Wow. It’s crazy how fast time is flying by! I’m coming to the end of week 2 of Phase 2 of P90X2! I wanted to give everyone a quick update on my journey and I want to hear how YOUR journey is going too!
So a big question a lot of people have been asking me is…
What do I think of the P90X Phase 2 workouts?
The simple answer is…
I love them!
The P90X2 Phase 2 schedule and workouts are very similar to the original P90X except they are P90X squared! In other words, there are tons of new moves that are VERY challenging, but a lot of fun!
I especially love the variety of pull ups that you’re doing in P90X2. I never knew you could do so many things on a pull up bar! :-) One of my all time favorites is the Lever pull up. It’s pretty tough to describe but it’s super challenging, but really fun at the same time. I’ll have to get a video of me doing the Lever pull ups to show you.
Another challenging move is appropriately named-
The Impossible/Possible (from the P90X2 Chest + Back + Balance workout)
During this move your legs are on a stability ball and your arms are on 1 medicine ball (in a push up position). Your goal is to stay on the balls and do as many push ups as you can (while maintaining good form). Here’s an image from the P90X One On One Series where Tony Horton is doing the move-
Ummmm. Yea….
I could do ZERO of those the first time I tried that move, and this week I was able to do 1 rep with perfect form! :-)
As hard as that move is, I LOVE the challenge! Not all of the moves in Phase 2 of P90X2 are THAT challenging, but Tony Horton has sprinkled in moves like that here and there.
As far as my goals for this round of P90X2, I think most of you know that I’m working to become the HULK. See my OPERATION X2 HULK post by clicking here for the low down.
The Phase 1 workouts weren’t conducive to adding lots of muscle mass (since it was tough to use heavy weight during the balance moves you’re doing), but this phase is perfect for adding size. So during this Phase of P90X2 I’ll be upping my calories like crazy, and focusing on lower reps and heavier weight.
During the first week of Phase 2 I was taking in 2,800 calories on the resistance workout days, 2,600 on the cardio days, and 2,300 on the yoga and rest days. However, I saw ZERO weight gain during that week so I decided to shift my strategy a bit.
If I want to hit my goal of adding at least 10 pounds during P90X2, then I need to up those calories even more so I’m adding at least 1 or more pounds a week of muscle.
So…
Moving forward I will be keeping things simple and taking in 2,900 calories EVERY day. Taking in that many calories a day isn’t easy for a dude like me, but I’m going to suck it up and work to hit that number every day with HEALTHY calories (not junk).
I’ll also really need to track my body fat closely to ensure I don’t start gaining fat. I may even find out that I need to up my calories even MORE. I’ll just have to stick with this, track everything and see what happens.
That’s MY update, now it’s YOUR turn…
So you’ve got my update, now I want to hear how things are going for YOU! Leave a comment below and let me know what’s going on! I want to hear if you’ve been sticking with your workouts…how your nutrition is going. Also, share with us any positive results you’ve had.
So leave a comment below now and share with our community whats happening!
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YO! Phase 1 of P90X2 is…Officially…DONE!!! I am SO fired up to be going into Phase 2! In this blog post I want to let you know how Phase 1 of P90X2 went, and then give you a quick recap on how Chest + Back + Balance went (my first workout of Phase 2).
How Did Phase 1 Of P90X2 Go?
I’ll be honest…the first week of Phase 1 of P90X2 was pretty frustrating. Why? Because I was doing BRAND new moves that involved a TON of balance (a MAJOR weakness of mine). So during the workouts I was doing lots of pausing and rewinding, pausing and rewinding, so I could learn the new moves. As a result of having to do that I felt like I wasn’t getting as good of a workout as I usually do.
P90X2 Plyocide is a good example…it felt a lot easier then the original P90X plyometrics.
Then…
Week 2 and week 3 rolled around. I new the moves, so I could go through the workouts without having to stop a million times. At that point I was able to go full throttle with the workouts and I felt the TWO in P90X2. My reps started to consistently increase, and I was able to add more weight to the moves that involved weight.
I also started to see some pretty big improvements in my balance by week 4 and 5. Moves that I could only do 1 or 2 reps like…
Balance Kickback on Stability Ball, Mule Kick Burpee in X2 Total Body,
Renegade Row Lolasana in X2 Balance + Power,
etc.
I was now able to do 8, 10, or more reps depending on the move.
Lastly, wherever I could, I made sure to wear my weighted vest to increase the resistance (I’m now up to about 47 pounds in my weighted vest).
So I spent 5 weeks total in Phase 1 of P90X2. The first 2 weeks was my “unofficial” start of P90X2…I was just trying to get the moves down, and then 3 weeks of going full throttle. After 5 weeks I felt pretty comfortable with the moves, so I felt it was time to move on to Phase 2!
Chest + Back + Balance – Day 1, Phase 2
All I gotta say after doing Chest + Back + Balance is…WOW! :-) THIS is my kind of workout! You’re basically doing a million different varieties of push ups and pull ups. You’ll be using your med balls and the stability balls A LOT during this workout.
I’m not going to give away much in this post on Chest + Back + Balance because I want to do a full separate review on it in another post. BUT…I did want to let you know that there is a move that involves 4 medicine balls, and 1 that involves 3 medicine balls. I only have (2) 8 pounds medicine balls so I just used what I had, but I will be going out and buying 2 more so I can do the extreme version of these moves.
How Is YOUR Workout Journey Going?
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X2 Total Body is D-D-D-DONE! Check out this short and sweet update of how this workout went…
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P90X2 Results are here! Not! :-) As of the writing of this blog post, today is officially week 2 of my journey with the P90X2 workout program.
So while I don’t have my final P90X2 results to share with you yet, I did want to show you my P90X2 before pics and create this page to be the home of where I post my final P90X2 results. I’m also hoping to feature the P90X2 results of a few others from our community.
You’re more then welcome to read what I have so far on this page, but make sure before you leave to leave a comment below and let me know what kind of P90X2 results you are working towards…
Highlights Of My P90X2 Results
None as of yet, but I’ll be posting the highlights of my P90X2 Results here…
As far as my goals for this round of P90X2, I think most of you know that I’m working to become the HULK. See my