Stretches throughout the P90X workout...

This may or may not be of any interest to anyone, but if you are going to do the P90X workout and you are playing around with skipping the X-Stretch workout (done every 7 days and/or once every 4-5 weeks), this might help.

If you look at all the warm-up and cool-down and active workout stretches that are done on all 12 discs, there are 54 different stretches.  Most discs include a total of 10-15 stretches total.  X-Stretch has the most at 33 with Yoga second at 19.  Ab Ripper X has the least at 3. 

If you skip X-Stretch, you will miss only 7 out of the 54 stretches each week: Back Hero (neck), Back Up The Car (neck), Camel (back?), Child's Pose with Left and Right Stretch (sides, back, ?), Dreya Forearm Stretch (forearm), Roller (back?), Toe Flexor (foot, angle, calf?).  I actually like all of these stretches, but if I wanted to keep them and didn't like the hour of X-Stretch (which I actually do but you might not), I could probably do them in 10 minutes.

By the way, there are a total of 21 stretches on the other discs that are NOT on X-Stretch...that accounts for about 40% of the total number.

Below is the info in a graphical format (boy was I bored tonight).  If you want it in spreadsheet format, drop me an email or make a comment below.

Day 24 (Stretch) Modifying the P90X schedule

Today was supposed to be Kenpo and tomorrow X-stretch.  Well my back was a little tight today, my knees a little wobbly (after Core/grass mowing yesterday) and I was having a stressful day anyway so I swapped them out...Kenpo will be tomorrow.  The overall P90X schedule is pretty good about spacing out workouts...you never really focus on the same muscle group twice in a short period of time.  In this case (during the recovery week), the schedule is Yoga/Core/Kenpo/Stretch/Core/Yoga, so Kenpo is back-to-back with Core no matter what.

I'm not quite sure what to make of X-stretch.  The workout is scheduled as an optional 7th day workout at the end of every resistance week and once during the rest/recovery weeks.  Almost all of the stretches are the exact same ones at the beginning or the ends of the other routines...there are only a very small handful of exceptions...things like forearm stretches, some foot/ankle stretches and a back stretch (I could actually do the Camel as well as Shauna...right down to the ground...although I was a little concerned about getting stuck there).  So it is not like you aren't already doing this workout a small part at a time throughout the week.  That makes me feel a little better about skipping it as the 7th day workout.  You don't really get those stretches during the recovery week so I think I'll keep it in there.  Plus, it is pretty relaxing if you are having an uptight day.  It also keeps you on a routine...6 workouts a week.

Thanks for reading.