Day 5 Legs, Back & Ab Ripper X

Today was legs and back followed by another session of Ab Ripper X. Since I have been working out, the days designated for legs was always the ones I dreaded the most. I was always ready to meet the upper body exercises; you could even say I looked forward to those days. For some reason it just seemed as though the leg exercises were so much harder. Every time legs day came around I compared it to climbing Mount Everest. Furthermore, after completing the exercises there would be that jelly leg feeling subsequently after. Simple things like going up stairs would be a struggle afterwards. Well, when it came to the P90X leg workout, all those feelings came rushing back and Tony did a great job of realizing those apprehensions. The exercises he put into the program in the sequence he put them in challenges you. It seems as though his goal is to break you down into pieces. By the end of the workout your hamstrings, quads, calves, etc. will be on fire. I liked that he combined the legs with the back because before starting this program I combined the two as well. Tony uses the chin up bar a lot to do this. Personally, I am a fan of pull ups and chin ups and have a personal goal of completely conquering it.

This was the third time that ab ripper X was implemented with the week. With each day it feels as though I am able to go a little further and further. I am still unable to complete all 349 ab reps but each day I inch a little closer as I continue to push forward. I’m going to keep bringing it…next up Kenpo X.