P90X Workout Review

Two or three times a week I head up to LifeTime Fitness to go for a swim. Swimming has been a great workout to compliment all of the exercises I do with P90X. Its good to switch it up every once in awhile and after doing P90X for 9 months now it only helps build on the muscles I have gained. I usually do 30 laps (60 lengths) when I go and this was my plan for today.

Anyways, there is always this older guy who swims around the same time of day I do. This old guy is the kind of guy who brings four different types of flippers to swim in. He even has the flippers where it is a one piece flipper. I kind of want to use them because it is going to make you use your abs the whole time because your legs can never get out of sync. Of course he has a speedo like every old guy has. I think there must be an unwritten rule that says if you are over the age of 60 you have full rights to wear a speedo in any setting including grocery shopping. Old dudes are the only guys I ever see wearing speedos.

So what you need to know is that this guy is intense. He probably could hang with Martin Strel. If you do not know who Martin Strel is, he is the guy who swam the entire length of the Amazon River. Yup, all 3,274 miles. Pretty amazing knowing that we all know there are Piranhas and other creepy fish in there.

It just so happens that every time I go swimming the only lane open is the one next time him. The first couple times I

After looking at my P90X results last week I was thinking about trying to mix things up a little bit. Over the past 5 days I got out my running shoes and ran 5 miles twice. It felt great to be able to finish it. What was interesting was that I did not feel sore after doing it both times and I never stopped during both runs. It had been some time since I was able to complete a 5 mile run without stopping. Later on those nights I started getting cramps in my stomach. It could have been from dehydration or eating something bad. I knew that I needed to get my cardio back up before ski season comes around so I need to incorporate more running and swimming.

Yesterday I did the P90X Chest and Back workout. I was not able to do as many pull ups and chin ups as I usually do but was able to complete the workout. Its amazing how much muscle I felt like I ahd lost due to all the running. I remember when I was training for the marathon a couple years ago and how much muscle I lost do to all of the running. It looks like this could be the same thing. Knowing that swimming is one of the best upper body and cardio workouts out there I headed to the local gym today and did my normal 30 laps (60 lengths). My upper body is killing right now and I can tell that I am going to be sore as hell tomorrow.