Worried that P90x Yoga is going to make me give up P90x prog

You don't HAVE to do the Yoga. I use to skip it alot!! and sub it with the stretch or just plyo.

Seriously, I just posted on my hatred of Yoga yesterday! Believe me, you are not the only person who dislikes Yoga. I in fact, hate it with a live burning passion that consumes my soul! :grumble: I did a round of P90X, and I really only did the last 45 minutes of YogaX, and I pretty much half-assed it, at that. I think that you could probably substitute the Stretch workout for it. I think the goal is to help to get you more flexible, which I personally think you can do with stretching.

You could also sub it with the Cardio X option

However, you could also do what my husband does - the yoga x is basically four parts: 45 minutes of "moving" exercises that are hard and take a lot out of me, 10 minutes or so of balance, about 10 minutes of a rough little ab workout and then about 20 minutes or so of light stretching. I usually do all of it but my husband cherry-picks and just skips ahead on the dvd from the ones he doesn't want to do - it ends up being about 55 or 60 minutes after he skips parts of the moving exercises and most of the balance and the light stretching.

Hated it.

Used Stretch instead.

This may sound like a stupid recommendation since most of her DVD's seem to be for women - but Jillian Michael's does have "Yoga Meltown" and it's not sissy stuff. And frankly...it's 30 minutes - if that - from start to end. Just a suggestion...

When I first started P90X I tried the yoga once and then for a period I started subbing it out for X Stretch.

This would be my suggestion. In fact, I'm starting a new, abbreviated round of P90X next Monday, and with the exception of the recovery week, it's what I'll be doing. I've done it both ways, and while the yoga has its benefits, it you absolutely despise it, there really isn't any point. Better to do 60 minutes of something you like than 90 minutes of something that makes you feel miserable or, worse, nothing at all!

I think you should keep trying it a few more times because there are some major benefits to Yoga (this coming from a person who also hates Yoga X) ...its definitely a love/hate relationship..if you still cant stand it after a few tries then sub with something else..Good luck!!

I know what you mean - for me an hour of exercise is as much as I want to do. I've only done Yoga X twice now and the first time I wanted to pull my hair out and punch Tony in the face and run screaming from my house. I finished it even though I hated every minute of it and there was tons of stuff I couldn't do. Like you flexability is not my forte. However - when I finished that 1.5 hours I was so proud of myself for doing it. I felt taller actually. Somebody suggested I google all the extra health benefits of Yoga and I thought that was a good idea. This week when I did the dvd I was dreading it but it wasn't so bad since I knew what was coming. I considered subing something else but thought I should give it another chance - the first 45 minutes are the worst I think. After that it gets better (as in slightly more enjoyable for me anyway). Towards the end of the workout I started to feel more limber. So yes - I agree with you it really really sucks but if you can hang in there and do your best you just might feel like a million bucks at the end. Without jumping around to sweat your pants off!

I hate the P90X yoga too! When I have done it I usually sub it with another workout that I like usually kenpox that one is my fave. Goodluck with your workouts!

My first round of P90x I rarely did YogaX, but I'm starting another round on Monday and actually am excited to commit to the 90 minutes once a week! I've been doing Rodney Yee yoga dvds for about a year now while I have done ChaLEAN Extreme. I really like Rodney Yee because it is much easier yoga, but is still beneficial. I would recommend:

AM Yoga for Your Week - 5, 25 minute sessions. I've done this pretty consistently every morning before work.
Conditioning for Athletes - This one's an hour long, broken into 3 segments. It's great. I have it on a disc called Power Yoga Collection. The disc has 3 hour long sessions on it. You could buy this dvd and substitute one of the sessions for YogaX each week.

I know yoga can seem worthless to some people, but I promise you it will make you SOO much better at all the other workouts.

OMG- Here I thought I was the only one that disliked the P90X yoga X... It sucks royal and i even do regular yoga to... I did give up on it but I will start week 5 again and sub it with stretching or kenpo... Thanks for the recommendation on alternatives.

The first time I attempted that one I shut it off too! I don't like yoga, even other yoga videos. I wasn't going to do it at all, ever but then my husband threw his back out and everyone (massage therapist, doctor, random people!) kept saying yoga would be really good to strengthen him up and prevent that from happening again. Problem is, husband likes yoga less than I do! So in order to encourage him to do it I have to do it too. I used a different Tony Horton yoga dvd that came with my P90X set as an extra. It's only half the length so I figured I'd be able to make myself do it. After a couple of times I decided to try the YogaX dvd again and while I didn't like it, I made it through. I am always amazed at how good I feel after for how much I dislike doing it!

If you're willing to do yoga but want a different/shorter workout there are lots of yoga DVD's out there. My suggestion is check with your video store (netflix probably has some on-demand) or your local library. That way you can try them out without committing. We have a Wii Fit and a couple of our games have yoga in them. I like this because i can choose the exercises I want and skip those I don't. The only problem is, the ones I hate are probably the ones I need to do! There are some that are just painful for me and I can't do them so it's nice to be able to skip those.

Another option is Pilates. Lots of similar stuff, core strengthening, balance exercises and stuff. If you're not flexible at all start adding in the stretchX more often and that will help but is much gentler than the yoga. It doesn't help with strengthening like yoga does but it will help you limber up (which will make yoga easier).

I sub it for CardioX cuz it has some yoga at the beginning

I agree that there are benefits of Yoga. But Yoga X is too hardcore & boring for me. I sub in Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown. That's tough too though. But only 30 mins and a different type of Yoga. She has you moving alot more. But you are still getting the yoga benefits. I also agree that you can't force yourself to do something that you hate. For me I hate Yoga X. I refuse to do it. I need to enjoy my workouts or I will end up quiting and I won't be as successful as I could be. JM's Yoga Meltdown is about $9 at Target & Walmart. You should try it out. But if it's yoga in general that you dont' like, I would sub in another X workout. If you are doing Classic I would sub in Cardio X since you don't do that in the Classic version. You won't have any double workouts in the same week. There are some yoga poses in the beginning, but they are actually enjoyable!

Oh, Matt, Matt, Matt... You and I are singing the same tune.... I just posted about not being excited about P90X Yoga... I haven't even attempted it yet... this will be my first experience with it and I'm not thrilled at all.... I have loved the other P90X vids I have done so far, but this one just sounds ... EEEKKKKKK.... I'm going to pop it in here in a minute and get through it the best I can.... Then, if I seriously HATE it (like I think I will) I am going to take these other people's suggestions and substitute it with something else... Good luck!!!! Stay with P90X... Let's finish this thing! :drinker: