Day 12

Week 1 Day 2 Agility X. My legs were like jello after about 10 minutes. There are a lot of lunges and jumping, both of which I have difficulty with. I can do lunges, but with my left knee being weaker, I do better on the right side than left. Hopefully, as with P90X, my knee will strengthen over time and be less of an issue.

Jumping, however, is out for me. I do have a great modification for jumping. I do the pre jump movement then go up into the jump without bringing my feet off the ground and really focus on getting the calves involved in the non jumping action. If it requires to jump with high knees, I do the same thing except I lift one leg off the ground and do a high knee with that leg, then repeat with the other leg. It does double the activity, but I think that is a fair tradeoff for the lack of the actual jump. My goal is to get the feel and effort of a jump without causing the high impact on my back.

Agility X is not an easy workout and for me modification is essential at least for now. Some will find it difficult and some will not. I think that for what it does it is a great workout. Mostly legs with a couple of pushup moves near the end. This workout again incorporates the use of balance and explosive power causing more muscle groups to be involved rather than the tired old "leg routine" but with the desired results. Lunges, my least favorite leg exercise, are the core of the workout along with some running and jumping moves to blast your legs into submission.

Intensity level is easy to scale up or back which makes it good for all levels of fitness. I have to do things a certain way to protect my weak knee and back, but I strive hard to get the highest level of intensity I can. I stop at times and restart when I catch my breath or my muscles say ok. I hope to be at a constant level in a couple of weeks where I can continue to do all I can without stopping.

For now, I am happy with the first 2 workouts. I feel like I have been pushed hard and I remember how I felt after the first 2 workouts with P90X and it feels so similar. Tomorrow is X3 Yoga and looking forward to how it is different from Yoga X.

Remember that today and tomorrow bring so many temptations with nonclean food. Do your best to eat as good as you can and when the holidays are over get back to clean eating. Don't beat yourself up if you eat something you shouldn't, just go back to eating clean after. It's that simple.