I would first like to begin by thanking the P90X gods for giving me this recovery week. After having 4 weeks of mild and limited exercising followed up by throwing myself back into the groove, I’m thankful that the second recovery week has fallen where it has.
After Week 7 (Week 1 Part 2) I found my legs and flexibility quite taxed amongst other things. I found the Recovery week challenging in a different way, but one where I could sustain myself without feeling completely drained. I can’t give enough praise to Tony Horton for coming up with the Core Synergistics workout. It’s fascinating, challenging, and quickly paced for something that is only used during the Recovery weeks. This single workout makes me look forward to the recovery weeks based on two solid principles: You can work yourself as hard as you want during this workout and you engage so many different muscles at the same time.
For those who know much about my fitness they understand that I adhere to the philosophy of intense training while isolating muscle groups. I love a good weight room. Core Synergistics is not a workout that “thinks” like me. It actually adheres to a multi-function and core philosophy for overall fitness. It’s as if we are putting together the same puzzle, attempting to get to the same end, but using two different ways to get there. I look at one piece at a time while Core Synergistics “looks” at the puzzle as a whole. Neither is a bad way to look at the puzzle and neither is a “better” way of fitness, but it may be better for different people. Remember, neither is an incorrect way of reaching their goal, but it’s what speaks to you on a personal and spiritual level.
As for the rest of the Recovery Week, it was like a good stretch, good, easy, and only a slight discomfort. Yoga, I believe, will continue to push my fitness level for years to come. I’m not sure if I’m looking forward to or dreading the day when yoga gets easy for me. I’m afraid that when yoga becomes so routine and easy for me that hell may certainly freeze over while pigs fly overhead. I just keep telling myself that yoga is kinetic meditation and I find myself actively and subconsciously paying a deeper attention to the strains on my body. Perhaps Zen is not so far off?
The rest of the week consisted of stretching and the cardio workouts which, even in my time off, have become too easy to really write about (except for the fact that they are easy). Week 9 is bringing back the very first week from the workout. The next 4 weeks are actually alternating between Weeks 1-3 and Weeks 5-7 every other week. Should be a ton of fun with all the muscle confusion going on here. Last rotation and we bring this P90X experience to an end…or do we?
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