P90X Yoga

In the past I have always subbed the yoga workout with Cardio X or Core Synergestics... I find it super boring too, I have started getting into hot yoga, so I might even plan that my yoga days I will go do hot yoga! Personally, for yoga, you need the right setting, for me, I need to be in a yoga studio! I am way too busy and rushed and constantly wanting to go-go-go to take 90 minutes for myself in my own living room with a 2 year old running around to get the full benefits of a yoga workout!! So, if it's available to you, I'd suggest maybe going to a yoga studio (preferably hot yoga, AMAZING!) and learn to enjoy yoga!

I tried it for the first time today with 2 of my roommates. I actually really liked it! The second part was a pain in the *kitten*. After 30 minutes and seeing we still had an hour to go, I thought it would be impossible to get through the rest if we kept doing similar, hard poses. When the second part came, the relaxing, good leg stretch part, it went by quick and wanted to keep going! It may have not been as bad for me also because after I go for runs I go on to stretch for around half an hour to help relieve soreness and increase flexibility. STRETCHING IS IMPORTANT!! This yogax is so much better than my usual stretches. I tore my sartorius muscle back in December along with knee, hip flexor, and especially lower back pain. THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED!!!! I felt amazing afterwards getting those pops out of my back and getting rid of that tension around my back and neck.

Maybe my experience was influenced by the fact I had comedic company that were my roommates, but this yoga x is necessary to help avoid injury and really is quite enjoyable during the second portion.

I did it for two weeks and gave up. I do x-stretch or go for a jog instead. Hate it.

Suck it up. I think most that complain are doing it half effort. Quit watching the time and challenge yourself to go deeper and farther on stretches. Part of the program is training your mind to quit taking the easy route or the excuse route.

Um...NO.

I complain about the yoga X too, and I absolutely hate it with a passion!!! But I *always* go full force into it. I just simply HATE IT.

You wouldn't tell someone who hated running that they "had to* run because they weren't putting forth effort would you? That's just wrong.

I personally am an instructor for PiYo which incorporates pilates and yoga into an hour long FUN session using many of the same poses. I much prefer something like that, and I get the same results, if not better since I am not repeating the same boring ol' workout week after week, as doing Yoga X.

And I disagree with the thought that people hate it because it is hard.

Personally, I don't find it that "hard."

I find it long and boring. The only thing that made it better for me was turning the "music" off and playing Pantera or Rob Zombie in the background.

Exactly this. I can make it through the routine with little problem but I hate it. It's too long, repetitive and downright boring.

I don't know why you guys hate it so much. It's so challenging being just that and that's what you should focus on: challenging yourself. I'm in no way fit and really have never been but there's something about the Whole body burn I feel the next day and knowing I got a good workout in the day before. Actually feeling that soreness makes me want do it again. It's what you make of it; reality is always just in your head.

Other than two or three moves I don't find it challenging, just incredibly dull. Too much repetition and it's too damn long. P90X2 yoga is more challenging and a bit less repetitive, but I still don't enjoy it. I either do x stretch or run on yoga x days