Week 1 of P90X

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If you know me, you know that I’m pretty  much game for anything.

Well, I’m REALLY afraid of heights. (But I have agreed to do a zip line adventure on our honeymoon. Fingers crossed that I make it out alive and don’t have a massive heart attack.)

But most things, I’ll try.

A couple of months ago, Megan bought Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred.

The first day was  hell. But not so much hell as days 2, 3 and 4, when my ass was recuperating from the squat-a-rific day 1. I needed to brace myself when lowering to the toilet. And getting back up was a bitch.

But then it got better, and it only takes 20 minutes, and so I’ve been doing it at least once a week, sometimes, 3 or 4, since then. Am I ripped? Decidedly not. But I feel good.

I’m a sometimes worker-outer. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.

Sometimes I do Jillian in the basement, sometimes I go for a long walk, sometimes I go to the gym. And sometimes I just sit my (still) fat ass on the couch and watch TV.

P90X

Many of Megan’s colleagues at work have started the P90X (don’t know what it is? Do you watch TV? The infomercial is on like every 10 seconds…)

Anyway… so on the spirit of trying new things (for me) and the desire to be in the best shape of [her] life (Megan), we’ve started the P90X.

It’s a bitch.

But, I must say, it’s not as much of a bitch as kettlebells, which I did for a quick minute a few years ago, when PUNCH Gym was in its infancy, and my boss was getting all skinny and ripped doing it.

So the idea is that you measure yourself, then you do this crazy set of workouts every day for 90 days, and then you measure again.

And you take before and after pictures. And there’s no way in hell that I’m going to post the before pictures unless the after ones are REALLY impressive. We’ll  just have to wait and see if I stick with it long enough to see those kinds of results.

I promised Megan I’d do it with her every day until we leave for RI for the wedding. Hell, I can do anything for 3 weeks.

Week 1 of P90X:

1. Chest & Back // Ab Ripper X. Chest & Back: hard. I can’t do a pull-up, and the whole damn thing is pull-ups and push-ups. Assisted pull-ups with a chair, had me at a respectable number. I’ll be interested to see if I really can do an unassisted pull-up at the end of this. The Ab Ripper: ouch.
2. Plyometrics. WTF? Lots of jumping. My tush hurt the next day.
3. Shoulders & Arms // Ab Ripper X. Not bad. Lots of curls and overhead presses. I chose to do lots of reps instead of more weight, since my arms are big enough as they are. Again, Ab Ripper: ouch.
4. Yoga X. I know, I know, someone like me could really benefit from Yoga. Problem: I was bored. Not to say that it’s not hard as shit and my body wasn’t hurting the next day… and yes, I felt good… but I was bored.
5. Legs & Back // Ab Ripper X. Again… tush hurt the next day… and more pull-ups…
6. Kenpo X. Fun. Stretch-y. I had a little trouble with the rhythm of it… but that will get better with time.
   
7. Rest or X Stretch. Rest day.

I weighed myself today – down 1.2lbs. But that could be water weight.

On to week 2!

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