With the start of phase two of P90X the other day with Legs & Back (which, after having not done a legs workout in two weeks, I find I'm back to having somewhat sore legs two days after that workout, btw - even after having done yoga yesterday), today was Chest, Shoulders & Triceps. This time around, I had some weights I could use, as I had recently picked up some weights from my parents house recently that they managed to scrap from the "put & take" at the local recycling center. Yeah, they aren't as convenient as dumbbells, but not nearly as expensive, either. Also, they tend to be graduated more in Kg (1 Kg, 2 Kg, 4 Kg weights), so there was some mental gymnastics that had to be done in order to figure out the weights to use.
Previously, the heaviest weights I had were 8 lb dumbbells - which was way light for some of the exercises. So the primary issue I had this time around was how much 8 lb might be too light by. I ended up fitting the bars with a total of 6 Kg (a little over 13 lbs) - and sometimes it felt just about right, other times it was a bit heavy.
I tend to find this workout one of the more challenging ones. While there are a lot of pushups in the Chest & Back routine - this one includes what I think are more difficult variations: slow motion, plange, floor flys, two twitch speed, one arm and clap. So whereas Chest & Back is straight up normal, wide, decline - this one definitely makes you work by having differences in pace and introducing more lateral movement while doing the pushup, plus the explosiveness needed for something like the clap pushups, and the sheer power needed for one armed ones. Which, BTW, I can't even come close to doing. Not even a little bit. Even being on my knee, there's just not a whole lot of range of motion there.
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