Day 3 P90X Arms and Shoulders - 1/23/12

Day 3 - This was my first Monday morning, having to get out of my bed and get to the little gym area at 5am. I set my alarm, it went off, I rolled my sleepy ass out of bed, went and took my pre-workout, grabbed my lap top and water and out hte door i went. Sleepy, and stumbling, I walked down to the gym and got busy. Arms and shoulders didnt do me in like the other two had so far. I was tired, but at the end I wasnt as exhausted as Day 1 and Day 2 had made me.

About the workout - I wrote everything down, including little notes to let myself know whethe the weights were to heavy, if I could do more reps, if I was able to keep my form - all that type of stuff. In doing this, it allows me to look back the next week, and tells me what I need to do, where I need to start, and what I need to be aware of. Another thing I need to keep in mind, is to be careful and not push my shoudlers to hard, to fast. i ahve a history of tweaking my shoulders, so I want to just start slow, and lighter weights and just make sure I build them up slowly.

Ab Ripper - Today I did the Ab Ripper and I went from doing 10x to 12 (or was it 15) reps of the 11 different exercises. The Ab Ripper DVD is hard, and it really kicks your ass, but I know from having done it before that if you can do it consistintly for a few weeks, you really will see a significant difference in your abs. That is the one area I feel like I want to work, and define more than any other, cause I feel like any muscle that I had in my chest/shoulders/ and arms has fallen right around my waist. I am not fat, but I am, as they say on the P90X DVD - loose in the cage. I want to tighten that up. So I fought through the exercieses, and will keep working to get up to doing the entire ab ripper set (16 minutes long) in its entirety.

The great thing that I noticed during this day, was that I was on fire after the workout! I really felt this natural high almost all of the day. They say that working out releases natural endorphins that give you a natural high and I really felt it that day. I was friendlier at work, I was excited, I was talking with everyone, engaging in conversation and it was from the very beginning of the day. I'll be honest, some days I just dont feel like talking to anyone much but today, I felt GREAT.

Day 3 in the books. Day 4 tomorrow is Yoga!