P90X, Week 1, Day 2

Today's workout was called Cardio X. I am doing the "Lean" version of P90X, and apparently you have to do the DVDs in a different order than you normally would. Anyway, I thought Cardio X was much easier than yesterday's workout. There were certain moves that I had to stop, rewind, and rewatch in order to catch on, and my form wasn't the prettiest, but for the most part, I kept up. I think my favorite move so far is Superman Banana, which is a yoga/pilates combo which involves rolling from Superman pose to Banana pose, back and forth, over and over. I did my best today, though like I said, I could use some work on my form. There was one move which I believe was called punch, cross over, hook, jab, that I really need to practice. I watched myself in the mirror and I looked like an idiot trying to do this move. I think it was just a little fast for me and these are not moves I'm used to doing. While I worked up a nice sweat doing Cardio X, I am actually contemplating whether or not to go to the gym and get in a little extra cardio on the eliptical or treadmill. I am used to staying on the eliptical for at least an hour at a time and burning 600+ calories. I know I still burned calories with Cardio X, but I don't know, something about the 30 minute intervals just seemed a little too ADHD for me... I guess I prefer more boring, monotonous stuff. I also worry that with not doing some of the exercises properly, I didn't get the workout I should have gotten... and time/energy is crucial to me right now, in order for me to achieve my fitness goals.

I will say... that yesterday, after doing Day 1 of P90X, I had that same feeling immediately after doing the workout. I thought, maybe that wasn't as intense as a workout I would've done on my own... but I started HURTING by yesterday evening, in all the right places. My hamstrings especially. I would so love a massage right now! So, perhaps I just need to give it some time to see how I am feeling later. Tomorrow is my Saturday morning Yoga class, which is 75 minutes long, and I LOVE it. I never thought I'd be a Yogi, but with some practice, I've become quite flexible, and I love the Yoga high/state of Euphoria that it gives me. I've only experienced it twice so far, and I've tried my hardest to recapture that feeling. The two times I felt it, it was INTENSE, and I had a big, goofy grin plastered across my face and was so giddy, it had my family wondering if I'd been drinking! Seriously. I hope to experience that euphoria again tomorrow in my yoga class.

Tomorrow's P90X workout is Shoulders, Arms, & Abs Ripper X, which sounds really hard, and it may be one of the longer workouts. I do not know what to expect, since I'm new to all of this. Everyone keeps warning me about how hard the P90X program is, calling it "brutal" and "a killer". So maybe I just lucked out today with what seemed to be an easier workout. I'll keep you posted, whoever may be interested.

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