Day 4 was the workout that is the bane of the original P90X, Yoga. I did the entire 90-plus minutes for the first time in a long time and did much better than I anticipated. It is a double-edged sword: it is a much harder routine than it should have been, but it is also the routine where you can really measure your progress across all facets of fitness as the program progresses, because it involves strength, flexibility, and cardio endurance.
I say it is much harder than it should have been because the original Power 90 workout, of which P90x was supposed to be an extension, had about 4-5 minutes of yoga at the beginning of the cardio workouts. It didn't have a separate yoga routine that could remotely prepare someone for some of the shit that gets thrown at you in P90X yoga. And, it is just way too long. It should have been 45 minutes to an hour tops, not anywhere near 90 minutes. But I got through it. I am definitely not as good at it as I was back around 2008-2009, but I got through it and will hopefully get back to being as proficient at it as I was years ago.
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