The Cardio Recovery workout portion of Insanity program is the first “day off” in the program, although the term day off is used VERY loosely!

Flexibility is such an under-rated component of physical fitness, and in a program as intense as P90X, it might seem like a stretching for an hour is a joke compared to the intensity of the other workouts. Is it far less intense? Yes. Should you just skip it then? Absolutely not!

With a national obesity rate of nearly 30 percent, we know that we’re overweight. But if thin isn’t the indicator of fitness, and you can’t be large and fit, how are we supposed to tell if we’re healthy? Let’s decipher what these studies indicate and sort through the murkiness about what it really means to be fit.

OK, for all of you people who think that yoga is for wimps, I challenge you to try the P90X version – Yoga X! Not only is it incredibly challenging, but rather than just perverting yoga into some mindlessly intense workout, Yoga X actually flows in a manner that is both extremely effective, as well as executed in a manner that is true to the yoga lifestyle and philosophies.

Part IV in the Health, Diet, and Weight Loss Series discusses the importance of flexibility, and also gives the basics for flexibility exercise guidelines.