Happy New Year!  It is now the end of the first week of 2014.  My workouts this past week were a combination of my new P90X3 dvd’s and my Cathe Friedrich dvd’s.  Workout’s this week were as follows:

• Monday 12-30-2013 – P90X3 Isometrix – 30 minutes
• Tuesday 12-31-2013 – Cathe X10, premix 37, cardio blast & hi-lo – 37 minutes
• Wednesday 1-1-2014 – P90X3 Dynamix – 30 minutes
• Thursday 1-2-2014 – Cathe Flex Train, warm up, legs & shoulders, legs & biceps, disc lunges, core-abs, stretch – 40 minutes
• Friday 1-3-2014 – P90X3 Pilates – 30 minutes
• Saturday 1-4-2014 – Cathe Great Glutes, warm up, bonus chair-band, floorwork, stretch – 35 minutes

This is my 3rd week of alternating the cardio and the yoga or pilates and I really like this routine.  Starting next week I will be doing the P90X3 for the next 90 days.  I am starting the workout plan with my workout group on facebook.  The past couple of weeks since receiving the workouts I have just been trying a few of them out.  I didn’t want to start all of them yet since I will be using them for the next 3 months.

Below are some photos of the P90X3 workouts I did this past week.

The Isometrix workout looks easy when you just watch it but it is a challenge.  You have to hold each pose for 45 seconds.  That may sound easy until you try it.  It was very different from any workout I have done or the type of yoga I normally do.  I really liked it.  As you can see from the photos my cat liked it too.  He is my little workout buddy every day.

The Dynamix workout was another great dvd in the P90X3 series.  There were some exercises that were very different to me and some that I have done before, too.  This was another excellent workout, in my opinion, that I will really enjoy doing in my P90X3 rotation.  I told my husband he should do it to help him improve his flexibility for his golf game – not sure if he is going to try it or not though.

I have also decided to do a green smoothie challenge the month of January with my friend Joanna’s green smoothie group on facebook.  Here is the link if you are interested in joining:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/117834925060273/     The challenge is to have one green smoothie a day for the month.  I started doing this on the 31st of December and so far I have had one per day. This is a really great way to get back into a healthier diet for the new year.  There are recipes on the page and I have tried a couple of them as well as my own.

The smoothie I made in the photo above was my own concoction.  I am calling it Green Citrus Smoothie since it has a citrus flavor.    Here is what was in it:

• half a grapefruit, peeled & seeded
• juice of one lemon
• half a banana
• 2 dates soaked in 1/4 c. of water for 10 minutes (also add water to smoothie)
• 2 pineapple ice cubes – made from pineapple juice
• 1/4 c. plain greek yogurt
• handful of spinach
• 1/4 to 1/2 c. crushed ice
• 1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder

Blend all the ingredients until smooth in a high speed blender.

This smoothie was pretty good but next time I think I will leave out the banana.  I was trying to add them in my smoothies this week thinking I would like them but I just do not care for bananas.  I will have to stick with other ingredients I like.

I am looking forward to the start of next week and my next fitness challenge of P90X3. Changing my workout routine and program is always a great way to keep me motivated and on track with my fitness goals.   What workouts are you planning to do this year?  Let me know by clicking on Leave a Reply.  I would love to hear about them.