Our P90X Challenge

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

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