After my week at the cottage I was a little at a loss as to what to do for my weekly challenge. I chose the P90X for a week. It is a series of extreme fitness videos. My intentions were to do Week One of the program.
P90X is for people who are already in shape who want to take their fitness to a new level. I am not in shape. I am trying to get in shape. Already we had a problem. The first video had people cranking out chin ups like it was child’s play. Not sure I’ve done a chin up in my entire life. Failure. I would love to crank out a bunch of chin ups. They are a real man’s exercise. Rocky in Siberia shit. I still have nightmares from the “Flexed Arm Hang” from elementary school. By the end of Operation 180, I would like to be able to do ten chinups in a row. If I could do one, it would double my current output by 300%.
The set for P90x is supposed to look like Clubber Lang’s gym. Its dark. Brick walls. Fake industrial fans. I know what they were going for. They didn’t want it to look slick. They wanted gritty. They just depressed me.
This is a horrible thing to say. They had a guy on there with one leg. He had a prosthesis. It was during this one video called Plyometrics. Plyometrics is a lot of jumping, squatting and lunging. Instead of weights, you use your own body weight as resistance. Well, I’ve got lots of body weight so the resistance was huge. But to have the guy with one leg was almost like saying “A guy with one leg is doing it. Suck it up.” Well shit, it just made me feel more out of shape. And this was my favourite video.
The host. I hate that guy. He never shuts up. He tries to be your friend through the camera. He was trying to pal around with the people on set and you could tell that they hated him too. “Here is Pam. Pam the Blam.” Shut up. He does a fraction of the exercises so he is working half as hard as everyone else. He is that guy who doesn’t think his shit stinks. He is not motivating. He makes you not want to be in shape for fear that you will turn into a douche like him. I can’t even imagine having to hear the same jokes he tells for three months, over and over again.
It was tough. I only did four of the videos. The week was a waste. Let's call it F90X. I will use the Abdominal workout again but I can’t see myself doing P90X again unless the mute button is on and I am in way better shape.
Week 7 Challenge: Grade D
Next Week’s Challenge: Climb as many stairs as there is in the tallest building in the world
Good luck!
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