Let's start this out by giving a little history on myself. I was always active and involved in athletics during my high school years. I must say though, when I hit college the thought of exercise some seemed to escape my mind. That trend basically continued for the next 10 years. After graduating college, I would go through cycles where I would start to exercise, but not have any real plan. I would stick with it for about a month or so and would just fall back to doing nothing. At the time I made the decision to do P90x, I was about 220lbs. Pretty fat for a guy about 6' tall. On to the first week......

I had decided to take the first week to just familiarize myself with the exercises and get used to the routine. I ended up doing this for all 3 phases. Boy, did I have a rude awakening. Let's just say, these workouts were kicking my 'you know what'. By the end of the first week, I was so sore, that I literally could hardly walk. The leg routine ended up putting the final blow on me. Let me try to give you just a few stats/thoughts on what I could do before beginning P90x:

Chest & Back

1. Standard Pushups: Maybe 3 - 5

2. Reverse Grip Chinups: 0

3. Diamon Push-Ups: 0

4. Dive-bombers: 0

Plyometrics

What can I say...not a chance in this workout. I hadn't done that much jumping in 10 years.

Shoulders & Back

1. In and Out Bicep Curls: 8 x 15lbs

2. Chair Dips: 5

3. Full Supination Concentration Curls: 10 x 20lbs

4. Lying-Down Tricep Extensions: 8 x 12lbs

Yoga

I had never done or even really watched anyone do Yoga before. After attempting to do this workout for the first time, it gave me a great deal of respect for those who do it. I am not the most flexible person in the world, so I knew this would be a struggle. I was having trouble just doing Plank to Downward Dog!

Legs & Back

Legs had to be the muscles work worked the least over the previous 10 years. This workout is killer, but it is a really great workout. Like I mentioned earlier, after doing this workout, I could barely walk I was so sore.

Kenpo

I had to skip this workout the first week due to being so sore! However, this is a great workout that is not too muscle intensive, but it gets your heart rate up there and you burn some major calories. By the way, I had no height on my kicks:)

Has anyone had these same exeriences? If so, I would love to hear about them. I will document Phase 2 on my next blog. Also, feel free to leave comments!

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