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When you are in the early stages of a workout routine, especially when you have not worked out in a while, it is important to monitor your body for budding problems and alter your workout accordingly. This is particularly true when beginning a routine as extreme as P90X. As stated in the P90X Fitness Guide, your goal during the first phase (first four weeks) of P90X is to “finish the workouts in one piece”.

My neck was still feeling a little stiff and my shoulders a little weak on Day 12, so I altered my workout accordingly.

July 15, 2007

Day 12: Legs & Back

Even though I skipped the yoga moves that seemed particularly hard on your neck yesterday, my neck was still a little stiff when I woke up this morning, so I decided not to do Ab Ripper X again today. However, I imagine that I’ll do it again, as scheduled, in a few days.

The rest of my body felt great. Once again, it stuck me that the Yoga X workout is well timed.

Once again, it struck me that the Legs & Back routine is well balanced. I pushed a little harder than last time and once again felt just maxed out at the end.

I felt much better about my performance with the pull-ups today than I have in either of the Chest & Back days or the Legs & Back day that I have done so far. I’m getting the hang of using the chair and getting a nice burn at the end of each set.

Rather than switching the position of my hands every two reps, as Tony suggests, during the Switch Grip Pull-Ups, I switched them every six reps (so only once) during the second set today. I felt like that was a good compromise between protecting my loose shoulders and getting some benefit from the switch. As my reps per set increase, I think I may stick to switching every six reps.

Here’s my Legs & Back stats:

• Reverse Grip Chin-Ups: 5, 6; 12, 16
• Wide Front Pull-Ups: 5, 5; 12, 12
• Closed Grip Overhand Pull-Ups: 5, 5; 12, 12
• Switch Grip Pull-Ups: 6, 6; 12, 12

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