Although I'm only on day 2 of P90X, this isn't the first time I've delved into PlyometricsX. I tried out this DVD when I was having trouble getting to the gym for my cardio workouts when I was doing BRE, but my cardio workouts were normally 30 minutes in the morning before food, so I've only ever done half of the DVD until tonight.Tonight, I decided to "bring it" as Tony says, but not the way he intended. I had originally planned to do the workout at 3:00 after I clocked out of work, but I ended up staying on until about 4:00. Then I decided to venture up out of my cave ( my office in the basement) to talk to some humans, or near approximations, for a bit before diving into this workout. The kids, of course, wanted me to play with them, so I rode Gabriel's wave board for a bit. Then Colby wanted me to help him through a tough part of Lego Star Wars II, which I found incredibly difficult to say no to. Long story slightly shorter, I ended up playing with the kids until time to put them to bed - actually, a bit past that because Colby peed on himself because he didn't want to stop playing XBOX360 (the pride I felt) so he had to take a bath. It was 8:10 when that happened. So... I ended up starting my workout at about 10:00 pm after farting around online for an hour. I knew this was a bad idea, but I had made my bed and it was time to lie in it.
This first run through the full hour of PlyometricsX wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was bad, but I managed to get all the way through it. I didn't "bring it" every time Tony decided to double-time it, but I made it through all of the exercises with much panting and cursing. By the time we got to the bonus exercises, a little 5-minute run at the end before the cool down and stretch phase, I decided I didn't need the kind of bonuses he was handing out. Here's my impression of the workout:
It was very intense and I know I burned a ton of calories. My heart rate was high throughout the entire workout and I was sweating hard. The hardest things for me to do were the crossover kicks, because I kept losing my balance; the airborne Heisman, because I kept losing my balance; and the things where you jump up and bring your knees to your hand. I forgot the name of them. Those were just bastards. I also couldn't do the hot feet by the time we got there. Calves were destroyed from earlier workouts, so I just did the jumprope motion.
It makes you feel like crap when you see the guy with the prosthetic leg doing everything with no real issues and you're wondering if you can make it through the next exercise without collapsing.
On a positive note, my neck has been sore for a few days and this really loosened the muscles up.
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