P90X

P90X is an extreme home fitness program. It comes with about 13 dvds, a nutritional program, etc. You need a chin up bar, hand-held weights or bands. You're suposed to be able to get in to the best shape of your life in 90 days (or to get a 'beach body'). It's designed for athletic people who have hit a plateau in their regular routines. Well I guess I've hit a plateau in my lack of a routine completely! LOL Actually I do an hour of Pilates twice a week and jog/walk for a bit afterwards but nothing too strenuous.



So, I'm a week and a half into P90X and I'm sore all over. You're supposed to do a dvd every day, six days a week. They range from 50 minutes to 90 minutes and then you do 15 minutes of 'Ab Ripper' every other day on top of the normal workout. There is a stretching routine on the 7th day. It's been tough to find the time to do this since Claire goes to bed between 7:30 and 8 pm so once I'm done working out, it's time for bed! But I've kept with it all but 2 days....I needed a happy hour so I took a break on Friday :)



The work-outs themselves are strenuous, they get you sweating, but are fun. They are definately high impact. For example, one day a week, you do Plyometrics which is basically a cardio-strength training routine done with jumping. Jumping doesn't sound hard but when you do it for an hour with varying moves, it's the most extreme workout out of all of them!



There's a baseline fitness test that you do before starting and you take your before pics (those are what keep me the most motivated -- scary!!). After every month or so, you take the fitness test and pictures again to track your progress.



When I get my beach body (in time for Christmas LOL), I'll post the before and after pics!