P90X: Day 22 – Yoga X

Yoga X

First day of the ‘recovery week’ was not too bad. Yoga X in itself has some challenging positions and moves, but it is nothing compared to last week’s Plyometrics. I have come to love some of the exercises in the Yoga X DVD and I hate some of the others. The exercises that have you lying on your shoulders upside down with your legs up in the air and the Frog position I do not enjoy at all, but I enjoy tree pose and most of the moving Vinyãsa’s (not sure if I spelled that right). I am beginning to grow fond of Downward Dog; of course, this workout program emphasizes that position so much, I hope you like it.

It is hard to go through an hour and a half of Yoga X, that’s for sure. Getting through it to the end is a very good feeling. You feel relaxed, wore out, in pain, but at peace. I do not do the Ohm’s at the end, it just seems too cultish for me at this stage in my life. Plus, what if the fiancée walks in while I am Ohming, what will I tell her? “Hey baby, I’m just Ohming, don’t mind me?” She will go for the butcher knife in the kitchen and the can of pickles out of the fridge. Everyone knows that cultish things hate pickles…

My thoughts: I did not push myself extremely hard today. I just was not feeling like exercising today. It was a struggle just to push play. I am still sore from Legs and Back a few days ago. The Yoga X workout itself was excellent; I got a good pump from the first part of the DVD. My flexibility is getting pretty awesome.

Have you ever heard of Downward Dog or cultish things hating pickles?