P90X, Day One

So I finally started P90X earlier this evening, and man people were not kidding about how intense it is. I started with AB RIPPER X, as indicated on the program's calendar, and I can't believe that's the video they have you BEGIN with. I can only hope that the rest of the exercises are easier, because that seriously kicked my ass. I was hurting, and about 3/4 of the way through it just started feeling totally impossible. But I got through it! I did the same amount of reps as the crazy host guy in the video, except for one set of exercises (I seem to have blocked it out - I'll look up which one it was in the morning). It was really, really, really hard, but getting through it felt pretty rewarding - it may be really difficult now, and I'm sure I have terrible form, but as long as I stick to it, it'll start getting easier, right?

I was also supposed to do Chest and Back today, according to the calendar, but halfway through my warm-up I got called into the Collegian...I barely had time to eat dinner and didn't get to shower until midnight (thanks to that and my first THON committee meeting!), so I'm going to push it back a day and add it to tomorrow's routine, which is: PLYOMETRICS! I honestly have no idea what that means, though Addie said she did it in basketball when she used to play, and the P90X routine was ass-kicking when she tried it at her friend's house over the summer. Well, I guess I knew that's what I was getting myself into.

Also, I had my fencing class this morning - it's part of my gen ed gym requirement. It's a really fun class, but man do we get pretty gross. And we've only even gotten to the part where we wear the masks and play with swords as of a week or two ago! We always play a game at the beginning of the class as part of our warm up (it's more interesting than just running laps or doing jumping jacks in my opinion). Today we played a game that's basically a cross between tag and duck duck goose - it's one of the class favorite and it's just fun, even when you end up running. Plus I've learned the right way to do a lot of really helpful stretches, so I can feel myself getting more flexible too. Not to mention that kids from PSU's NCAA fencing team come in to practice with one of the other coaches during our class, so seeing some of their BEASTLY leg muscles and super agile feet is a good motivator too. And some of the positioning or at least the way the leg muscles are engaged in a lot of the poses, as well as a lot of that "flexible stillness" is pretty reminiscent of horseback riding, so I'm hoping it's helping my position in the saddle too. Just one step closer to my overall goal of becoming the paragon of the Renaissance Italian nobleman.

Speaking of horseback riding, I signed up to show in our second home horse show this coming Sunday...our coach still hasn't sent out the list of who's showing, but I kind of hope I get to. I've had a few weeks of pretty good lessons in a row, so who knows! Just gotta keep working out so I can have the muscle to hold a solid two point and become slim enough to zip my tall boots up all the way again....

I'm really feeling the burn in my abs and core right now, especially my thighs....ughhhh. I'm so excited to get to sleep. And get that much closer to doing Day 2 of course! :)