"Yoga is too long and boring"
"Can I skip Yoga"
"Can I sub Yoga with Core or Kenpo"
The answer is a big fat HELL NO!
I'm on board with my man Tony in believing Yoga X is the single most important workout of the entire P90X series. T.H. pretty much sums it up:
"It's strength, it's flexibility, it's the whole friggin nine yards"
Tony is quoted as saying that if he could only do one of his workouts it would be Yoga. He calls it the fountain of youth. So why the hell would everyone want to skip the one workout that the creator of the program thinks so highly about??? The answer is it's that it's a freaking hard workout! It's uncomfortable! It takes an incredible amount mental strength and focus that quite honestly is tough to muster up.
As I stated above, Yoga not only takes tremendous strength and flexibility, it takes FOCUS, determination, and will power to make it through. However, it is this type of focus, determination and will power that will not only get you through the Yoga X workout, but will get you through the entire 90 days of workouts, 90 days of proper nutrition and get you the results you see on TV! If you skip Yoga, you are not only cheating yourself of a great workout, you're setting the precedent that it's ok to fudge here and there...and before you know it, you're skipping other workouts, blowing your nutrition, and turning into a tub of GOO.
Don't dread Yoga...look forward to whipping the crap out of it! Kick Yoga X in the nuts and bring it to it's knees. Choke slam Yoga. Dominate it! At the end of the first 1/2 of Yoga, T.H. says:
"Take in the fact that you just did that....that is SWEET"
Tony knows it's brutal...and the fact you did just get through it is indeed SWEET as apple friggin pie (of course we don't eat that on the P90X diet though).
If you're crunched for time, be sure to at least get in the first 1/2 of the workout. This is more of the poses and the push-ups - the "hard part". The second part is hard in it's own way, but it's more balance postures and flexibility.
If you're crunched for time, be sure to at least get in the first 1/2 of the workout. This is more of the poses and the push-ups - the "hard part". The second part is hard in it's own way, but it's more balance postures and flexibility.
If you dig down deep and do your Yoga, you will thank yourself. You'll become more dedicated. You'll have a sense of accomplishment. You'll increase your strength and flexibility in ways you didn't think were possible and you'll notice a positive difference in all of your other workouts.
So Do your Yoga People and quit bitchin' about it.
So Do your Yoga People and quit bitchin' about it.
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