Me Doing A Tough P90x Yoga Pose

Today is day 44 of my P90x workout. The workout for today was yoga x. I think I’ve hit a plateau with this workout. The very first time I did it I remember it being super hard. I got a little bit better each time I did it over the past few weeks but today seemed just as tough as it was a few weeks ago. This is a tough workout but I like it. I can tell that it is helping with my flexibility and is even improving my performance in my jiu-jitsu classes. I feel kind of funny about posting this picture of myself doing yoga on here, I know for sure my friends are going to make fun of me. Here I am doing one of the more difficult yoga poses of the P90x workout. In the picture you can see the Nintendo Wii box that I use as a Yoga block.  

There are a lot of girls that are wondering if the P90x exercise program would be too hard, intense, or extreme for them. I’ll admit, the infomercial can make it seem a little scary. In the infomercial you’ll see people doing all kinds of pull ups and crazy push ups where they throw themselves into the air, these are some tough moves. But don’t worry, almost everyone starts out barely able to do 1 pull up. You are able to start off by using the resistance bands or doing a pull up with the help of a chair. Most women don’t have the upper body strength that men have so they will probably start out doing push up on their knees. You have to work your way up to the tougher moves and that takes time. The best part about P90x is that it accommodates everyone and they show all the variations in the video so there is no guess work.  Using P90x really is like having a personal trainer in your own home working out right there with you.

So ladies, there is no reason to be scared and to think P90x will be too hard for you. Check out the video below of Michele. She is a 45 year old mother of seven who has had great success with P90x. Here are Michele’s P90x before and after pictures.

-This is what Michele had to say about P90x:

“I am the happy mother of seven wonderful kids. Yes, I mean, this stomach has been stretched out to here seven times. And having that many pregnancies was really hard on my body. Now I hadn’t taken good care of myself in years. Sitting up that night, I came across the P90X infomercial again. I realized that I was watching the same infomercial for the third time, and I decided that if I had time to sit and do that, then I had some time to exercise. I love P90X. The workouts are so varied. Every day, I get to do something different . . . And Tony is such a great trainer. He talks you through everything. He helps you modify the moves if you’re not up to them yet. He motivates you and challenges you to just do your best. I have to admit I wasn’t really excited about changing my diet, but I found that following the nutrition plan was so much easier than what I thought it was gonna be. When I started working my body harder, it started asking me for better things to eat. And changing my diet really became more of a natural transition . . . Ladies, don’t be afraid of muscle. If you want a youthful shape that fights gravity and burns extra calories 24/7, you need to build muscle. That’s what’s gonna do it for you.”

Today was day 43 of my P90x workout. The workout for today was back and biceps followed by ab ripper X. This was the first time I did this workout I am a upset that I have been missing it. I’ve written in earlier posts that I was looking at the wrong schedule for a few weeks and doing the P90x lean schedule. The back and biceps workout is not in the lean schedule, at least not for weeks 5-7 so that is why I was missing it. The back and biceps workout is basically a workout made up of pull ups and curls. I did a wide variety of different types of curls and pulls and by the end my arms were exhausted. I wonder if my biceps are going to be sore tomorrow. Is it even possible for biceps to be sore? I don’t think mine have ever been. Anyhow, I like this workout, my forearms and biceps are still throbbing even as I write this.

After the back and bicep workout was ab ripper x. I don’t have much to say about ab ripper x that i haven’t already said in earlier posts. It’s tough, but I’m getting better

Yesterday was day 42 of my P90x workout and the workout I did was plyometrics. It had been 3 weeks since I’ve done this workout because I mis-read the P90x schedule. I somehow looked at the lean P90x schedule and was doing that for weeks 5 and 6. I should have been doing plyometrics  along. Plyometrics is a tough and tiring workout. By the end I was pouring in sweat and I normally don’t sweat that much during my workouts. I think the reason I don’t sweat that much is because my basement is freezing and I usually start the workout with a hooded sweatshirt on. Anyhow, I was definitely sweating during plyometrics and my shirt was soaked all the way through. I think I might have to extend this phase of the workout since I messed up by going on the lean schedule. Maybe instead of doing a three week phase I will do a four week phase before the recovery week. The classic workouts are a lot tougher and more intense than the lean P90x workouts.

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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This is Jodi’s P90x story. Apparently there was a rumor going around about her that she was pregnant. Jodi wasn’t pregnant and when she heard about the rumor she was embarrassed and insulted. She decided it was time to make a change. Jodi first saw the P90x infomercial and said, “it’s an infomercial, these people are actors”. Because there is a 90 day money back guarantee with P90x, Jodi decided to buy it and give it a try for herself. She had amazing results and was very pleased with the results she got from P90x.

This is what Jodi had to say about P90x. “Before starting the P90X program, I was extremely lazy. It really didn’t dawn on me that I had a problem until I heard about a rumor that was going around about me that I must be pregnant. I of course was not pregnant, and it was a very hard blow. Right around that time is when my husband started watching the P90X infomercial . . . It’s a money-back guarantee, so we went ahead and decided to order it. And I gotta tell ya, it’s the best thing that we’ve ever done . . . I started seeing my results around the 30-day mark. My pants were about an inch to two inches too big. Then I saw greater results at 60 days, and then I was just blown away by my 90-day results. I could not believe what I was seeing, from day 1 compared to day 90 . . . It’s a lifetime change for me. I’m not gonna quit. I’m gonna stick with it. I love the results, and I’m never going back to that person that I was before.”

Muay Thai Kickboxing

Today was day 39 of my P90x workout. The workout for today was Kenpo X. Kenpo x is basically a cardio workout that involves a series of punches and kicks. I’ve written before about how I don’t like this workout very much and usually substitute it with my Muay Thai kick boxing class. Day 39 fell on a Saturday for me so I substituted Kenpo with my jiu-jistu class. The jiu-jitsu class is also pretty tough and gives me a good workout so I really don’t feel guilty for skipping Kenpo. The Kenpo is a good workout, but since I’m already Muay Thai training I figure is ok for me to skip those. It is hard to find time to train in martial arts and still do a separate workout, especially a program as time consuming as P90x.

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.

Today was day 35 of my P90x workout. The workout scheduled for today was Cardio X. I decided that because it was such a nice day out I was going to go for a bike ride instead of doing the cardio X workout. It was unseasonably warm, in the 60′s, so I figured I better get out there and enjoy it. I found a paved trail near my house that I did not even know was there. Round trip I probably rode about 10 miles, I even stopped a few times at the playgrounds I passed and did some pull ups.

Later on in the evening I went to my muay thai kickboxing class where I worked up another good sweat. These classes can be very exhausting. My Muay Thai instructor is a former champion in Thailand, check out one of his fights here, he is in the blue shorts. So I think I did good today with everything I did. It is ok to sometimes create your own variation of the P90x schedule to suit your needs.