Pool Party Ready?
Summer is just around the corner, and if you’re like me that means one thing . . . pool parties at my MSU student apartment. I’m already excited thinking about the music, fun, and sun. But there is one thing that puts a damper on all that fun, the fact that for the past six months I’ve avoided the inside of the gym like the plague. Maybe it’s the cold weather or the fact that baggy sweatshirts and Uggs cover almost anything but I haven’t laced up my running shoes since the first snow fell this year. That means one thing this time of year . . . a mad dash to get into bathing suit shape.
This year, I gave in; I watched the infomercials and heard everyone talking about all these great work outs. I figured with only weeks to go, I had to go big. And by big, I mean insane . . . I started doing P90X. Yes, I realize this may have been a crazy mistake and that my whole body is probably going to hate me for the next ninety days but with merely weeks until I bathing suit season, I had to go for broke.
For the uninitiated, P90X is a workout program that combines weight training; cardio and stretching to (supposedly) have you end up with the perfect beach body. Every day of the week you follow a video to work a different part of your body. It involves pull-ups, pushups, extreme ab work and weights. The workouts last between 45 and 90 minutes and each work pushes you to your limits. It is extreme and definitely not for the faint of heart.
That being said, I’m on day 6 and it works. I’ve found out I have muscles I didn’t even know existed (actually meaning I hurt in places I didn’t think could hurt). The X in P90X stands for extreme and the workouts are just that. But with a group a friends and a big enough space (think the gym in your East Lansing student apartment) you can get going.
This work out is best done with a group so that you have someone to motivate you. So grab your roommates, your neighbors, and your friends and kick it into gear. And by the time that first pool party rolls around, you too can be showing off your new physique.
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