P90xInsanity Day 6 - Sore Boo-tay

Today was Plyo Cardio Circuit and it was pretty intense, especially those power squats after yesterday's Legs and Back. My butt is pretty sore from all those lunges yesterday. I didn't realize how much I had I worked my butt until this morning when I rolled out of bed and was reminded when I walked the long ways to Trader Joes to get food for my plane ride tomorrow.

At Trader Joes, I picked up some things for the ride to try to avoid all the really bad food they offer there. I got two protein bars, pecans, and turkey jerky. I'm also going to bring some raisins that I have. Fingers crossed! Going home is going to be another challenge.

P90xInsanity Day 5 - Switching Around the Calendar

Today we did Legs and Back and Cardio Abs. All the pull ups were pretty intense. We finished with Cardio Abs because we just like it so much more than Ab Ripper X.

I talked with my coach and switched around some of the days in month 1, we got rid of Plyo X for Cardio Power and Resistance, and I'm only going to do Pure Cardio every other week and rotate it with some Yoga. It looks pretty good I think. I'm excited to do Yoga next week. Since I'll be home, I'll try one of my mom's yoga DVDs for fun.

I'm working with my coach to try to figure out my nutrition right now. It's been very educational so far and I'm looking forward to keeping up with this and seeing how it turns out!

P90xInsanity Day 4 - Limitations

Ah, nothing like Pure Cardio to remind me why I love intense cardio so much. It was crazy hard, but it goes through so fast that I hardly notice it and when its done, I feel awesome. If I'm lucky, I'll start feeling that way with the weight training too. I've started noticing bruises on my arms from the bands, I'm going to have to watch that next time I work out.

Freddie and I took yesterday off because we went to go to play tennis, which was lots of fun, and then on the way back, his shin started hurting pretty badly again. So we sat last night out, we were exhausted from tennis anyways. I was a little bummed that we had to miss it, I'm planning on not missing anymore here on out. Freddie had a bit of a hard time with Pure Cardio today because of his shin, but he modified a lot of the moves and got through it with minimal pain. He just gets a little gung-ho in these workouts and wants to power through them, but he needs to learn his limits. He shouldn't be in pain.

I ended up switching my coach from Coach Wayne to Coach Kyle. Coach Wayne is great and has great results with people, but I really need someone with more time to help me out with my nutritional goals. Kyle's going to help me out and hopefully that goes well! I'm very excited to have someone support me through the eating, which is where I really struggle.

P90xInsanity Day 3 - Final Turn Around

Alright, so me and Freddie finally agreed on something and this is what we're sticking with. He didn't like Turbo Fire as much as Insanity, so we're doing a P90X Insanity Hybrid and Freddie's going to modify everything until he's feeling 100% with his shins again. So far its been going pretty good.

We got the schedule from Coach Wayne at teamripped.com and I made him my beachbody coach! I'm hoping that I can get some great results with a bit of coaching.

Today was Shoulders and Arms and Cardio Abs. Pretty intense day, but it was fun! We're still getting used to the bands, so its a little slow, but we're speeding up the switching little by little. Tomorrow is Insanity, and I think me and Freddie are both a little worried! Its been a while since either of us has done intense cardio like Insanity.

P90xTF Day 4 - Crazy Late Workout

Today was a crazy day. We were on the go the whole day and we didn't get back home until around 11 at night. We then waited longer than we should have and didn't get to workout until after midnight. At least it was yoga, so we didn't have to worry about waking the neighbors. We ended up doing Stretch 40 instead of Yoga X because its so much longer and it was so late and we were tired. It was really relaxing, we both liked it. Next time we'll do Yoga X and see how its different.

P90xTF Day 3 - Long workout

Today was Shoulders and Arms and it was looooong! I don't think I've ever really done an hour workout that wasn't training for the six mile Turkey Trot. It was pretty tough, but we got it done. We're still trying to figure out the bands, I think we're getting better. Some of the moves are still awkward with the bands, and the fabric rubs our arms uncomfortably sometime, but they do work! I'm happy to start working out again, it really helps with the stress of everything that's been going on.

P90xTF Day 2 - Mercola Protein Powder

Today we did Fire 45 EZ and it made me realize how much I missed Turbo Fire! Its just such a fun workout I always look forward to doing. I don't know that I'll ever like weights quite as much as intense cardio, but I'll give it a go. I need some weight training anyways. It just makes me happy that I can do both :) Fire 45 EZ Is a lot easier than it used to be for me, I can still remember three months ago! Freddie was able to do it without hurting his shins so long as he didn't bounce, so he got a good workout from it too.

My new Mercola protein powder came in last week! I'm super excited! I can go back to whey protein now (I don't like the conventional whey protein since the way its processed is pretty bad, if I have to buy it from the store I get Raw Protein which tastes chalky icky, this one tastes great though!). It has chia seeds and probiotics. I have been mixing it with my almond milk. This one I just got from Trader Joes and it tastes almost identical to the Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze and its a little cheaper, so I think that I'll be buying more of it in the future!