It is getting closer to summer every day, and for many it is time for tanning and getting his or her body back in shape. This year, one of my closest friends and me are doing P90X. We started the last week of March and are sticking with it pretty good! The P90X is extremely intense, and frankly I love it!! Well, all except arms…but I have never liked working my arms out. There is one downfall to this work out, and that is that it is expensive, but if you split the cost it isn’t as bad. We are eating much better than we were but we don’t follow the diet just because we work out after we do P90X.
Many people just diet, and there are many diets out there. There is the NutriSystem diet, Jenny Craig diet, Atkins diet and many, many, many more! There are so many out there that who really knows what is the best one. I think everyone is different and the diets don’t do great for everyone. With some hard work and great attitude anyone can lose weight!
Losing weight does not have to be boring and dreadful; it can be fun and upbeat! At Oswego Fitness, and many other workout gyms, there is a program that works out three times a week (or more). Zumba is upbeat, and is the new thing to do. Zumba’s saying is Ditch the Workout, and Join the FUN, and I believe it when I see what the ladies are doing! When Zumba is in session at our gym it sounds enjoyable, and the gym is packed! Unlike P90X, Zumba is cheap! Here, it is $1.00 for members and $3.00 for nonmembers. I think Zumba is for those a little older than me. I don’t think I would profit as greatly as I do with P90X, for the reason that I am in shape and I want to be tone, and I think I will get it faster with P90X than with Zumba, and besides I don’t think there is enough room another person!
Time after time I have friends that talk about getting back in shape and making schedules. I guess schedules are great, if you follow them. However, I am not one of those who schedule anything. If I do schedule something it better be important and is something I have to do because if it isn’t very important then I am known not to do it and just put it off. That is why I like to work out when I want to and not when I think I need to. If I have spare time then I will head to the gym for a quick run, then later I will start my harder work out, rather than spending two hours in the gym at once and thinking it is taking up too much of my time.
Working out is different for everyone. Some people need schedules and some don’t. Some like to diet and just diet, then there are those who like to work out and just work out, and there are those that do both!
That’s what’s up! I have done the P90x before but it was my senior year in high school and I actually gained a lot from doing it I toned up and gained muscle all at the same time so I know that it works and it is really intense even for a guy to do. So good luck with it and stick to it and when it gets hard just think of what you’re going to get out of it!
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time sticking to anything. I will do pilates for a month or so and be really into it, and then something will come up and I get out of habit. I just want to tone up a little and get back to where I was before I had kids. I'm not a heavy person, but when you have kids, things move all out of place. I think if I had a buddy, I would be more willing to work out.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this blog! I have never tried the P90X, but I have tried Zumba and I loved it. My friend and I have an Xbox with the Kinect, so she went out and bought the Zumba game for it and we play it all the time! It really is quite a work out! We used to go to the Zumba workouts that they would hold at memorial hall, but they only do it for an hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays and we didn't like that schedule, because she and I have other things that we have to do at the times it was being held so she just bought the game so that way we could do it at her house! It's not necessarily for older people because I've seen teenagers doing it and it really is a lot of fun. Other than playing the game my friend and I go for a two mile walk in the park everyday and I do ab work outs at home with my Flex Belt. I do agree with you though, everybody is different and they just have to find what works for them.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your blog! It gives me several ideas of what I SHOULD do before summer. It just seems like i get in the mood to work out for about a week..and then I lose the motivation! My friend is doing yoga about three times a week & she said its working a lot better than she ever imagined it! She is always sore the day after! She is also already starting to see a difference! I was impressed.
ReplyDeleteNow the p90x, is intense. I've tried it but can't seem to stick with it! Maybe soon, I'll find what works for me!