Prelim P90x Report:

[Pekkerwood]

This stuff is kicking my tail on the Yoga, Plyometric, Stretching days. Sometimes I can do so few of the Yoga poses, I feel like I'm just watching a movie! However...shoulder pain is starting to disappear. The chest, arm, shoulder, back days are not as much of a challenge but I'm doing them as part of the package.

I never stretched, or did Yoga. I firmly believe this is making a difference. My core is weak as well. Pathetic. The "Ab Ripper" portion of it has 339 reps and I would say I make through less than half. I would never do this stuff otherwise so I'm going to stick with it.

I have to believe that some of the training methods with active stretching techniques would be helpful, but I can't imagine they can top this "gumby" Yoga routine. I bet I can do less than 30% of it now and am soaking wet with sweat.

 

[joshbarnett]

is this some kind of joke?

 

[buselmo]

i've always wanted to try that stuff on my "off" time...
good to see other people are trying it and finding good results. I basically have the flexibility of a wooden log, and the endurance of a dead turtle.. so this would probably be good to strengthen those areas... especially that you can do this stuff at home.
please keep us updated

 

[Pekkerwood]

is this some kind of joke?

Josh:

No joke. I'm doing it in the mornings b4 work. I still train in the evenings. I am stiff, have no core to speak of apparently. Because of my lack of flexibility this thing is killing me. Have you ever done an hour and a half of extreme yoga? A joke it is not.

Pekkerwood

 

[Metal]

I love P90X... Problem is I lost too much weight. I did it on my off, prior to cutting. Poly and Ab Ripper are my faves, well Kenpo too, but Perhaps I should have used some muscle sparing gear

 

[pupeye]

I was thinking about getting this for my girl. What else is needed to go along with the program? Any equipment needed?

 

[njpooldude]

I was thinking about getting this for my girl. What else is needed to go along with the program? Any equipment needed?

few dumbells and a pull up bar. Or you can use one of the pully cable things...

P90x is no joke...

 

[Pekkerwood]

I was thinking about getting this for my girl. What else is needed to go along with the program? Any equipment needed?

A chair, pullup bar ($39), dumbells, yoga mat, and a yoga block will help at the beginning if flexibility is an issue. (It will be).

For me, I had to also add humility, embarassment, and self realization to the package in order to keep going.