X2 Total Body and Ab Ripper

I believe this is the longest day of phase one.  Weighing in at 1 hour and twenty minutes, you're spending a fair amount of time with Tony and the kids.

The workout starts with the same standard warm up.  Some of it I like, some of it I don't.  Since I didn't have any sore spots, I skipped the foam roller and did some stretching instead.

This workout continues the core/balance theme of phase one.  First exercise, one arm chest press on the medicine ball and moved on from there.  If you aren't pull up capable, like me, you'll have to modify a couple exercises, but otherwise, a good workout.  There are some tough ones, medicine ball, side arm balance, push ups.  I had to work hard to not slide off the ball and break my wrist.  There are a few exercises done from the warrior 3 position as well, which really works the leg/glute/core.

One thing to be mindful of is switching legs.  Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't.  Since this is a repeat workout, you'll do the right leg only, for a couple exercises, and the left leg only, the second time through.

For those of you that missed the prison cell push up from P90x Core Synergistics, you'll be more than happy with the mule kick burpee as a replacement.

This workout wraps up with our first shot at Ab Ripper X2.  I wasn't a huge fan of Ab ripper in P90X, mainly because of the additional time commitment.  I will say, so far, I like the X2 version a bit better as there is someone demoing a modified/easier version of most exercises.  Not being flexible enough to straighten my legs, really hampers the ability to do some of the exercises.

Overall, a good workout, with plenty of hard moves.  I do miss the focus on certain body parts.  For example, when I did P90X and did chest/back, I was wiped out, I had to dig deep and really work those muscle groups.  We haven't had that deep focus on a body part yet.  I believe we won't see that till phase 2.