Day 59 – One on One Back, Chest, & Balls/ARX

I have to admit I didn’t use the balls much this workout. This is a lot like the P90X Chest & Back, only Tony makes the moves harder by having you balancing on either medicine or stability balls for most moves (well, push up moves… he hasn’t found a way to incorporate balls into pull ups). Whenever he used the stability ball I did also, though sometimes this made me drop to my knees for push ups. I never once used a medicine ball or basketball; for these moves I did make myself stay on my feet (rather than dropping for knee based push ups). I know I’m not doing as much as the guy on the TV, but I’m doing more than I could’ve 59 days ago. I have a feeling when P90X2 comes out it’ll have ball options available for the extreme and modifications will look like what I’ve been doing.

Speaking of what I’ve been doing, it occurred to me this morning that I haven’t done Ab Ripper in a long time. One of the hazards of my hybrid routine. I was good at doing it when the schedule called for P90X strength days, but when my strength days came from One on One I didn’t even think of doing Ab Ripper. The schedules calls for me to do the One on One Vol 1 ab routine, but I’m doing Vol 3. The volume I have contains a 42 minute ab routine and I sure wasn’t going to add that onto the end of another exercise. Today I pulled out Ab Ripper X and it killed me! Need to get back into doing that. I think, based on yesterday’s thoughts, it would be wise to get the ab routine from One on One Vol 1. Maybe even the ab routine from Vol 2 also. Can’t hurt to learn more ab moves.