P90X introduced me to one workout that I fell completely in love with: Yoga. Never had I imagined that I would do yoga, and not in my wildest dreams did I think I would like it.
Yoga-X was the workout that I felt did the most for me. So, as part of an experiment, I decided I would try the P90X program again, and bump up the amount of yoga I did, as I felt it gave me a pretty good cardio workout, and worked on "toning".
A second change I made was looking for a substitute workout for Ab Ripper-X. Not that it wasn't a great workout, it was! But, it was the only workout in the routine, and I felt that the first 7 minutes of it did nothing for my abs, and make my thighs burn. I knew that there was something better, and that's when my friend introduced me to an author who I believe is the current Ab workout champion of the world, Pavel Tsatsouline. A Russian strength trainer and ex russian military drill instructor. No, this guy didn't look like Zangeif from Street Fighter II... he looked about my size, with good strong abs, and a nice physique all around. It was something I felt I could attain without the use of supplements or drugs.
In his book "Bullet-Proof Abs", he explained in a very similar style that Tom Venuto's explanations, that most ab exercises are bullshit. Anything you can do 50 reps of is doing nothing for you. He broke down how core exercises should work the core, and ab exercises should work the abs, and gives a whole book of about 25 exercises that do just that. And these aren't basic crunches or situps. These are the real mo-fo deal, man. 3 sets of 3-5 reps of each exercise is enough to give your abs the hardcore workout it needs. I dubbed his book "New Testament" of the fitness bible.
So, for 1 month, I implemented the diet change (following Tom's diet plan to a fault), the change where I added more Yoga, and substituted Ab Ripper-X for Pavel's ab routine from hell.
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