P90X2 (Day 3): Recovery & Mobility

So today was essentially our first rest day!  It's interesting though.  So far neither of the first 2 workouts truly obliterated us in the way that I felt after doing P90x or Insanity for the first time.  Still though, the morning-after muscle soreness has been brutal.  The moves in these workouts seem to sneak up on you in terms of their effectiveness!

Overview
Anyway, Recovery & Mobility was good, if unusual addition to the P90X library.  Basically it's P90X2's version of the Stretch X routine (which I only ever did a few times) with 2 main differences: 1) the foam roller gets used throughout, which is a pretty substantial distinction (we still don't have our rollers, so we had to perform our stretches using bands and towels); 2) you are pretty much left to you own devices for 1/3 of the video, meaning you simply stretch the muscles that YOU feel need stretching.  I guess this latter aspect is both a plus and a negative in a way. The positive is that you can spend as much time as you want on the muscles that need the most attention!  The bad part though is that you may be a little less motivated without a prescribed routine to follow, AND you may accidentally hurt yourself by trying out bizarre new stretches.  On the whole though I think I liked the approach.

At 57 minutes, the basic structure of Recovery and Mobility can broken into 3 chunks.  The first third is comprised of some traditional stretches, yoga, and some light squats, etc.  The middle portion is a solid 20 minutes of foam rolling goodness.  The final third is basically the "cool-down" which is somewhat a mix of the first third and a few new, deeper stretches.

Having just finished the workout, I definitely feel that my body has loosened up quite a bit!  I feel mostly refreshed and ready for tomorrow's Total Body and X2 Ab-Ripper!  They promise to be pretty killer, so the Recovery & Mobility focus today will probably end up being even more appreciated :)