When my sister brought home the P90X box, I did not know what I was about to do. She borrowed the package from her friend, and I decided to try it out with her. That was a foolish move.
Day 1, I was ROFD (Rolling on the Floor Dying). I had never heard of half the moves that we did. The "Superman/Banana" is not at all as awesome as the name suggests. I wanted to throw the TV in the Red River. With P90X, there is no beginner's package; you start hard and get harder. It is not for the weak...so I'm not quite sure what I was doing when I chose to do it. I had never grunted so much in my life. It was so intense. The next day, I woke up and could not move. Muscles that I did not know existed were screaming their way into my body. My THUMBS were sore, but it felt good to feel sore again. I haven't felt this sore from a workout in a long time, and I missed it. I'll admit, going up the stairs to class was a literal pain in the ass, but it definitely felt good to release energy and work hard for something. I came to regret these words with Workout #2: Core Synergistics.
What do you consider a warm up? Light jog? Some stretching? Jumping jacks? WRONG! We did Plank/Push up/Downward Dog/Plamk/Upward Dog/Warrior Pose 1, 2 &3/ Plank and REPEAT. Ten. Times. That was the warm up. After draining my energy in the first 15 minutes, I cannot even remember what we did for the rest of the workout. All I remember is PAIN PAIN PAIN. The one move I remember is called a Wacky Jack, which was actually really fun. When the workout was done, my sore muscles had sore muscles. I could barely move. The next morning, I felt my abs, thighs and butt. All the moves work so much more than I thought it did. I've had sore abs before, but this was unprecedented. I engaged parts of my abs that were never worked before.
Today, we worked the shoulders, arms and abs. My biceps and triceps packed and moved away years ago. I tried summoning them back today, but they didn't come. Because this is my first week, I opted for the 5 pound dumbbells, thinking it was an easy route. My arms beg to differ! It was tough, but I made it through. I couldn't do half of the ab moves and I was about to DIEEEEEEE.
I am drained of energy, but I hope I can keep up with it the whole 90 days. Let's see what happens!:)
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That's so awesome that you've started the P90X workout! I had been doing the Insanity workout (it's like P90X but only 60 days long) I got to about two and a half weeks when school started and I just didn't have enough time for it anymore :( After the first few days the soreness will go away though! But it doesn't get easier :/ Keep it up!!
ReplyDeleteYou are braver than I am! I know that I cannot keep up with the workout. lol The results will be worth the pain.
ReplyDeleteP90X is amazing. I've never done the whole program, but I used to do the ab ripper and plyometric workouts every week. I wanted something to help me with my running and P90X did not disappoint me. I know in my case I took my 5k times from 25 minutes to 20 minutes. If you can make it you will not be disappointed.
ReplyDeleteI've never done the insanity workouts, but I heard they are even harder than the P90X. I'm not sure if that is a good thing lol.
My husband and I have the P90X and it will definitely kick your butt. We found that we are not the people that are able to workout at home though. We both do much better in the gym. I find, once I am home, I am not working out. I end up doing other stuff like cooking dinner, doing homework, cleaning, or just being lazy. I hope you don't have the same problem we do. I know the program works. We have friends who have completed it and they look great. Good luck with it and keep pushing through the pain. It will definitely pay off in the end.
ReplyDeleteBetter you than me! My exercise is feeding the chickens and carrying in 50lb. bags of chicken feed and oyster shells!
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