The journey begins.

For those of you who do not know me, I am a 28 year old female going to school to be a carpenter. Recently I have heard of a work out program P90X. This workout is really demanding, and appearently produces amazing results, if you stay dedicated, focused, and put in amazing effort.

I remember about 5 years ago during my time in the army, being in amazing shape, strong legs, flat stomache, toned arms. Then life just sort of happened, the running everyday, and working out stopped, the fast food was become more frequent then not.

Before day one of P90X I weighed 145 pounds standing 5' 5", with lungs that could not even run a block without burning. (being an ex smoker an all)


DAY 1

I could not wait to get all my supplies to start P90X I had the motivation and determination to start THAT DAY.. With no Weight and NO chin up bar. I completed the Chest and Back exercise covered in sweat and gasping for air. All the while tensing my muscles to make up for the weights I did not have.
Day 1 had almost killed me! (not for real, but it felt like it :)
An addition 15 minutes of AB ripper X took place 349 exercises done to the abs (OUCH)

Day 2

Woke up aching. Today was Plyometrics! Who would have thought it took that much energy to jump around. I was sweating before the warm up even ended. At the 45 minute mark of the work out, I felt I had to stop. Then I remembered this is an EXTREME workout. I am SUPPOSE to bring an EXTREME ATTITUDE! So I suffered it out.
DAY 2 had KILLED ME!

DAY 3

Body status SORE!
Sholders and ARms!! AGain I do not have weights, I do not get them til the weekend, so I did all the exercise in muscle tension mode. These exercise burned, my body was still sore from the Mondays workout. But it felt good to know I was staying dedicated.

When it cam to ab Ripper X time, I was scared, my abs were still very very sore from MOnday. But I suffered it out, and did the best I could, plus 100% more.

Day 4
All day at school was excited to get home. It was YOGA DAY! HOw hard could it be. Motivated by the fact that I was staying motivated. I had started sleeping better at nights, and waking up early in the mornign refreshed, and invigorated.

URGGGH, YOGA for 90 minutes, all the stretching and pulling, this was not easy AT ALL. My body was coated with a layer of sweat, but the stretches felt so good, on my sore muscles. I pushed every movement to gain that extra bit of flexibility. This was a very calming experience, and relaxing, but working my body good.
P.S NOT EASY.


So today is DAY 5, I will write a new entry after I do my workout. I will be using rubber bands today. (Rubber bands are tension bands that are used in replace as weights, and work just as well)