P90X: Bring the pain? Or bring me a donut?
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According to Statistics Canada, 23.1% of Canadians aged 18 or older (5.5 million people) are obese, with another 36.1% (8.6 million) are overweight. This means that over half of Canada is overweight.
Although I am not overweight myself, neither is my lifestyle particularly healthy. But about two months ago I heard some friends from church talking about the P90X workout system, and decided to give it a try. P90X consists of a 45-60 minute workouts as well as a complete nutrition system. The idea is that you can go from flab to buff in 90 days.
Let me just say, it has not been an entirely enjoyable journey so far. (Also, I should make it clear that it is certainly NOT me in the photo to the left.) For one thing, I don’t have a pull-ups bar, which makes it impossible to do the pull-ups exercises. Pull-ups, plural, might be a bit optimistic for me anyways. Also, the nutrition plan is pretty hardcore. I imagine most people, like me, would have a very difficult time having the willpower and patience to keep to it. There have been times that, through pain, instead of shouting “Bring it!” along with the videos, and I’ve considered throwing out all this exercise stuff and buying some donuts instead!
Yet despite my struggles so far, I do feel healthier. And it does seem to be getting a little easier to keep it up now that I’m getting used to it. One thing I’ve found particularly helpful is keeping track on a calendar which workouts I complete to help me chart my progress.
Do you exercise? What is your favorite workout? What are the excuses that people often give for not working out?
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I used to be too busy to work out. I had chronic pain and felt that working out would make it worse. Three years ago, I finally took the step needed and took a learn-to-run session. It was so hard and I felt like giving up each step. After a few weeks, I realized I was getting stronger and my chronic pain was lessening. Now, I have added core work to my cardio. I continue to have a very full schedule, but working out a minimum of 5 times a week is an absolute for me. It gives me the physical strength and emotional fortitude I need to live my busy life as wife, mother and full-time employee. I find that when I keep my discipline in exercise, it helps me keep spiritual discipline as well. My exercise actually gives me more time in my day as I have more strength and perspective.
I started using P90X about a year and a half ago, and let me tell you it was NOT easy at all. My starting weight was 203 and I remember my first day feeling like it was going to be the death of me. Well a year and a half later I weigh 156 and can absolutely dominate these workouts. The journey is hard at first and you may struggle every with the moves, but this is very similar to our walk with the Lord. Those jumping head first into a daily devotional or trying to get their life back on track with God is like performing your first P90X workout; it’s hard, you don’t know where to start, and you feel like it is impossible. After a few days you learn what works best for you, such as how to modify the exercises and what weights/reps to use. The journey gets much easier over time and you will be
Sorry I hit the wrong button to quickly. But as I was saying you will learn to develop your own way of finding out what works best for you, much like your walk with the Lord!
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When I began my P90X journey I weighed 203 pounds, but now a year and half later I lost 49 pounds and still enjoy pressing play every day! Starting P90X is hard! Much like starting our spiritual journey’s, our fitness journey’s take time getting used to too. When I was starting P90X I could not do the entire workout or even figure out half the moves. The same went with my spiritual journey, I did not know where to start (i.e. What book to read, what verses to read, what devotional to do, etc.), but I jumped in and figured it out. The workouts began to easier after two weeks and by week 4 I was breezing through them at a much better pace than when I first started. The same held true for my spiritual journey. Now I’m bringing it “super sonic X style” and bringing it for Jesus too! Feel free to email me if you need motivation or help along your journey! Much like our spiritual journey, our physical journey is not good to do alone! BRING IT!
Wow! Good for you Jamey. That is cool to hear about how well you have been able to do getting in shape. I love the analogy to our spiritual life.