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Great write up. This is exactly why a lot of people benefit from trainers. |
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LIFT BEFORE CARDIO, ALWAYS. |
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Forgot to mention one thing about P90x. I had never done yoga prior to starting that program, but it was a game-changer for me. I still can't stand yoga day - especially since it's an hour-and-a-half - but it really works. Like he says at the beginning of the workout, yoga really hits your weak spots. Out of all the workouts yoga was the one I least looked forward to, but it had the most positive effect on me. Even though I'm not very good at it. It really bombed my hip stabilizer muscles. Apparently my hip flexors were a real weak spot prior to yoga.
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One more long story... It was during one of my sessions with him, and he had me do a 1000 m row at the end. He said he wanted me to do it in under 4 minutes. I told him there was no way I could do that. He said to try for 5 minutes then. I still thought that was stretching it. I got started. I closed my eyes and just focused on rowing. He watched the numbers and encouraged me. He could tell when I was slowing down and would tell me to push through. He told me when I would pass each 250 m, but never told me what my time was. His encouragement starting sounding a little more like excitement, so I opened my eyes to see where I was at. Mistake. I ended up rowing it in 4 mins and 4 secs. If I would have just kept concentrating, I think I would have done it. I was was still shocked. Also, it took me two more tries on my own before getting it under 4 mins. :) Also, that the key is to set goals. A few secs less, a few more reps, 5 more pounds... I wasn't even paying attention to my weight after a certain point. Weight loss became a biproduct. |
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I've heard many times how you're allegedly not suppose to do that. But to me, w/o that warm up, it just doesn't feel right. |
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I did a lot of Yoga back in HS, and as such, ****ing HATED P90X's yoga workout. I did however thoroughly enjoy the "Stretch X" workout, which i ended up substituting when ever Yoga was scheduled. |
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It's nice to read a woman's perspective. I am always a bit sad to hear women are intimidated by the weights/weight section of gyms. I know a lot of it is in their own head, but I've heard stories of dudes being creepy too. |
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"I don't want to lift too much because i don't want to get bulky". LMAO.....listen child, you won't get bulky. |
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Ab exercises don’t target belly fat. |
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When I was researching weighted core exercises, someone on YouTube made a comment that I think rings true for some of the p90x stuff as well... just because your legs burn during a wall squat, would you skip leg day at the gym? It reminded me of plyo in particular... of course your cardio will improve over time with that insanity (and mine did), but does that constant leg burn for an hour really mean a ton compared to a few sets of squats and so forth? And of course they also did wall squats and bodyweight core and other "feel the burn" exercises that just don't seem efficient or even particularly helpful now. |
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