The Average Joe Fitness

Dur­ing the first three weeks of this round of P90X, I had seen some small, steady gains with Ply­o­met­rics, even though I’ve never fin­ished the entire rou­tine. This morn­ing I was a lit­tle curi­ous to see how my improve­ments would look after a week with no Ply­o­met­rics. Well, I’m still not able to com­plete an entire Plyo work­out, but I’m get­ting closer. I’m slowly get­ting fur­ther into the work­out. When I did Ply­o­met­rics for the first time last year, I was able to barely last 15 min­utes, includ­ing the warmup. I’m now able to last about 3 times as long. It still kicks my ass, but not as much as before.

I can’t stress enough how these small gains and wins are keep­ing me moti­vated. It’s pre­vent­ing me from becom­ing frus­trated like the last time through P90X. I got so frus­trated with Ply­o­met­rics last year that I would dread it and at one point would sub­sti­tute it with other work­outs at times. To those that are get­ting frus­trated with Ply­o­met­rics, unless you are really out of shape and need to work your way up to it, keep work­ing on this rou­tine. It takes time. Trust me, I’ve been there, and in some ways, still there. Let’s face it, they told us P90X was going to be hard. You need find ways to keep Bring­ing It.

On another note, I’m a third of the way through P90X and weighed myself this morn­ing. I’m down 10 pounds so far. Con­sid­er­ing the mus­cle that I can feel that I’ve put on, I’ll take that as a win.

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• P90X, Day 9 – Ply­o­met­rics, Round 2
• P90X, Day 2 – Plyometrics
• P90X, Day 92 – X Stretch
• P90X, Day 79 – Plyometrics
• P90X, Day 72 – Plyometrics
• P90X, High Expectations
• P90X, Days 64 – 70, Week 10
• P90X, Days 57 – 63, Week 9