So, I finished week three of P90X and starting the fourth week of Phase One, the "rest and recovery week."
Well, it feels more like take a week off week and old bad habits are returning. Mainly, not sticking to the diet. That is bad because the diet is the key to P90X. I mean, I am already in shape, I can do about half of the exercises about as well as Tony's helpers, so it's a matter of reducing caloric intake. It was pretty cool doing 60 pushups to one badass participant's 40. But whatever.
The yoga dvd continues to be challenging. I think I had a karmic moment though, when I was able to focus on a movement without feeling the pain. Like I was transported out of my body. Or I had an aneurysm. I cannot believe how hard the "table" is. I think doing that could be my goal all by itself.
The leg routine illustrates to me how much further to go before I catch up to Tony's helpers. I can do 10 reps usually, compared to their 25.
I have also noted that I think the how aesthetically pleasing Tony's female helpers are is directly correlated to how hard the routine is. The yoga girls are body-hot, yow. The legs girls, damn boy! That dental hygenist is so cute.
I have also noticed that the helpers and I tend to take off our shirts at the same time (well, the chicks go to bras, really). This is a benefit of working out in your own home. I can go shoeless and shirtless. Really, all you need and want for the arms and chest days is a pair of gloves.
Anyway, the chest routine is completely doable, but be warned to pace yourself. This dvd can suck the will to live from you about as well as the leg dvd because it is easy to over do it, going from 50 push ups to 15 pull ups to 30 push ups without catching your breath. My last chest go through, I was still doing pushups when they were ready to move on to pull ups. You do that much effort in such a short period of time, you are gasping for air, and possibly feel ready to quit. Take breaks.
I also appreciate the different levels of Tony's commentary. I guess you listen to what you want to hear because in the beginning, all I heard were his comments that were introductory in nature. I now zone that stuff out and notice his more intermediate-fitness level comments. That is, I notice he says things that apply to my current level. That Tony is always talking about something and some of the time it applies to you, but over the course of the 90 days, each comment will probably be relevant to you. Pretty cool.
Ok, this being summer, you want the beach body, but actually going to the beach can be disastrous. Thus, at my last beach trip, I took a step back on the diet. A weekend trip to the beach, watching big brown lose in a bar eating wings...bad. But, I think up until that point, I could see results.
Phase two starts up soon, I am considering maintaining the phase one diet and maybe the phase one exercise routines. I don't know. I think I screwed up phase one diet-wise because I still drank and my fat shredding has suffered accordingly.
Nonetheless, the face is slimmer. I think I have dropped a pants size.