I guarantee your first Plyometrics session will leaveMetabolic Stretching Review a puddle of sweat on the floor and perhaps even a little vomit in the sink (not intending to gross you out, just keeping it real!). And, I'm just picking on Plyo because, in my opinion, it's the most difficult of the P90X workouts. In reality, all of them have the potential to leave you feeling a little light-headed and/or nauseous.
So, this leads to a question of sorts: when you feel like you're on "death's doorstep" and need to take a break, what do you do, press "Pause" and gather yourself or just do so while the video continues to play?
I've always subscribed to pressing "Pause" and taking those thirty seconds (up to a minute) to catch my breath and regain control of my heart rate. Here's why:
For me, in the beginning, I was woefully out-of-shape. I found during those first couple weeks I had to press "Pause" in between nearly every exercise. My heart rate was soaring and I was breathing so hard my heart sometimes felt like it was beating out of my chest.