Days 4-8

Day 4: Yoga X

I was excited about doing yoga on day 4, because I had woken up in pain from the past workouts. I couldn't lift anything, couldn't walk, and tryed to somehow pee standing up stradling the toilet because it hurt my legs to try and sit that low....(sorry for the mental image, but that's how sore I was!) I know that yoga helps your body to stretch, and I thought that's all I would need to make my body feel better.

I was WRONG!

Yoga, for the first part, was pretty intense like the other workouts. My boyfriend, who does yoga on a regular basis, was even sweating his rear off! I tried to keep up the best I could, but my legs kept giving out when I tried to get into the downward dog, causing me to plop onto the floor....all in all, I got through it, but I was definately glad when it was done.

Day 5: Nothing!

I decided to move my rest day to my 5th day for the first week, because I woke up knowing that there was NO way that I could move my body. I almost called in sick at work because I was in so much pain. I took ibprofen, iced my muscles, and took warm epson salt bath soaks, but nothing seemed to help. I couldn't even lay down comfortably because every position seemed to poke at some muscle. My abs, arms, legs, neck, etc....they were ALL toast.

I looked on the beachbody forums for some answers, and found that I needed to take it easy until the pain let up. So....I did some X Stretch, very lightly. That's all for day 5!

Day 6: Swelling?

Again, I wasn't able to work out on day 6. I already felt horrible for getting behind schedule, and to make things worse, my arms were swollen and my biceps looked like giant marshmellows when I woke up. (?!?)

Again, I looked on the BB forums, and found that my body was in "protective mode" and was trying to retain water in that area to prevent any strain. I've weight-lifted a lot in the past, but never have I been faced with that! Somehow, I feel like that was a good thing. I guess that means that p90x is working. Woohoo!

Day 7: Legs & Back/Ab Ripper X

I was still sore on day 7, but I didn't want even more behind schedule, so I went ahead and did the Legs & Back workout and Ab Ripper X.

Day 8: Kempo X

Hi YA! I just got done with Kempo X. That was an AWESOME work out. I'm sweating like crazy and feel like I just kicked some major butt. I can't wait until I get into better shape so I can really kick strong.

"BRING IT!"