Day 83: Imbalanced

Every P90Xer that I speak with agrees that Yoga X is one of the most difficult of the workouts. Hell, I can't do half of the poses without some assistance. I'm 6'5" and 255 pounds of imbalanced, uncoordinated, stiff muscle.

In the photo, I'm doing the Warrior 3 pose. Normally, you are supposed grab your left ankle with your left hand, stick your right hand straight up in the air and raise your right leg perpendicular to the floor. Yeah, right. If I try this pose without using my heavy bag and yoga block for support, I'd being laying on the floor. Trust me this pose is still hard doing it my way.

Therefore, if you are doing the Yoga X workout or any of the others, you may find it necessary to use blocks, bags, walls, chairs or shelves to provide balance and support. Try to do the moves that you can do, but if you are unable, improvise.

When improvising just use as much support as needed. For example, I use a chair when doing lunges. I don't put too much weight on the chair but just enough to maintain balance and still exert myself and get the maximum benefit of the god awful lunge. Eventually, and I mean eventually, I'll be able to do most of the exercises and poses with perfect form.

In the meantime, I'll continue to give 100% assisted effort and that's good enough for me.