Hoff's P90Xperience

2/28/09 - P90X+ Round 1, Week 1, Day 6 - Kenpo Cardio Plus [Week 1 Done]

Meh.

Some of these moves seem kitschy after the P90X version of Kenpo. It's all about jacking the cardio up and while I appreciate not having all the blocks from X, some of the combinations are unnecessarily laden with complexity that could be left better to hip hop abs ;)

Give me a bunch of the 4 punch combos or even the kicks which I am terrible at instead.

It was a fine workout, but I'd rather do P90X Kenpo and add some Cadio X in...or vice versa.

This marked the end of week 1. We've got 2 more weeks like this cycle and then week 4 introduces back our old friends back & bicep, Ab Ripper X, CoreSyn, Chest, Shoulders & Tri, Legs & Back and X Stretch. ;)

Be nice to get back to some of the resistance workouts from P90X.  I see the method to the madness, however. Looking forward to the results.

/Hoff

2/27/09 - P90X+ Round 1, Week 1, Day 5 - Upper Plus & Abs/Core Plus

Given the second time around with these exercises I'm getting better with form and sorting out the weight.  Given that we do 2 days of this a week, I should get this up to speed quickly.  I wish I did it with the bands because I'm going to be traveling a lot soon and could use the familiarity so I don't have to figure it all out again...I'll have to do this soon as I'm going out of town for 3 days next week.

The balance exercises have me stymied because I thought my core/balance/strength was good after P90X. X+ makes you rethink those assessments.

I can tell you already that X+ is really making  a difference in many of my muscle groups, esp. my hips, glutes, obliques and lats in the way it's tightening things up. I'm constantly fighting during these routines to keep my core/glutes tight and it's working me over.

Good workout. Getting happier with the very different X+ workouts (and shorter timeframe)