Day 39: Yoga X

I skipped out on yoga today. I was gone all day long, and I want to go bed. I may sub in yoga for X Stretch on Saturday. Maybe. I'll probably be painting Easter eggs instead.

Day 38: Back & Biceps, and Ab Ripper X

I love working out my "glamour" muscles. I increased the weight on a few of the exercises, which is always nice. I'm still using both my chin-up bar and resistance bands for all the pull-ups. I'm also still waiting to do one pull-up without using a chair.

Ab Ripper...yawn. Not that it doesn't work me out, but it's really getting boring.

My yoga blocks came today, so we'll see how well they work for me for yoga tomorrow.

Day 37: Plyometrics

I always look forward to plyo days! Although today, I was a tad sluggish, probably because I didn't sleep well and had to get up early to face a hellish final. Either way, I still got through plyo and love it. How awesome would it be for Tony to make another plyo DVD? I love that idea!

One move, however, doesn't do anything for me. That would be the Gap Jumping. I just feel like I'm flailing about in my living room and it's a waste of 30 seconds.

Day 36: Chest, Shoulders, &Triceps, and Ab Ripper X

I still hate push-ups. I want to try to upgrade to normal push-ups rather than do them on my knees, but these push-up exercises are tough. I'm awful at the One Arm Balance Push-Ups, even on my knees. It's frustrating, but the shoulder and triceps exercises make up for it. I like those exercises.

I had said in a previous blog that I wanted to try a different Ab Ripper, however the one in P90X Plus is a Ab Ripper/total Core workout and seems more like a Core Synergistics type thing. But I'm so sick of Ab Ripper!

Day 35: Rest

I skipped out on X Stretch today since I was studying at school all day long for my dermatology final on Monday. Trust me, I'd way rather workout than study for dermatology. I'd rather do yoga all day. Yep, that's how bad it is.

Bring on week 6!

Day 34: Kenpo X

Kenpo, Kenpo. Fun workout, but it's getting too easy. I think I'm going to try Cardio X next time I do Kenpo, because I have yet to see what it's like. Yep, that's my plan.

Day 33: Legs & Back, and Ab Ripper X

Yeah, so like I had said yesterday, I'm disappointed that there's not a new legs workout, but I guess there's only so many ways to do lunges and work out the legs without machines.

The biggest improvement with this workout I've seen is that I do both of the wall squats without taking a mini break. I'm also going to increase the weights a bit for the few exercises that use them.

As far as abs, I'm still weak with the V-Up/Pulse-Ups and Fifers. We're getting there though. I think next week I'll add in second Ab Ripper X from P90X Plus, since I'm getting sick of the regular routine.

On a side note, I ordered some yoga blocks, so hopefully they'll be here by Wednesday.

Day 32: Yoga X

Yoga hurt today, but it was a good hurt. My sore muscles needed to be stretched.

It's getting slightly easier. In fact, I'm able to reach the tips of my fingers with the Extended Right-Angle Pose & Grab. I still can't do Crane, but I think a lot that has to do with how hesitant and scared I am about falling on my head.

I see that I'm doing Legs & Back tomorrow. No change up in the legs workout??

Day 31: Biceps & Back, and Ab Ripper X

I'm no longer sore in my arms. Good thing, because my quads are sore from plyo yesterday. Soreness is migrating all around my body.

On to the workout...I do hate pull-ups. Those Corn Cob pull-ups are pretty cool though. It's nice to stir things up a bit. I'm still not really seeing a whole lot of progress in my pull-ups. I know, I know. I'm not going to be able to do a pull-up with only working out for 4 weeks, but I'm being impatient. It's nice seeing a difference in the size of my biceps though. Soon I can ask if anyone has tickets. To what? The gun show. ;)

I'm getting bored with Ab Ripper. Not that I've mastered it, but to do the same 11 moves every other day gets a little old. Although, I bought P90X Plus, and I'm pretty sure I saw another Ab Ripper in there, so I may bust that out and alternate between the two.

Yoga tomorrow. Ick. And I still need to get blocks!

Day 30: Plyometrics

Hey, it's Day 30! Time flew right by. I took measurements and pictures. I wasn't expecting any change because I've been eating out everyday and sometimes twice a day, and eating/snacking on candies and chocolates. I haven't gained or lost anything in regards to my measurements. My body fat has dropped 2.1%. So, if you want to do P90X and eat anything you want, you won't gain weight. ;) haha.

I also took pictures, but I won't post them because the only difference you can see is when I flex my biceps. I have more definition in them! Yay!

Well, I'm a bit sore from yesterday, mainly on the sides of my pecs and lats where they attach to my arms, thanks to all of those crazy push-ups. But still, it's no where close to the first week of P90X, where you're so sore you can't move.

I love plyo. It was a little tough getting back into it, since I didn't do a whole lot last week. But it still went well, and modified some moves to make them harder. I think the worst of today was doing the ballistic stretches at the end...I didn't realize how sore my arms were from yesterday!

Day 29: Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, and Ab Ripper X

Okay, wow. I wasn't expecting for my arms to feel like Jell-O again, but they certainly did. Muscle confusion to the max! I was expecting similar exercises to what we did in phase 1, and looking to go up in weights. WRONG. I didn't realize how many different ways you could do a push-up.

For starters, that Slow-Motion 3-in-1 push-up was killer. What a way to start off! Pike Press? Oh, my. Actually, all the various push-ups were intense and made me want to cry. Ugliness all around!

I was expecting a change-up in Ab Ripper, considering it's the start of a new phase. Although, I still haven't mastered it yet, so I guess there's no point in switching it up then, huh?

Plyo tomorrow! Yay!!