Productivity? Yes please.

Hi my name is Mary and I'm a productivity goddess. For today at least. I not only managed to drag my hiney out of bed on time, I actually woke up a few minutes before my alarm even went off. After getting up and changed, I checked the length of today's workout DVD (Cardio X). 43 minutes. Phew! I was a tad relieved to find it was a bit shorter than the Plyometrics DVD. I'm swapping Cardio X for Plyo because I live on the 3rd floor, and there is just no good way to complete a Plyo workout without completely pissing off my downstairs neighbors. I was a bit apprehensive, having never done the Cardio X video before, but I was very pleasantly surprised. Anyway, after checking the video length I discovered I had time to clean up a bit so I not only got in an awesome workout, I also cleaned my kitchen and living room, and did some laundry all before 6:30 this morning. Let me tell ya, I felt like Superwoman by the time I headed into work today!

Okay, on to the workout...
Ladies and gents, we have a winner! I am IN LOVE with Cardio X! It is definitely one of the more fun P90X workouts I've done. It is a 43 minute combination of Yoga, Kenpo (a form of martial arts), and Plyometrics (also called "jump training"). I've done all three of those workouts via P90X in the past, so I was a bit familiar with the moves, but not in this combination. It incorporated some of my favorite moves from Plyometrics, without including many of the ones that require a lot of jumping so I was able to avoid *most* of the noise. The Yoga was great, and I felt a lot more capable of performing the movements than the first time I attempted them a year ago (when I did P90 the first time). I liked that Cardio X started with Yoga. It was a great transition for the body, especially working out first thing in the morning. The stretching and work on the muscles, and the controlled breathing eased my body into getting ready for the ready of the workout. Kenpo, of course, as always made me feel like the most uncoordinated person on the planet and made me ever grateful that I was performing these moves in the safety and privacy of my own living room. But like with anything, it will get better over time. I hope...
By the end I was dripping sweat, and felt completely worked out but not worn out. I actually felt great! I had noticed over the last few days that I wasn't really "feeling" my workouts after the fact like I anticipated. I haven't been sore much at all following my workouts, which lets me know I'm not working hard enough for my muscles to really be challenged. After this one, however, I can already tell I'm going to feel it tomorrow. Cardio X is definitely my new fave!