One thing I’d like to mention, is that if you do any of the Ab Ripper X core exercises in isolation, they aren’t so bad. *NOTE: Tony Horton tells you to do “40” and then pushes you to do something like 80… What Tony Horton claims to be the easier version, was the harder version and vice a verse in my book. The difficulty in this is more the number of times that you do it, rather than the move itselfĪt first, I really disliked this, but the more I’ve gotten used to it, the more I like it. That said, after doing the first two core exercises, this one stunk. I actually do this on my own quite a bit. Personally, I felt this a lot in my legs…not just my abdominals. *NOTE: You are supposed to do 25 forward and 25 backwards = Total of 50…This unto itself is what makes this move so difficult. To give you a frame of reference, let’s say I perceive a standard “crunch” as having a level of difficulty of “1” (on a scale of 1 – 5) and my level of enjoyment of the “crunch” is “Liked.” Exercise To give you a sense of what the exercises are like, I’ve rated each in difficulty and level of enjoyment, and provided some commentary. However, after you complete a P90X strength training workout for an hour, “tacking on” 15 minutes of extremely challenging core exercises is anything but desirable. Prior to P90X, I’ve always done my core exercises on my strength training days, so that makes logical sense. If you read my last entry – P90X – End of Week 2: Insights and Debrief, you would have seen that the Ab Ripper X is “tacked on” to the strength training workouts of Chest and Back, Shoulders and Arms, etc.
Don’t take this the wrong way, but all of what you have done in the past is a walk in the park compared to the Ab Ripper X workout of P90X. And, I might add, the exercises are not easy.įor most, an abdominal workout would include a standard “crunch,” “side bends” or maybe a “plank.” Maybe you’ve used the stability ball for core exercises. This may not sound all that bad, but if you add it all up, you are essentially completing 275 repetitions of core exercises in total.
Each of the core exercises requires that you complete 25 repetitions. The Ab Ripper X is a 15 minute workout, made up of 11* core exercises. For the better part of this P90X blog (so far), I’ve skipped over the Ab Ripper X workout.
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