P90X - Day 8

Day 8 of P90X was today. After a rest day yesterday, which consisted of stretching, it was back at Chest & Arms today. It's a pretty difficult workout and is pretty much all push-ups and pull-ups. I'm struggling with the push-ups right now. I haven't had to do push-ups in years. I'm definitely pretty weak right now, but pushing myself to do as many as I can while using the correct form, which they stress. As my baseball coach used to say, "Slow and right is better than fast and wrong". So basically, slow with the right form is better than fast with the wrong form and risk injury.

With pull-ups, I'm using a band that is hooked around a pull-up bar. The band I got is not what P90X suggests, but I did order some. So that might be where part of the problem is. They show both pull-up bar version and band version. I decided to use bands instead of weights due to the fact I travel a lot for work and carrying weights around all the time wouldn't be too ideal. Luckily, they show everything they do with bands as well. I'm looking forward to getting the right tension bands to improve my strength.

Every other day, they also have Ab Ripper X, which is on the end of that days workout DVD. This is tough. It's about 15 minutes worth of nothing but sit-up variations, working the abs and core. I definitely need a ton of work in this area.

After the workout today, I was tired and my arms feel like jello. But I'm energized and already looking forward to tomorrow's workout which is Plyometrics. Plyo is my favorite workout. You do a lot of different athletic related moves and you sweat a ton. It's a lot of fun and you feel great at the end. Sweaty, but great. Looking forward to it, even after a long day at work. Bring on Day 9, I'm ready!