{DL} I blame Jane Fonda....

Monday ... it was rainy & cold.  The way Monday should look actually.

I was excited to see what my workout called for in his new Hybrid T25/P90X3 series.  Every day is something new & a new way to work my body...

& Monday was about P90X3 Dynamix

I hadn't ever done this video before so I was excited to see what it was.

YAWNNNNNN

No, they're not sleeping - they are actually working out.

I have to say, this whole "not blowing your heart out cardio" is new for me.

I always felt like working out meant getting the heart pumping, the blood flowing.  Why bother if you aren't going to burn any calories.

I blame Jane Fonda & her leg warmers & the unitard.  Yes, I have those workouts - totally on VHS tapes... & they still are fun to do every now & then.

Talk about a #ThrowbackThursday!

I think one Thursday, we need to start a movement to do 80's workout videos.

y'all... I totally have this video & even can hum the song they are doing this too

OK - I got side tracked here...

But I have to say, these workouts & most of the Beachbody programs, they have these workouts in the middle of them.  Workouts that are about stretching the body, working on conditioning moves more then cardio based moves.  Pilates.  Yoga. Ones like this that you do a lot of moves on the floor where my heart rate doesn't even get out of the range that it does when I'm watching TV.

But, I'm learning that this is part of building a stronger body.

It's taking me a bit to learn this... & I still have a mini panic attack when I hit my Polar at the end of it & see I only burned 160 calories in 30 minutes ... but again, my goal is to have no pain - stronger knees - no issues with my back.  To get this, its going to take some full body work - including stretches & conditioning. 

Its OK if my calorie count isn't out of the roof - right?

I mean, if you eat healthy during a day anyways, its not going to hurt you to take care of the body more then pound on the joints & jump & burpee away for a day.

At least that's what I'm telling myself.

We shall see.

Just call me Cardio Girl.

OK - I just googled "Cardio Girl" & there's T-shirts already made
... you really can find anything on the internet...

I should be on the show The Originals

OK... am I the only 40-something person that still fan girls over these things?

Yep, I started off as a Vampire Diaries gal - which I still watch faithfully -#TeamDamon #always - & when The Originals came on, I was hooked on that as well.  Because as much as I love Damon, I am more of a Elijah type of girl. 

#TeamElijah #foreverandalways

What the heck am I even talking about?

Well, on The Originals, one of the original vampires is 'special' - he's a hybrid.  He's both a vampire & a werewolf.  Told you - special.

But that's all I keep thinking of now since I started my new workout program that is going to take me through 2015.

I found on Pinterest a hybrid of a program that alternates P90X3 & T25 for 12 weeks....

Pinterest - the place where you can find pretty much anything.

This will take me right through the time till I need to start my next half marathon training.

I think it will be good for my knees to get a break ... & of course, it is always helpful to build some strength & muscles & get a little more toned up.

I'm excited about it....

something new - something to work the body differently - a plan.

I like a good plan.  I NEED a plan in my life.  My days laid out for me.

& who knows - maybe it will make me feel as tough as a vampire and werewolf combined ....

I just cant make myself like it....

Oh gosh y'all...

I tried...

once again.

What in the world am I talking about?

Piyo

Except this body has a bad shoulder & I will basically cry in extreme pain doing this move

The amazing workout program that I see a lot of people talking about - the workout that combines Pilates & Yoga.

First, let me once again reinforce my struggle with Yoga.

I just can't make myself like it.

I WANT to like it.

I know my body needs to stretch & I know I have kinks I need to work out.

But with this stupid sucky bicep tendonitis, it totally kills me to do hold all my weight on my arms to do these holds ... & I can't handle the repetitive sun salutations over & over. 

Just punch me in the face instead.

I will say, I do like Pilates. I like the ab work on that.  Strong core - I'm all about that.

So yesterday, I found a hybrid sheet that combines T25 with Piyo & thought, this may be something I need to challenge myself with.  Get the cardio of T25 & then try the full body workout of Piyo.... I printed out the schedule, pinned it to my cork board & put in the first DVD that started with Piyo Sweat.

I was 15 minutes in & I was MISERABLE!!!

I even said out loud, "I cant make myself do this anymore"... & popped it out & put in P90X3

(I also found a hybrid of P90X3 & T25)

I don't feel like I'm giving up on a workout - I just know its not for me.

Just like I want the world to love kickboxing... not everyone is going to love it.

It's good to see there are options for everyone out there - right? 

Not everything is black & white... no one is going to agree on everything

I just know I don't want to be bored out of my mind & making my BT any worse then it already is...

Piyo - back into the back of the cabinet you shall go...

Getting back in the swing of things...

Working out...

yeah, I used to be into that...

& then vacation happened... & my back injury again happened & not feeling good happened... & being depressed happened...

& working out has been slacking.

I was starting in the 2nd phase of my P90X3 & feeling great.  & I had every intention of working out on vacation, especially since plans got nixed & we were going to be home.

& then I hurt my back the minute I woke up on the morning of vacation.

& the first thing Ricky said to me, "Don't even think about working out"... & for the first time,  I knew I couldn't.  I usually push myself, working out even when I know I probably shouldn't.  This time, I knew I couldn't. Talk about humbling.  So the whole week was off.

& then the time changed.

Let me tell you. I sink into a deep depression when the time changes. I know its coming & I try to fight it, but when its dark at 5:30, I just want to put on PJ's & hide & go to bed. I cop the attitude of "I don't care about life"

... & then for the past 4 weeks, my stomach has been a mess. Like a MESS...

I used to have issues with IBS but when I gave up meat about 3 years ago, I haven't had one problem with it.  I don't know if my issues now are related to IBS or what is going on, but its a lot of feeling nauseated, stomach pains, nothing fun.

& then we're moving at work.  I don't even want to talk about it. I'm so depressed about this whole work issue.  Add work depression on top of darkness depression & its a perfect storm of depression

So what do I do now - because I'm trying to get back into the swing of things.  I want to let working out be my antidepressant - which is hard at first... but I'm getting that kick in my butt to get back at it.

I'm not sure whether to pick up in the 2nd part of my P90X3...
or do I start at the beginning?

I did my old T25 last night just to get a good sweat & some cardio going.

My heart rate was up in the 150's... my heart was saying, "Wow, its been awhile since I pumped"

& Tuesday, I did the best antidepressant work out - I just put in "Just Dance" in my Xbox & moved for 55 minutes...

I think I'm going to just play out 2014 by ear...
Do what I can do...
move however I can move...

praying my back & knee take a turn for the better & that my mood picks up...

& praying I don't end up an extra 20 lbs heavier by the start of 2015...

The basics...

I've been doing the P90X3 lately...

If you've ever done these videos, the first 3 weeks are the same work outs repeated every week.  I am in week 4 & was excited to do some new videos.  Well, so far, its looking like the 4th week is more of a stretch (yoga) & back to the basics kinda moves.

Last night was my Dynamix work out... & it involved a lot of moves I have done since the aerobic fun of the 80's...

Side leg raises
Inner thigh raises
Butt raises

We all know these simple moves.

But know what... my side leg raises & inner thigh raises?  I felt like it could have been part of a video work out called P90X Extreme Burn...

...Beachbody, if you take that name, I'll sue...

But it blew me away at seriously how bad the most basic moves could make my legs burn like that.

It's so easy to get in routine & forget to work the whole body...

Like when I was running, I didn't do any strength training - & I think that's what caused a lot of my injuries to start...

It all works together.

I was upset at first about this week's videos because I felt like I wasn't getting a good 'work out'... it felt like a cop out... not a big heart thumper, not a lot of weight training...

but I was reminded, sometimes its good to go back to the basics.

.... & reminded that it's always humbling to walk funny the day after....

Do you still do basic conditioning?

Latest fitness goodie

I got a package in the mail the other day...

& I was giddy happy.

I opened it only to hear Ricky say, "What did you get now?"

I wanted to say,  "Hey it wasn't a $150.00 video set so lay off buster" ... thanks Beachbody for taking all of my money... but instead, I just smiled & said, just wait...

& then opened up my box to find these...



Doing the P90X3 I can't do the chin up bar. 

First, I couldn't do it if I wanted to with my weak arms.
I've always had weak arms... I mean, you'd think they'd look like noodles with the strength I have in them.  But instead, they are big flabby arms...

... with a messed up shoulder...

that will never let me do a chin up. 

Not unless I let someone cut my bicep tendon... which even then,  I don't think will help in doing a chin up.

Just because... a red panda with more strength then I have

So I ordered the next best things - these bands that can strap to the door & you can use when they do the pull ups on the video.  Someone is modifying using these bands on the video so that helps figuring out what to do.

I have so far been using weights, which seems effective in itself. 

I mean, a chin up is lifting your body weight up... so if I have a weight bar with some weight lifting it up, isn't that basically the same?

It makes me sore regardless...

But I'm excited about my latest little gadget.

It also came with a poster the size of my body basically that has a ton of workouts to do with these babies.  That's exciting!

It's seriously this big!

It came with handles, with ankle wraps & the door gadget.  I'm set to go....

I'm actually excited to use them now in my work out...

& of course, tonight is more of a cardio workout & tomorrow is yoga... so I have to wait until Thursday....

patience... is there a gadget I can buy that helps me with that?

 

Have you ever used these?

 

Can you do a pull up/chin up? ... you are my hero if you can

Start of P90X3 ... & what gets me fired up about it

My P90X3 came in the mail last week.

it was sitting on my counter all weekend & I read the book that came along with it preparing myself for what was to come.

How I was all weekend waiting to start it

I was just excited to get a good work out in in 30 minutes instead of my whole evening.

I looked at my calendar & its 13 weeks long, which will take me literally to the week before Christmas. I like this.  It will get me through the holidays, but let me enjoy Christmas week without the pressure of having to work out.

This will NOT happen to me this year

& then it leads me right to the new year where I really am considering starting training for The Flying Pig half marathon... so maybe #PHM7 (Project Half Marathon 7) will be in full motion again... we'll see...

But know what gets my goat...

P90X3 isn't cheap.  It is $150 after shipping & handling... but I took the leap for the sake of having more time in my evening...

& I know this program is extreme.  I have to modify - especially the chin ups & all the things you have to do on a bar.... but I do it.

& then this morning, what do I see? 

They are coming out with a new program called P90 ...

its supposed to be for ANYONE.  Tony Horton is teaching it, but its not 'extreme'... that one probably is what I would need more then any extreme workout I have to modify myself anyways.

so I'm ticked off....

I know I'll want the new program, but I'm not shelling out another $150.00 just yet...

bad timing - the story of my life....

Maybe at the end of this P90X3 - I'll be so tough, that I'll laugh at the easy P90 program...

I can dream, right?

Into my 2nd week of P90X

I'm still in this thing... this scary thing called P90X

& I'm finding its not so scary after all.

Granted, I haven't done ALL the dvd's yet. 

I'm on the Lean program & as of right now, it consists of the Cardio, the Core Synergy, the Kenpo (my favorite!!) & the Shoulders & Arms, Legs & Buns, the Ab Ripper & Yoga.

I really love all the videos... EXCEPT the yoga...

Dear Lord, give me strength.

I'm not a huge fan of yoga anyways.  But add in that its 1 hour & 35 minutes?

Are you freaking kidding me?

& not to mention that I'm no yogi that can put my leg over my head...

This is just ridiculous.

Even if I keep up with it, I don't even CARE to be that good at Yoga.

Who has the time? 

I will say I don't mind that most videos are 60 minutes long.  & on some days you have  to do the Ab Ripper with some workouts making it about 80 minutes long.  But every not & then it does get frustrating some days to know it takes a LOT of time to get it done.

I really may check out the P90X3 where they are only 30 minutes long.

I figure though its an hour of me not putting food in my mouth...

amen?

So I'm PRESSING ON & finishing up this week, headed into week 3.  The last week of repetitive work outs.  Week 4 lets me do new work outs. I'm excited... I think.

The down side.... I have logged in every stupid bite in my mouth, worked my butt off... got on the scale this week (I'm trying to weigh only once a week)...

... I'm down a freaking 0.5 lb...

Breath... don't get angry.... calm down Rebecca Jo...

It's only week 1... now, if I'm up or only loose 0.5 lbs on Tuesday, be prepared for me to be on here screaming & kicking & telling Tony Horton where to shove it....

Happy Thursday!

P90X ... 2 days in...

So... yeah... I'm getting closer to calling the doctor about my knee.

It's just ticking me off at this point.

Saturday, it just started aching out of no where to the point that I said, "Oh my knee" about 389 times... in a few hours...

So I've stopped the running... again...

Isn't that sentence on repeat?

But Monday, I thought, what can I do to work out?

... & I pulled out my box... my P90X box.

I mentioned before that my hubs said that with my shoulder injury (God, I sound like I'm falling apart... which I kinda am...) I wouldn't be able to do it.  Well, tell me I can't do something & I'll try it anyways.

I looked at the plan & saw there were different ones.  There is a "Lean" program that the focus isn't mainly on the muscle & bulk... but trimming down - focusing a lot more on calorie burn.  This is me.

I put in the first disc on Monday & guess what, I really liked it.

It was the core Synergy-somethingorother  & I was able to do it. I think maybe one or two moves I kinda alternated, but I did it... & really LOVED it.

Last night, it was the Cardio disc.  Guess what - LOVED IT AGAIN! I love it had yoga, then Kempo, & with me having my black belt, I love anything kick boxing or martial art & then some more moves that focused on core again.

I only had to substitute a few moves that involved some weird push ups...

But I think I'm going to like this...

Like I told a friend on Instagram last night - I'm on day 2... check with me in week 2 & see if I still feel the same.

Especially because tonight calls for shoulders & arms... my shoulder injury just moaned at me.

Here we go again onto a new plan...