Second week of p90x2

As I start the second week of p90x2, I have lost my partner. So much for our challenge right?

Oh well - I promised myself this time around that I would do it, so doing it I am. And I'm eating the diet too - so that should help a lot in these last few pounds.

More to report later!

Total body and ab ripper

Molly and I have been doing a fabulous job except for yesterday she only came for the last ten minutes - which was of the recovery and mobility dvd. You can also rest this day, but I did the DVD - it was fun. I did the total body and ab ripper by myself tonight.

I've been trying to do the lemonade cleanse, but only did it for one day. BUT, it's brought me back into control, and I haven't had any sugar. So I'm doing the lemonade thing each day for as long as I can, until I can get to three days. We'll see how long it takes. haha

1 arm chest press: 10 with 10 -each side/ same
4 position pull up: 3 sets / 2 sets
push up side arm balance: 18/ 16
switch lunge press: 9 with 10/ 6
warrior 3 kick back: 8 with 10/ same
warrior 3 curl: 10 with 10/ 8 with 10
boing push up: 7/ 5
crunchy lever pull up: 2?/ 1.5 ( do a sit up from hanging basically)
mule kick burpee: 6/ 3
swimmers curl press in 1/2 chair: 6/ 5 with 10
balance kickback on ball: 8 with 10/ 8 with 10 no ball
preacher curl: 10 with 10/ same

and abs!

Well... I was doing good. TRY AGAIN!

So, I got through two and a half weeks of P90x2 - even though my blog doesn't reflect it, and then got a little bit sick, and decided to start over. Plus, I wasn't being good about the nutrition, so it was time.

Molly made a promise to me that she would exercise with me every day for all of p90x2. We'll see how we both do. We are also doing a challenge - a modified version of the one steph, my mom and I did that completely failed. She has to come exercise with me each morning, we aren't eating sugar, and something else I can't remember. haha So a dollar in the jar for each thing.

We did core this morning - and tomorrow have plyocide, then yoga at the gym. She signed up for a membership and I'm so excited about it!

I tried doing the lemonade cleanse my mom loves, but broke down at 7 pm when Eric made delicious chicken nuggets. Whoops! Try again tomorrow? Probably.

Anyway, I'm not hoping to lose weight this time. I mean, yes that would be nice - but this time I'm going to be more focused on becoming super fit/toned - and the weight will just come with it I think. I'll still obviously check my weight all the time - but be more focused on how I look than the number on the scale.

Day 4 - total body and x2 ab ripper/ day 5 - yoga

Day 4 -
1 arm chest: 13 with 15 both sides/10 with 15 both sides
4 position pull up: 4 sets /3 sets
push up side arm balance: 16/10
switch lunge press: 8 half lunges - don't bend my back knee/ 10
warrior 3 kickback: 8 with 8/same
warrior 3 curl: 18 with 8/ 10 with 8
boing push ups: 7 with stability ball-this is hard/5
crunchy lever pull up: 2 - if i can control it, i can land on the chair and do another one/1
mule kick burpee: only 3/4
swimmers curl press in 1/2 chair: 8 on both sides with 8
balance kickback on stability ball: 10 both sides with 8
rocket launcher preacher curl: 12 on boths ides with 8

ab ripper

Day 5 - yoga - also did yoga at my gym too yesterday - I love my yoga class.

Day 1 - x2 core, day 2 - plyocide, day 3 - rest

I need to write every day but that is so hard when there isn't anything to record. So for now, it is still going well and I'm doing much better - knee wise - with my work out this week. Actually feeling more of a burn because I can do more things. :) HURRAY!

Day 5 - Yoga, Day 6 - Balance and Power, Day 7 - Rest

Yoga was good - only just over an hour - much better than the hour and a half he has in the first one. I still love my yoga class though - so I'm still going to go to that. AND, I still want to do swimming and biking, so we did some swimming last week and will do some more this week. I want to do swimming m, w, f, and biking tues/thurs. We'll see how much we actually do it all.

On another note, my knee feels a lot looser now after this week of exercising. Maybe this is exactly what I needed - or what my doctor meant by kicking it up a notch.

Sphinx to plank plyo bounce: 6 - need to fill up the ball with WAY more air
1 leg plyo stretch: 12 both sides - no jumping on bad knee side
russian twist: 40 - touch one side, then touch the other (or 20 if two counts as one)
sphinx to plank roll up: 10 -this ball might be considered dangerous - need to blow it up!!
4 direction 1 leg squat hop: didn't jump with bad knee - other leg - good
forearm alt side plank: 13 - supposed to do 16

decline sphnix plank press: 5
weighted katherine: 20 with 8
plank x crunch: 10 - should use yoga mat for this
renegade row 1/2 lolasana: 8
glute bridge roll out: 18 - my favorite!
over/under boat: lost count - but love this one too!

warrior row press: 8 both sides - with 8 lbs, could probably do ten
split lunge: 10 left side, 7 bad side - with chair/couch
crawly crab press: 4 on ball, 6 on floor - need to blow the ball up
lateral plyo push ups: 12 on the floor - maybe I should buy just ONE med ball for now
lunge kneel kneel raise: 8 good side, 6 bad side
x plank spider twist: 14

bonus round
dumbbell row to side plank: 12
dumbbell super burpee: 7 with 8 - just did the one side
plank ball crunch: only 4


Rest day was Sunday - you can also do recovery and mobility and I wanna try it this week. :)

Day 4 - total body and x2 ab ripper

DREA IS BACK!!! HURRAY!! I love her.

1 arm chest: 13 both sides with 10 lbs/same
4 position pull up: 4 sets - 16 total - with chair/3 sets
push up side arm balance: 20 /6 with leg raise - tweeked shoulder again
switch lunge press: 6/5
warrior 3 kickback: 12 with 8/10 with 8
warrior 3 curl: 16 with 8/13 with 8
boing push ups: 7/4 on knees
crunchy lever pull up: 2? i have no idea how to modify this so I can actually do it/1
mule kick burpee: 3/2 - shoulder kills now - dang it.
swimmers curl press in 1/2 chair: 10 with 8/5 with 8
balance kickback on stability ball: 10 with 8 both sides/same
rocket launcher preacher curl: 13 with 8 - left leg forward/10 with 8

Ab ripper!

I was really happy we lifted weights today. I've missed that.

Day 2 - plyocide, day 3 - rest

Day 2 was plyocide - nothing to write about. BUT I did want to say, that my one leg is gonna get a whole lot stronger than my hurt leg since I can only jump mostly on the one side. haha I hope my knee gets to healing completely soon.

I can tell it will be hard to write in this for every day if there's nothing to write down. Day 3 was rest. You work out five days a week with this p90x, very weird. haha

But now on to day 4... total body and ab ripper. We'll see what it has to bring.

p90x2!!! day 1 - core

My awesome friend Awbrey got me p90x2 for Christmas! :) I'm excited for the new change. So here's to day 1. This one is different than p90x because they want you to take breaks whenever you need them, you can do the phases for longer than 3 weeks, and the ideas in it are different. It will be fun. So, here's to the next 90? days. We'll see how long I decide to do some phases. Molly is going to do it with me probably... we'll see.

I've done my fit test and all the stats I need to do and am ready to bring it... AGAIN! :)

You're supposed to write some stuff down about each of these exercises - and for now, I'm just thinking, this is different, and difficult, and I'm only gonna get better! :)

I'm also thinking - KNEE - FREAKING HEAL ALREADY! goodness. I have to modify the right side of things for a few of these, it's annoying.

I appreciate that Tony was less cocky on here than in p90x and that he didn't spend tons of time in between moves. :)

We're finishing stretching here and i just realized that if I put a pillow under my hurt knee it doesn't hurt when I have to kneel on it. :)

All right - all done. It's weird cuz we didn't lift any weights. I feel sad about this. haha I might just lift a few here and there if I find that there aren't any weights day for this first phase. We'll see what it brings. :)