- Masters Rotation

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Hi!

I'm glad we're on the same " page " on timing! I was

thinking August or September. You're right about

school being out for the summer - I hadn't thought

about that - my DD will be going to Kindergarten in

the fall. I do have her signed up for a few summer

camp sessions at the school she is going to be

attending. I think that will help her break into a

new routine.

I know a group of us often do the Jari Love/Ripped

rotation in September, and I'd hate to miss that - if

we do it again it will be our 3rd year! But I also am

not sure I want to start the Masters in October.

Although we would be done by the end of December and

my holiday motivation issues usually develop over the

" let down " in January. And, it probably would

interfere less with running as we'd be closer to the

" cold time " that way. I was thinking about running as

well - summers here are too hot for it unless you go

early morning or evening, but the fall is really nice

for it.

Take care!

Donna

--- nancydewolf wrote:

> Thanks so much Donna!!!

>

> Hey, I've been thinking about the timing for the

> Masters rotation again too. I realized that if I

> start in May or June I'd be going right through the

> summer, when I have my kids home all day and a lot

> less flexibility. I also really want to get into

> running this spring/summer when I can and it will be

> a fight some days to decide between a P90 Masters

> cardio workout and running. I was thinking about

> running yesterday especially (we finally have some

> really nice weather) but I wanted to finish P90 and

> couldn't do the P90 cardio workout and run. I don't

> want to have to choose between them. We'll also

> probably do a vacation somewhere in there too so I'm

> questioning doing it then myself. I could see

> starting right around the end of August (we'd be

> done with our vacation by then, we usually do it in

> mid-August) or early September and, like you say,

> being done in November, preferably before

> Thanksgiving (American Thanksgiving for our friends

> from other countries). I'll still have to choose

> between running and P90 M cardio some days but maybe

> not as much since it will be getting pretty cold

> toward the end of the rotation. I'm also not wanting

> to commit to another big rotation right now so

> that's probably part of why I'm waffling on a start

> time! I'll have to give it until at least the end of

> April before I see where I want to go next. I'll

> check in with you and Judy then to see where we're

> all at (and anyone else that wants in).

>

>

>

>

> Re: P90 Graduation Day!

>

>

> Congratulations, Graduate! Way to go!

>

> Donna

>

> p.s. I've been meaning to post about your timing for

>

> P90 Masters, I will likely not be able to do it

> until

> after July. I'm into this mock STS rotation through

> June then I go on vacation for two weeks in July.

> I'll probably need a break in period when I get back

> from vacation to get back in gear - maybe August or

> Sept for me and P90 Masters. I do hate to do it

> through the holidays, though as they always seem to

> de-rail my focus and motivation. I guess starting in

> August I could be finished by November, though, so

> maybe that wouldn't be bad. After trying to do P90X

> during the holidays I just know I'll be struggling!

>

> --- nancydewolf wrote:

>

> > This morning I was dragging big time. I didn't

> sleep

> > well last night but HAD to workout anyway. I

> didn't

> > even think about not doing it until I started

> doing

> > it and realized how much I was dragging! It was

> not

> > quite the way I wanted to end P90 but it is what

> it

> > is. I had a good hard round of cardio yesterday

> and

> > today I could feel every bruise from my fall

> Sunday

> > for some reason and had a lot of overall soreness

> > today. Oh well. I still managed, in the last round

> > of pushups, to do 13 on my toes (I did that for

> the

> > first time a couple of days ago and forgot to add

> it

> > to my workout post). We won't talk about the other

> > rounds which were struggles for some reason. I'm

> > going to keep working on pushups, they make me

> feel

> > so strong, powerful and competent. I'm planning to

> > make a chart to keep track of how I do and what I

> do

> > and to motivate me to keep working on it and will

> > post it in my workout room (or closet, if you saw

> > the size of it you'd probably think small walk in

> > closet).

> >

> > I've reflected quite a bit on this rotation

> already

> > but will add recap it for anyone who hasn't read

> my

> > posts but is interested (and anyone else that

> wants

> > to read)! It is a fantastic program! 90 days gets

> > really boring with only 4 videos (and they're

> quite

> > similar, level 3-4 is just more exercises except

> in

> > Sculpt where there are some new ones) but if you

> can

> > push through it (adding your own music helps) you

> > can feel a great sense of accomplishment. I have

> > gained a ton of strength from this. When I started

> I

> > could barely do a few pushups on my knees. Now I

> can

> > bust out 13 on my toes! I I can also do 10 tricep

> > pushups on my knees (not today though!) and I

> upped

> > my weight on all the exercises in Sculpt. I had to

> > buy 10 and 12 pound dumbbells in order to make

> them

> > challenging enough (the heaviest I had before were

> > 8s). I barely made it through Cardio 1-2 the first

> > time I did it, especially all the high impact. I

> > don't think I hit the pause button but I did slow

> > down a lot and modified some of the movements.

> > Yesterday, in my last Cardio 3-4 workout I was

> > strong and excited doing those jumping jacks for

> the

> > last time with my arms reaching high above my head

> > each time! It is still a good workout for me but

> not

> > nearly as challenging as it was when I started. I

> am

> > not a cardio fiend at all so this is huge

> > improvement. I do love strength training so I

> > switched from Level 1-2 to Level 3-4 after a week

> (I

> > wanted to try it a few times to be sure I needed

> to,

> > I should have switched after the first time trying

> > 1-2 though). It took me longer to move up to 3-4

> > Cardio. The cardio tapes have Ab Ripper 100 (for

> > level 1-2) and Ab Ripper 200 (level 3-4) on the

> > ends. You can also get these separately and I

> > recommend them. Ab Ripper 100 killed me the first

> > few times I did it. Yesterday I got through all

> 200

> > reps of Ab Ripper 200 confidently (but it is still

> a

> > challenge). I can see more definition in my abs,

> > arms and legs because of this rotation and have

> > definitely improved my cardio endurance. I am not

> > super " sculpted " but that is due more to my not

> > following an always " clean " diet probably. I did

> not

> > start this with weight or inches to lose and in

> > fact, gained during it and struggled to lose those

> > pounds (due to poor eating habits, not the

> program)

> > but I did. I will take measurements later but I

> > don't expect to see big differences between Day 1

> > and Day 90 only because I didn't have much of

> > anything to lose. I still can see good changes

> > though in my definition and as I said, my overall

> > endurance. They are harder to measure but make it

> so

> > that I highly recommend this program.

> >

> > I will say though that you need to add on

> > flexibility training. Tony does stretching for his

> > warmups for 5 minutes (I usually jogged as I fast

> > forwarded those because I don't like to stretch

> when

> > I'm just starting) and only 2 minutes at the end

> > plus 30 seconds here and there during the

> workouts.

> > It is not nearly enough and I'm feeling that now.

> If

> > I were to do this again I would make myself have a

> > day 7 where I stretch for at least 30 minutes or

> at

> > least add on a 10 minute stretch after each

> workout

> > whenever possible. I ended this workout today with

> > 30 minutes of stretching with Tamilee Webb's Total

> > Stretch for Beginners (I did her standing, chair

> and

> > floor routines, each are 10 minutes and feel

> great).

> >

> >

> > I'm glad to be done. It has been fun overall (I

> > think Tony is hilarious) but I'm still glad to be

> > done. I have lots of other videos that I want to

> do

> > that I haven't in a long time (or ever) and am

> > looking forward to doing some things with them

> > now... until I start P90 Masters that is! :-)

> >

> > I'm going to view some yoga videos today to help

> me

>

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