Amie summer workout take 2 week 1 and P90X answer

Katie J-
YOU ARE AMAZING GREAT JOB!!!
Jess-
Regarding P90X see bottom of this post :-)

OK! Here is my workout summer AT HOME :-)

All these are from Tony Horton's 10 minutes DVD

Monday: 25 minutes and 32 oz water
Lower Body
Abs

Tuesday: 25 minutes and 32 oz water
Cardio
Lower body

Wed: 15 minutes 18 oz water
Yoga Stretch

Thursday: 25 minutes 18 oz water
Abs
Yoga Stretch

Friday: 25 minutes 44 oz water
Lower body
Cardio

Saturday: 25 minutes 44 oz water
Cardio
Abs

Sunday 15 minutes 20 oz water
yoga

NEXT WEEK GOALS
35 minutes/ day and consistent water intake :-)

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P90X

I LOVE LOVE P90X. I only completed 1/2 of it due to summer but am planning on starting over and completing it in October. It is a workout to prime athletes for events not just "tone" or get in shape as such it really does demand that hour and half six days a week. This is daunting but it is ONLY FOR 90 DAYS! And the halfway result was unlike anything I have ever experienced, even competing in my "prime" as an athlete. After you complete the 90 days you just would do maintenance (you already have the strength it is just maintaining) and they have some ideas to help you do so in more manageable chunks (20-40 minutes/day). If you want to be in your best shape EVER this program is what you should do but be sure and get your spouse doing it with you or you may burn out :-) I'll try and do a better review later but that's what I have for you now :-)

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on another note you could try p90 it is the get in great shape but not athletic shape version...I hear it is also amazing and only 30 minutes/ day...might be worth checking out!

Amie weekly recap

We just killed one of our chickens, Sally who ended up being a rooster. My husband feels incredibly manly and excited for dinner tomorrow (it is brining in the fridge) I am a bit traumatized from plucking and gutting my favorite chicken and remembering how cute Sally was as a 2 day old chick...here's to hoping I can still stomach chicken :-) on the plus side its organic! And now onto exercising...

Thanks for the encouragement ladies. I am in a bit of an exercise "rut" with my schedule but look forward to trying your great ideas...there are many days I wouldn't exercise at all if it wasn't for you this little blog motivation!

Sunday: Day of Rest

Monday: Swimming, early morning walk / run with Conchie (unknown mileage)

Tuesday: walk to park, ab ripper X

Wedensday: Travel day (6 hours) push ups and pull ups at stops (2 pull ups and 50 push ups)

Thursday: Travel day (6 hours) ab ripper x at destination

Friday: Travel Day (12 hours) exhausted

Saturday: With the in-laws, swimming with kids and 2 mile walk

Sunday: Travel day (5 hours) AND HOME!

Week 2-vacation exercising!

Thanks ladies I've really enjoyed reading all your fun and challenging posts! I am loving spending the weekend with my college roomies/best friends in San Diego this weekend! Traveling with kids alone is sooo hard! We've been in 5 different homes in 9 days and BUSY...exercising on vacation is usually so doable for me (I actually usually exercise more because I love love to run!) but vacation without my husband is much more challenging and I am struggling to exercise or sleep at all! I am revamping my goals for the remainder of my husbandless "vacation" to be a bit more managable :-)

1) sleep at least 6 hours a night
2) on non "travel days" (ie driving under 6 hours) exercise in some form for 15 minutes
3) drink 36 oz of water a day
4) Portion and snack control

Here are my week stats!

Mon: Swimming 2x with kids (3 hours) -sleep 6 hrs
Tuesday: Ab ripper X and walking 2 miles with kids to various parks -sleep 7 hrs
Wed: Swimming with kids (1 hour) -sleep 5 hrs
Thursday: TRAVEL DAY (8 hours in car), hiking with Chica's - sleep 4 hours
Friday: Ab ripper X and 2 mile walk - sleep 6 hrs plus 1 hr nap
Saturday: TRAVEL DAY (5 hours) and wedding
Sunday: DAY OF REST!

Any of you in the area hope to see you Tuesday at Gardenhill park in La Mirada for a play date!

-Amie

Week 1 recap

Here is my weekly summery from beautiful sunny southern California (finally no rain!)

Monday: Ab ripper X

Tuesday: 15 boy 25 girl push ups; no pull ups

Wed: 25 sit ups (and packing frenzy!)

Thursday: Driving for 22 hours straight (ahhhhh!!!!!)

Friday: Trying to recover from said drive and no sleep due to children who slept in the car; afternoon swim and walk with the girls

Saturday: 1/2 of ab ripper X before being summoned to decorate wedding venue (that counts right?) Wedding until midnight and lots of dancing with kidlings

Sunday: Walked to Aunt's house and park (2 miles) Ab Ripper X and total exhaustion exercising while traveling with kids sans husband is hard work!

Summer Goals through august

Thanks for the invite guys I have never thought of a "blog" as a way to support accountability worth a try anyway :-)

I was just reviewing this today...we are leaving for vacation Thursday which marks the start of 7 weeks away from home out of 9 between now and August so I was trying to think through my fitness goals :-)

-Ab ripper X (15 minutes) 3x/week (burn onto laptop before departing)
-50 push ups (1/2 boy 1/2 girl) 2x/week (alternating with abs) and 10 pull ups if pull up bar is accessible
-Walk rather then drive as often as possible (or ride bike to locations if at home), or carry the kids in the carrier instead of the stroller to build core muscles and utilize a more strenuous workout.
-Limit sweet intake to one dessert a day
-Drink 32 oz of water a day (min)

I just finished Ab ripper X and the girls love doing it wight me (cracks me up!) They are doing it shirtless (like their dad) and Providence wanted to do it again because it was over too fast...she informed me throughout that she was not forgetting to breathe and was not feeling the burn :-)

I like exercising for the physical challenge, the way it helps me view my body image healthier and how it enables me to instill in my girls a positive way of taking care of the body God has entrusted us with...my biggest challenges are my core which I am trying to build up I feel that the three stomach surgeries have really taken a tole on my core muscles which affects my ability to exercise and lift weights as I'd like...

-Amie