Cardio X - Take 1

Yes, I did end up deciding to go forward with the P90X Lean program. As the first two days of the week diverge from Classic I didn't have to go through Plyometrics again this week, instead I faced my rookie run of Cardio X. It almost made me miss Plyo.

Cardio X is mean because it's a shorter workout than most others, or so you think. On each P90X DVD there's a couple of countdown timers that run on the screen. One indicates the amount of time left in your current exercise and the other the remaining time in the complete workout. Most workouts run about 58 minutes. First thing that I noticed was that Cardio X only ran about 43. I was really stoked because being 15 minutes shorter I expected to finish up right around the time that I normally am fighting really hard to not quit.

My glee was short lived. Unlike other workouts where there tends to be 15-30 seconds of down time between each exercise (as well as two or three 120 second water breaks), Cardio X runs straight through. Normally I hate the short downtimes because Tony is usually rambling on about something annoying and I'm always thinking "just get on with it so we can get this over with". Fact is, with about 20 different exercises per workout, those 15-30 second breaks add up. Not having them in Cardio X I grew to appreciate them and I swear I will never take them for granted again, no matter what Tony is babbling about. add to del.icio.us saved by 0 users