At the VERY END...and it isnt because im out of juice or anything..but I cant do the twist thing...Like I physically cant twist and hit the ground...
I normally put my legs down and try it and even then I just barely hit the floor on each side.
Anyone have this problem or have advice?
Posted Sep 18, 2011, 2:07 AM UTC
I don't have that problem, but I can't do crunchy frog for the life of me. (i blame it on my skinny ass) - can't balance
I wouldn't worry about it. There's always an exercise you can't do or can't seem to improve on. I can't do Fifer Scissors or any of the variations from other days. I've only slightly improved over two, now on my third, cycles and if Tony saw me he'd be yelling.
I'd say just do what you can when you're doing p90x even if you have to put your feet down. Also try and do it randomly outside of your normal exercise routine. There is an exercise in Insanity that is like the Prison Cell push-up that I do at random times and it really helps when it comes up on the discs.
Have you tried doing that mason twist exercise first, without doing the rest of the AbRipX beforehand? That's a pretty sick move to put at the very end of that set. How far into P90X are you? You may just have weak abs / core (at the moment) but you should see that change real soon.
If you watch the people in the video, they are moving their hands more than they are actually twisting their bodies to touch the ground. You don't need a whole lot of torso twist for the exercise to be effective. You might try putting your pullup bar across your door frame on the floor, bracing your feet in that, and then leaning back from that position and doing the twists. That may help you as you work up to doing it the way it's shown in the video.