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Can You Skip Yoga On P90x?

July 27, 2010 – 8:35 pm

So you hate Yoga huh? Or perhaps you haven’t tried it, but are thinking to yourself, “Ain’t no way I’m gonna do that weird Yoga voodoo!”. Well, whatever your reason for not liking Yoga, lets just get to the question.

Skipping Yoga On P90x – Will It Ruin Everything If I Skip Yoga X?

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P90x is a well thought out home fitness program formulated to give you the complete package. Each workout targets a different area or aspect of fitness. So in short, you will be slapping Tony Horton in the face (and you’ll make him cry), if you choose to not do the Yoga X workout.

Nah, not really, I’m just kidding. The truth is that Yoga X is a tough workout, and it is long too. It is an hour and a half long and it has a lot of difficult Yoga moves and poses.

However, I have to say that in my opinion, Yoga is the most beneficial workout in the P90x program. So let me sidestep answering this first question and proceed to the next question.

What Will I Miss Out On If I Skip Yoga? What’s The Big Deal About It Anyway?

So what’s all the fuss about Yoga? Why in the world do the creators of P90x think you need to do Yoga?

Let me tell you just a few of the basic benefits of this awesome old form of exercise.

Improve flexibility – Spend enough time twisting like a pretzel, and you can bet you’ll get more flexible.
Gain strength – Helps you gain all around strength
Calm your mind and body – Yoga helps you stay calm in the storm.
Improve breathing – Because you focus on breathing during Yoga, it helps you improve your breath control.

For me personally, the biggest benefits from Yoga that I have received are improved flexibility, focus, and control over my body. Tony Horton talks about calmness in the storm during Yoga X. Learning this idea has helped me in my other workouts and elsewhere in my life.

It is hard to believe that such a hard workout could leave you with a calmer and more relaxed mind and body, but with Yoga X, it happens. The focus on breathing and staying relaxed helps you unwind.

For a more detailed explanation about why Yoga is super awesome, read – The Health Benefits of Yoga

Ok, Ok, Ok! I Get It That Yoga Is Awesome, But I Still Don’t Wanna Do It!

So you understand that Yoga is hugely beneficial for you, and that it will only help you achieve better results, but you still don’t want to do it?

Substitute For Yoga P90x – Can’t I Just Replace It With Something Else?

Well, you could substitute something for it, but then you really wouldn’t be doing P90x. You’d be changing it. However, getting fit is more important than not following the program 100%. If you must substitute it, you could do Cardio X in it’s place, but I know you would be selling yourself short, especially since it isn’t nearly as long as Yoga X.

I recommend you push yourself and JUST DO IT! Do your best and forget the rest. Just do what you can and each time try to do a little better. If you aim to do what you can, and try to improve each time, before you know it you will be rocking Yoga X.

Push Yourself And JUST DO IT! The Benefits You Get From Yoga X Make It EXTREMELY Worthwhile!

P90x is a tough program. During the middle of the week muscles are often sore and tight and in need of stretching. Flexibility is something that is often hugely undervalued in fitness programs. P90x is not one of those programs. Yoga is in there to help you get a great workout, and also help you limber up- and help you limber up it will!

I suggest that you just push yourself and make yourself do it. People get fat because they DON’T want to eat right and they DON’T want to exercise. It is hard to push yourself during a workout. It is hard to eat right when you are surrounded by tempting, sweet, and fatty foods. NOT pushing yourself to do what you SHOULD do (exercise and eat right) is what gets you into trouble health wise.

It is up to you to break the bad habit of going the easy route and start pushing yourself!

I encourage you to PUSH YOURSELF and do Yoga X. It may be hard at first (it is for many), but with practice you will get better, and the benefits you receive from it after the 90 days is up will have made doing it more than worthwhile.

MMA Workout – Extreme Fitness MMA Workout Routine

May 31, 2010 – 1:58 am

MMA is a demanding sport. MMA fighters need to be in amazing shape to be able to keep punching, kicking, and blocking attacks and submissions throughout a fight. It is draining beyond belief. In fact, if the fighter isn’t feeling exhausted afterward, they know they didn’t give it all they had. This sport is all about stepping into the ring/octagon/cage and giving it all you got.

So much of the sport relies on strength and endurance. Strong punches, kicks, and the ability to overpower your opponent on the ground is always a plus. However, stronger fighters lose matches all the time if they don’t have the endurance to keep up. Having exceptional endurance is also a huge plus.

MMA - Mixed Martial Arts Photo taken by fightlaunch

Fighters Need An Extreme Fitness Routine As Tough As They Are

A good MMA workout will build strength, endurance, and flexibility. All three are important to have when stepping into the ring. A fighter needs an extreme fitness routine that has all of the following.

Strength training – Strength training is needed to help you punch, kick, and to do/avoid submissions while on the ground. There should be different workouts that target specific areas so that strength is improved all over. Strength training workouts that target your legs, back, chest, shoulders, arms, and your core are a must.

Endurance training – Excellent endurance is needed to keep your defenses up and your attacks at full force. Cardiovascular workouts that get your heart pumping and your body sweating are essential to have in an MMA workout routine.

Flexibility training – To avoid injury, flexibility is a must. With all of the kicking and grappling that happens in an MMA fight, it is essential to have flexibility so as to avoid injury such as pulling a muscle. A good MMA workout routine will start and end with stretching. On rest days it is helpfull to stretch to relieve sore muscles.

So where can you find a workout program that includes all of the above? P90x is the answer. What is P90x? It is an extreme fitness program that includes 12 workouts. It isn’t just another joke either, it is the real deal. Professional athletes, celebrities, average Joe’s, and even MMA fighters have been using P90x to get into the best shape of their life.

P90x And MMA

You get 12 DVD workouts, a nutrition guide, and if you happen to not be happy with your results (which is unlikely), there is a 90 day money back guarantee.

If you are ready to become a more explosive, powerful, and in shape fighter, buy P90x here.

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P90x Yoga X Video Review

April 10, 2010 – 10:41 pm

It may seem odd to see that the “extreme” home fitness program contains a yoga workout, but anyone who has actually done it can tell you why it is included.

This yoga video, called Yoga X is the longest of the 12 workouts in the entire P90x system. At 92 minutes long, it is not a quick workout. If you are going into this video expecting a fast paced workout, much like what the other P90x workouts are, you will be sorely surprised.

This is a slow paced workout, focused on breathing, clearing your mind, and performing many yoga poses that will challenge your strength and flexibility.

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The Yoga X Workout From Start To Finish

At the beginning of this P90x yoga video workout you start with a warm-up (which happens in all of the P90x workouts). While focusing on breathing you start out by doing several stretches and then finish warming up by doing Astanga Sun Salutations.

At this point the workout really begins. You start doing a series of Vinyasas along with lots of warrior poses. You spend a lot of time in downward dog, upward dog, and warrior poses.

Then come some more complex poses that really challenge your flexibility and strength. If you lack flexibility, poses like the twisting triangle can be really challenging. And, if you lack balance, and strength the warrior three to standing splits, and the half moon to twisting half moon poses may seem impossible.

Next comes a few balance postures, and the floor work part where you do a few stretches and other yoga moves on, you guessed it, the floor.

To get your core stronger, there are a series of 7 core exercises called the “Yoga Belly 7″. Much of the time you will be holding a pose that will really challenge your core muscles.

The yoga video ends with a few stretches and a few relaxation poses where your main goal is to wind down and relax completely.

What To Like About P90x Yoga X

This yoga video will help you develop strength, and flexibility. After 90 days of P90x you will definitely see improvements because of doing Yoga X. Flexibility is just as important as strength is, and this workout focuses on both.

What You May Not Like About Yoga X

If you go into this workout with the wrong mentality or expectations, you may hate it or give up. This isn’t fast paced, and you do a lot of repetitive movements in the beginning, which some people get frustrated with.

However, when you clear your mind, focus on your breathing, and just do the workout from start to finish, you can get an excellent workout, and feel more relaxed than when you finished.

Yoga X – Loathe It Or Love It

Overall, there are people out there that loathe the Yoga X workout, while others enjoy the slower pace. This workout is very beneficial, and worth doing. If you go into it with the right attitude and do your best from start to finish, after time you will find yourself improving and getting stronger and more flexible. It is certainly difficult, and may be intimidating at first, but if you keep at it, it will pay off and begin to show!

Yoga X is just one of the 12 workouts included in the P90x extreme home fitness system. If you are ready to get into the best shape of your life, do P90x for 90 days- you won’t believe your results!

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Yoga X – An Extreme Yoga Workout

April 9, 2010 – 1:10 am

P90x is an extreme home fitness program that includes 12 workouts. One of the 12 is a Yoga workout which has you preform different poses, moving asanas, and stretches that help you become stronger, and more flexible.

What Could be Extreme About Yoga?

P90x isn’t your average fitness program. It focuses on building strength, improving flexibility, and burning calories with cardio. It isn’t as easy as a walk in the park either, it is extreme!

However, if P90x is supposed to be extreme, why is Yoga in it? After all, does “extreme Yoga” even exist? The answer is yes, extreme Yoga does exist, and it shows up in the Yoga X workout. In fact, it is so extreme, that many “P90x-ers” don’t even make it halfway through this workout while some choose to skip it entirely.

Nothing about P90x is easy, and that includes Yoga X. Many guys in particular don’t want to do Yoga, but after you complete the Yoga X workout, you will understand why it was included. And, after you start seeing the benefits and the improvements you get from doing this extreme Yoga workout, you will understand why you should want to do it, and not skip it.

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Get Stronger and More Flexible With Yoga

Strength and flexibility are both equally important. Yoga helps you improve both. The poses are not easy to maintain so you may find your muscles shaking, and the moving “asanas” will have you sweating, .

Yoga X will challenge your strength, flexibility, and even your balance. During the workout you will be encouraged to clear your mind, and focus on your breath.

Yoga X – An Extreme Yoga Workout

This is extreme Yoga, and is just as hard, if not harder, than any of the other workouts in P90x. There are many difficult poses that, if you are a beginner, may seem impossible at first and will take time and practice to be able to master. Even if you have done Yoga before and aren’t a beginner, this workout is 92 minutes long, so it will challenge even the fittest individuals.

If you are looking for an extreme yoga workout, Yoga X is it. It is included in the P90x extreme home fitness package. You’ll get the Yoga X workout along with 11 other non-yoga workouts all created to help you achieve an amazing level of fitness! So what are you waiting for? Get fit with P90x starting today!

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How Does The P90x System Work?

March 27, 2010 – 8:27 pm

If you are sitting on the fence about P90x and want an easy to understand explanation about how it works, keep on reading, as this page is for you.

P90x – How Does It Work?

Lets start at the beginning. At the start, one of the first things you do is you figure out how many calories a day you should be eating. The Nutrition Guide that is included with P90x tells you how to do this. Once you do that, you decide which nutrition plan you want to follow.

P90x Nutrition Plans

Phase 1 Fat Shredder - has you eat a lot of protein and not so much carbs and fats.
Phase 2 Energy Booster – has you eat more carbs than the previous phase.
Phase 3 Endurance Maximizer – has you eat more carbs and low calorie fats than the previous two.

The Nutrition Guide gives you a list of foods you can eat and then tells you, depending on what Nutrition phase you are on, how much of what you can eat.

Many people that do P90x and want to lose weight, choose to start with the Fat Shredder plan first, then in month 2 the Energy Booster plan, then in month 3 the Endurance Maximizer.

Others that don’t have weight to lose, may only do the Fat Shredder plan for a couple of weeks, and then move on to the next phase.

P90x Workouts – Bring It!

There are 12 P90x workout DVDs, and it doesn’t have you start with DVD 1 and then go down the line. There is a system involved, that was created to stave off plateau. This system uses a concept called “muscle confusion”.

You follow a workout schedule that changes each month. The idea behind this is that by varying the workouts, results will come faster because the body won’t adapt to the workouts to the point that results are slow in coming and a plateau is reached.

There are three routines you can choose to follow, depending on what you want to achieve from P90x.

P90x Classic – The classic routine is the regular program.
P90x Lean – The lean routine has more of an emphasis on cardio.
P90x Doubles – The doubles routine is like the classic version, but it has extra cardio, so on some days you do two workouts in a day.

Once you pick the version you want to do you consult the workout schedule which will tell you what DVD to follow on that day. Every 30 days the program changes to the next phase. You start with phase 1, then after 30 days switch to phase 2, and then you end with the phase 3 workout routine.

After 90 days when you finish, you can marvel at your results. However, don’t stop there! Fitness is a journey and not a destination, so if you stop, you will lose your hard earned results.

After 90 days you can mix it up and start a different P90x routine, or stay on the same one, continuing to press play, and using your great results as motivation to work even harder!

The P90x system works by providing for you a healthy nutrition plan, and a grueling workout schedule to follow.

Insert the DVD for the day, follow the nutrition plan, and bring it! You will be amazed with your results!

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How To Get Fit Fast

March 27, 2010 – 6:23 am

It’s time for me to get my cane, hunch over and say in an elderly voice, “Everyone now-a-days wants things fast fast fast! Back in my day we didn’t have microwave dinners or horseless carriages!”.

Well now that the “old man rant” is over, I’m going to tell you how to get fit fast. And by fast I mean realistically fast, meaning in 3 months you could get ripped and toned (it all depends on where you are starting).

How to Get Fit FAST

Throw away the junk and follow a healthy nutrition plan - you can’t expect to get fit fast when you are eating cream filled donuts, bowls of sugar coated marshmallow cereal, and chomping on double patty fat dripping hamburgers. And don’t tell me, “Oh, but it’s fortified with vitamins!”, because no matter what, you can’t polish a turd. Eat balanced diet of healthy foods. The less refined and processed the better. Eat vegetables and fruits, avoid refined sugars and grains, and watch your fat intake.
Follow an intense exercise program – It isn’t enough to do just cardio. To get fit faster you need to do cardio and resistance training with weights or resistance bands. To get faster results, the harder the exercise you do, the faster you will get results. Your goal is to burn a lot of calories and make your muscles work. Do resistance training 3 times a week, and cardio 3 times a week. Take one day off to rest and rebuild. Try to exercise for an hour a day 6 days a week.
Burn more calories than you eat – You should be eating less calories than you are burning throughout the day. Don’t gorge yourself. A good way to help control your appetite is to drink a glass of water before a meal, during a meal, and after a meal.
Drink lots of water – Drinking lots of water helps your body function better and will help you lose weight.
Keep at it and don’t give up - No matter what, keep at it. Even if you miss a workout for some reason, don’t feel like you failed, just keep going. Just do your best and forget the rest.

It may look super easy on your computer screen, but in reality, many people struggle finding out what to eat, what workout program they should follow, and how to effectively do it. The good news is that there is a fitness program called P90x that tells you what to eat, and provides for you an effective and intense exercise program.

All the guesswork is taken away as this program includes a nutrition guide, and 12 workout DVDs. Read the reading materials, get out the DVD for that day, press play, and bring it!

Get fit fast with the 90 day P90x Extreme Training System.

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