P90X & Half Marathon Training

Day 1 of P90X is done!  Day 1 is chest and back which is basically 45 minutes alternating push ups and pull ups. I don’t have a pull up bar yet so I wasn’t able to do those. During this time I did sit ups, bicep curls or just sat and looked at the TV. 🙂 I need to get a pull up bar! I’ll only be able to do half of  one though… ha

I am horrible at push ups. My upper body strength is weak sauce. The second part of todays workout was the 15 minute ab routine which I loved! All in all this took me well over an hour which is a lot. It cut into nap time tremendously. But…. that’s the time I have to do it so “stop thinking about when you’re going to do it and just DO!” {My new motto- thanks very much}

As you know, I’m running a half marathon in June and another in August. Because of this, I need to run. I simply have to make sure I’m getting in my long runs during this training period. However. I also believe that doing the P90X will help me with my running and my ultimate training. I will gain more strength, improve my flexibility, improve my overall endurance and strengthen my core during the P90X workouts, and these are all things that can improve running and make a runner faster and stronger.

My plan is still a tad bit up in the air as I’ve only done one day of P90X, but here is what I’m tentatively thinking of doing. On upper body days I can still run, no problem. On leg days however, I’ll probably skip it. Saturdays are my long run days which I do in the morning, so I will then do the P90X workout sometime later that day. And Sunday is a day of rest, although it’s more like an active day of rest for me considering I’m working for 8 hours on my feet or walking around the entire time. I’m going to have to tweak with my schedule a bit and see what works for me time wise and health wise.

My ultimate goal is to blog about my workouts daily. It’s fun to share with others and it’s a great way to stay accountable! I hoping to add a lot more health and fitness into my “mommy” blog, while still talking about being a mom and sharing days of Joshua and Lucas. That’s the plan anyways!

 Anyone else doing the P90X??

{Oh, and I want to address this because I have people asking and I know a lot more people are going to bring it up. Yes, I am still nursing Joshua and I plan to do so until he is one.  I don’t think that these workouts will affect my milk supply if I eat and drink enough. If I notice these workouts having a negative impact on nursing (or anything else in my life for that matter) I will stop doing them.}