*** P90x ***

I started tracking website statistics this past week, and I noticed that I was getting a few visitors from search engines. All of the searches were in regards to P90x, so I feel it would be helpful to those visitors to hear about my experience with P90x up to this point. It has only been two weeks, and the first thing that I have noticed is that it requires very serious dedication and at least an hour and a half every single day (Yoga is an extra half hour). And every other day, there is an additional 15 minute ab workout. With GrassGuys trying to get off the ground, it has been difficult to stay 100% dedicated to the videos. it also hurts me because I don't have a chin up bar in the room that I do everything else, so on those back workout days, it takes me a little bit longer because I have to walk across the house to do the chin-ups. Now, the positive things about P90x is that it is incredibly difficult. I considered myself to be in pretty good shape. I passed the P90x evaluation just barely, but still, I thought I could handle it. I didn't make it through the stretching of the first video I did without having to pause the video. However, after only 2 weeks in this, I can tell a difference in several areas, including my shoulders, back and a little bit in the abs. I've lost about an inch off my waist and about 5 pounds since I started. I have some before pictures, but I don't want to put them up until I have some after pictures for comparison. I'll try to do that this weekend.

If people are wanting to know my opinion on it. I say that if you can spare about 2 hours every single day (you get one day off a week, but it should be used for stretching (there is a Stretch X video) you should do this. I wish I was following the suggested diet, but my schedule can get crazy sometimes, so i don't always have the time to prepare the meals like I should. If you are not a dedicated person, and can't stay on a diet or any type of plan for more than a week or two, this video collection IS NOT for you. If you have any questions, I'm hoping to get the comments section up and going in the next couple weeks, but untli then, you can email me with any questions you might have.

Another thing that people have found me for is wondering about the size of room required to do this. Although I have not done all the videos, in the Plyometrics and one of the leg videos, you need quite a bit of space. One of the more advanced exerices has one of the demonstrators moving across the room as far as 30-40 feet I would say. Of course, this is not necessary, he was really just showing off. For my needs, I would say roughly a 10' x 10' room would work. I'll get the exact measurements later, but I have a mattress set against one wall, a treadmill against another and a dressed along another wall and I still have enough room to do everything. The only problem is that on some of the exercises I do have to turn sideways or get into strange angles to get it to work. Also, it would be ideal to not have a ceiling fan in the room you will be doing this. At roughly 6' tall, in 8' ceiling rooms with a fan, I'm always banging my hand on the blades.

UPDATE (3/19/2007): I have not done a video in probably a week or so. I've been so busy and tired I haven't even made it into the room to turn on the video. I'm going to try to pick it back up soon. This just goes to show how difficult it is to stay on point and get the job done.