Sooooo, I didn't completely finish the last Phase of this workout. I decided instead to cut my month workout in this phase to only 2 weeks worth of the P.A.P. or Post Activation Potentiation. The reason I cut this short was that my workouts in this section cut my effort by 30%. I believe that these workouts were created to keep the muscle you had stimulated, but rested more. Once rested and completing this stage you're done or you can do the entire program all over again, which I'm currently doing now. The workouts were okay, but meager compared to the previous disks, so its tempting to give up the easy stuff and go to the harder, more muscle defining workouts. I felt like I've done enough of the PAP section to start all over again.
My body has so far developed very well and my weak areas have improved by 40%! I could barely squeeze out a rep on the pull-ups, but now I'm much better at this. Improving and seeing results in the mirror is a definite motivator to keep working out. My nutrition has changed as well as I use Livestrong.com to follow my caloric intake and making sure I'm getting just enough calories without going over my goal per day. To record what you eat, makes a great way to figure out what you can remove or add to your diet, while doing P90X2. Checkout Livestrong.com or jot down what you ate for a week and make those tweaks without crashing your diet and giving up.
Overall the P90X2 program was developed very well, especially its focus on building the foundation of the body, while keeping it on its toes. I've tweaked my workouts as to accomodate my focus, which will be running for the Boston marathon in April 2013. I believe this program and its prior program are a great way to stay in shape for all levels.
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