Round 3 / Day 4: P90X Yoga X

I enjoyed doing yoga this morning, but it took forever (as usual). I could have watched an entire movie in the 92 minutes it took to complete Yoga X, including:

• Before Sunset (2004) – 80 minutes
• The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) – 75 minutes
• Cloverfield (2008) – 85 minutes
• Cube (1997) – 90 minutes
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) – 92 minutes
• Duck Soup (1933) – 68 minutes
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) – 90 minutes
• High Noon (1952) – 85 minutes
• The Lion King (1994) – 89 minutes
• Monsters, Inc. (2001) – 92 minutes
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) – 91 minutes
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) – 76 minutes
• The Night of the Hunter (1955) – 92 minutes
• Rashomon (1950) – 88 minutes
• Revenge of the Nerds (1984) – 90 minutes
• Rope (1948) – 80 minutes
• The Simpsons Movie (2007) – 87 minutes
• Sleeper (1973) – 89 minutes
• South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999) – 81 minutes
• Stand By Me (1986) – 89 minutes
• Toy Story 2 (1992) – 92 minutes
• Videodrome (1983) – 87 minutes

Oh, and one more: Rebecca's Secret, the soft-core porn movie featuring Tony Horton, clocks in at just 81 minutes.

[UPDATE: Sadly, it turns out Tony only has a bit part in the flick, and his single two-minute scene is anything but scandalous.]

Round 2 / Day 4: Insanity Cardio Power & Resistance

I was dumb to think that I'd have enough energy to give 100 percent to my Insanity workout this morning after a 40-minute barefoot run. (As one particularly nasty opposing counsel in one of my old cases once wrote in a letter: "You must have overdosed on your stupid pills this morning.") Although I'm running much more slowly and carefully than I typically do in big-ass running shoes, I did attempt to increase my turnover speed, which tired me out. Plus, it's (unsurprisingly) a lot more difficult to run in the dark, frigid cold of the San Francisco Bay Area than in the wet heat of Hawaii. When my calves began to ache, I packed it up and headed home.

When I headed into my garage to pop in the Insanity Cardio Power & Resistance DVD, I actually felt pretty decent: Not too tired, kind of exhilarated, a little nervous.

But then the workout started, and once again, it was a punch to the gut.

Details after the jump.

P90X Day 4: Yoga X

I think the "X" in Yoga X stands for "EXTREME," but I'm not feeling it.

Yes, I found that certain portions of P90X's 90-minute yoga session were incredibly hard, but that's because I lack coordination, balance and flexibility. Rivulets of sweat coursed down my face when I tried (and failed) to pull off the ridiculously difficult "Prayer Twist from Runner's Pose to Side Arm Balance" move, and I couldn't manage to keep my legs straight in almost any pose that required straight legs.

By the way, just what is "EXTREME" yoga, anyway? Is it considered "EXTREME" just because Tony ends up yelling "FIGHT FOR IT! FIGHT FOR IT!"? (At least he acknowledges that "I know I'm screaming too much for yoga.")

Here's the list of moves in this 90-minute program, some of which are performed dozens of times:

• Runner's Pose
• Crescent Pose
• Warrior One
• Warrior Two
• Reverse Warrior
• Triangle Pose
• Twisting Triangle Pose
• Chair to Twisting Chair (Prayer Twist)
• Right-Angle Pose to Extended Right-Angle Pose & Grab
• Prayer Twist from Runner's Pose to Side Arm Balance
• Warrior Three to Standing Splits
• Half Moon to Twisting Half Moon
• Tree
• Royal Dancer
• Standing Leg Extension
• Crane
• Seated Spinal Stretch
• Cat Stretch
• Frog
• Bridge / Wheel
• Plough into Shoulder Stand with Leg Variations into Plough
• Table
• Cobbler Pose
• One-Legged Hamstring Stretch into Two-Legged Hamstring Stretch
• Touch the Sky
• Boat
• Half Boat
• Scissor
• Torso Twist Hold
• Deep Torso Twist Hold
• Side Twist
• Glute Stretch
• Happy Baby
• Child's Pose
• Shavasana (Corpse Pose)
• Fetal Pose
• Lotus

I totally need a yoga block.