Hey everyone woke up this morning feeling great. For breakfast I had a whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter and a glass of skim milk. Today was my kids’ first day back to school so everyone was up on time. Took a few pictures and off to school they went. It was nice for me cause I took off the 1st hour of work today so I could get the kids on the bus. Today at work I had to do a timing belt on a dual overhead cam 2001 PT cruiser 2.4 cylinder (O__O). Needless to say I was up and down all day long. I was lying down on my back in and out and crouched over the engine for hours. At 10:30 I had my snack P90X Protein Bar it was a good time to break cause at that point I had the motor all apart and ready for reassembling !!!!! When you are working as hard as I do when it comes time for the snack break the Protein bar really kicks you into overdrive.
Considering if you don’t properly line up the timing marks when you go to start the car it will bend the valves or cause some horrible damage to the motor. I did finish the vehicle before I left work today. Guess what/// the motor ran fine cause I am a 5 Star Technican and thats what I do !!!!!!!!!!! My fingers are very sore from all the wrench turning my knees,back, and arms feel a bit locked up from working very hard today. Lunch break was a Steak salad with fat free thousand island dressing Remember 2 spoons fulls don’t put to much onto the lettuce you don’t want to overdue it.The guide does tell you to use only 2 so thats how much I use. My afternoon snack was 3 slices of turkey. Came home had Noodles with sauce and a salad with carrots and spinach for dinner. My family and I played a board game after we finished dinner, I won the game!!!! Then the kids went off to bed so from there I started my workout.
I was feeling these excercises tonight. The warrior holds are very intense having to hold these forms. As you twist and turn for this workout you can feel your body opening up in a good way. You feel great when moving around all the body parts that in a normal day you wouldn’t even think to use. After the first hour goes by it slows down to less intense routines this is were my body felt at rest. More relaxed after moving in those harder Warriors. In the last 30 minutes or so I recommend to all of you who are doing this to really Bring IT!!! You will fell it by the end of the workout that your body has been working. For me I’m a little sore cause like I said today I worked on my back so my back is feeling it. Concrete shop floor and back don’t make a good workout, but the Yoga Manduka mat work’s very well for me at my house. To bad i can’t use it at my work when I’m working on cars LOL….. See you all for Fridays workout…… O also check out my new VIDEO RECAP FOR WEEK 1 LET ME KNOW WHAT ALL OF THINK THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

























Are you using a pull up bar for this?
JG,
You don’t really use anything in Yoga X besides your yoga mat and blocks if you need them. For the other exercises that have you doing pull ups, I can’t actually use the bar in my house. My door frames can’t handle the bar so I use the Resistance Bands Upgrade Kit with the door attachment and combine that with my bands.
http://www.extremebodyworkout.com/p90x-products/resistancebandUGKit.php
Hi Tom:
I just had to chime in about the yoga. I tried it today and HATED it and was an ABSOLUTE failure at it. But, I will keep trying and hopefully each week I will get better at it. I am only on day 4, and the other 3 workouts, although very challenging, have been mostly doable if I exerted enough effort. I loved plyometrics!
I was glad that you wrote about not sleeping from soreness and that it is better on week 2. I am looking forward to that!
Thanks again for keeping us posted and we are encouraged by what you are doing. There are too many people on line who started and stopped for some reason. This really scared me. My husband reminded me that there are people who quit at anything in life, and I have never been one of those people, so why should this be different? Thanks for blazing the trail….
Michelle
Hi Michelle, Yes you will start sleeping better soon. Your body will start to adapt to this stuff and it does get better and better. I’m not a quitter myself, I’m going all out and you WILL see my 90th day photo! Let me know how your next Yoga X day goes. You really have to get your mind right with Yoga X and stay focused to get through each of the moves. Stick with it and I look forward to hearing from you and keeping you motivated through my blog!!!!
read all 11 of your blogs and I think its cool your keeping a daily log on here. I started my own blog for my p90x program that starts tomorrow
http://chasingpavementp90x.blogspot.com/
Hey Jenny,
I stopped by your blog you’re doing a great job I saw your pics and read that you already lost 40lbs that’s awesome. P90X will definitely give you the tone and definition that you may be after, not to mention have you feeling great. Stick with it and I’ll be checking on you to see how you’re doing!