Sunday Post and P90X Chest and Back review - Week 1

It was a good day Sunday. I did my first ever P90X strength training dvd - Chest and Back. I hadn't really been sure of what to expect. I had my exercise worksheets to fill out as I went along, so I knew the names of all the exercises. But, I didn't know what all of them were.

There were about 12 different exercises in total, alternating between chest and back exercises. And, once I had finished one set of each, we went through the whole series a second time. I was happy that there was a warm-up and cool-down on the dvd, as well. There were 3 different grips of pull-up versions (wide grip palms out, close grip palms in, and close grip palms out), so that was pretty neat, I thought. When they started the pull-ups, I just paused the dvd, went into the other room where my assisted pull up machine is, and did mine on my own. So, that worked out fine.

There were a LOT of different push-up variations - normal, military, diamond, wide, under the fence, etc. I don't remember all of them. The diamond ones were the hardest for me because he said that the idea was to go all the way down so that your elbows actually touch the floor. He said that after I was almost done with mine, so I tried it. But, I couldn't actually get back up after going all the way down. So, the second round I did from my knees so that I could get the full range of motion on it.

And, there there were a couple of weight exercises for the back. I'm not sure that I was using the correct weights, though. I think I was too light on one but too heavy on another. I guess it will just take a while to figure out how to do everything correctly.

The people on the dvd did so many reps of the different exercises - even the female on the dvd. I felt wimpy. But, this was my first time, so I think I did pretty decently all things considered. A lot of these exercises I had never really done before. The session lasted almost an hour, and then Ab RipperX was on the same dvd right after it, so I did that too.

Ab Ripper X had about the same challenge to it as it did the first time. I wound up doing all the reps again, and I still had to pause the dvd a number of times throughout the session, although maybe not quite as many times. It's hard to keep track.

Aside from all the exercising, Sunday was a good nutrition day - lots of protein, low carbs, low fat. And, I got to have some fun, too. My husband and I went out to see X-Men Origins at the movie theater, which was a lot of fun.