Pilates Fix. This one is similar with some of the movements from Pilates X, but it is different than the X3 version. One difference is the breathing. While she talks about when to breathe, she does not really get into how to breathe and demonstrate it like X3 does. There was a lot of core work in this and my abs got really tired. I enjoyed it and I know my friend, would not hate this version as much, because I think he focuses so much on the breathing that it gets into his head. I think he tries to be a perfectionist with the movements and we all want to do it right, but sometimes trying to do it right gets into the way of doing it at all. Yeah I know, having bad form never helps, but if your form is ok and you are very unfamiliar with the work, don't sweat the small stuff. Do your best and forget the rest.
I have talked about the yoga workout before, but as a recap, I like it. This yoga does less of the vinyasas only going into crescent pose once then going into warrior 1 and 2 with chair pose before, in between and after. It seems to go really fast and is not as difficult as the X3 yoga. The next parts are balance poses and it's only 2 of them. Then you do wide leg series that is great for stretching the hamstrings and glutes. After that, it is all ground work until the shavasana (corpse pose) and the end. I like this yoga, it goes more into the stretching part which is what I need, but I still like the X3 yoga as well.
I did my 100 reverse crunches and 50 pushups after the yoga, but did finish up the pushups a little later. Those are my fitness challenges I am doing and do those along with whatever workouts I am doing. I did up to day 24 or 25 on the burpee challenge, but due to my knee I missed those last 5 days. I also did a plank challenge and was not able to get over 3:30 and it was supposed to finish off at 5 mins plus. So 2 months in a row I was unable to finish my 30 day challenge. I am on day 72 or something of the pushup challenge which is a 100 day challenge. I know I will finish the pushups, but I want to do something different. I want to continue to do the pushups, but I want to do a 30 day challenge that requires doing different pushups different days. Maybe I will do that one on my own and still do the 100 per day. I like how my chest, shoulders and arms have responded to the pushups. It can't be a bad thing at all.
My knee is still sore, but I did everything without the brace today, but I feel like I might need to wear it even doing those workouts just for the stability and holding things in place. I hope that the package that I have a tracking number for and should be delivered tomorrow or Saturday is the other dvd's that I don't have for this program. We shall see.
I know we all have struggles with nutrition, workouts and life. I know it is easy to get down and feel like life is crappy and you just don't have a fair shake. Most of us don't really see how anything we say is affecting others, but good and bad it is. I hope that the people who read this will think about that when the put those negative thoughts in the world for all to see how it can affect others and instead look beyond the negative and find the bright spots and put those out there. Example you say... OK. I applied for a job and got an email after the application process, some testing and 2 interviews that I was not right for them. I know who I am and how I am. I know I would be an asset for any company that hired me. Instead of pissing and moaning about it, I moved on. I now have an interview with another company, not my first choice and not the best pay, but it's a job and will have room for advancement. I can be upset or frustrated about job 1 or be upbeat and kill that interview for job 2. I have no idea if they will hire me either. All I can do is be the best person I am capable of being.
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