Early’s BodyBlog

I did Beachbody’s P90X 90-day program starting July 1 and finished in late September. I couldn’t do any pull-ups at all when I started (and can only do two or three now), so I replaced them with lat pull-downs.
I also couldn’t do much more than 30 minutes of the Plyometrics cardio on Tuesdays and the Yoga training on Thursdays. Nothing makes me sweat like Yoga — it’s much harder than it looks. Ommmmmmmmm.

The weight training days on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays didn’t present much of a problem (not counting the pull-ups) and since I have a full set of dumbbells and an old, rickety Joe Weider weight machine I was able to do everything at home.

Here’s the upside:

1) I lost 22 pounds during the three months.

2) Thanks to the Yoga and stretching exercises, I gained a lot more flexibility overall.

3) The course exposed me to a wide variety of exercises, from weights to isometrics to plyometrics to body resistance moves — pretty much everything there is that doesn’t require sophisticated equipment such as, for example, a Smith machine for squats.

The downside:

1) If you’re not a beginner you might find the weight-training part of the program mundane and possibly boring. I liked the variety myself, since no exercise was ever repeated more than once per session.

2) Although personable and entertaining, some of Tony Horton’s jokes are as corny as anything you’ll hear from Michael Scott on NBC’s The Office. 

All in all, it worked out well for me.

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