P90X Reviews – Plyometrics Still The Mother of All P90X Workouts
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Yesterday I wrote a post and then went off to do P90X Plyometrics for my weekly butt kicking.
This P90X workout is the mother of all workouts.
It’s just brutal!
I am happy to report though, that I’m making progress and it was readily apparent yesterday.
The pain in my left knee is beginning to get better after several months of sharp pain.
There is a P90X Plyometrics exercise called “Hot Foot”.
You stand on one foot and jump up and down at a fairly brisk pace forwards, backwards and side to side.
The first time that I tried this exercise on my left foot….I couldn’t do it.
It felt like a knife was being plunged into my kneecap.
I ended up doing the exercise with both feet at the same time.
Yesterday I was able to do the whole exercise one footed.
Today I am not paying a price for doing that at all. No limp, no pain, no struggle.
I’m grateful for the added strength in my legs that is taking some of the pressure off my joints…..especially my knees.
I still have weight issues, but there is no doubt that I’m getting stronger and stronger by the week.
Today my wife and I took it a bit easier and instead of doing P90X Shoulders and Arms we did the P90X Stretch X workout.
This is a great workout when you find yourself running out of gas or if you’re sore from the p90X workouts that focus more and more on weight lifting.
Here’s what I noticed most today……….
I was able to grab my left ankle for the first time in years while doing the standing quad stretch.
I had prolotherapy treatments several years ago on both of my knees and the very last treatment that I had done on my left knee pumped so much liquid into the joint area that it swelled up and stayed that way to this day.
Its never really dissipated. Consequently I haven’t been able to reach behind me and grab that foot or ankle…..it’s just been too swollen.
I would have to grab the back heel of my shoe in order to do the stretch.
Today to my surprise I was able to reach back and actually grab my ankle.
I was then able to reach back with both hands and grab both ankles while lying on my stomach in order to do the “bow” exercise.
I’ve never been close to doing that exercise prior to this week.
It’s so nice to see progress being made on a daily basis. No matter which workout I’m doing I’m noticing areas that I’m getting better at.
If you have struggled with your weight or your fitness level and haven’t found anything that works for you I would strongly recommend P90X.
I’m so glad that I decided to try P90x. It’s not an easy workout.
My old racquetball partner just started doing the P90X workouts.
He may be in his 30’s but I would consider him to be in really good shape.
He still has a 40 + inch vertical leap….I know it’s ridiculous.
Try playing racquetball with the guy, he’s fast as a rabbit and can chase down just about any shot I can hit.
In any case, he called the other day to let me know how badly P90X Plyometrics kicked his butt.
He laughed……it’s only jumping and squats…nothing earth shattering.
He couldn’t believe it worked him as hard as it did.
So…any of you guys and girls out there making fun of the P90X hype……try it before you poke fun at it.
If you do it right and keep up with the pace on the DVD’s….it should kick your butt too.
P90X Review – Back in the Saddle Again!
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I basically took the month of August off of P90X. The plan was to play racquetball and do more bike riding. Everything was going along all right until I hyper-extended my left knee playing racquetball and went down in a sweaty heap. Bad visual……sorry.
I have been taking it pretty easy for the last 2 1/2 weeks. I was bored out of my skull to say the least. I’ve been busy with work, but was jonesing for some serious working out.
My knee is still a little squirrely, but with a brace on it, I’m able to avoid hyper-extending it.
I rode the bike for 1/2 hour today. I didn’t push hard at all. I just wanted to take it as easy on my knee as possible. It went pretty well, pain free is always a good thing.
Then it came time to get back in the saddle with the P90X Workouts. I have to modify it a little because of the knee, no plyometrics or any of the other exercises that require a jarring motion on the knee.
For all you P90X die hards out there that think that makes me a wussy……tough crap. I’m not pushing this knee any more than is necessary. Slow, methodical, consistent.
I turned the sound off, turned my tunes volume knob to Spinal Tap’s commemorative “11″ and cranked out a full P90X shoulders and arms workout.
It felt great!! I don’t know what it is about these workouts, but I love ‘em. I had to knock 5 pounds off my dumbbells for a few of the sets, but all in all I feel like I didn’t lose as much of my momentum as I initially feared.
This time around, I’m starting out at 268 lbs. My goal is the same as it’s always been….lose 2 pounds of fat/ week.
I’m also focusing on the process more than the results. A guy that’s 58 lbs. overweight that does bike riding and p90x is a lot healthier than a guy that’s 58 lbs. overweight that doesn’t work out at all, right?
I love the ride!
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