Comments on: Working is Hard Work.

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:45:48 +0000

Thanks for your comments, everyone. I was thinking of maybe just doing 1/2 of each P90X workout maybe 3x per week. I don’t think I could find time to do these for 1 hour a day plus my other stuff.

By: Paige

Paige — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:30:41 +0000

Careful with those CrossFit WOD’s. I was feeling great after a half marathon in October and decided to go in to my local CrossFit gym to workout the next night. I had been working out there for about three months and was loving it and hating it at the same time. ; ) We did a workout called the Nifty Fifty that started with 50 box jumps. I made it through the workout but something didn’t seem right. My running suffered to the point that I finally went in to see the doc. An MRI showed that I had suffered a stress fracture of my tibia. For me, I think it was a combination of the tough plyometrics and not resting enough after the long race but I think I’ll avoid jumping for a long while. Silly rookie move on my part and I paid for it big time.

By: Tracy H

Tracy H — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:25:11 +0000

I also have the P90X dvd’s and love the workouts. I tried really hard to do them and train for a sprint tri with no luck. I simply ran out of time. Like the above person stated, workouts are at least an hour and some are longer but they are INTENSE!! and the people look great doing them so you want to try to keep up. You do need a chin up bar and some weights which Im sure you have. I have seen some results from several people who have used and still continue to use the dvds. You will probably love them, I know how hard you love to work out!!!
Tracy

By: Chance

Chance — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:07:13 +0000

Hi Carol,
When my buddy talked me into sprint triathlons in 2006, I had ZERO cardio base other than medium intensity efforts with weights at the gym. For virtually the entirety of 2006 my run workouts were 1 all out 100% 5k effort a week, some weeks I missed them. I started the year not able to go much more than a mile without a little walking. By September of that year I was routinely running my somewhat hilly course around my home in ~21 minutes with only a little stretching for a warm up.

I don’t know how well this strategy would work for someone with a much bigger engine and bigger base than I had.

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:50:23 +0000

Hey Carol, The P90X workouts are at least an hour each some are 90min so I don’t think it will be the short workout you’re looking for. I have a number of friends that have used it with great results. I could only do 3/4 of the workouts when I tried it this summer because I am weak!

By: SheWannaRunnerBe

SheWannaRunnerBe — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:14:50 +0000

My initial reaction from this blog report was “gosh – maybe I will do what ever Carol decides to do!” I quickly glanced at article – I am just not so sure about it. Good luck.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:51:26 +0000

So funny about your post. I was thinking about ordering the P90X dvds myself after watching the infomercial. Some of the amazon.com reviews said that the DVDs often don’t play, faulty manufacturing etc, so I’m not sure.

If you do buy them, let me know what you think.

By: Heather LaCouture

Heather LaCouture — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:18:31 +0000

Whole heartedly agree with this article. I used to work in NY commuting 3.5-4 hours a day, working 8-10 hours a day, and fit in noon workouts running to the gym 2blocks away working circuit training 3 days a week (mix cardio and weights), 2 spin classes evening or noon, and weekends spent one on long run and one off day to prep for 1/2 marathons. I was well prepared for those races.

I now work from home but when I travel I employ similar techniques.

Planning is soo important!