Posts Tagged "P90x"
The X stands for “you’re gonna die”
So for the past four weeks [I'm currently on my fifth week], I’ve been working out regularly with one Mr. Tony “Call me crazy” Horton and his evil invention, P90X.
I have been eyeing this program since I first saw the infomercial one Saturday morning, and as with most infomercials, I watched the whole thing. Partly out of fascination of the the before and after pictures but also because I wondered if this was a real deal. I mean, it’s not the easiest workout and it’s kind of intimidating because, hey! These routines are all almost an hour long! Who has that kind of time?!
A quick aside: I love watching infomercials. Especially the ones that involve cooking equipment. I don’t know why but I watch them like it’s SportsCenter in the morning: over and over and over again. Anyone else remember the Red Devil Grill? I know I don’t have to bring up the RonCo products. And another thing, the couple from the Magic Bullet commercials? How annoying would it be to be their friends. You know, if they were real. I mean, I’d find every excuse NOT to go over to their house lest I get stuck listening to another hard press pitch for the newest kitchen gadget. They’re worse than a timeshare presentation! But I digress…
The length of time for each workout actually scared me because I don’t have the best attention span when it comes to video routines but then I realized that I don’t have to do the entire thing. Just do what I can. One day I’ll complete a full yoga x routine. That thing is 90 minutes long. My yoga class was only 75 minutes tops. I still haven’t been able to do more than 40 minutes of yoga [because Tony hates me and wants me to die from yoga] but maybe one day I’ll be able to do the whole thing and then shove it down his head. This yoga routine is coming close to becoming “Catcher in the Rye” part two. That helped take the edge out of it and so far it’s been working!
Remember, I’m fasting and essentially eating only one meal a day so I have vastly modified the routine. There is a set calendar of phases and programs to do but I don’t follow that. I’m not eating enough to support that strenuous a workout. I’m already convinced Tony’s trying to kill me as is; if I did the full thing I’d be dead for real! Anywho, I’m currently working out three days a week, doing abs twice a week along with a concentrated workout (back, chest, biceps, shoulders and so forth) along with one cardio based work out. So far I have not missed a day! That’s exciting news because I usually don’t last this long with video programs since I get bored very quickly, but with several different routines that I can mix and match, I’m still interested.
At the moment I’m down 4 pounds [yay!] though it’ll be interesting what happens when the bf comes to town tomorrow. I’ll be modifying my fast so I’ll be eating more so I’m expecting a bit of an increase when I weigh in next week. We’ll see.
Once I complete the fast, I plan on adding a fourth workout day and doing a second cardio routine so that should even things out a bit. I can’t believe how excited I am about doing this program. I’m not looking for a miracle body transformation like the ones on the website but I’m hoping for a small one that I can be happy about.
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