Journey to the Stage: April 15/15

Somehow my workouts are getting later and later despite me wanting to do them earlier and earlier. Today was no exception. Unless of course I say that today's workout is actually tomorrow's workout and then hop skip and a jump into the Twilight Zone. 







But no. I indeed finished today's workout at 12:15 am (the next day). Now I'll be wired for at least an hour. Good thing I'm a night owl and we homeschool so I can just make everyone sleep in. Tee hee.

Now how about them cardio eh? In Body Beast cardio isn't just cardio. Oh no. That wouldn't be Beasty enough. Cardio includes weights. And crazy things like plyo pushups (which I am nowhere near able to do yet). And jumping lunges. And jumping squats. I am sore all over. It's actually quite mean brilliant putting this the day AFTER leg day.




























Here is the run down of today:

Workout: Body Beast Beast Cardio and Beast Abs (yes indeed, today also included 10 minutes of abs)













Post Workout Fuel: The usual-Results and Recovery with water and banana








Food: Actually not too horrid today. I didn't meet my macros. Which means I'm going to be SUPER HANGRY in the morning. And I am actually closer to my fats than the pic here because I forgot to log my bacon at supper ;) And I'm over in my carbs but that is because of the R&R. Didn't hit my protein though. IOverall I am sure I'm pretty decent hitting my cals BUT it's the macros that are most important. Balance yo.






Additional Activity: Walk in the park. Literally. We had a family walk in the park. I also did some cute overhead presses holding my 6 yo. Those are always good for a laugh. For all of us.

There ya have it. It may be late but I still get it done. I have no reason not to. And if I'd only better manage the rest of my day I wouldn't be getting it done after midnight. I'll add that to my ever growing list of things to work on. Singing off now :)

Rock. Lift. Love 

P90X3 Total Synergistics Review

Last night we kicked off the start of the third last week of P90X3 with Total Synergistics. This is actually one of my favourite workouts in the X3 collection to do because of it's wide range of strength moves.

This workout has a lot going on. There are planks and balances and pushups. There are weighted squats and yoga poses. I get to use both dumbbells AND my body. I guess that is why they call it Total Synergistics.

Total Synergistics gives you 16 moves in all. Each move is done an average of 10 times (some more some less depending on the move).

One of my favourite moves in the workout is the side rise punch. While laying on your side you push yourself up with top arm and then while holding a dumbbell you punch out and then lower yourself back down. You get to hammer your arms in a few different ways with this one.

Another one I like is the glamour hammer. Maybe I like it because the name but also because I like hammer curls. They make me feel bad ass.

One particular move the I have a love hate relationship with the boat/plow combo. This one gives both my husband and I some trouble. Same goes for the push up side arm balance and the crawly plyo pushups. However at this point in the program I am actually getting considerably better at those as well.

As usual the cast is fantastic. I especially like the two girls who both appear in some of the other X3 workouts.

When I am all finished with the P90X3 program Total Synergistics is definitely a workout I plan to rock out on many occasions just on it's own.