P90x3 phase 1 progress

Woohoo Phase 1 is done!

Sike! (or is it Psych?)

 It's only supposed to be 3 weeks each phase and then 1 week "transition" before going to the next phase. but Ryun hurt his foot during the first week so I finished out that week and restarted with him the next week.

The verdict:

I love it!

I still do not like the Warrior workout, but I really like all the other ones so far. The Challenge is one of my faves because I feel like I've gotten way stronger because of it. It's the one where you just switch off between variations of pull-ups (a.k.a. the modified ones with the resistance band for me) and push-ups. 

1st workout: 50-something pushups. On my knees and not very deep. Crazy sore afterwards.

4th workout: 78 pushups. All but 6 on my feet, thank you very much! 

So those 78 weren't as deep as they should be, but considering I couldn't bend my arms at the beginning if I was in normal push-up position...I feel like a stud. 

Kip just gets me

I didn't see the scale move too much during this phase. I thought I saw in the mirror that my waist looked smaller, but I figured I had some wishful thinking going on. I did know that I was getting a lot stronger, which was what I was really hoping for during this first phase. We did our measurements and "after" pictures for the first phase.

I lost 5 pounds and a total of 4.5-5 inches. 1.5 inches off my waist, 2 inches off my chest, and the rest was smaller increments from my arms and legs. 

All in all, pretty happy with the first phase!

Also, this is sometimes how I feel:

P90x3--day 6 the Warrior

I forgot to post this the other day. The Warrior is probably my least favorite so far. The moves I couldn't do weren't really modifiable for me so I felt like I was just missing out. Obviously I don't expect to be able to do it all right away, but it was a little frustrating not knowing how to adapt it. If you have good upper body strength I'm sure it's a fun workout.

The good thing about it is that I had "I am the Warrior" stuck in my head all weekend. We ended up pulling it up on youtube and it is a super weird music video.

I'm not planning on writing about every workout every day (no thank you), but I wanted to do my experience the first time with each video. Now I'll be able to compare how I felt at the beginning. We did agility again today -- pretty sure it's my fave.

P90x3--day 5 CVX

You know that scene in Ace Ventura 2 when Ace gets shot by darts and he's running through the jungle with his arms flopping around? 

Let me remind you.

 

That's how I feel today. And the delirium at the end too. Flowers--for me?

The second I woke up today I felt my shoulders crying. If they've ever been this sore, I must have blocked it out as a bad memory. I whimpered the whole time I had to dress myself. And basically any time I've had to move my arms today. I feel like they're going to fall off. It's kind of awesome, though. Just trying to remember that if I have to lift my arms to just do it fast and not prolong the pain.

The CVX workout was a lot of fun. I don't ever feel like I need to throw up during workouts, but after about 20 minutes this morning I felt like it was going to happen. Fortunately I didn't, but I did position myself closer to the tile by the door--just in case. I liked jumping around and adding just a couple pounds to the moves made a big difference. I really do like that the workouts are hard, but I can get through them and can tell I'll be able to improve as well.

But until I become a ninja warrior from these workouts, every time I move and feel pain I'm just going to do this: