{"id":4788,"date":"2010-02-01T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=4788"},"modified":"2011-02-16T19:07:05","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T01:07:05","slug":"p90x-review-week3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2010\/02\/01\/p90x-review-week3\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress Report: P90X Review Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"p90x review week 3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2010\/02\/01\/p90x-review-week3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9261\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"p90x review week 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/x3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/x3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/x3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><strong>25% DONE! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ending week 3 of P90X and I don&#8217;t think its possible to do another stinkin&#8217; pullup!<\/p>\n<p>I feel great, but my muscles are exhausted. I am completely ready for a recovery week, even though it means lots of yoga and stretching (not my favs!). I&#8217;m also doing a 5K on Saturday so I&#8217;ve got to fit in a bit more running this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Felt so great, I started adding extra cardio.<\/li>\n<li>Pulled out some jeans that &#8220;shrunk in the wash&#8221; around Christmas &#8211; they fit great now!<\/li>\n<li>Made it a bit further on yoga.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bottomed out a couple of times on push-ups this week.<\/li>\n<li>Pull-ups are a struggle this week. \u00a0Had to drop some reps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This week was really interesting because it was the 3rd week of the P90X program and I felt like I was going backwards on progress*. \u00a0In the weeks leading up to this one, I felt stronger everyday. \u00a0This week, everything seemed much harder and I even had to drop a few reps. \u00a0All of this is part of the cycle and its time for the body to rest, although I find yoga and stretching more difficult than lifting weights so I&#8217;m anxious to see how the next week goes.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, still happy with the program, even though its a huge time commitment &#8211; I am seeing results in myself and in Nik. \u00a0On a nutrition note, I am eating about the same as usual but craving junk food, which is strange. \u00a0Thinking my body might be lacking something &#8211; either that or its just cold and gloomy outside and chocolate always makes that better!<\/p>\n<p>* Thinking back, I was feeling really strong until I started adding extra cardio to my days&#8230; maybe that has something to do with it! ;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>P90X Review Progress:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"p90x challenge p90x review workout week1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2010\/01\/15\/p90x-beginning\/\">Week 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"p90x challenge p90x review workout week2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2010\/01\/21\/p90x-challenge-week2-review\/\">Week 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Purchase P90X on Amazon:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000TG8D6I?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wamwithamymac-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000TG8D6I\">P90X Extreme Home Fitness Workout Program &#8211; 13 DVDs, Nutrition Guide, Exercise Planner<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=wamwithamymac-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000TG8D6I\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviews from P90X-ers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"p90x challenge p90x review workout\" href=\"http:\/\/www.90dayreview.com\/\">90DayReview.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"p90x challenge p90x review workout\" href=\"http:\/\/www.befitin90days.com\/\">BeFitIn90Days.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a title=\"health and fitness tips\" href=\"..\/..\/\">WithAmyMac.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have no affiliation\/sponsorship, etc with BeachBody and P90X. I am simply testing and reviewing the series for fun and educational purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25% DONE! Ending week 3 of P90X and I don&#8217;t think its possible to do another stinkin&#8217; pullup! I feel great, but my muscles are exhausted. I am completely ready for a recovery week, even though it means lots of yoga and stretching (not my favs!). I&#8217;m also doing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,12,767,23,9,768,225,8,93,732,766,733,21],"class_list":["post-4788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amy-mac","tag-exercise","tag-exercise-reviews","tag-fit-life","tag-fitness","tag-fitness-reviews","tag-fitness-tips","tag-health","tag-health-and-fitness","tag-p90x","tag-p90x-progress","tag-p90x-review","tag-withamymac"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}