One thing I’ve found is hard with P90X2 is that you decide when to do recovery weeks. I like that in P90X that was decided for you. I’m not sure that I’m a good judge. I had thought about doing a recovery week last week before starting Phase 3 but then reasoned that I would only have 2 weeks on the last phase. I ended up beginning the phase and then life, and lack of sleep, got in the way. Only did three workouts last week and they killed me.
This week I plan on sticking to the Phase 3 schedule. Will do P.A.P. upper twice, P.A.P. lower twice, and Yoga once. We’ll see if my body screams as loud as it did last week when all I managed was P.A.P. upper twice and P.A.P. lower twice. (I’ll clarify that the same workout is never done two days in a row; that would be nearly impossible.)
Today was P.A.P. lower and it wasn’t any easier than the first time I did it. I can certainly see why phases 1 & 2 were necessary prior to doing P.A.P. Tony says these workouts are for “extreme athletes” … I’ve certainly never considered myself an extreme athlete. And I’m still not; I’m doing modifications: pull ups with bands and plyo push-ups with hands barely off the floor (though this is an improvement from on my knees plyo push-ups). My body is clearly much stronger than it used to be and I find myself constantly adjusting my perception on what is possible now, and in the future.
Only 12 days left!! I should really consider working on my food choices these last (less than) two weeks.
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