This weekly update for p90x will be longer then the future ones….just to give a idea of what the program is like….the following ones will probably just be a quick week recap.
Program Overview
This is phase 1 of the program, there are 3 phases over 3 months, the rotation of the videos switch up each month and some different videos get added, to change up the intensity! The fourth week each month is a recovery week, that just means you do more of the easier cardio/Yoga videos and less lifting!
Day 1 P90x
Chest Back and Ab Ripper X
Well the worst thing about a workout program is the first day. I knew it was going be hard, because I don’t really like to be told what to do. I like to do my own workouts, but since those seem to be lacking structure and consistency, I popped in the video.
First day Impressions
-I’m much more out of shape then I realized. My general conditions is just poor right now.
-If you can’t do 20 solid push ups and feel good afterward, these probably are not the videos for you. You have to do like 100 push ups though out the first video.
-I really couldn’t go 100 percent on this video….hopefully by the end I will be able to. It is awkward learning the moves and trying to keep up to speed. I hope this will get easier with time and I can put more focus and quality effort into my movements.
-Workout videos have to be done at just the right time in ones life, if you are a real out door type, doing them at all will be hard. Doing them in the summer time would just be ridiculous. I think I picked the right time to do them, because I am in the mood just to follow a video and get into a routine.
-I can’t do a pull up right now, I used to pump them out all time, but taking two years off from lifting kills your strength. It is going to be a real challenge to hit my b-day goal list to do 8 of them!
Ab Ripper X (with a name like this you know your in for it)
2 Second You Tube Video of Tony Horton……This is what he says before the Ab Ripper Video and now I have been saying it!
The first part of the video is chest and back, it is little over an hour long. The second part is Ab ripper X which in my opinion is one of the best ab videos I have ever done, it is about 17 minutes of fluid ab movements, very tough. I notice too that it is on schedule for 3 days a week, that is going be challenge.
Glad that day one is over though, getting started, realizing and accepting where I’m at, was the hardest part, now I can focus on getting things stronger!
Day 2
Plyometrics
Sore level upon waking-6
Ughhhh, this video is a pain in the butt. Lots of squatting, lunging and jumping around. Was feeling okay the first half, but started to get tired and sloppy the second half. The video is about 1 hour 7 minutes….that equals a lot plymoetrics squat jumping.
Also I was bit sore in the chest and arms this morning, I slept about 10 hours last night too. The one hard thing is doing these videos when it is perfectly sunny and nice outside, part of me just wants to go for a jog. This is what I think about through most of the video. When it is done with I’m just glad it is over and then watch some p90x video blogs on you tube and it actually motivates me to keep sticking with it.
The plyometrics is obviously something I need to workout on otherwise it would be such a pain, I would love to be able to go through the video and feel strong afterward.
Day 3
Shoulder arms and ab ripper x
Sore level upon waking-8
Actually didn’t mind this video, nothing too strenuous just a nice upper body workout. I was a tad sore starting out, I wouldn’t have wanted to do any leg stuff today for sure. But after the video I was feeling a lot less sore for some reason I even felt pretty energized.
Second time with Ab ripper….slightly better than the first I still can’t keep up with as many reps they do.
Overall not too bad Favorite video so far
Day 4 Yoga
Sore level 7
This is a long video 90 minutes but typical of most yoga classes if you were going to attend one. Besides this video being long wasn’t too bad.
Comparable to an advanced Vinyasa Yoga class, some of the moves could be a little rough if you don’t know what your doing.
Overall wasn’t that bad felt better after doing it.
I also went for a run on this day which may have been a mistake….my legs are just so sorreeeeee! Hopefully some of this soreness will subside.
Day 5
Leg Back Ab ripper
Soreness upon waking 5
Soreness wasn’t as bad this morning, I mean not perfect but not horrible. I made the mistake of putting this video off till the evening….the other ones I did early on in the day. But today I just felt so tired, I kept delaying the whole thing. I thought about just skipping today, but I stuck with it and so glad I did.
Overall Video is a pretty solid workout a lot of pull ups, I felt a lot better than I did on Monday with those. I even could pump out one! Yay! If you can’t do any pull ups, you can substitute them by using a band and doing pull doings which helps strengthen the back muscles, until you can actually do pull-ups. I felt solid today and that I put in a good workout.
Day 6
Kenpo
Soreness upon waking 2
Not bad at all-Kinda like a cardio boxing classes. It was pretty solid work out overall, video is only an hour, so it went by pretty quickly!
Day 7
Stretch Video or Rest
Soreness upon waking 5
I was surprised when I woke up today I was a tad sore from Kenpo I guess. I decided to take a rest day instead of doing the stretching video. I just wanted to take a day off from doing videos so I can start on Monday ready to go!
Glad I got the first week down!
