I just finished my very first P90X workout – chest and body and the ab ripper. When they say this stuff is X-treme its no joke. I am not a stranger to resistence training but I have never been so exhausted after a workout. My arms and back are definitely tired. I realized that I can do all of the moves – some better than others. The dive-bomber pushups are TOUGH. I could only do 5 in the first set and 2 in the second.
As for the ab ripper – my entire body shook trying to finish 25 reps of each exercise. I am certainly slower than the folks on the videos so I had to pause the DVD a few times so I could catch up. By the end of the routine (only 16 minutes long) I could not do 4 of the 11 moves. As far as I’m concerned there is no where to go but up… tons of room for improvement… and I’m not as strong as I thought I was.
I pushed play today. Now I’m not so intimidated.
A thought on the nutrition side… it is a TON of food if you stick to their schedule. I think I’m going to stick to the guidelines, but I will have to work up to the quantity. I simply couldn’t eat it all!
I’m tired.
Good stuff.
Tags: abripperX, chest&back