The Adventure Begins…

In a fit of psychotic rage, the roommate and I have obtained a copy of the P90X workout program that runs infomercials on TV.  It took us a little while to get things setup, but we’ve embarked upon the journey.  Since a lot of people have asked me to tell them how it is, I’m going to chronicle the experience here on my blog.  We begin…with day #1.

 

Day #1
Got home late today, so starting the workout was significantly later than it will usually be.  Regardless, after several messages from Chris along the lines of “P90X is destroying my life”, I knew that I would have my hands full making it through the two workouts that night would provide.

After dealing with some extra work issues when getting home, I threw on my workout clothes and headed into the living room.  In goes the ‘Ab Ripper X’ DVD, which tells me that I will be doing over 300 core workouts, or something like that.  The journey has officially begun.

After three routines, I had to stop.  This became a common theme for the night with both the ‘Ab Ripper X’ DVD and the ‘Chest & Back’ DVD.  At this point, I can only offer one piece of advice to anyone considering getting the P90X program, and that advice comes from Chris:

Don’t, it will destroy your world.

 

- Andy

PS – For a bit of comic relief, Chris and just attempted to do one sit-up each.  It is difficult to explain how it feels, but imagine if you can having no control whatsoever over your abdominals and you will be imagining what has happened to the both of us.

PPS – The program tells us to take “Before” pictures of ourselves so that we can chronicle our results throughout the course.  After Chris gets the pictures onto his computer and into my inbox, I will post them here despite how embarrassing they are for both of us.