DailyBurn 90 Day Fitness Challenge – P90 X Week 1

Well, this week is drawing to a close for me and I’m here to report that I’m still alive.

I started out this week as I normally do any other week. I’ve been eating healthier and had settled in on a 5 day workout split routine that I was comfortable with. 

On Tuesday, the clouds started moving, turmoil set in, I changed my plan for the next 90 days and I now find myself outside of my comfort zone.  I mean way outside my comfort zone.

P90X – that’s the difference. 

Week 1: I started P90X on Tuesday.  The reason for this is because I had already started my normal workout routine on Monday.  For a few weeks now, my friend Jason, had been taunting me into trying P90X.  I kept brushing him off because I like to take things at my pace (slow) and I figured P90X was a marketing fad that would soon wear off and then I’d hear about some other “Z Zone” product.

I borrowed the P90X videos and researched some regular joe’s who have been posting their successes with it.  I became convinced that this would make a great fit for my 90 Day Fitness challenge over at DailyBurn.com.

So, after Week 1, I can honestly say, I’m scared.  My ego has been shredded to pieces and I’m concerned whether I’ll finish this program.  It’s not that it’s tough, really. It’s just that I’m really out of my comfort zone. My body is being thrust into positions that I never knew existed and I’m having a really hard time keeping up.  I also get discouraged in the middle of some of the routines. 

Yoga. What’s up with that? I thought Yoga was a girly sport, if it could have even qualified as a sport.  But now that I’ve attempted, and I use the word attempted loosely, to do Yoga, I’m now convinced even more that it’s a girly sport. But not in the way you might think I’m suggesting. It’s just not normal for a guy to bend in all those directions.  Women, typically have better form than a man does in this area, I’m sure.  However, I’m now converted and convinced that Yoga is definitely beneficial in strengthening our bodies.

After all is said and done, I have to say I give myself a 70% grade for this week.  I completed most of the workouts, but I wasn’t able to keep up with those athletic folks as much as I wanted to. This proved discouraging. But I can’t help from imagining that there are other people out there who are starting P90X for the first time who might feel the same way.  All I can say to this is, Week 2 is right around the corner and we can be champions with our 2nd chance.  My goal is to make Week 2 better than the first. That’s all I can ask for out of myself.

Thankfully I have my wife right next to me doing the workouts too. She has embraced the P90X program plus the nutrition guides and I can’t say how critical that has been in keeping me motivated.  She dances circles around me and it kind of annoys me at times because I’m so out of shape and panting heavily, but I’m looking forward to the day where I can keep up with her step and move right along with her.

Here’s to week 2… I’m ready to Bring It!