So speaking to many people who have done at least one round of P90X they all seem to say the same thing, that once you are finished it’s time to work something else into the program. Most of them cite the hatred of at least one of the P90X DVDs as the main reason the others say its just a fact of variety. Myself, I have chosen Insanity and Fountain of Youth Yoga to help me along. I documented the first 6 days of my 3rd go around and since I have been sticking pretty well to my plan I thought I would outline it here with 2 stipulations.
1. This is not a weekly program. It is not do 6 days on and 1 day off. It is based on your schedule of breaks, do what you can when you can and rest when you must. Although the schedule adheres to the 7 day routine, by now I think we all understand that the schedule must be flexible.
2. It is not set in stone. There are options to do FOYY or any other oddball workouts you feel like on the days you need a change. Some days you know what you need, some days you don’t. If you feel like you could use a break and do a fit test to see where you are with your fitness then go for it.
The Outline below is based on the following:
Week 1 – 4 Phase 1 Regular Cardio
Week 5 – 7 Phase 2 Mixed Cardio
Week 8 – Rest Week
Week 9 – 12 Phase 3 Max Cardio
The last week was the biggest let down for me with P90X since it is actually a rest week. I felt like I had been working towards something for 90 days and deserved a finale so this time around I am going to work out a handful of workouts that will test me for the last week and see what I can do with the new level of fitness I have achieved. For me, this may include a 5K or 10K run and a day of to-failure chinups and pushups and v-snaps. We will have to see but this time around my 90 days will go out with a bang not a whimper.
I have been doing this for 3 weeks now and this is how it has looked so far:
1 Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X 6/7/2010
2 Plyometric Cardio Circuit 6/8/2010
3 Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X 6/9/2010
4 Cardio Power and Resistance 6/10/2010
5 OFF 6/11/2010
6 Fountain of Youth Yoga 6/12/2010
7 Pure Cardio 6/13/2010
8 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X 6/14/2010
9 Plyometric Cardio Circuit 6/15/2010
10 Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X 6/16/2010
11 Cardio Power and Resistance 6/17/2010
12 Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X 6/18/2010
13 Pure Cardio 6/19/2010
14 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X 6/20/2010
15 Plyometric Cardio Circuit 6/21/2010
16 Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X 6/22/2010
17 Cardio Power and Resistance 6/23/2010
18 Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X 6/24/2010
19 Pure Cardio 6/25/2010
20 OFF – Deck build all day 6/26/2010
21 OFF – Deck build all day 6/27/2010
22 Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X 6/28/2010
The Outline:
23 Cardio Power and Resistance 6/29/2010
24 Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X 6/30/2010
25 Pure Cardio 7/1/2010
26 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X 7/2/2010
27 Plyometric Cardio Circuit 7/3/2010
28 Foutain Of Youth Yoga 7/4/2010
29 Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X 7/5/2010
30 Plyometric Cardio Circuit 7/6/2010
31 Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X 7/7/2010
32 Max Cardio 7/8/2010
33 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X 7/9/2010
34 Cardio Power and Resistance 7/10/2010
35 Foutain Of Youth Yoga 7/11/2010
36 Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X 7/12/2010
37 Max Interval Plyo 7/13/2010
38 Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X 7/14/2010
39 Pure Cardio 7/15/2010
40 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X 7/16/2010
41 Max Interval Circuit 7/17/2010
42 Foutain Of Youth Yoga 7/18/2010
43 Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X 7/19/2010
44 Plyometric Cardio Circuit 7/20/2010
45 Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X 7/21/2010
46 Max Cardio 7/22/2010
47 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X 7/23/2010
48 Cardio Power and Resistance 7/24/2010
49 Foutain Of Youth Yoga 7/25/2010
50 Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X 7/26/2010
51 Max Interval Plyo 7/27/2010
52 Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X 7/28/2010
53 Pure Cardio 7/29/2010
54 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X 7/30/2010
55 Max Interval Circuit 7/31/2010
56 OFF – Scheduled Rest 8/1/2010
57 Foutain Of Youth Yoga 8/2/2010
58 Core Cardio and Balance 8/3/2010
59 Core Synergistics 8/4/2010
60 Foutain Of Youth Yoga 8/5/2010
61 Core Synergistics 8/6/2010
62 Core Cardio and Balance 8/7/2010
63 OFF – Scheduled Rest 8/8/2010
64 Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X 8/9/2010
65 Max Interval Plyo 8/10/2010
66 Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X 8/11/2010
67 Max Cardio 8/12/2010
68 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X 8/13/2010
69 Max Interval Circuit 8/14/2010
70 OFF – Scheduled Rest 8/15/2010
71 Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X 8/16/2010
72 Max Interval Plyo 8/17/2010
73 Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X 8/18/2010
74 Max Cardio 8/19/2010
75 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X 8/20/2010
76 Max Interval Circuit 8/21/2010
77 OFF – Scheduled Rest 8/22/2010
78 Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X 8/23/2010
79 Max Interval Plyo 8/24/2010
80 Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X 8/25/2010
81 Max Cardio 8/26/2010
82 Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X 8/27/2010
83 Max Interval Circuit 8/28/2010
84 OFF – Scheduled Rest 8/29/2010
85 Push Ups and Triceps Test Day 8/30/2010
86 5K run 8/31/2010
87 Pull Ups and V-Snaps (abs) test 9/1/2010
88 Sprint tests with hills 9/2/2010
89 Leg and Back test 9/3/2010
90 Cardio Test 2 9/4/2010
