P90X Reviews – Week Three In The Can

P90X Shoulders & Arms © Tim Pannell Photography

Week # three  has been an interesting week to say the least.  We have lots of family in town again visiting my sister in law and I’ve been doing P90X with another brother and sister in law the last couple of days.  It’s been fun.  He does a lot of mountain biking and has a bunch of buddies where her works that do P90X so he was curious about the workouts and the results.

I started him and his wife out on P90X Shoulders and Arms and then went to P90X Plyometrics.  They’re both in decent shape and enjoyed the workouts.  Both of them were surprised at the intensity……especially with Plyometrics.  We have 3 sisters and their families staying with us this week and one of the others pooh poohed the workout saying that she does aerobics all the time….blah, blah, blah.

I’m sure there are other workouts out there that can kick people’s butts as much or more than P90x……but I like these P90X workouts and I believe they’re pretty effective.  It’s also really easy to say we’re whimps and sissies and criticize  from the comfort of one’s jammies eating cereal at my dining room table.

There is also a big intensity difference between doing step aerobics and doing jump training.  In any case…..my “exercising” brother and sister in law seem to like the P90X routines and will probably buy into the program.

I was really tired  and lethargic yesterday for whatever reason.  Maybe I’m just overwhelmed having 3 other families in my house with all their kids……who knows.  I love having people visit and we definitely have people visiting at the moment.

Everybody that’s here with us is pretty cool….even the one that’s critical of my P90X Plyometrics workout.  I wish they were here for a different reason…….it sucks that Melanie has cancer.  She is doing really well though and just recently found out she qualifies for a clinical trial with the Huntsman Center that is over 80% effective at destroying tumors.  She just finished radiation treatment yesterday and will start the trial in 4 weeks as long as there is no more trace of cancer in her brain.

She’s become extremely weak from the radiation and the hormones they’ve been giving her.  It’s hard to believe she’s the same person that was P90X’ing in my living room everyday and looking pretty buff just 3 months ago.  Cancer is just crap!

Today I’m debating on doing P90X Kenpo X or doing another Chest and Back workout.  Maybe we’ll do Yoga X……I guess I’ll see what interests them.  I’ll be playing racquetball for 2 hours after this workout so I don’t want to be exhausted after it…..Kenpo X is one of the easier routines for me to do….so I’m leaning that way.

My weight is about the same as last week, perhaps I’ve gained back one or two pounds……not happy about it, but we’ve been feeding an army and I’ve been eating more than is wise at this point.

My arms are starting to bulk up again which is nice to see.  I gained at least an inch on them at the beginning of the year and then watched 3/4 of it disappear during the 2 months that I took it easy because of my elbow.

I did my all time best at the side tri rise exercise………30 each arm…….lets see if my naysaying sister in law can crank that out.