I am combining all my reviews from the 4th week of P90X (Recovery and Abs Week) into one review to catch up. I’m a bit behind and want to get back to daily reviews of my progress.
I skipped the Kenpo X workout in the end of Phase I and found the ab focus week much better.
While P90X calls this a recovery week, you still have workouts that can be intense. You start out with Yoga X, do Core Synergistics which is a longer ab workout than Ab Ripper X, Kenpo X, a Stretch X Day, then Core, and finally Yoga, again before a rest day.
The Yoga X continues to bother my back, so I just did it once last week. I felt like my body needed the extra rest.
Core Synergistics puts you in a lot of strange positions in order to work your entire core. The first day I did it, I found it very hard to get into those positions and am not sure I got a quality workout on the first day. On the second attempt, I felt much better about the exercises.
Kenpo X is something we’ve been doing, so it was the same as previous Kenpo workouts. I did not do the Stretch X day, instead choosing to rest and of course, skipped the last day of Yoga X
Check out the video to see how I’m doing and how the P90X Recovery week works, right before starting Phase II.
As for weight loss, I’m down 20 lbs. in 4 weeks or roughly 5 pounds per week. I’m very happy with these results, so I’m not sure I’ve been hurt by the extra days off. In fact, I think your body needs the rest to avoid overtraining.
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