Wednesday, February 8, 2012

I am a 44 year old mother of three. I realized that when routine tasks left me breathless, that it was time to make a change. I will be nearly 60yrs old when my youngest leaves the house for college and I intend be alive and kicking at that time!

I used to be very fit when I was in my early 30s, weight training and running every day. I needed to get back to that level of fitness for my physical health and my mental health. I started with P90X. Within a few weeks, insomnia, which I battled for years, was a distant memory. I felt great. I lowered my blood pressure and my resting heart rate went from upper 70s to upper 60s. I also finally began to shed the last of those pounds from my pregnancies. I did a second round of P90X doubles.

After P90X, my muscle tone was great but I knew I needed more cardiovascular conditioning. I also needed extreme measures to shed the belly fat. My Beachbody coach convinced me to try Insanity. I fell in love. I did a round of Insanity, which lowered my resting heart rate into the low 50s.

Next, I was intrigued by the agility, coordination benefits promised by Asylum. It delivered! Asylum really showed me that my body was uneven in coordination and strength. Mastering the agility ladder and jump rope at my age was exhilarating! I found that when I went back to P90X YogaX, my balance and coordination was much better! I could do YogaX moves that I couldn't do before.

The icing on the cake was a 30day Insanity/Asylum hybrid followed by a 30day Asylum/P90X hybrid. If you're willing to put in the work, these programs can take you where you want to go!!!!

4 comments:

  1. Congrats to you! I am going on Phase 2 of P90X. I was supposed to start Monday but got really sick Sunday. Headed to the dr. today to check it out. I think I have an ear infection...but I digress..my question to you is what is a P90X double? Do you do the same disc twice in a day? Thanks! And congrats again!

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  2. Hi Fit Mom!!!! P90X doubles is listed in the calendar. You do a resistance training DVD in the AM and a cardio DVD in the PM or vice versa. Or if you have time, you can do them back to back. That is how I trained in my 30s BK (Before kids). Phase 1 of doubles is just like classic b/c you need to get used to the resistance DVDs first. Then phase 2 and 3 you add in extra cardio for the doubles.

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  3. Gotcha. Thanks. I borrowed a friends discs so I dont have the calendar.

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  4. If you want to know what the schedule is, it would be easy enough for me to type it up for you.

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