P90X – Day 11 – Yoga X

January 12, 2010 by Shane

Yoga X – You Can Do It!

After my first attempt at Yoga X, I felt defeated. I was ready to swap another cardio exercise for this one. Today was my 2nd go around with Yoga X and I am proud to say I made it through!

When the alarm went off this morning at 5:20, I did not want to get out of bed. I knew Yoga X was waiting for me and I was not ready to face the workout. After forcing myself out of bed and downstairs, I was ready to slay the Yoga beast. It was as simple as mind of matter. After about 20 minutes into the workout I realized I could actually do Yoga. All be it, a very scaled down version, but I was doing Yoga! I found little spots to take breaks like going from Plank to Downward Dog I would do a quick Child’s Pose to catch my breath. After 90 minutes of the workout I felt amazing! I am very proud and ready for the next Yoga workout.

The routine itself is great. It really helped me stretch out tight hamstrings (from Plyo) and a sore back. I found myself stretching about the same as I could when I played football in high school. My goal by the end of 90 days is to master the Crain and really perfect the rest of the positions. This seems very achievable after today’s success.

Reflecting on my progress from my first attempt to today I realized this is what P90X is all about. Pushing yourself beyond what you think you can do. I had to get out of my own head this morning to get going. Once I did, I was on my way. Reflecting back to last week’s post on my Yoga experiece, I called it “a failure”. This is not accurate. A failure is when you face a challenge once and give up. I faced the challenge of Yoga X and conquered it. Today’s experiece was a superior motivator for me has me completely pumped!