P90X Reviews: A Complete Review on the P90X Workout System

Did your grandmother ever tell you to make sure you ate a banana every day because they were high in potassium? Because you didn’t want to argue with your grandmother, you obeyed! But you never really knew why potassium was so important. Then, you started doing a workout like P90X and hopefully also using the P90X Nutrition products to get the most out of the workout.  Maybe you even went P90X crazy and got yourself some P90X shirts as well, but our real point is that you may have noticed that the P90X nutrition plan makes sure that you’re getting enough potassium. It’s like your grandmother that way! And we’re here to do what your grandmother never did, which is explain why potassium is important.

Your Muscles Need It: Is short and simple form, if you don’t have enough potassium in your system, your muscles’ ability to contract and release is hampered. If that’s the case, then the benefit you’re getting from a workout like P90X that includes strength training is minimized.

Blood Pressure Control: If you don’t have enough potassium, you’re at risk for high blood pressure. Nobody ever got into great shape with high blood pressure.

Having Enough Energy to Workout: Potassium assists your cells in storing and releasing carbohydrates as energy or fuel. We all know how hard it is to workout if you’re feeling low energy.

Nervous Function: The short explanation of the relationship between potassium and your nerves is that, without enough potassium, your nerve endings don’t pick up signals properly and your body has a harder time functioning optimally.

Electrolytes: Why drink a sports drink to replace electrolytes when you can just produce enough to support your needs naturally? In addition to chloride and sodium, you need potassium in order to transmit electrolytes properly.

Finally, though it’s unrelated to the toll that a workout will take on you, you need to have a proper ratio of potassium to sodium in order to avoid calcium loss that will ultimately weaken your bones and detract from all those years you spent working out.

In short, your grandmother was right and you need to make sure you get enough potassium. You especially need to make sure that you get enough potassium if you want to really optimize your workout plan!