So, day three was shoulders and arms. After Day One, Chest and Back, and Day Two, Plyometrics, I was a little shocked that shoulders and arms didn’t leave me weeping on the floor. I’m not saying it was easy. There are a lot of hard routines in day three, but it’s sort of a relief after the agony of days one and two.

Since I didn’t feel like sulking on my gym mats and begging God for a merciful and sweet end, I had time to focus more on Tony Horton, the creator of P90X and the guy leading the instructional workout videos. He says some weird stuff. The guy has ego to spare. That much is clear. You know it’s bad when he’s showing off his arms right before the shoulders and arms workout, and you only have your own arms for comparison, which it being only day three aren’t going to impress anyone all that much.

Early on in the workout, when we’re still warming up, Tony lets this one out while rolling his head from side to side:

“Just let the weight of your head do the work. Mine weighs about 600lbs, and not a damn thing in it.”

I’m starting to believe you, Tony.

Between shouts of “X me baby!” and “Imagine you gotta do a hundred of them” (during an exercise where doing 10 makes you feel like you’re on the verge of puking), you start to question Tony’s motives here. Is he trying to sabotage my efforts by making me laugh uncontrollably? Listen, my abs hurt enough as it is, I don’t need to laugh so hard that I get a hernia.

“Tip of the day, remember to breathe.”

I’ll make sure to breathe really well between fits of laughter.

“And if you’re having trouble balancing, just find something to put your hand on. like a stool. nephew. niece. uncle. That’s a short uncle!”

3 days down. 87 days to go.

Kip

(if you’re a reader who has enjoyed P90X, please add more quotes in the comments)

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