P90X Week 1 Day 1: Bruised Knuckles

I'm ready to start FOR REAL . . . I've done P90X workouts before but never all in a row the way they are supposed to be done. SO . . . here we go.

Week 1 Day 1:  Shoulders & Back + Ab Ripper X

Tara D. and Dani came over and we did the exercises in the back room. We didn't have a chin up bar, so we used bands wrapped around the attic beams. Not a smart idea. I snapped the red resistance band and it bruised my knuckles. 

We used our 5 lb weights to pretend to do pull-ups but Justin said instead of working our backs, we worked our arms . . . not the plan, but we will do better next time.

Ab Ripper X was extreme and I actually did the Mason Twist 20+ times and I was so proud of myself!!!  Then Justin and I went to the gym and I did about an hour of cardio. 20+ on the treadmill with me running for at least 5 minutes on 5.0 and walking 3.0+. 

Then I did 35 minutes on the elliptical and in total, cardio-ed about 3.5 miles!!!