Tuesday is Plyocide day jokingly referred to by Tony Horton as “death by plyometrics.” I was expecting a tough workout based on the P90X Plyometrics session.
It starts out once again with the new warmup section that uses the stupid foam rollers. Tony has really drank the Kool-Aid on these time wasters. Oh well, time to get with the program so I did it and I won’t mention it again.
Finally the warm up is over and we get into the actual moves. I’m expecting lots of jumping pretty much the same as in Plyometrics only different. (BTW, I always thought the Plyometric workout was one of the very best in P90X.) Although there is still jumping in Plyocide, it is way different than Plyometrics. Lots of the new stuff is jumping while balancing if that makes any sense. And the jumps seem lower impact too. And fewer of them. In fact, I was starting to think the workout was toned down too much and I was sort of starting to think I may have wasted my money. Maybe I should have stayed with P90X and just do it again.
But then I noticed that just like the X2 Core workout, I was sweating more and having difficulty completing all the moves with good form. The whole floor was covered in sweat. My heart rate was lower than when doing Plyometrics, but it was a deceivingly tough workout.
This morning my whole body is stiff and sore in all new places. One main difference between Plyocide and Plymetrics is that in addition to jump training it works the core more. It seems I was snookered again. The new workout is harder than it looks.
I’m ready for a rest day and am looking forward to X2 Recovery + Mobility. The only problem is that there is a lot of that stupid stuff I said I wouldn’t mention again.