Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Day 8 - Day 7 was rest Day :-)

Beginning of the new week and here in Ontario Canada, it's family day so we got to start the week easy, without having to go to work and able to just ski and then do our Day 8 (or Day 1, Week 2).

Starting all over again, and tracking our progress we both actually saw improvement in our push-up and pull-up reps.  We impressed ourselves and did not feel tired after.  Contrary to the first week we also did Ab-Ripper X right after.  I should still call it Flab-Ripper X as i can't keep up at all and with no weight loss, still feel fat!

Overall felt good, and just as motivated as I was at the beginning, but would like to see the waist line and weight both go down.  We'll see.  i'm still at 180 lbs.

Talk tomorrow and thanks for showing up.

Day 6 - End of the First with a kick and a punch!

Well, end of the first week and we made it!  We both feel really good and are happy with how we made it through, managing to get all the work-outs in.

The Kenpo was good, although do we ever feel uncoordinated!  Neither of us have done boxing or any other sport that required the punching/kicking combinations so needless to say we were looking at each other with that WTF look on some of the combination moves.  I know the next time we'll get better at it.

We both weighed ourselves and although i know we aren't to expect weight-loss right away, we were both a little miffed that we didn't loose a single pound between the 2 of us.

My goal is 10 lbs (stretch goal to 15) so hopefully this will start to happen.

So, 1 week down and looking forward to the next week!

Tx for Showing UP!

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Day 5 - Now That's Some Kind of Yoga!

So I did the yoga last night (remember had to switch up the order as my wife and i were in different places on Day 4) and as someone who has never done yoga before, that was an exhausting 90 minutes, but absolutely loved it!

The first 20 minutes or so I was cruising with Tony and the crew, thinking this is good and as my wife said in her comment on Day 4, this shouldn't be too bad.  But Tony just doesn't stop, no breaks, just one move to the next and by the end of the first half the sweat was dripping off me and i was ready for the stretching yoga, i'll tell you that.

As with my misconception of my ab strength, my flexibility is also a long way from good :-)

Now onto day 6 and on a positive note, I am feeling more fit already and am more motivated as each day passes.

Showing up more than ever!

C U tomorrow.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Day 4 - My Abs are Weak!

My wife and i were in different locations last night so we split the DVD's up.  i had the Legs & Back, with Ab-ripper X (she got the Yoga).

So had a great Legs & Back workout, my legs are already quite strong so really liked it.  Got busy on the pull ups as well.  My upper body is weak, but with some chair help i was happy with what i did.  It's a really good workout and Tony would be proud (i think :-)).

Now, after the good workout, i was ready for the Abs.  16 minutes, how hard could it be?  Well, for someone who hasn't done ab work in a long time it was bad!  I thought from my running and biking that i had decent core strength so had the mis-impression i'd be ok with the ab work.  Holy cow!  349 exercises later and i did not bring it!  i stayed through the whole workout, tried my best, but i need a telescope to see how far i've got to go with my abs!

2 more workouts to rest day.  not that i'm dying but a day off will be nice!

That's all for today, got to go out and enjoy the unseasonably warm sunny weather.

Thanks for showing up!

Day 3 - A late night

Ok, as i mentioned we are skiers and this week we have our daughters at a 2 day ski camp.  This means we had to get them up to the hill for Thursday morning which in turn means we drove up Wednesday night.  So, we started our 3rd work-out at 10pm Wednesday night, finishing at 11:15.  The work-out was great and we brought it!  But working out that late, well sleep didn't come until 1am and needless to say the 7 hours minimum sleep did not happen :-)

Anyway, still a great work-out and still loving the P90X!

Short one today but wanted to Show Up!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Day 2 - Our First Plyometrics

Ok, we do a lot of snow-shoeing and skiing so our legs are pretty strong, but we felt the burn last night and to say I'm stiff this morning is more than accurate!

Great work-out, the sweat showed up with us as we powered through the plyometrics.  As skiers, really appreciated and enjoyed a lot of the exercises, especially the one with the imaginary 'poles' and the lunges.  

Nutrition is a little tough to follow as we don't have a lot of time for preparing and cooking.  We both work and have 2 girls to get to school and extra-cirricular programs, so add in the hour for the work out and walking the dog, there's not much left. We are trying the menu option, dinners and breakfasts are ok but lunches are the toughest but we're trying to substitute close to them.  I found the 7 quick lunches for 7 days so hopefully that will help.

I really like the approach this program takes with doing what pace suites you, while pushing yourself, and focusing on nutrition as well.  We both have goals of getting in shape and losing weight and after only 2 days can see how our goals will be within reach.

On to day 3 now and we're showing up and excited.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

My Inspiration

The little note from my youngest.  This will keep me going for 90 days...and then some!

Day 1 - We Showed Up

So, my wife and i have decided to get into better shape and P90X is what we've chosen :-)

We'll keep track of how we are doing in this blog, more for our own sake than the expectation that anyone out there will read it!  If you are going to follow us, hope you enjoy our ramblings, about the program and how its helped us get into shape mentally and physically.

For those who don't know, P90X is a pretty extreme 90 day program (hence the name :-) ) that has you working out for about 1 hour a day, 6 days a week for 90 days, and gives you a nutrition book to follow as well to ensure you get the right fuel into your body.  It comes in a series of DVD's, you only need a few weights and a chin-up bar.  We've invested about $200 for the DVD's and equipment (i had some free-weights already).  All in all a pretty inexpensive way to get into shape in 3 months

Day 1
So, we've done our fitness test and the first session of the program.  We 'showed up' and we 'brought it' :-)  The first day is chest and back, a little tough but really good.  Feeling a little stiff today but ready for the next session tonight.

We discussed that the hardest thing will be the commitment to doing it every night, its sooooo hard to find 1 hour every single night (the seventh night is supposed to be some stretching) with 2 girls to help do homework, get to swim and dance lessons and go up skiing every weekend which requires a 2 hour drive.  We're committed but are ready to have to support each other on this.

The best part of day 1 was the note that my wife and i each got from our youngest daughter telling us how proud she was of us for doing this!  i'll scan and upload it tonight, but wow, if that's not motivation i'm not sure what would motivate me!

That's it for day 1, short and sweet.  talk to you (myself?) tomorrow.

Thanks for Showing Up!