Day One: Piece of Cake...

...except for the fact that my chest and abs feel like I got bitten by dozens of rapid mongooses (or is is mongeese?). We did chest/back and abs yesterday and I've got to say, it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. We started out doing standard push-ups which I have no problem with. I mean, not to brag or anything but I'm pretty darn good at your regular push-ups. Small break and it was on to some military push-ups...again, no sweat right? Then they just kept making-up new variations of push-ups until I thought Tony (that's the a-hole leading the P90X tapes) was just messing with us. He was not, however, and my chest began to flounder, giving me about as much support at the end of the work-out as a limp noodle.And just when I though it was all over...round two! That's right...a-hole Tony make us do all the same exercises again, but this time as a higher intensity level. To top it off, we had to listen to that cocky Tony talk about how the camera needed to focus in on him so we could see what perfection looked like during the exercises. Now...I know that being arrogant, cocky, and generally awesome can be a good thing--Heck, I am those things ;-). However, it has been my experience that it's more believable if you have others mention how great you are. If you do it yourself it just comes across as desperate...

Anyway, I'm getting off topic. Once we finished the chest workout I thought we had done. I mentally high-fived myself and make some jokes to Jered about how easy that workout had been. Then...duh duh duh...AB RIPPER X!!! It is appropriately named because today it feels like my abs are being ripped out by an army of midgets. The only other name that could possibly describe this workout and how it makes you feel would be AB SHREDDER X!!! because it also feels like that same army of midgets are using a cheese grater on my poor abdominal muscles. Luckily, they only hurt when I move and breathe. Naw...I'm just kidding. It's not really THAT bad but I can definitely tell I did a workout yesterday, which is something I've been missing with my old routine.

Today is PLYOMETRICS to the X-Factor, which I have been warned by both Jered and Ashbar to look out for. Apparently Ashley almost puked the first time she did this work-out. I'm really looking forward to it though, cause I've always liked plyos since they really wear me out and don't hurt my knees as much as running.

Speaking of cardio...I began my first in an additional new series of cardio routines! I went to the YMCA at 7:00 this morning and swam laps for 30-45 minutes!!! I'm saying that I'm doing this to increase my cardio and get healthy but truth be told I just want to be more like Julie Bird...Once I get really good at swimming I think I'll challenge her to a race...maybe across the English Channel...

So, I'll let you know how plyometrics goes and hopefully Julie accepts my challenge!

P.S.--That's hilarious about the verification code Rachel...how appropriate it's on my blog...