The P90X Fit Test
If you have seen the commercial, you know that the P90X Workout is an intense workout. They don’t call it an Extreme Home System for nothing.
They suggest you take their Fit Test just to make sure you are able to survive the workouts. In the Fit Test you test and record your heart rate; perform pull-ups, push-ups, vertical leaps, toe touches, wall squats, curls, and in/out ab exercises. After you take this test, you are able to determine whether you can start the P90X workout or not.
After looking over the test, I thought I would pass this with no problem. I was shocked with some of my results. Below is my recorded performance with the P90X Fit Test.
P90X Fit Test
- Resting Heart Rate: 62 beats per minute.
- Pull-Ups: 1 pull-up. (You should be able to do at least 3 if you are male.)
- Vertical Leap: 15.5 inches. (A male should have a vertical of at least 5 inches.)
- Push-Ups: 25 push-ups until failure. (You should be able to do at least 15 if you are male)
- Toe Touch: I can stretch my fingers 1 inch past my toes. (The minimum should be at least 6 inches from your toes, or -6 inches.)
- Wall Squat: I was able to wall squat for 1 minute and 10 seconds. (Minimum for a male is 1 minute.)
- Bicep Curls: I performed 24 curls with 25lb. dumb bells. (You should be able to do at least 10 curls with 20 lbs.)
- In and Outs: I performed 42 before failure. (They recommend you perform at least 25.)
The only part of the test I failed was with the pull-ups. While I was only able to perform 1, and they recommended at least 3 - they do say many cannot perform a single pull-up. I have made it a priority of mine to conquer that pull-up bar! I will beat that thing!
It’s probably my competitive nature, but I thought I would have some bigger numbers with some of these tasks. The wall squat started hurting me about 30 seconds into it. I played basketball throughout college and was pretty embarrassed with my vertical number (15.5 inches). I knew my stretching would be poor, but only 1 inch past my toes is horrible.
The good part about the Fit Test - I passed. There are more than a few things I have to work on improving, but I am very confident that the P90X workout videos will help me get more respectable numbers.
Tomorrow I will be recording my initial body measurements and taking some photos of myself prior to beginning the workout. I’m sure not looking forward to posting those numbers and photos, but we all have to start somewhere, right? They say in the manual, they aren’t “before” photos, they are goodbye photos. Sure is a great way to look at it.
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