It’s good to see that Yoga is shorter this time around. An hour and a half during the P90X routine was not insanely popular. It was the biggest complaint of anybody I talked to who gave P90X a shot. Now we’re down to 66 minutes. That’s about par with all of the other DVDs in P90X2. No complaints here!
It’s been a looong time since I’ve attempted any sort of Yoga. When I did, I was doing routines from the One on One series like Patience Hummingbird Yoga which were considerably easier. It’s refreshing to find out that I haven’t lost of whole lot of flexibility in my hamstrings, but a lot of my moves are limited by my FAT!
Seriously, when I go to fold all the way over, the fat bunches up in my stomach and prevents me from going further. When I try to reach around for a Bound Warrior, it’s my circumference that’s preventing the hand lock. Damn! Gotta shed this blub!
Overall, not a bad workout. Feels like my butt is going to be sore. Seems the be a theme here.
How did they restructure yoga to make it shorter? Did they remove certain portions, or just shorten the length of time in “transition” phases or something else?
Hey Jeff,
For one thing, it doesn’t feel like you’re in downward dog for 45 minutes. You do it pretty quickly through some sun salutations and the most of that is over. There aren’t any strictly standing balance asanas such as tree, mountain, etc that have you just standing there holding your leg out.
There is still quite a bit of instruction that’s going to get old fast, but after the instruction, the pace does generally pick up. I found myself holding poses Yoga X lengths only to look up and see them on the next pose. Before you know it, you’re on the ground doing the stretching portion.