anyone else modifying?
jkleeh
Posts: 108 Member
I have been through p90x before but only made it 60 days. There is one exercise I truly don't care for and thats the Cardio. I am thinking I am going to substitute that for a zumba day. Also with two toddlers and an infant an hour and half of yoga is not plausible soI am thinking I will do half one day and then half on another. anyone else changing it in any way?
0
Replies
-
I am going to be doing some Turbofire DVD's in place of Kempo which was not challenging enough for me. I dread the yoga and will probably break it up as well.0
-
Kenpo is one of a my favorites lol. What is turbo fire? is that another beach body thing?0
-
I will be breaking up the yoga - half in the am, half in the pm. I don't have 90 minutes in the morning before work.0
-
Instead of Yoga I will be doing some cardio! Yoga makes me laugh and I can't handle 90 minutes of it. LOL0
-
yeah 90 minutes is a whole lot of yoga! my little ones can only handle me working out about 50 minutes before they get restless and need mommy.0
-
I enjoying cycling and running so I substitute those in for cardio and kenpo.0
-
Kenpo is one of a my favorites lol. What is turbo fire? is that another beach body thing?
Yes...it is a Beachbody set...kind of a higher charged version of kenpo.0 -
Yoga is seriously 90 minutes??? Wow...I only have so much time in the morning... Is it really worth it waking up a half hour earlier to do Yoga or should I just do some cardio on those days??0
-
I am going to do the first half of the yoga and then do the elliptical for 30 minutes. 90 minutes on a work day is way too long!!0
-
My big thing is I hate the Yoga but I like everybody's idea to break it up. My other issue is any squatting and lunging movements. I had a bad knee injury about three years and can barely go up stairs with out using the hand rail or a little pain. Any suggestions on what to do about that?0
-
I don't think I am much help with lunges but is it possible to just do a mini lunge? or does it hurt for you to bend it at all? hopefully someone else can be more help.0
-
Yoga is seriously 90 minutes??? Wow...I only have so much time in the morning... Is it really worth it waking up a half hour earlier to do Yoga or should I just do some cardio on those days??
I have seen some people just do the stretch work out on the yoga days. I think stretching the muscles is the important part of the yoga day so maybe do the stretch workout of just do part of the yoga? I agree that work out is WAYYYY to long.0 -
My big thing is I hate the Yoga but I like everybody's idea to break it up. My other issue is any squatting and lunging movements. I had a bad knee injury about three years and can barely go up stairs with out using the hand rail or a little pain. Any suggestions on what to do about that?
Listen to your body. I've had a knee injury and used the bike to strengthen it. I would skip lunges and squats and maybe do more wall sits and maybe bridges; those will get your quads, hamis, and glutes.0 -
When I did my first round of P90X two years ago I hated the yoga initially but I think it did me a lot of good. Adds balance and flexibility plus it has a good ab workout at the end. So I'm going to bite the bullet and do it again this round (on Saturdays when I have the 90 minutes to spare). I will only do it once on rest weeks however - twice in a week is too much!
I also substitute some hard cardio training for Kenpo, which does nothing for me (although it's kinda fun). I will usually do interval training on the eliptical so I am working arms and legs.0 -
My big thing is I hate the Yoga but I like everybody's idea to break it up. My other issue is any squatting and lunging movements. I had a bad knee injury about three years and can barely go up stairs with out using the hand rail or a little pain. Any suggestions on what to do about that?
Listen to your body. I've had a knee injury and used the bike to strengthen it. I would skip lunges and squats and maybe do more wall sits and maybe bridges; those will get your quads, hamis, and glutes.
Thanks for that advice. I will definitely try doing the wall sits and bridges more0 -
I am on my 6th week of p90x and yes yoga is long! Sometimes I only do the first 45 min because the last 45 is all balance and stretching. Or I will do CardioX instead of yoga. The main thing is to challenge yourself.0
-
I enjoy Yoga but I agree that it is too long. I was to do that yesterday and I went running and did X Stretch instead. My kids will not allow me to make it through Yoga. I want it to be peaceful when I do that, but that will never happen. I still modify and I am on my second round of P90X and went from the Lean to Classic. My knees can't handle a full hour of Plyo so I do Cardio X! I love love love the cardio videos! I get excited on those days! I also love resistance as well! Well... I just love P90X! I am going to do a Hybrid of Insanity and P90X soon!!! I am down to the wire of results!!! Good Luck0
-
I enjoy Yoga but I agree that it is too long. I was to do that yesterday and I went running and did X Stretch instead. My kids will not allow me to make it through Yoga. I want it to be peaceful when I do that, but that will never happen. I still modify and I am on my second round of P90X and went from the Lean to Classic. My knees can't handle a full hour of Plyo so I do Cardio X! I love love love the cardio videos! I get excited on those days! I also love resistance as well! Well... I just love P90X! I am going to do a Hybrid of Insanity and P90X soon!!! I am down to the wire of results!!! Good Luck
I agree it should be peacful! usually two minutes into any of the workouts my daughters are asking me to get them things. There is no peace when I am yelling for them to wait lmao.0 -
I hate the yoga dvd, not that I don't like yoga, cause I do enjoy the stretch I get from it but who in the hell decided the yoga dvd to be an hour and 30 minutes long? I can see 45 minutes. I usually skip the positions that have my chin touching my hip or similiar.0
-
Yoga isn't really that much longer than doing a resistance workout plus Ab Ripper X ... but if you're really time pressed, there are alternatives! For instance, Tony Horton's Fountain of Youth Yoga is just under 50 minutes, and is a pretty good workout. I tend to have early morning meetings at work on Wednesdays (my planned yoga day), so if I have to skip it I will try to do it on Friday instead.
I didn't change much my first time through P90X, but currently my schedule is:
Su: Chest & Back + ARX
Mo: Plyo
Tu: Shoulders & Arms
Wed: Fountain of Youth yoga + ARX
Thu: A basic full-body barbell routine (replaces Legs & Back)
Fri: off
Sa: Kickboxing class (replaces Kenpo X)
I've also modifed C&B and S&A to incorporate more heavy weights (barbell) ... doing that with the short rest periods in the videos is really tough!0 -
The only way I have modified is that I have more rest days in between.
Week 1--core synergistic,cardio x, shoulder & arms/ab ripper, rest, yoga x, kenpo/legs and back,rest
week 2--Core synergistic, rest, rest, cardio X so far.....
Also the first time I did complete P90x, 2 yrs ago I did 13 weeks in 14.5 as after week 9 I pittered out and had to put in more rest days.
Sometime during the week I will have to do kenpo/legs and back together again as I had a extra rest day......0 -
I noticed that I'm not alone in the "I hate the yoga DVD" category. My wife says that it's too advanced and dangerous for beginners so she told me to try something different. I totally recommend [if you have Netflix] searching for candlelight yoga. It's relaxing and does a lot of stretching and is definitely for beginners as well as advanced students. It's only 44 minutes but you can add something after if you want to.0
-
Due to my job, I have to look at the whole week of workouts and organize the workouts to fit my schedule. I also sub. a 7 mile run for the cardio workout. Some days I use the boxing part of the Kenpo as a warmup before doing the workout for that day. For all of you that hate the yoga, it does a body good. It is long but when your done you feel so good.0
-
I will be running on cardio days and doing Pilates on the Yoga days. Oh! and add me to the "I haet the Yoga DVD", lol!0
-
Subbing zumba for yoga - they're nothing alike, but I love my zumba and can't live without it. The yoga I can live without. Especially 90 minutes of it. I'll do it on the recovery week.0
-
I have terrible knees, so I modify the legs/back dvd. I do the full core syn dvd and then add the pull-ups, calf raises, and wall sits on to the end so I don't miss out on those! It's not worth destroying my knees...0
This discussion has been closed.