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It is week two of my journey into P90x for the umpteen time I have started.  I have me a workout partner now.  He decided to go to California (San Diego) and leave me hanging to do the workouts.

Now, I own a small women’s fitness studio where I teach quit a few body toning classes anyhow and so trying to keep the energy and motivation up for my P90x is hard.  Just wanted you to know that so you won’t think I am a weakling.  :) 

So, I managed to get up enough motivation to do the legs and back routine, which I knew was going to be a hard one, so that is why it took me a while to get it done. 

I really love this workout.  It is extremely exhausting especially if you give it all you got.  Getting low, pushing through the heels on the squats, staying on the toes on the sneaky lunges, going lower on the wall sits, pulling and squeezing every ounce in your body on the back exercises.  Whew, getting exhausted telling you about it all.

My booty is sore today.  My back is still there but I need to stretch it today.  Been working back hard this week. 

Legs and back, you have to give a try.  You will like it.

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“A year from now you’ll wish you had started today.”

Yes, people, i finally got my Lean Program from Beachbody.  Chalean Extreme is going to get me lean.  This workout is going to get me PHYSIQUALICIOUS.

Well, I was so excited when the box was at my front door.  It took a whole week.  I felt like it was Christmas.  I ripped open the box and I had to take my oldest daughter some dinner.  I let my youngest drive so I could watch the first DVD in the truck on my way down to the hospital. 

I did the first DVD last night.  It was great and I felt great.  I think I could have done more weight, but since it was the first time, I wanted to take it easy to see where I could increase.  Next time I do this Circuit 1, which is next week on Monday I know I will add more weight.  I added some extra cardio with some of Tony Horton’s cardio moves in between the exercises.  This got the heart rate up.  I loved it.

Now, today which is Tuesday, the program takes a day off.  I have to teach Turbo Kick later so that will be my cardio.  No way around that.  I have to work on my diet.  I really have to quit cheating.    Eat cleaner.

So, let me ask you, what are you doing to stay healthier?  What are you doing to be active?  What are you eating?

Drink you H2O

Just remember that “A year from now you’ll wish you had started today.”

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I mentioned last time that I would get back with you on how it went with the Super Cardio 5-6 Plus.

Okay, so I watched the video and thought this would be great to try on my class and see how they do.  WOW!  When I was watching Tony do his exercises he seemed to get winded really fast and he wasn’t really doing anything to hard compared to say the Plyometrics on P90x.  So, I thought I would just add 15 seconds of jumping jacks in between the little 30 seconds exercises. 

He has three segments on this dvd.  The famous squat and turn, I have a kid who really loves this exercise and I told him to keep it low and not jump because he has to do this 3 times.  Well, just like a meat head he goes all out.  He is huffing and puffing by the end of section 1.  I then tell the class to do jacks, then the next exercise is a lunge and reach, well again add a little plyo jump there and you have your heart rate going crazy.  30 seconds doing jacks and the squat kicks.  No time for break.  Tony however takes a little break for some water.  No water break until all 3 segments are complete.  Yes folks, they were huffing and puffing and they still have 2 more sections to go.

Now, this Super Cardio is only 35 minutes long.  Well, I add the Killer ABs from the One on One dvd.  Had to get those abs in.  They loved it.  Well, maybe I loved hearing them moan.  HA!  280 reps of crunches total.  They should be hurting today.

Oh, by the way, I had a soccer player in the class and he ran three miles before coming to class.  He was hurting.  I tell those people not to really exert themselves before they come to class because they will not have anything left to do the class because Tony doe not call it extreme for nothing people. 

Make sure you have your water and towel when doing thise exercises.  Burn those calories. Not sure how many it burned because I was busy with the stop watch and busy keeping everyone motivated.  Next time I will do the whole thing, maybe I will leave out the jacks. HA Not a chance.  Come on you have to push it.

“A year from now, you’ll wish you had started today”

I just received my new DVD from Tony.  It is called Super Cardio.  I am so totally stoked on what he has in store for us. 

Tony is one crazy individual but I do love his workouts.  I did a cardio combo last night and I incorporated all the jabs, crosses, hooks, and uppercuts and then a touch of Turbos (Chalene Johnson) in there to raise the heart rate.

I love getting the heart rate up and working on the heart muscle.  If you want your performance to improve you need to work that muscle too.

I will get back with you on the Cardio thing.  I can’t wait to use it on my college students.  They are going to die.

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I have sort of been on a writers block, if you want to call it that.  I have been extremely busy teaching classes since the semester started.  Ever feel like things all of a sudden come out of nowhere and then you are left sprinting trying to catch up.  What the heck, I had all Christmas break to prepare, which I did a little.  Then I started the push-up challenge which now I have to start over.  I think I may drop down a column.  I have been doing well on it but not great.  I feel like the goals for the push-ups were rushing me a  little so, I backed off, then I totally stopped. 

I gain a few pounds over the holidays.  You didn’t?  The month of January I started a newsletter for my ladies at the studio in which I incorporated a healthy recipe. 

Do you really want your performance to improve?  Well, you have to eat-clean and eat the right foods.  You have to start learning and listening to your body.  Do you really know what works or are you just going through the same boring routine?  Time to really start listening to your body and feeding it with good stuff.

So, this post I decided to drop you a little Healthy Recipe that I get from a couple of places.

Here it is:

Grilled Citrus Chicken with Fresh Salsa

This Recipe Serves: 4

Preparation Time :  20 minutes

Cooking time :   20 minutes

IngredientsFor the chicken:
1 cup low-fat or non-fat plain yogurt
1/4 cup minced red onion
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, 4 to 6 oz. each
For the salsa:
1 avocado
4 tomatoes, chopped
1 to 2 jalapeño peppers, seeded and chopped
8 warm wheat tortillas

Cooking Instructions
1. For the chicken: Mix all the ingredients except the chicken in a large bowl. Add the chicken to the mixture and coat evenly. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.

2. Preheat the grill or broiler.

3. Remove the chicken from the marinade and discard the marinade. (This protects against cross-contamination.) Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper.

4. Place the chicken on the grill or under the broiler and cook until the juices run clear, 6 to 8 minutes per side.

5. In the meantime, peel, core and chop the avocado. Place the avocado in a clean bowl and toss it with the lime juice quickly so that it doesn’t discolor. Add the tomatoes, onion and cilantro. Add the jalapeño peppers and salt to taste.

6. Serve the salsa on top of the chicken with the warm tortillas on the side.

So give it a try during the SuperBowl.  You won’t feel guilty. 

Come back and tell how you liked it.

More recipes you can go to www.teambeachbody.com/pkayfit02  Click on join the club and have access to meal plans and tips from the experts like Tony Horton, Chalene Johnson, Debbie Siebers etc…  Very low price, it is not like all the others.

 This recipe I got from http://www.acefitness.org/getfit/recipes.aspx

Can not believe that 2009 is upon me.  It has been a crazy year.  I am putting 2008 out the window and hope the Texas wind doesn’t bring it back.  I am ready for a great 2009.  I am tired on being broke and I am tired of being the same weight for the past 5 years.  I can go down, but then my body likes to go back where it is confrontable.  Well, I have news for the body.  Next year in about 4 hours, I have something else in mind.  I plan on making a plan and completing my P90x and the upgrade.  Workout to the new Chalean Extreme Workout program.  View a couple of more tapes, get my bio down for a company that is waiting for me to get my crap together, focus on marketing the studio more and beachbody stuff and the list goes on.  This year I am not going to slack and let the days leave me behind.

With that being said, tomorrow I have the review on Tony’s holiday treat in which I watched the other day and I think tomorrow as a Post Holiday Recovery Workout I will do that one.  Not too long of a workout.

I want to wish all of my followers a Happy New Year and let’s bring it for 2009.

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I will talk to you next year.

Well, I have been working out to P90X, but I have been trying some other exercises too.

In BeachBody they have a set of DVD’s that you can purchase individual called “Guaranteed ?”  I decided to try the “Great Buns Guaranteed” and the “Thin Thighs Guaranteed.” 

I did the “Thin Thighs” today for my leg section, well I did not do all 11 of the exercises because I just wanted to introduce the exercises before I do all ofthem and each exercise is supposed to be done 45 seconds.  I dumbed it down to 16 reps each.  Friday, look out ladies, I will do those exercises for 45 seconds just like the DVD.

When I finished the rest of the body parts we hit the floor for the “Great Buns” exercises, now remind you that we did leg stuff earlier which involved the buns too.  Again, I left a few exercises out due to time and again just introducing the exercises.  There were a total of 13 exercises to this DVD. Well, by the time we finished I really felt those exercises. 

Each of these DVD’s are only 8 minutes long.  Now, you have really no excuses  to get these exercises in and many incorporate a few of the exercises to your regular regimen.

These videos would be a great travel video.  Just 8 minutes people.

Really no excuses!

Did I mention Tony.  No, I did not, he was not the star of the DVD’s HOWEVER, he was in them.  Debbie Siebers was the star of these DVD’s.  Yes, I want to look like her.  Well, either Dedra or Debbie. 
Go shopping for these great DVD’s and oh the price of these videos are cheap.  $10.  Can you believe this?  Great stocking stuffers.

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Back in October I mentioned that I received Tony’s One-on-One DVD for “Just Arms”  Well, I am getting my act together again and I finally did the workout.

I brought home from the Studio my 6 pounders, 7 pounders and then my 15 pounders.  Well, I left the 8 pounders at the studio and I meant to just pick up another set to have at the house.  HA!

Tony works the Biceps, Triceps, and the forearms in this video.

Biceps “the two-headed Biceps brachii muscle on the inside of each upper arm.”  You know the part on the arm that all the girls look at on a man after they see the washboard ABS.  AKA “The Guns”

 Okay now here is mine. 

I know kind of sad.  I really should have taken the picture when I was all pumped up. 

Tony breaks the routine up and does one set of Biceps, then one set of Forarms and then one set of Triceps. He then goes back and does that set again.  So, you actually do two sets of the exercise.  Gives you a chance to make the adjusts on the weights that you need, just like the Bodybuilders do.  I was able to do the 15 pretty good.  Now, I did not do all the reps, I picked 15 reps to do.  That really should be the max, because I am not trying to really get my guns to pop out like most men do, I just want them to be strong.

Tony does about 15 sets of exercises, not just the ones that I mentioned.  But he does 3 different exercises 2 times and then does another group.  There are some great exercises for the forearms.

The forearms seem like they get left out on most workouts and I am so glad that Tony put them in on this video.  Those muscles need to be strong. The forearm contains many muscles, including the flexors and extensors of the digits, a flexor of the elbow (brachioradialis), and pronators and supinators that turn the hand to face down or upwards, respectively.

I found a great website that has some excellent forearm exercises.  Go check them out if you are looking for those popeye forearms. 

Oh, those Triceps are such a stubborn muscle for me.  Did you know it is the tricep that really makes the bicep pop out.  You need to work your triceps to get the thickness in your guns.  I truly hate those muscles.  It seems no matter how hard I work them and keep increasing the weight, they just seem weak.  Either I know I need to work them.  They help in my push-ups and they are the primary muscles for throwing. 

“The triceps is an extensor muscle of the elbow joint, and is an antagonist of the biceps and brachialis muscles. It can also fixate the elbow joint when the forearm and hand are used for fine movements, e.g., when writing.”

“The triceps accounts for approximately 70 percent of the upper arm’s muscle mass.”  Yes, you read that correctly. 

If you are looking for a great arm workout, then I suggest you grab Tony’s “Just Arms” workout.  Now, the DVD said 47 minutes, but I forwarded the tape alot to get the workout in 30 minutes, Tony’s spends alot of time chatting, but in that chatter he has some great information. 

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Get started today on that physique you have always wanted.  “A year from now you’ll wish you had started today.”  -Karen Lamb.

Why wait, what are you waiting for?  Either today or tomorrow, either 10 pounds lost or 10 pounds gained, it is your call. 

The annoying area especially for women has got us all up in the area trying to figure out how to work them.

Did you know that you can not spot reduce?  Yep!  That is right, you can’t just do abs all day long and think you are going to wake up in the morning with a flat tummy.  It is not going to happen.  Sorry to burst your bubble.  The only thing that doing alot of abs is get them stronger.  Now, why in the world do you want to do all that work and then not show anything for it.

Diet people, you have to be discipline on your food intake if you want to see those abs. 

Of course you need to work those abs just like any other muscle.  You work them and then let them rest.  The abs sit in a nice position is which they control stability, flexion and controls movement.

What makes up the abdominal muscles you ask?  Well, the Rectus Abdominis (commonly known as “abs”) is a paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the human abdomen (and in some other animals)These rectus abdominus gives us the washboard abs that people for most part of their lives try to get.  Diet people.

Then you have the Internal and External Obliques. 

The internal oblique muscle (of the abdomen) is the intermediate muscle of the abdomen, lying just underneath the external oblique and just above (superficial to) the transverse abdominal muscle.

Next is the External Obliques which was stated above that they lie on top of the internal oblique.

“The external oblique muscle (of the abdomen) (also external abdominal oblique muscle) is the largest and the most superficial (outermost) of the three flat muscles of the lateral anterior abdomen.”

The Transverse abdominals seem to be the hardest to work on because you can’t really see them unless you have maybe 1% of fat like the bodybuilders.  But for those of us who dream about seeing them one day, just know that they are there.

“The transversus abdominis muscle, also known as the transversalis muscle and transverse abdominal muscle, is a muscle layer of the anterior and lateral abdominal wall which is just deep to (layered below) the internal oblique muscle. It is a major muscle of the functional core of the human body.”

‘The TVA also (involuntarily) contracts during lifts; it is the body’s natural weight-lifting belt, stabilizing the spine and pelvis during lifting movements.”

So there you have it people.  The abs section.  The very core of a body.  Did you know that each of us has a six pack, it is just some of us like to protect our six-pack while others like to show them off.  I definitely cover mine up for the winter. 
Well, now do you want to know how to work those nice abs that you thought you did not have but actually do.  Tony Horton has a video tape out called “Guaranteed Abs”  from beach body.  You know people if you want any of Tony’s DVD’s you are going to have to go to Beach Body. 

This video focuses on the very core that I talked about in a sectional progression.  Tony likes to work with sectional progession.  Well, let’s face it why would we want to work out and not progress? 

“Guaranteed Abs” is only 7 minutes long and he takes you through 7 abs exercises done in order with no stopping.  30 seconds at each exercise and let me tell you something, it freakin burns by the end.  He gives you the option of doing it twice.  Are you crazy Tony?  Yes, this man is crazy and yes he does do it twice. 

I have done these exercises with my extreme workout people and they die every time.  They love it.  The beauty of it is that it is not that expensive, great for a Christmas gift.  Hop on over to http://www.beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/pkayfit02  to purchase any of BeachBody Products. 

Way to go Tony.  I just love that guy.

I am anxiously waiting for the mailman to bring me my new DVD on Tony Horton’s One-on-One Training DVD.  This new one is suppose to be “Just Arms.”  I can’t wait.  I don’t know why.  I guess it takes a while for each to come in.  Seems like it gets later and later in the month to get here.  Oh well, it is not like I don’t have enough to keep me busy.

I like it when new stuff comes in the mail.  It is like Christmas each month.  I am addicted to new and exciting workouts.  I love challenging myself.  I can only take so much, but I love it.

I am thinking about uprgrading my P90X or should I say incorporating the Plus system with the P90X.  Tony has come out with P90X Plus.  It has 4 additional DVD’s with 5 extreme workouts.  I am thinking about purchasing that real soon. 

Now, I have to say that I love BeachBody products.  One because they are affordable.  Second, the experts are really cool people.  I have met just two of them and I think they are great.  They know what they are doing.  Carl Daikeler  Co-Founder/CEO of Beachbody really know how to pick the experts. I am impressed.

The 10 Minute Trainer has some really good exercises on it too.  I will get that next as well.

If you want to get those DVD’s or any of Tony’s DVD’s at a discount.  Be a coach.  Go to milliondollarbody.com and sign up to be a coach.  It is well worth the discount that you will pay.  Sign up under me (pkayfit) and let’s become a team and get people motivated to workout.  This epidemic we are facing is really getting out of hand.  The epidemic itself.  I look around all the time and can not believe my eyes.

I will be back with what I think of the new DVD if I ever get it in the mail.

Have a great workout.  ;)  Always Bring It!

If Tony is a little extreme for you.  I will post another workout system that is awesome also.  These experts are going crazy with all this old school stuff that they are bringing back.  Things I did back in the 80’s just alittle more upgraded.  I love it.