Posts tagged running

So, as you can tell by the title… I bit the bullet and started P90X!

After weighing the pros and cons in my last blog I decided I had nothing to lose.  I decided to do a test run this past week to make sure I felt it was an attainable goal before I shared the fact that I started with everyone else.  And, I happy to say it went awesome!

Ok, so it was definetly extremely hard work. I’m not going to sugar coat it   It was tough! And, I wasn’t able to do all the exercises.  But, considering it’s a 3 month long program I think that gives me more than enough time to work up to it.  I’m actually really proud by how much I can do.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not at the pull up level yet, but I think I did pretty damn good this past week!  And, it feels amazing!!

Before I started the first workout I even got my husband to take some “BEFORE” pictures of me…in a two-piece bathing suit (gasp).  Eww.  Do you know how awful that is?! Haha.  The only thing that can make you feel good about seeing your before pictures is if you have the “AFTER” pictures.  I’m really looking forward to the after, because the before is not so pretty.

Ok, so for those of you who were curious about what schedule I’m following and the modifications I’ve made, here is my workout chart:

I basically just replaced the cardio x sessions with a 5K run.  I really enjoy running and wanted to keep it up, so I figured it was a fair trade off.

I really hope this internal drive and motivation that I’ve got going on keeps up.  I don’t like to start things I can’t complete.  So, if it kills me, I WILL do this!  And, I hope my results are worth the effort!