If you have followed this blog, then you know how well-documented my hatred of Yoga X is. Again, I say that tongue-in-cheek because I do know how beneficial it is, and I am sure glad when I'm done. In other words, the difficulty of the program assures me that it is working. The fact of the matter is that the level of discomfort is high throughout, and coincidentally, it is also the longest single workout. This is where my dislike of Yoga X comes from.
With every P90X workout, the best part is when it's over, and Yoga X is definitely no exception. The DVD is 1 hour, 30 minutes, and by the time you finish what seems like 45 minutes of Yoga, the clock somehow still says you have about 1 hour and 15 minutes left - I honestly believe disc #4 is broken. Finally and mercifully, the clock does make its way down to the 45 minute range, and that is when you see the beautiful words on the screen, "Last Vinyasa". It is worth noting that by the time you see this, you are sweating like crazy, your limbs feel like putty, and you all you want to do is lie down.
That Last Vinyasa is the time when your body and mind say, "We've made it this far, so what's another 45 minutes going to hurt?" It got me to thinking about how this is such a microcosm of life. Think about the last major life accomplishment or achievement you completed and when your own "Last Vinyasa" came. It may have been a rigorous final semester of your college career, or maybe it was a final job interview after a series of them. In any case, you had more work to do, but you knew there was an end in sight. Yoga X feels like it's never going to end, but at least there's that Last Vinyasa to push you forward.
I can't wait for the the end of this round of my P90X journey. I know I'm not there yet, but at least it has been a fair amount of time (38 days) since I initially pushed play. I feel so much better, and the results are really starting to show, so figuratively speaking, I may be closer than I think to my Last Vinyasa.
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