reading your motivating messages and supportive comments.
Very, very interesting on the Tosca book. Are you still injesting enough coffee every day to keep a small country awake for a week? I'm asking because I have finally realized that my night time snacking on all things chocolate is not due to my lack of willpower and narcissism, but because my morning coffees are setting my up for caffiene cravings in the evening. I'm trying to figure out what to do about this (I've asked about it on the Open Forums). If you have any suggestions or advice, I'd love to hear it. I'm excited and encouraged about your success with Tosca's book. Did you know you can phone her and chat for an hour - and it will only cost you $75??? Crazy. The woman knows how to make a buck. I wonder if that includes dirty talk? LOL!! I like the looks of your Door Gym. That will come in so handy during P90X Round 2. Are you going to do the Classic again? Tony could have easily given us more than one ab workout. ARX is tacked onto the end of all three weight workouts. Another ab workout could have been put at the end of those; no extra disc required. I've never even used my ARX disc. But, I won't spend my time bashing Tony. ARX has done wonderful things for my core so far. I can't wait until Week 13.
Yea Lea that was totally in your honor! :7
