Holy Crap on a Cracker!
By Sarah Lena
Y’all, I know. I KNOW I SHOULD’VE KNOWN.
With C25k, everyone was so insistent of how EASY it was. “Oh, no,” they’d say reassuringly, “you can TOTALLY do this! It’s so EEEEASY!!” And so I trotted my not-so-little-arse to a treadmill and you know what? I did it! It was totally do-able.
Um, I would just like to point out that NO ONE SAID THAT ABOUT P90X.
Which, perhaps, I should’ve noticed the last time I mentioned it here.
The DVDs arrived on Friday. It was the weekend and I thought, Hell, why start a program over a holiday weekend? and it just so happened that my 19 month old has molars the size of golf balls trying to come in, and no one in my house has slept for more than two hours at a time since last week anyway.
But Sunday night, something motivated my husband. Keep in mind, this is my husband who does NOT work out, who does NOT eat healthy food (“it doesn’t taste right“, he says), and who think I’m generally crazy for putting my body through half of the shit that I put it through. But Sunday night, he said, “Okay, so what do we have to do to get this started?”
WE, ladies and gentlemen. The man said WE. This is either the turning over of a new leaf or the beginning of a divorce. STAY TUNED!
So we put all pride and shame aside and measured ourselves. Which, um, HUMBLING to call out your measurements to your husband, may I say? Then, to further the trip down the I can never look at you the same way again journey, we took “Before” pics of ourselves. In our skivvies. Because we obviously never plan to have sex again.
(I say this entirely out of my own insecurity. My husband is actually naturally hot, so him getting down to just his boxers was, like, a treat for me.)
And then, this morning, I did my first day of P90x (Lean). I won’t say “I completed”, because HOLY HELL, I didn’t. Not even close. Well, okay, close. I guess. Out of the 60 minutes, I hit about 45 of it before I was worried I would start wretching in the living room. And we had just cleaned, so it wasn’t worth it. And bile eats through hardwood floors anyway.
My husband, who is home today with our sick baby, did his first workout about an hour ago.
And we’re both trying to think of something healthy and lean for dinner.
Is it easy? NO. HOLY BABY JEEBUS, it is NOT easy. But I’m motivated. And I was much stronger today than I thought I’d be.
And who knows? Maybe.. just maybe.. 90 days from now, I’ll be sleek and sexy and brave enough to show you my “Before” pic.
Tags: C25k, P90x, Tony Horton
July 7th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
On a scale of 1-10, where would you put P90x in relation to 30 Day Shred?
Because you scared me.
July 7th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Oooh you tried it?! I’m on day 22 of the 30 day shred (found this blog from twitter), and I’ve been wondering about p90x. Bet you’re gonna be sore tomorrow, haha.
July 7th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I’m dying to try P90X! Good luck!
July 7th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
I’ve never wanted to try this because I’m more of a get-out-of-the-house-worker-outter but maybe if I could get my husband to do it with me, I would.
I’m anxious to see how you do.
July 7th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
@Samantha Jo – so, honestly? I actually thought back to my first day of 30DS as I was huffing and puffing and contemplating death this morning. Because I couldn’t get through 10 minutes of 30DS when I started it. And I got through 45 minutes of this.
So I guess I say all of that to say this: if you can conquer all of Level 1 of 30DS, you are fit enough to do P90x.
July 7th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I have to admit I’ve got the workout (P90X Plus – not sure what the difference is) but I’ve only completed a couple of the routines because they are HARD. Even his Stretch workout is difficult. Some of the moves I can’t do at all. Or I lack the equipment.
The one thing I like about Tony is he takes a lot of time to warm up and cool down. And he’s motivating.
It will be interesting to hear of your progress and it’s great your husband is doing it with you.
July 8th, 2009 at 12:28 am
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July 8th, 2009 at 8:29 am
You are the funniest person I know.
You’ll be fine in a week. Hang in there. By “fine” I of course mean “dead or motivated to continue hardcore.” Either way your worries will be gone.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:08 am
OOHHHHH… I keep hearing about P90X… it’s everywhere I go. I read in People Magazine that Demi Moore loves this workout program. I’m on D15 of 30DS and should be finishing it up this month so maybe I should just suck it up and purchase the rather pricey P90X. I really do love his philosophy on “muscle confusion” and how that helps to prevent plateaus. NOW i’m REALLY excited that one of you guys (on this awesome blog) is doing it and sharing it with all of us. Go woman!!!!
July 8th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I totally puked the first day I did P90X. It’s hard to tell which was more painful – the before pictures, the workout, or the fact that my husband barely broke a sweat doing it and laughed at me the whole time.
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July 13th, 2009 at 8:19 am
I’m proud of you!! Starting is the hardest part, and it sounds like you did as much as you could do–that’s all anyone can ask.
As for the near-retching–I sometimes feel a bit pukey at the end of a hard workout. A banana (or even half of one) may be all you need to recover and feel better fast. There’s also the P90X Results & Recovery Drink, which tastes awesome (like a creamsicle), but I reserve it for the days when I literally have nothing left at the end of my workout. Like today.
Can’t wait to read more as you progress. Welcome to the X!