week in review and meandering thoughts

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Hi Everyone,

Today is my rest day from P90X. I must say, I'm

feeling pleasantly worked out from this week's

efforts. YAY!

Here is my summary:

Sunday - Core Synergistics

Monday - Cardio X (I'll likely do Plyo or P90 Masters

Cardio Intervals next week)

Tuesday - Biggest Winner Cardio Kickbox (20 min), P90X

Shoulders and Arms (will up my weights this week, I

think), Ab Ripper X (should be called hip flexor

stressor, probably won't do it again, or at least I

won't do some of the moves on it again!)

Wed - Kathy Step on BOSU (first two segments -

30 min) & Rainbeau Mars Pure Power

Thurs - Legs & Back (actually liked the band work for

the pull-ups!), Pilates Sculpt & Tone Ab Routine (30

min)

Friday - Kenpo X

So far, I'm not feeling taxed about adding the extra

cardio in - I'm only adding it in b/c for the most

part I'm pretty sedentary so I think I need the extra

cardio - short bursts of it anyway. Tomorrow I'll

resume again, if my back isn't too stressed out from

today's Housework Max I'll do core synergistics. If

it is, I'll do shoulders & arms with supplemental

cardio tomorrow and CS on the Shoulders & Arms day

next week.

Now - on to my meandering thoughts:

FIRM TransFIRMation system - I couldn't get the darn

thing to work, it kept charging me for shipping. GRRR!

I'm not a B & N member, I think you have to get their

credit card to be a member (am I right? If not, where

do I sign up! LOL!) and I don't want any more credit

cards. I have more than enough and only use two main

ones anyway. Oh well. I'm not going to pay $46 for

it (price including shipping and tax) especially since

I " m sure the shipping is so high due to the weights

which I don't need anyway. I have hopes this will

show up retail soon - and hopefully, w/out the

weights! If not before the holidays, I'm guessing

right after in time for NY Resolutions! The two

add-on workouts s and Rebeckah's are at Borders

for $14.95. I may pick them up since i have two

Borders gift cards (yay!)

Cathe's Announcement - I'm still obsessing about her

planned workout series. I doubt I'll get it b/c I'm

sure it is going to be more than I'm willing to pay

(especially b/c I know me and there are going to be

other things that come up that I want, too, like my

own copy of P90X and the P90X + workouts -did I just

write that?!). Cathe's workouts are so expensive -

why can Amy Bento put together DVDs that contain

pre-mixes, quality production, good programs, and

charge only $19.95 per DVD for them? I think I'll

stick with my planned venture into Kettlebells,

instead. I like the idea of being able to get a good

workout in in a shorter amount of time - I'm always

running low on time these days.

While I was reading the threads on VF about the

announcement someone mentioned a book (Kassia, I think

this would be up your alley!!) - New Rules of Lifting

for Women - which sounds alot like what Cathe is

putting together - a 6 month periodization program

with nutrition/eating information. It is on sale at

Amazon for around $17. I'm enjoying P90X so far b/c

it does allow me to go at my own pace. I can almost

see myself following a system from a " book " for awhile

to allow me to progress. While it would lack the

" entertainment " value of DVDs/videos, it would

definately allow me to go at my own pace. Sometimes

with DVDs it is hard to do that. I would still want

DVDs/videos for cardio, though and yoga/Pilates b/c I

wouldn't know where to begin to design that for

myself. I'm thinking of pre-ordering this book on

Amazon (around $17 right now) - it is due out in late

December and would probably arrive at just the right

time for me to begin thinking about what to do after

P90X!

Deep Discount Sale - I got an e-mail from them -

SUPERSALE is the code, if anyone is interested.

However, I think their stock is smaller - either that,

or I can't find where everything is with their new

website. Sadly, (or happily for my CC!) there isn't

much there that tempts me. I was hoping some of the

newer Amy Bento workouts would be listed - All Pump

Extreme, Kickboxing Extreme - but no luck. They have

her first series of workouts, which I may consider,

but I was hoping for the " Extreme " ones. A few Mindys

that I don't have are there -but I have a supply of

Mindy virgins to get through first. There are some

other things, like the new 10 Min. Solutions and Self

Magazine workouts that I'd like to see - but I'm not

sure I need to buy. I think I'll just sign up for

netflix and borrow them to see if they're worth owning

first. I'll probably end up with the 10 Min Solutions

- Pilates and the Amy Bento Tubing workout, at some

point, but that is about it. I'll see how the rest of

my pre-holiday spending goes before I cave on this

sale. I was also hoping for some more

Coffey-Meyer workouts - but no luck there either, just

the one I already have. The new Spreen that

I want isn't available until January, so I wouldn't

get the 20% off on it. I haven't yet passed up a DDD

sale, but I think this may be a first.

Oh well, I guess that's all of my meandering thoughts

for now. Hope everyone has a great day!

Donna

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