Chelsie Hightower Does Ab Ripper X

Another name added to the list of celebrities and professional athletes doing P90x. Chelsie Hightower, from Dancing With The Stars.

If you’ve seen the hit show, Dancing With The Stars, you’ve probably noticed what great shape the professional dancers are always in. One of those dancers, Chelsie Hightower, recently credited P90x as one of the workouts she does to stay in shape in a interview with Fitness magazine.

This is what Chelsie had to say on what keeps her fit:

“I like to mix things up by taking jazz, ballet and contemporary dance classes that are an hour and a half each. I also do the P90X Ab Ripper X DVD. Plus, I walk uphill near my home in Beverly Hills, stopping to do some lunges and push-ups to keep my heart rate up.”

P90x’s Ab Ripper X workout is a 15 minute workout that focuses on the ab and core. It is made up of about 12 different exercises that can be done without any weights or special equipment. I’ve done Ab Ripper X myself and seen great strength gains in my stomach and core.

From the looks Chelsie’s body, whatever she is doing is definitely working. I normally don’t watch Dancing With The Stars, but after getting a look at Chelsie, I think I’m in love and they just got one more viewer.

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Chelsie Hightower From Dancing With The Stars

P90x is made up of 12 different workouts. One of the workouts is Ab Ripper X. The Ab Ripper X workout focuses the abs and core and is a tough workout. The thing that makes Ab Ripper X so tough is that it is done immediately after another workout. For example, you’ll complete the P90x Chest and Back workout, which is about 53 minutes long, then go on to the Ab Ripper X workout, which is about 15 minutes long.

In the first couple of weeks of the P90x exercise program, you will be pretty exhausted after the workouts, so when it comes time for Ab Ripper X, it can be pretty challenging. The key is to not get discouraged and to take Tony Horton’s advice, “Do your best, and forget the rest.”

Ab Ripper X is made up of 13 different exercise moves, 25 reps each. In the beginning most people will find that 25 reps is just too hard, so I would recommend starting  out with a lower number of reps, even as low as 5 -10 and work your way up. When I first started out doing Ab Ripper X, I only did 10 reps while Tony Horton and the others on the video did 25. This also gave me a little more rest time in between sets. When 10 reps got to be easy I moved up to 12 reps, then 15, reps, and eventually I was able to complete Ab Ripper X doing the complete 25 reps and keeps up with Tony in the video. On day one I thought there was no way I would ever be able to complete Ab Ripper X doing all the moves, I was able to do it in about 60 days.

So, unless you are already in great shape, Ab Ripper X will be  tough workout to keep up on. Just do your best and you’ll be surprised at ow much you improve over time. You will be surprised at what persistent hard work can achieve over time.

Today was day 50 of my P90x workout. The workout for today was back and biceps followed by ab ripper x. The back and biceps workout kills the biceps. There are tons of curls and pull ups in this workout. There are several different variations of pulls ups that are done in this workout and one of the toughest ones is the towel pull up. To do this move, you throw a towel over the pull up bar so it is folded in half and hangs down. Then you grab the towel with one hand and the pull up bar with the other hand and do pull ups. You do 3 pull ups, then switch the towel to the other hand and do three on that side and keep going until you can’t go anymore, these are some tough pull ups.

After the back and biceps workout was ab ripper x. I can feel the results of ab ripper x. My stomach muscles feel harder and stronger. This is a tough workout but it gets a little easier each time I do it. there are a few small variations you can do to make the move a little easier or harder depending on where you are at in your fitness level.

The video below is of me doing 100 pull ups. Is it real or fake?

I Bet She Uses P90x Ab Ripper X

Yesterday was day 48 of my P90x workout. It was supposed to be the start of my recovery week but since I screwed up my P90x schedule on weeks 5 and 6 I decided to add another week to this phase before I do the recovery week. I screwed up weeks 5 and 6 by doing the lean P90x schedule instead of the classic schedule so I was missing the back and biceps workout those 2 weeks. It is probably not that big of a deal, like I said, I am going to try to make up for it by adding a week to this phase.

The workout for today was chest, shoulders, and triceps, followed by ab ripper x. I like this workout a lot. I can really feel it in my triceps. By the end of this workout I can barely do a push up and my arms feel like jello. I did the workout almost 24 hours ago and my arms still feel fatigued. The P90x chest, shoulders, and triceps workout is made up of a lot of push ups,  shoulder presses, and tricep extensions. There are 24 different exercises total in this workout and they hit the targeted muscles from every angle imaginable. The P90x chest, shoulders, and triceps DVD is a great workout.

After the chest, shoulders, and triceps workout was ab ripper x. I’ve gotten a lot better in the 7 weeks I’ve been doing ab ripper x. I remember the first time I did it I struggled through the entire workout and wasn’t even close to keeping up with the video and wasn’t doing all the reps they were doing. I’m pretty much there now, I’m able to keep up and complete all the reps. I think I wrote in my first post that my goal in the 90 days was to just be able to keep up with the ab ripper x video, I’m already there in only half the time.  :)

Yesterday and the day before were very busy for me so I’m just getting to my P90x review posts now. Day 45 of my P90x workout was legs and back, followed by ab ripper x. The P90x legs and back is a very tiring workout. It consists of various forms of lunges and pull ups. The lunge sets have very high reps which is what tires me out. I’m not sure if I like this workout that much. I’d rather stack a bunch of weights on a bar and do 3 sets of 8 reps of squats or deadlifts. But I guess the point of P90x is to change up the workout, confuse the muscles, and keep the body from plateauing.

Day 46 was supposed to be the Kenpo X workout. Kenpo is a cardio workout made up of punches and kicks. It is my least favorite workut and I usually substitute it with a session muay thai kick boxing or jiu-jitsu. I take both classes at a local gym near my house, www.WarriorWay.com. It is sometimes hard to find time do workout and get to a martial arts class, but I’ve been doing my best and am not going to the classes as much while I do P90x.

Today is 47 of P90x and it is the rest or stretch option day, I’m choosing to rest.

P90x Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps

Day 40 of P90x was a rest or stretch day, I chose to rest. Day 41 is today and I realized I messed up the past 2 weeks. I somehow got on the P90x lean schedule and was doing the wrong workouts. It is probably not that big of a deal but I think the lean schedule is a little bit less intense and may be geared more for women. The difference between the lean and the classic is 2 workouts. I was doing core synergistics and cardio x, when I was supposed to be doing plyometrics and back and biceps and ab ripper x. I have still not done the back and biceps workout, but I am sure that one and plyometrics are a little bit tougher and more intense than the cardio x and core synergistics workout. I found those 2 to be pretty easy and shorter than the rest. Well it was only 2 weeks, I’ll figure out a way to make up for it.

S0 back to day, day 41 of my P90x workout was chest, shoulders, and triceps followed by ab ripper x. I like this workout, it leaves you with your arms burning. I feel like this workout really focuses on the triceps, mine are always in pain when this workout is done, a good pain. After the chest, shoulders, and triceps workout was ab ripper x. It was tough as usual but I try to push myself a little harder each time. One other thing that I noticed was that the P90x lean schedule only has 2 days of ab ripper x where as the classic schedule has 3 days. So the past 2 weeks I missed 2 ab ripper x workouts because I made the mistake of somehow looking at the lean schedule.

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Yoga Can Be Relaxing

Day 37 of my P90x workout was yoga. I’ve written before about tough of a workout this is. I’m happy to say though that I am getting better and better each time I do it. I workout is hard but I find I am very relaxed at the end. The last 15 minutes is some light stretching and the meditation poses where you just lie or sit there and relax, I love this part of the workout.

Day 38 of P90x was legs and back followed by ab ripper x. Legs and back is another tough workout that involves lots of lunges and lots of pull ups. The high amount of reps we do in this workout really gets me exhausted. There are many sets where we are doing 20, 25, and sometimes even 30 reps. The body uses a lot of energy and it gets to be very tiring. After the legs and back workout was ab ripper x. I’ve improved a lot since the first time I did ab ripper x, I am almost able to keep up with the video now.

Yesterday was day 36 of my P90x workout. The schedule called for the chest, shoulders, and triceps workout followed by ab ripper x. This was only the second time doing this workout. P90x is made up of 12 workouts total, and the workouts switch depending on which phase you are at in the program. This is a great workout, at the end my arms were on fire and shaking. I really felt the burn in my triceps. Last week I was pretty sore after this workout which is a goo thing. The chest, shoulders, and triceps workout is made up of a wide variety of all kinds of different moves. There were several different types of push up involved, tricep extensions, shoulder moves, pretty much anything and everything involving the chest, shoulders, and triceps.

Following the chest, shoulders, and triceps workout was ab ripper x. I don’t have much to say about ab ripper x other than I hate it, but I love. I’m actually improving each time I do it and I can feel my stomach muscles forming and getting harder.

I just completed day 33 of my P90x workout. The workout was legs and back followed by ab ripper x. This is a tough workout. It starts out with 25 reps of a one leg balance lunge. Counting both legs, that is 50 reps non stop. These high rep exercises tire me out right from the beginning and I found it hard to get in a good grove. I felt constantly tired and trying to catch my breath. This was my 4th time doing this routine, I remember the last time I did it was tough, but I don’t remember the first 2 times being this hard, which is weird. Maybe my endurance is low or something, the high rep moves seem to take a lot out of me.

After the legs and back routine was ab ripper x. This is a workout that is done often, usually 2 or 2 times a week. Ab ripper x is a 15 minute ab and core workout that involves a wide variety of different moves. It is a tough workout but I try to push myself to do a little better each time I do it.

The past 2 days I completed days 30 and 31 of P90x. The workout on day 30 was Cardio X. The Cardio X workout didn’t seem that tough to me. Maybe it was because it is shorter than the rest of the workouts at about 45 minutes. The Cardio X workout combines several of the other workouts. In the beginning you get warmed up with some yoga. After about 8 minutes of yoga we switch to some Kenpo and throw some kicks and punches. After the Kenpo we do some plyometrics moves. I worked up a pretty good sweat and my heart rate was up pretty high, but it didn’t seem that difficult. Maybe I need to push myself a little harder next time I do this workout.

Day 31 of P90x was chest, shoulders & triceps, followed by ab ripper x. This was a tough workout. It is made up of 20 or so different moves and exercises all focusing on the chest, shoulders, and triceps. This was my first time doing this workout. It included a variety of push ups. Slow push ups, fast push ups, 1 arm push ups, and several others. My muscles got a really good workout during this workout and are still fatigued 5 hours later as I write this blog post.

After the chest, shoulders and triceps workout was ab ripper x. I’ve written about ab ripper x several times before, it is still a tough workout but I’m still getting better every time I do it. On day 1 I could barely keep up and had to take breaks often. Now I am almost able to keep up with the dvd the entire way through. I know by the end of the 90 days I’ll be able to keep up with the ab ripper x workout. Tomorrow is yoga which I am not looking forward to it.