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!