P90X (NOVEMBER 1) - BRING IT

SaraTN

A couple of questions, if someone wouldn't mind answering them:

1. I was in pretty good shape but then 6 weeks ago my schedule got really hectic and I barely worked out at all for those 6 weeks. I feel I am not as in good of shape as I as 6 weeks ago (although it may all be in my head because I was so dedicated to it for years) Do you have to be in athlete shape to start, or is it possible to start slow if needed and work my way up?

You can take the fit test and if you pass/feel comfortable then go ahead and start. The first week will be the most difficult but as noted, modification is key. Don't worry about the pull-ups on the fit test, if you cant do one you can do the modified/assisted options when you start.

If you don't do well on the fit test I recommend doing something like Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. Do level one for a few days then add the second and finally the third. You should bounce back to the shape you were in pretty quickly. If you don't have the 30DS -- there are a lot of options on Demand under the Exercise TV for free that you can do for a couple of weeks as an alternative.

KarenBorter

I am going to mirror what Sara said ... The fitness test (sans pull ups) will let you know if you can make it through. I would have to say the 2 solid minutes of Jumping Jacks is probably the most telling ... you really have to PUSH to get your heart rate up and I guarantee that 2 minutes will be the longest in your life LOL.

I did the 30DS for the 30 days, 10 days each level and I feel that it gave me a really good precursor to this work out., But take the fitness test and see what you think!

In other news: DAY 20 done and on to REST WEEK (said tongue in cheek hahaha) I LOVE the block sequence in the kenpo X and I am totally getting the moves, coordination so that is empowering in and of itself. I must say that I did not want to work out tonight. I struggled to push play when I got home but I did it as soon as I got home so that I would be able to hear that music and get worked up to do the program. Like Tony says; before you know it you're done.

missmaya24

I was looking forward to the rest week but now I miss bringing it. You all know Yoga X is not my favorite so I subbed the Turbo Fire core and stretch dvds. I enjoyed them so much better. Tomorrow is Core Synergistics- can't wait.

Question- I'm going to my parent's for Christmas and they don't have a pull up bar. Any suggestions on alternative exercises?

hewhoiscd

P90X Lean Day 23: Core Synergistics

Did even better on the Superman->Banana and Bow->Boat this time. One of these days it may even be easy...hah. Felt better overall as well, a little more weight a couple more reps and just an overall feeling of doing it better.

Burned ~650 cals this time, took a little longer than last time 'cause I did more reps. Changed my normal activity bpm from 80 to 75 since my resting heart rate has gone down since I've started. This morning my resting BPM was 61.

138 BPM avg during today's workout

pinbotchick

Day 23 done - core synergistics. .

DreeDub

Completed Core Synergistics last night...LOVE IT! However...while doing some of the lunges (the ones where you start on the mat and lunge and reach to each side) I hurt my knee. It had been achy all day but it was so on and off that I didn't worry about it. Then...when I went to step back to center after my lunge, my knee popped and I fell! I've never had knee problems before...just achy joints in general and I've definitely never felt a pop like that. And...when I got up and moved around a little it felt fine...and it was good enough that I continued through the rest of the workout...lunges (not as deep) and all!

Anybody have any idea what the "pop" might have been? I'm not wanting to take it easy!!!

mgaither

Got up this morning for Ab Ripper X. I'm on week 4, day 1 of the Classic program.
Did ALL 50 Mason twists with my feet off the floor! (Then promptly assumed cobra for a LONG time)
Win!
It's working people.....keep at it!

kaffro

Keep up the great work everyone!

I will be doing my Plyo X later. It's American Education Week and my son requested I visit his class during recess today...so I did. And, they asked me to play football with them I totally obliged! They even threw me the ball a couple times and I caught them

DreeDub, my knee pops every once in a while, not sure why. It doesn't hurt when it pops, it just pops...weird. Maybe it's not the same kind of pop ?

SaraTN

I love core synergistics..... I must admit that I was dreading it this morning because I thought that I was doomed for 58 minutes of an ARX type exercise... but found an entirely different workout that I LOVE! Looking forward to Kenpo tomorrow and I think I will add another Kenpo or Plyo or perhaps do another round of my dancing P90X with my "moves" to electronica before sitting down to eat

makeitallsue

finding hard to find the time this week....I am glad it is recovery. I didn't do yoga yesterday..I started to, but hadn't picked up my brace yet and once started my knee started twinging a little, so I opted out and instead did a pilaties workout....very good burn and a lot of core work. On my way now to do elliptical and I am going to do more core work on the stability ball afterwards, then off to a basketball game. I believe today is core synergistics...I will be doing the moves while watching my sewing show....I am having to multi-task this week or I will never get it done!!

ecp2698

Core Synergistics done today. At the end of the workout, I started to get a killer headache. I have been getting them here and there after working out, not sure what's going on. Any ideas? It was a good workout, though, different.

missmaya24

Emmy- could it be dehydration?

edorice

Core Synergistics done today. At the end of the workout, I started to get a killer headache. I have been getting them here and there after working out, not sure what's going on. Any ideas? It was a good workout, though, different.

Are you working out with the heater on? Maybe that is giving you a head ache or like missmaya said, not enough water intake.

hewhoiscd

Core Synergistics done today. At the end of the workout, I started to get a killer headache. I have been getting them here and there after working out, not sure what's going on. Any ideas? It was a good workout, though, different.

First guess would also be dehydration. Second guess would be not enough to eat in the hours before the work out.

kaffro

Classic - P90X Day 9 - Plyometrics, done! I love that workout! My son did a little of it with me too

AmberBelandria

Plyometrics...Week two day two.....I hate this workout....its way to hard on my knees but I just get through as much as I can then stop when I feel my knees giving out. On to day three in week two....lets get r done....lol :happy:

mcjabber

Hey guys. Checking in from Albuquerque. I managed to get Yoga X in yesterday before I left for the airport, although I did fastforward some of the explain-y parts to try to save some time so I could do extra packing. I managed to do Core Synergistics today... in an art studio, on a laptop with shoddy sound, where everytime I had to do a move on the floor I could no longer see the screen, LOL. I forgot about the higher altitude ABQ has compared to LA! Towards the beginning of the workout I was wondering what was wrong with me and why I was getting winded so easily, and then I remembered the altitude difference. My ego was a little less bruised, but let's just say my Synergistics performance was a little less than stellar :laugh:

Happy day 23, hope everyone's recovery week is going smoothly. (and Happy day X to everyone else!)

hewhoiscd

P90X Lean Day 24 Kenpo X:

The more I do Kenpo X, the more I like it. Awesome cardio workout for me and fun. Everything soaked in sweat

To quote Tony, "Actual DNA removal...comes out all over the place"

Burned ~700 calories over 59 minutes

hewhoiscd

Good job Courtney! I know it can be difficult to stick with a workout when stressed and traveling, grats on sticking with it

pinbotchick

P90X Lean Day 24 Kenpo X - done...

ecp2698

Thanks for the suggestions, it definitely could have been not enough water, in retrospect, I realized earlier in the day I was so busy and did not drink enough. I have to be better about the water, I am going back to work next week and I always drink more than enough there, so that's one good thing about going back!

Courtney- WTG working out while away, that's dedication!

Kenpo later on today! I love the cardio workouts!

SaraTN

Kenpo X done ... I am going to do some cardio this afternoon and may substitute Yoga X and a cardio session tomorrow for X Stretch in light of the feast.

kaffro

P90X Classic week 2 day 3 Shoulders & Arms and ARX done! WOO!

Keep up the great work everyone!!

KarenBorter

I can't believe we are almost ONE MONTH DOWN (of course I am 2 days behind y'all ) ... I had another loss this morning of 1.6 lbs which was fantastic and unexpected. I marked my 21st day of the X with NO WORKOUT AT ALL, not even stretch.

Tonight I have 1 1/2 hours of Yoga and I am going to do 30 minutes of cardio before starting that. Kind of a drag though because that work out is SO LONG and I have to make some of my side dishes tonight. It may be a late evening.

For those of you who have done Core Syn, how is the calorie burn? I want to try to get 800-900 calories burned tomorrow. I am concerned because the first time I do any of the DVD's I get less burn because I am stopping to learn the moves so should I try to get some extra cardio in? I am hoping my gym is open so I can jump on an elliptical rather then go for the hike because it's been so cold .. Karen does NOT do cold (and yes I just referred to myself in the 3rd person LOL).

So, core syn, keeping in mind that I have never done it before and will automatically burn less calories due to inexperience, should I try to get in some cardio before?

SaraTN

@Karen: Not sure if you saw my response on my update. I had a good burn (around 500ish calories) and the exercises aren't that tricky -- it you took gymnastics as a kid it will bring back some memories. I think you will be fine -- but with that said, I encourage everyone to take a 30-45 minute walk after the feast. Sara understands Karen when she says she doesn't do COLD... I HATE HATE HATE it... but I think the weather here is going to be on the mild side tomorrow. If not then I am probably going to add the Cardio X to my workout tomorrow and will probably trade yoga for stretch for the extra calories. I haven't done Cardio X yet... so it will be nice to see what that is like.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and I am thankful for our internet relationship of encouragement and comraderie (sp) and dedication doing the X rather than letting it go and procrastinating during the holiday season.

KarenBorter

Thanks Sara, yes, I did see it wanted to post here too. I think that I am going to do the cardio tomorrow morning. I need to burn at least 800 calories to feel okay about eating almost 1000 at one meal hahaha

I agree, I am thankful for all the support here and all of you folks! and ever thankful that this system DOES work!

AmberBelandria

Week Two....day 3....Shoulders & Arms..ARX.....75mins 549 Calories burned....realized I may have to up my weight on some of the exercises....had some trouble with my Shoulder popping and when doing the ARX my knee wanted to pop hurt, but I manage to push through it. On to day 4...Yoga! :bigsmile:

KarenBorter

what a high Yoga is ... I had the lights in my apartment turned down and I have purple xmas lights hanging around my bookshelf in my living room, turned those on and in my kitchen I have light purple and blue flickering icicles hanging and had those on ... again, when I got into corpse at the end, Thunder crawled on top of me ... and is sitting on my lap as I type this .. yeah, he lurves me.

edit: so Day 22 done and I can hardly believe it really. I was again dreading pushing play and not looking forward to an hour and a half of Yoga but man am I glad I did. I am having super duper trouble with the end poses in the first section and some of the balance poses. I am working on the ab stuff at the end too and can't quite bring my chest high enough but I am doing my best for sure. I know I am sweating like I am doing my best. I am looking forward to core tomorrow and have been reading up on the moves. I already have the DVD in the player to press play. I asked one of the trainers if the gym was open and he kinda on the sly told me that the AM people would be there and to show up around 8:15 or so which is perfect since I was planning on going at 830 I will just show up 15 minutes earlier then I planned.

All shopping is DONE for turkey day and I am going to bang out a couple of sides tonight after I eat dinner, which will have to happen soon here (even though I imagine I will be up late tonight cooking).

SaraTN

Does anyone know when a thread is maxed out? I fear it might be around 500 posts and we are getting close... if this thread is locked -- I will start a second thread titled in all caps... Part 2.

I can't sleep. I have to make some stuff to take to my parents and am prepping like a madwoman... (ahem... wonderwoman).... I forgot one ingredient so I am going to have to go out to the devil because they are the only thing open tomorrow (Walmart-- sorry folks... but I hate this place with a passion and even more so when I find out they are open on a holiday....but it looks like they may be my saving grace.... but I digress.... and do not want to be political right now.)

On top of the aforementioned cooking... I refuse to sacrifice a workout tomorrow... X Stretch is scheduled but I think I am going to sub out Cardio X. I was thinking Yoga X but I think it may be too time consuming... so Cardio X and X Stretch OR... perhaps Cardio X and another round of Kenpo.... this way I can be roasting veggies and baking pies both of which take about an hour... before I have to go to my parents....

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.... and Karen... I am so happy you can sneak into your gym tomorrow.....

rstone30

Is P90x hard if you have a wrist that was previously injured?