Day 17 - Runners don't do upper body!

Shoulders, Arms and Abs last night and being a runner, this old upper body sure needs the work-out, I don't think I've done that much upper body (over the past 2 1/2 weeks) in my life before.  Feels good though and can feel the difference in my strength.

Felt great to give the legs a break, and after back to back days of back (intended repetition) it got a nice break as well.

The Flab-buster X felt good as well, we almost did the full reps, definitely over 300 of them completed.  2 weeks ago we both thought Ab-Ripper X was insane and impossible.  Now, well, I can see us getting all 339 exercises done soon.

Yoga tonight, which despite being long and extreme, will be somewhat relaxing :-).

BTW, the blog is at almost 200 views, so thanks for showing up!

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.

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!