A few weeks back I discussed some of my favorite treadmill workouts and also promised to blog about P90x workouts as well.
My dad got my mom the P90x DVD’s and chin up bar for Christmas in 2010 and my whole family has enjoyed it ever since. My dad has cycled through the 90 day program at least twice and my mom loves it as well. I don’t follow the suggested P90x schedule of doing the DVD’s each day, I just do them if I don’t feel like running or leaving the house ;).
One of my favorite P90x workouts is titled Chest and Back. The workout focuses on pushing and pulling movements like push ups and pull ups. It is divided into two rounds. You go through the workout one time and then repeat it again.
You do each exercise as many times as you can (except exercises with weights– you do those for either 6-10 or 11-15 reps) for 30 seconds-1 minute.
1. Standard push-ups
2.Wide front pull-ups
3. Military push-ups
4. Reverse grip chin-ups
5. Wide fly push-ups
6. Closed grip overhand pull-ups
7. Decline push-ups
8. Heavy pants
9. Diamond push-ups
10. Lawnmowers
12. Back flys
[I made some of the exercises that you might not know as links that you can click to see a how-to!]
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Update on my nose: I called my surgeon today and I have an appointment schedules for the 13th of January. Gulp!
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Have a great day 🙂
Living My Full Life 
I’ve heard so many great things about P90x!
Hope your nose feels better and that its ok!!!!!!!! ❤
Hope your nose will be AOK 🙂 This workout looks killer!!
I’ll be praying for your appointment! Hope it goes okay–keep us updated!
I want to try P90X! My sister just got the set and it sounds awesome!
I feel like the actual P90x schedule is too much of a time commitment, but I love the abs and yoga workouts when I don’t feel like going to the gym.
P90x scares me haha!
I have done a few P90x workouts and just about died. I don’t know if I could do that for 90 days straight!
I haven’t done chest and back but I love the core workout. Maybe I’ll have to buy more of the DVDS!
I’ve ALWAYS wanted to try P90x..I hear it’s really tough! Maybe after I am done training for my half.
Thank for your this! I have wanted to try p90x for quite some time now.. >I just haven’t wanted to pay for it haha
p90x is hard! Even as a serious runner who has been sore after 20 miles, doing a p90x makes me realize i have muscles that i never knew existed!
I don’t think I have ever been able to do a pull up, and pretty sure I couldn’t do one now if I tried! But definitely something to work towards!
I hope your workout goes well! P90X sounds crazy intense but I do believe it works, my friend Ryan did it and lost a ton of weight that way along with protein shakes. He’s in amazing shape now. So, if you do it right it definitely works, but I don’t blame you for doing it right now in the cold winter months and when you don’t want to run- sounds like excellent cross training too!
I’d definitely leave out the dive bombers if you’re nose is still troubling you! This disc is hard! (But rewarding!) Have a great day!