P90x Day 3: Shoulders and Arms

I hurt. I hurt so much. But surprisingly, I'm not ready to quit yet. This morning I had to lower myself onto the built-in shower seat with the hand rail because my legs didn't want to work right. But I'm not ready to quit yet. I know that in a few days the pain will go away, even though it is more than it was yesterday.

Yesterday everything hurt, so I figured stretching would be a good idea. I put in the Stretch X dvd while the kiddos played Reader Rabbit on their computer. I was only able to get through about 30 minutes of it before the "Mommy, come fix this...", "Mommy, come do this...", "Mommy, I need juice..." "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!" got to be too much. But that 30 minutes made a lot of difference. I just wish I had worked on stretching my legs out, 'cause all I got to do was my arms! :)

Once Ricky got home from work, we all ate dinner and he put the kiddos to bed. Then we got started on 'Shoulders and Arms'. I was not expecting to last the whole dvd but I was sure going to try my best to make it...and we DID! We even did the bonus section! And then moved on to Ab Ripper X before completely passing out! I was so proud of us!

I can't remember what exercise it was on Ab Ripper (I think it was the Scissors one) but we were both lying on the floor next to each other and to push ourselves further we grabbed each others hands and held them through the pain. We could feel the squeezing pressure of each other as we forced ourselves to do just a few more reps. It was so great!!

Here are our stats for Day 3:

Round 1:
Alternating Shoulder Press: 15 using 5lbs (R: 13 using 20lbs)
In and Out Bicep Curl: 16 using 5lbs (R: 15 using 20lbs)
Two-Arm Tricep Kickbacks: 20 using 5lbs (R: 10 using 20lbs)

Round 2:
Alternating Shoulder Press: 15 using 5lbs (R: 10 using 20lbs)
In and Out Bicep Curl: 25 using 5lbs (R: 10 using 20lbs)
Two-Arm Tricep Kickbacks: 20 using 5lbs (R: 14 using 20lbs)

Round 1:
Deep Swimmers Press: 20 using 5lbs (R: 10 using 20lbs)
Full Supination Concentration Curls: 20 using 5lbs (R:6 using 20lbs)
Chair Dips: 15 (R: 15)

Round 2:
Deep Swimmers Press: 15 using 5lbs (R: 5 using 20lbs)
Full Supination Concentration Curls: 15 using 5lbs (R: 5 using 20lbs)
Chair Dips: 15 (R:9)

Round 1:
Upright Rows: 20 using 5lbs (R: 10 using 20lbs)
Static Arm Curls: 16 using 5lbs (R: 16 using 8lbs)
Flip-Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks: 5 using 5lbs (R: 5 using 8lbs)

Round 2:
Upright Rows: 15 using 5lbs (R: 8 using 20lbs)
Static Arm Curls: 16 using 5lbs (R: 16 using 8lbs)
Flip-Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks: 5 using 5lbs (R: 5 using 8lbs)

Round 1:
Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Fly’s: 16 using 5lbs (R: 14 using 8lbs)
Crouching Cohen Curls: 15 using 5lbs (R: 15 using 8lbs)
Lying-Down Tricep Extensions: 15 using 5lbs (R: 15 using 8lbs)

Round 2:
Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Fly’s: 16 using 5lbs (R: 16 using 8lbs)
Crouching Cohen Curls: 15 using 5lbs (R: 15 using 8lbs)
Lying-Down Tricep Extensions: 15 using 5lbs (R: 15 using 8lbs)

Bonus Round 1:
In and Out Straight-Arm Shoulder Fly: 16 using 5lbs (R: 16 using 8lbs)
Congdon Curls: 15 using 5lbs (R: 15 using 8lbs)
Side Tri-Rise: 10 on left, 10 on right (R: 5 on left, 5 on right)

Bonus Round 2:
In and Out Straight-Arm Shoulder Fly: 16 using 5lbs (R: 12 using 8lbs)
Congdon Curls: 15 using 5lbs (R: 12 using 8lbs)
Side Tri-Rise: 5 on left, 5 on right (R: 5 on left, 5 on right)

Ab Ripper X stats:

In and Outs: 20 (R: 15)
Seated Bicycles: 22 forward & 10 backward (R: 20 forward & 20 backward)
Seated Crunchy Frog: 10 (R: 5)
Crossed Leg/Wide Leg Sit Ups: 0 (R: 20)
Fifer Scissor: 10 (R: 10)
Hip Rock and Raise: 20 (R: 15)
Pulse Ups: 15 (R: 15)
Roll Up/V-Up Combo: 0 (R: 5)
Oblique V-Ups: 10 (R: 20)
Leg Climbs: 8 on left, 4 on right (R: 10 on left, 10 on right)
Mason Twist: 20 (R: 20)

I am already noticing a difference in things since our Fit Test. I couldn't do any 'Ins and Outs' during the Fit Test and last night I did 20! Ricky could only do 1 and now he can do 15! I think part of it was we didn't know what we were doing during the Fit Test, and being able to see how they look on the video makes it easier to know how to do it. But still! 19/14 better than last month! Score!!!

Ricky has been known to spout more than a few obscenities at Tony during the course of our workouts. And last night was no different. But he also managed to say a few things that made me laugh and can be repeated. :) During one of the harder sections he pushed himself as far as he could go and when he collapsed on the floor he says, "I hate his face. I hate his family's faces. I hate his friends and their faces. I hate his friend's family's faces..." and he just kept adding to the list. It was so funny! And while getting the remote for us to start Ab Ripper X he says, "Curling air hurts!"

Tony said something that managed to make Ricky laugh, during the 'Lying Down Tricep Extensions' he says, "Tip of the Day: Don't smash your face!". It's really a good rule to live by.

-BritneyMarie