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P90X, Day 72 — Plyometrics

Ply­o­met­rics still works me, it’s still a chal­lenge and prob­a­bly always will be. But, I’ve come to accept it. There’s noth­ing like a good chal­lenge to keep you com­ing back for more. Con­tinue read­ing

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P90X, Day 71 — Chest and Back

Chest and Back is prob­a­bly my favorite of all the P90X work­outs. The pace of the exer­cises is method­i­cal and the rou­tine just works you. It works you to the point that the first few times through I got nau­seous at the halfway point. Con­tinue read­ing

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P90X, High Expectations

I’ve pre­vi­ously writ­ten about why I got frus­trated before and there are a few. I set very high goals for a short period of time. I didn’t see huge gains right away and failed to rec­og­nize the smaller wins. I had very high expec­ta­tions. Con­tinue read­ing

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P90X, Push­ing The Pause Button

I’ll be pick­ing back up where I left off with P90X very soon. I haven’t stopped com­pleted, just tak­ing a short break. Con­tinue read­ing

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P90X, Days 64 — 70, Week 10

My goals when I started P90X again in July were to get in shape, lose weight (to the tune of about 65 pounds) and get leaner. Con­tinue read­ing

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If You Want To Lose Weight, You Just Might Want To Add Muscle

Adding mus­cle means I’m going to weigh more. I feel bulky as it is, I want to lose size not add size. Con­tinue read­ing

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The Value To Doing Yoga Exercises

Yoga can be very ben­e­fi­cial to anyone’s health. If you’re doing basic Hatha Yoga, there are its posi­tions that strengthen mus­cles, improve bal­ance, and relax one’s mind and body. Con­tinue read­ing

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P90X, Days 57 — 63, Week 9

Well, the rest did the trick. This week I felt great. I was ready to go for the final Phase of P90X. Con­tinue read­ing

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P90X, Days 50 — 56, Week 8

By the end of last week, week 7, I was look­ing for the recov­ery period of week 8. I was feel­ing really beat and fatigued by the time last week finally came to a close. Con­tinue read­ing

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