8:54 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Sunday, July 15th, 2007.
I Hurt.
I'm sweaty.
I want to puke.
I feel slightly (VERY slightly) Euphoric.
I just completed my first day of my new exercise routine p90x... And it royally beat me into submission.
I chose to do the lean plan in favor of the Classic which is the equivalent of Ivan Drago going against Rocky. The Lean plan is Rocky deciding to drive to the steps that he famously ran up...but instead of running up them, he had Aidrian carry him up. And it STILL kicked me when I was down. Holy crap I haven't been worked that hardcore since my first 2 weeks of basic training. I did the session called Core Synergetics today. It's an hour long. It's brutal, it's unforgiving, and even with me losing 80 lbs... it's almost impossible to do all the way through on your first try. Or second. Or third for that matter. Are you noticing a pattern? I feel bad because I COULDN'T get all the way through. I know that means I pushed until muscle failure, but I wanted that sense of accomplishment. But I HAVE to realize that I have 90 days for that. 6 days of different exercises. This is gonna be rough. But I hope that I see the real results. Part of my issue is that I have to focus on keeping my core muscles engaged. At night, I normally do 100 pushups and 100 crunches before bed. I think I may drop down to 50 each at night as my arms feel like they're going to pull a "Tranformers" but instead of turning into a groovy 2008 Camaro, they've decided to just pop off my torso and slam to the ground in a fit of defiance.
I'm pretty sure my body is angry at me... but my heart is lovin it. Tell me that getting all the way through it isn't the most important thing..and that I did good. I made it 40 minutes into it without really having a problem... then I had to fast forward past the "bonus round". When it hit the last 10 minutes of the exercises, I hit total muscle failure and all I could do was shake it out... I'm scared for the days when I have to do an hour PLUS the added ab exercises. So... what have I learned? I have learned that...I haven't seen nothin yet! Welcome to your new life nancy boy... bring the pain!
****** BONUS Illustration******
This is p90x working me out:

(yes... that's me on the left and the routine on the right)
Going to shower then go food shopping... if there's replies, I'll get to them when I get back!