Woah...

Well, I did my first P90X workout today and you know what? I actually really enjoyed it. Don't get me wrong: it was tough. I mean, I thought I was in decent shape but that ab workout kicked my ass hardcore! Today was Ab Ripper and chest & back. My back is already sore so I'm expecting some decent DOMS tomorrow. The one thing that I really like about P90X is that unlike STS, the reps aren't very regimented: by that I mean they don't tell you how many repetitions you should do for each exercise, you just set your own goal. So you could tweak the workouts however you want: low reps and high weight for hypertrophy/strength or high reps and lower weights for endurance. This just occurred to me halfway through the workout so first I did as many reps as I could for the whole minute with lighter weight. At the second go-round I beefed it up and aimed for 10-12 reps with higher weights. I think I'm gonna stick with the 10-12 rep goal moving forward; I want definition and some strength, and I wouldn't mind some muscle tone either. So there it is, workout #1 down! I asked on the Cathe forum about the program and a lot of people there tweaked the P90X program with Cathe stuff in place of some of Tony's workouts. They also added leg work because the general consensus is P90X isn't ideal for legs. I figure this week I will do the program as is and see where/if I need to add anything. I've done STS as well as other training techniques so I will know where the program is lacking IF it is, in fact, lacking anything.

One thing I learned today is that if you eat pretty clean, you can eat A LOT of food. I'm very happy with my choices today and I ate a butt load of food for around 1800 cals. I also learned that water is KEY!!! Drink up!