P90X Day 13 Completed: P90X Kenpo X
P90X Kenpo X
It is Friday (TGIF), and I just completed day 13 of my P90X journey! Today was my favorite P90X workout, Kenpo X! I was really pumped and excited to do this workout. That excitement helped me to push extremely hard during this workout (I didn’t have to pause the P90X DVD at all). I punched, blocked, and kicked as hard as I could during the exercises. I was easily able to get my heart rate in the zone and I was dripping in sweat from the workout.
My legs were surprisingly sore from P90X day 12. From the effort I put into it, I wasn’t expecting to be sore at all. I still think I did a great job with Kenpo X despite the soreness in my legs. Also, I found a set of weighted gloves in the Beachbody Store that I am seriously considering purchasing for the P90X Kenpo X workout. I think the gloves would really help me take this workout to the next level.
Nutrition for today-
Breakfast: Bowl of Fiber One cereal, and a protein shake.
Mid-Morning: Protein shake.
Lunch: Sandwich with roast beef, and a slice of provolone cheese (on whole wheat bread).
Mid-Afternoon: Strawberry Smoothie with 1 cup of frozen strawberries, 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed, 1 scoop of protein powder, and skim milk (not sure how much, just filled up the cup).
Dinner: I think we are going to have tacos tonight with chicken instead of beef.
After-Dinner: Protein shake
Tomorrow is day 14 of my P90X workout! That means 2 weeks of P90X will be DONE!!! Only 77 more days to go!
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I am happy/disappointed with this workout. It’s fun, and it goes quickly. Though I feel I can never get a full workout out of it. It’s almost as if this exercise caters to my strengths. I took martial arts classes for 13 years when I was younger. I was adding several reps to each set of exercises they did, especially towards the end(I think did well over 150 vertical punches.) Not sure how the horse stance doesnt bother me much, but wall sits crush my soul. I think this will work on balance more than anything for me, as I did feel myself falter once or twice during the kicks.
Weighted gloves sound like a really good idea. I need something to make this more of a challenge. I felt like I was even out performing some of his helpers in the show. The one thing that did mess me up was the star blocks. Not because of lack of strength/stamina…I just kept getting confused mentally on which direction to throw my arm after the up block, and once I outthought myself, I was out of position for the downward block.
I was considering popping in cardio-x or legs and back again for some extra.
I’m sure this is really easy for you since you took martial arts for so long. My wife used to be really into kick boxing, and she didn’t think the workout was all that hard either. I never took martial arts or have done kick boxing before, so I think Kenpo X was a little harder for me intially. The kicks were especially difficult for me when I first started, but I feel like I’ve got them pretty much down.
Yea, Tony Horton says at one point during the P90X DVD that you should feel it in your legs (while you’re in the horse stance). I never feel it in my legs even though I’m pretty sure I’m doing the horse stance correctly. I loose my balance during the kicks sometimes too.
I’m seriously considering buying the weighted gloves (maybe Beachbody makes something for your legs too? i just haven’t looked). Kenpo X is really fun, but it is the easiest workout (at least for me, and it sounds like for you as well), so I think adding some weight would really help take it to another level. Or doing cardio-x with Kenpo X might be a good idea too.
I always have trouble with the Start block!! Just like you, not because of strength or stamina, but because I get confused on which way to go. I normally think way too much and that really seems to mess me up.
So I guess I was a bit off about the exercise feeling like it wasn’t much. I’m a bit sore in the gluts and upper back from it this morning. Though it’s the good burn. I guess it did do something, I’m just used to feeling close to my deathbed by the time I’m done with a video.
lol! That’s a good way to describe how I usually feel after the P90X workouts too! Sounds like you got a good workout if you’re sore!! I’m not really feeling any soreness :(
Will be doing this workout in one hour. cant wait.
so what zone is your target hr? When i did this last time, my hr ranged from 150-180
Yea, mine ended up in that same range anywhere from 150 to 185. It’s a really fun workout!!
I agree with the comments above. There are aspects of this workout that I do very easy, and there are others that I feel worn out at the end.
Honestly, its the very beginning during stretching…you have to get into runners pose after some other post..and its awkward where you do the side prayer. I haven’t quite gotten that fluid yet.
According to my hr monitor, I burned roughly 879 calories during this workout. Not sure, though, how the HR monitors work in that regard. I basically click a timer and it starts spitting out your calories burned.
btw – Jean Claude Van Damme was at my house today, I posted a video of him training
:)
Yea, I’m still not very good at some of the stretches. I lose my balance very easily.
I wonder how accurate your HR monitor is? That’s sounds like an awful lot of calories for Kenpo X, but who knows, it could be right!
I agree with brad up yonder. I, too, took martial arts classes for many years and this workout seemed like a piece of cake. Don’t get me wrong, I broke a nice healthy sweat while flailing around, but the martial arts classes that I used to go to seemed a ton harder than this workout. I do love how it went by so fast though. Time flew by faster than your hands and feet.
It’s hilarious how we can stay in a horse stance for years, but you put us up against a wall and we are toast in a matter of minutes.
Brought it after a day in the sun and easter brunch. You know you’re committed when….! So glad that the man is doing it beside me or I would have made today my rest day. Don’t want to start that. Can’t believe that 2 weeks are almost over.
Good job!! Being out in the sun for long periods always makes me want to sleep! Great job for doing your workout regardless of how you were feeling!
Having some one doing P90X with you or having an accountability buddy definitely helps! Have a great evening!!