P90X Support Group...

Scott613

I'm doing well I have kenpo tonight. which I think is the easiest dvd so I'm gonna kill it. Phase1 of round 3 almost complete!. I also started doing the spike diet. I'm starting to drop BF at a quick pace now so I'm happy with my 3rd round.

MrsBooker

Hello fellow P90Xers!

I am about to do Day 3 today (Shoulders and Arms). I must say I LOVED plyo! I "brought it" a little too much and was over my HR target range for 1/2 the workout, so I will have to cool it down some next go round. I love reading all the posts and getting a feel for what I have coming next! I will admit, yall have me a little scared about Core Synergistics! LOL. I did awesome with Ab Ripper X, but I am glad I have a few weeks to get mentally prepared for the Synergistics! Sounds like it is killer. Jay, you are hilarious, and since I am doing this with my hubby, I am trying to imagine how we will both be able to roll across the floor together...should be interesting! :laugh:

Anyway, thanks for sharing everyone! Have an awesome end of the week.

kmccoleman

Good morning my fellow P90X enthusiasts!

I am officially at the halfway mark! Today marks day 46 on the plan and in 12 short days I take my Phase 2 picture. I'm not expecting miracles or Biggest Loser transformations since I was grossely overweight when I started but I'd like SOME change! Back and Biceps is history and tonight is supposed to be Yoga X HOWEVER I hate hate HATE the Yoga workouts. 1. It's too long and your arms are still sore from Back and Biceps from the night before so holding those positions give me horrible pain in my triceps, 2. I'm a big girl with hips and booty and boobs, holding those poses is like constantly hitting myself in the eye with my boobs over and over again and 3. I need more cardio to burn more fat. I tried adding an additional 30 minute run onto my Back and Biceps with Ab Ripper routine last night and weighed myself this AM and lost a pound. So I think I'll be adding an additional run to my days where I don't have a cardio workout planned. That seems to burst through the scale issue for now so I'll keep it going until it stops working. I may also swap out Yoga for Cardio X just because there are some small sections of Yoga but its enough that I don't feel the need to stab myself in the eye to make the boredom stop. Add onto the fact that next week is Recovery Week and there's 2 days of that crap and I'll get more than enough "finding my inner chi."

Sassy-Thanks so much for the advice and encouragement. It astounds how easy it was for my husband and how much harder it is for me. I forgot I don't have the advantage of a mass quantity of testosterone or decreased body fat to start out with like men so that makes it harder for me and its SOOOOO unfair. But I pushed a 9 pound baby out of my body and he flinches when he gets a leg cramp so I guess I got one up on him in the pain department..lol.

Keep pushing play everyone!

Mike523

Morning team!

Glad to see so many checking in, keep it up people, we want to hear about your progress!!!

Today is Day 32, and I did my Yoga X this morning. My body is pretty sore from the first week of phase 2, so it took a few minutes into the vinyasa segment to really get loosened up, but after that I was fine. My legs are still sore from Plyo on Tuesday, so holding some of the warrior positions was a struggle at times. Overall, I did well, and felt really good afterward.

My biceps are definitely sore from Back & Biceps yesterday... Can't wait to hit that one again next week to see how much I can improve!

Hope you all have a great day, and BRING IT!!


-Mike

SherryRueter

Hi- I started P90X back in 2008; Currently I am doing a hybrid with Chalene Extreme, P90X and some One on Ones; Trying to prep for the X2 release. I like your thread so thought I would jump in.

Jay - how about wearing socks? That way the mat won't stick to your feet. I hear you on the superman banana. He goes flippen fast!

KenpoX- I thought I read someone thought this was an easy DVD. So here are my ways of bringing it:
1. Wear 1# hand weighted gloves;
2. also wear 1# ankle weights (but don't go plyo then);
3. Use an exercise band that goes around your legs (Chalene extreme calls it a 'thigh toning band'). Use that for the jumping jacks.
4. When you do the back sratcher ("up down and across"); instead of just squatting there...do Jumping jacks with your legs..
5. bring up the intensity of #4 by having the thigh toner around your legs when your jacking
6. When doing the verticle punches also do the jumping jacks, or do 'quick feet/football feet'
7. If doing jacks, put on the thigh toner during the verticle punches
8. When doing the 'Claw hammer' that you only do to the front of the room and then you step back and repeat 20 times;, instead of stepping back - do the claw hammer to the front and the back of the room. Same with the Block punch. Instead of Block punch come on back block punch do Block punch and then block punch to the back of the room (you;ll be moving more side to side instead of front to back).

I don't like yogaX either. I have found that doing 30min of it is okay. Some weeks I will do 30min and then do the next 30min someother day during the week. Some weeks, I do 3 sessions and get through the entire thing. What I do most often is do a 'plyo' workout first, then do 30min of YogaX. Or do CardioX which has Yoga built into it.

That's my thoughts for the day. Hi! Can't wait to get to know you.
Sherry.

jayb0ne

Hey all.

Day 24, Kenpo X in the books. Always liked this one but I hear ya in that it's starting to feel easy - although I sweat buckets still. I'm doing the balance thing now on the kicks.

I've been hungry all afternoon today. I got about 20 minutes into this one and it was getting the better of me. Didn't feel like I had enough energy. So what did I do? Did I quit the rest of it? Nope! I listened to my body, pressed pause and grabbed me some sustinence! I tried making these protein flapjacks last weekend but they ended up pretty carby in the end after I added some dried fruit and desiccated coconut. So I had half of one of those for some instant hit carbs to see me through and I really felt the difference!

A few things I've noticed on this one:

1 - Wesley Idol definitely looks a bit flabby. His horse stance is also pretty crap.
2 - On one set of X jumps, Tony says 10 times but he doesn't count them out. There are only 8.
3 - On one of the moves (can't remember which now), we do 20 regular and 10 noisemakers on one side but 15 of each on the other.
4 - Tony loses count on a few of the blocks and skips from 19 to 21.

None of which are a big deal... Just things I spotted

Half way through recovery week guys. Keep BRINGIN IT!

Jay

drwstown76

Hi- I started P90X back in 2008; Currently I am doing a hybrid with Chalene Extreme, P90X and some One on Ones; Trying to prep for the X2 release. I like your thread so thought I would jump in.

Jay - how about wearing socks? That way the mat won't stick to your feet. I hear you on the superman banana. He goes flippen fast!

KenpoX- I thought I read someone thought this was an easy DVD. So here are my ways of bringing it:
1. Wear 1# hand weighted gloves;
2. also wear 1# ankle weights (but don't go plyo then);
3. Use an exercise band that goes around your legs (Chalene extreme calls it a 'thigh toning band'). Use that for the jumping jacks.
4. When you do the back sratcher ("up down and across"); instead of just squatting there...do Jumping jacks with your legs..
5. bring up the intensity of #4 by having the thigh toner around your legs when your jacking
6. When doing the verticle punches also do the jumping jacks, or do 'quick feet/football feet'
7. If doing jacks, put on the thigh toner during the verticle punches
8. When doing the 'Claw hammer' that you only do to the front of the room and then you step back and repeat 20 times;, instead of stepping back - do the claw hammer to the front and the back of the room. Same with the Block punch. Instead of Block punch come on back block punch do Block punch and then block punch to the back of the room (you;ll be moving more side to side instead of front to back).

I don't like yogaX either. I have found that doing 30min of it is okay. Some weeks I will do 30min and then do the next 30min someother day during the week. Some weeks, I do 3 sessions and get through the entire thing. What I do most often is do a 'plyo' workout first, then do 30min of YogaX. Or do CardioX which has Yoga built into it.

That's my thoughts for the day. Hi! Can't wait to get to know you.
Sherry.

drwstown76

Awesome insight there! thank you very much!

And thanks to everyone who checked in yesterday... You guys are doing an awesome job!

Jaybone.... haha! You crack me up man. Tony messes up a lot on this particular workout... It's comedy relief. BTW... You are rockin it dude!

Today is day 24 yall... Breezing passed the 1/4 mark and pushing towards the end of phase one! Yahtzee!!!!:happy:

I considered substituting Kenpo for another workout today, but I didn't. I thought I would take Mike's advice and stick to the rest week. I REALLY enjoy Kenpo, I just don't get as much burn with it. I definitely intend on getting the gloves and ankle weights!
Tomorrow I am going to weigh in again for the contest.. Im a little concerned because I have lost so much that I don't have a lot more to lose... So my number might not reflect the amount of work I am putting in. Also, if I reach my goal weight (168 lbs) before the end of the competition, then I am going to have to sacrifice the remaining weeks to start bulking up... Only time will tell I suppose... I am so grateful for this program! Life is good!

Have a great evening yall... and WELCOME to the newbs! Thanks for joining us!
Keep Pushing Play yall!
BOOM :explode:
Drew

nikkif87

Dang Sherry! Ultimate rockstar right there! Welcome and thanks for the tips.

I have Cardio tonight, can't wait, had a pretty Sh***y day, need to get out some steam. On day 30! 1/3 of the way done! Hope everyone brings it today and has an awesome workout!

kriots

Well check out my arms! or my arm, since thats the only one I uploaded. Week 9, wow I noticed I am a lot stronger. I did bulk up a lot using the bands, green-and blue about 5-8 pounds. Thinking though I need more cardio to thin out. I am back walking/jogging 2 x a week, maybe I should up it more? I am really feeling my abs, since not doing Ab Ripper X in a long while.Plyo today was only 31 mins though :blushing: I just get nervous... b/c I have tripped and twisted my ankle a few times, so I am gunn shy I guess. Went and did a 56 min walk though...idk I want to do it, but its mental, I know. Anyone else adding cardio?

Ucsb23

So I got home and did not feel like working out but thought of all of you BRINGING IT and pushed play. After 15 minutes, I was into Kenpo X and pushing really hard. I really enjoyed the workout tonight. I managed to finally lose a couple pounds by adding more carbs to my diet. Maybe I needed more energy or somehtuing but it's working. Thanks for all the great motivation guys!!!! Keep pushing play,

miss_p90x

Hey y'all- Sorry , I have not checked in lately and missed it yesterday as well. I missed my workout the last two days and feeling bad . But, I will be pressing play no matter what today. Hope everyone is doing great, have a great weekend all!

paulsalerno99

KMCColeman,

Don't give up. I did one round of P90 from January to April of this year. I lost minimal weight but transformed my body to start seeing some definition. I will admit that I did not do Yoga X and only started Kempo X during the last month a saw amaizing resultes. However, the difference on the scale did not happen until after I took a break from p90x. After I stopped working out for a week I dropped about 4-5 pounds. I am thinking it might be related to my muscles recovering. Is it possible that Sore Muscles retain water?

Anyway don't give up. I started my 2nd round two weeks ago. It was tough but I am right back into it and making it X-like!

Paul

kmccoleman

Afternoon all!

Well I pushed again but not with Yoga. I'm sorry I can't do 90 minutes of nonsense, its just mind numbing and difficult to do purely based on the fact that your still sore from Back and Biceps the day before. So I did Cardio X which is a little yoga with cardio mixed into it. I also did a supplemental run on the treadmill for some extra cardio. You'd think Cardio would mean more weight loss, right? Wrong..WRONG! Apparently it means weight gain. 1.2 pounds to be exact. And I was WAAAAYYY under my calorie requirement for the day (according to My Fitness Pal it should be about 1440 without exercise and I got an additional 900 calories from my exercise entry). However I did have a fat girl triumph or 2 last night. My drawstring shorts are literally at the end of there rope and too big. I've run out of string to draw them in any further and the shorts part is really big now. I also put on a shirt I did a 5K run for in May of this year and it was majorly big on me which gave me a little incentive. I'm pretty sure these lumpy things on my arms are attempting to be muscles although I can't really be sure since they look a little like unstirred gravy with the skin on top..lol!

So again I push play in the hopes of further change. Legs and Back with Ab Ripper X on tap tonight. If I survive, I'll add a supplemental run also.

Paul-I think it has to be muscle or my fat is staging a counter offensive screaming "hell no, I won't go!" Im busting my butt and aside from taking a hacksaw to my midsection, I'm out of ideas as to what to do to drop the Ibs!

Away I go to push play..everyone BRING IT!!

SherryRueter

A Pound.....Think of it this way:
Take a pound of Marshmellows and put them in a pile
Now, take a pound of Gold and put that in a separate pile.

Which one takes up more space???
Go for the Gold.

You see, its inches lost more than the number on the scale. Sure, some of us need to have that number be less but, if you are loosing inches then all is good. The scale is a worthless tool that someone decided we should live and die by. It's hard to give up old habits but, the scale has to be one of the habits that we figure into our fitness equation....but don't live by.

Get a bodyfat caliper and take measurements that way....watch the numbers decrease on the caliper (not the scale)

and again...
Go for the GOLD

SherryRueter

30min of YogaX. From 1:15:00 to 0:45:00 (or there about); I did through the Warrior3 sequence and have to say that I did really good. I have really improved on Warrior 3. Somewhere I heard Tony say that its the Stretching and Flexibility training that helps you so that you can lift more wieghts and thus gain muscle. So, while I may only do 30min of the YogaX, I am hopefully getting some of it's benefits. I also did Insanity Max Cardio Conditioning today (had to get some cardio in...yoga just doesn't cut it).

And, I agree that CardioX could be a good substitute for this DVD. The StretchX dvd is also one that I don't use much....I do other cardio instead.

Mike523

Happy Friday everyone!

Day 33 complete, Legs & Back / Ab Ripper X. I really pushed Legs & Back hard today, increased my weights on all the weighted moves, and made sure to bang out every last rep with good form. I did really well, and was exhausted at the end. Which of course had a negative effect on Ab Ripper X... The pain came early on almost every Ab Ripper exercise today... It's always hardest for me on Legs & Back day, but today was particularly painful, LOL! But I got through as best as I could (Did my best, working on forgetting the rest!) and I feel great!

Ready for Kenpo X tomorrow!!

-Mike

drwstown76

Hey TEAM X!!!! I don't have time to type out a post... but I really want to get back to everyone who updated today. (especially Wendy).

Here is my Week 4 update Video! Check it out if ya feel like it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRNRXk-Kxnw&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Drew:explode:

roballesteros

I had a terrible day today, it didn't start out that way and I had everything all planned out which included working out and then like a ticking time bomb things just exploded and I had absolutely no desire to workout. Luckily today was only XStretch for me and I kept telling myself that....I convinced myself that I would feel 100% better if I did it.

I was absolutely right... I did feel better, so much so that I even went on a short run afterward. Working out is so good for me, not just to keep me fit but also to be able to deal with life's tribulations.

THANK YOU T. Horton for helping me today!

I hope everyone of you guys has a fabulous weekend and work out!

Make IT Count!

~Ro

drwstown76

Good Morning Team X! :drinker:

I hope everyone is geared up and ready to go for week 5!

Ro... You are so freaking awesome! Thanks for popping in with your positivity. It goes a very long way in my world... Greatly appreciated! Way to Bring It!

Wendy... I thought about how you are feeling a lot since I read your blog. I am soooooo torn. I have 2 completely conflicting ways of thinking on your particular situation and Im having trouble deciding which one I think is best. So here is the thing... ill give you both and I hope that one of them helps you. I apologize ahead of time for being so wishy washy.
1. My heart tells me that you should stick with the program. Any way you look at it, if you finish p90x, it will be an accomplishment. You will be a P90X graduate and that is something that does not come easy for everyone. Especially with schedules and the amount of effort it takes to get through some of the difficult workouts. I firmly believe that EVERYONE should do whatever they can to finish something they start. Sefishly... I would HATE to lose you in this group. Your updates... your attitude... your genuine positivity.... your ALREADY fantastic fitness level are motivational to me and everyone else here. Those of us who are still with this group are in it til the end and you help us almost every day. :flowerforyou:

2. My brain tells me that this program is not for everyone. People who are already fit... People who are good at making healthy choices.... people who don't have goals that require extreme measures are examples of people who might not benefit as much from this. My brain says that if you feel like you would be better off doing something else... then I say weigh your pros and cons and go with what works best for you. Remember... there are only 64 more days left. 64 more days out of your life... Thats not too many! Btw... I have made tweaks to the program to fit my needs. I get grief from people in my life for my doubles... for my refusal to take rest days... for the pressure it puts on them to make things happen. I am doing what is best for me, so it would not be fair for me to tell anyone what is best for them. I don't know you personally, but I do know that you are aware of your fitness level. Its very high. Your a beast Wendy.

ok... I hope that helps...

As for my progress... Today is day 26. Core Synergistics again! Freaking LOVE IT! I hope Jaybone did better with it today
I have to take apart my recliner and move into another room for this AND plyo... Its worth it tho...

I have a confession to make... I was laying in bed last night with Shan and we were talking about Core Synergistics and some of the other workouts (bc I have a one track mind! It drives her nuts! haha. She is patient with me... she is the freaking best! I am so fortunate!!!!). She was explaining to me that she doesnt like core syergistics because she doesnt feel like she gets enough burn during the workout. I immediately got frustrated... I just dont understand that. Between the military push ups, banana rolls, dreya rolls, and that one where you lunge and do every exercise known to man... I am freaking exhausted by the end of this thing. It just makes me think that she has the mentality of "i cant do these exercises... so i wont give it my all". I know that if she gave this workout everything she had, she would get a great burn. But I cant make her do it... all I want is for her to take that extra step and work so hard that she doesnt leave anything out there. She did that when she worked out with me over this past week (a couple of nights) and she BEAT MY *kitten* in the weight loss competition. I love her so freaking much that I want her to reach her goals even more than I want to reach my own. Her victories feel like my victories. She has one more gear inside of her... I know it. I cant make her do it though... She is working very hard and I am very proud of her effort. One more gear...

Ok... thats my thing. Have a WONDERFUL weekend Team X! Push Play and Bring It hardcore! Tick Tick Tick.... BOOM! :explode:
LETS GO PHILLIES!
Drew

miss_p90x

Drew- you are a great motivator, i just watched your video and i loved it. I have been not doing so good this week, missed three days of workout and today trying to get in two of them in, already done with one, and one later in the evening.

Your comments and video has motivated me for the day. I am looking forward to next week, ready to do some intense workout again as this week was not so great for me

msaap

Hey guys! Just checking in, my 2 year old has been sick all week. I was waking up at 6am to do my P90X so I'd be ready for her when she got up. It was a wonderful experience, because it made me realize how lazy I was being. I had convinced myself in the past that 6am was to early for me, but I was wrong! I hope everyone had a good week! I had a great week and am ready for week 5!

spongela

Just completed my first week of p90x, my legs are killing me from the last 2 days, and my arms and abs were really sore the first 3 days lol, but anyways its been a great first workout week. I had never done yoga before, so i found some of it hard but i kind of like it, so I look forward to hopefully getting better at it. As well as being able to do more push ups and eventually be able to do unassisted pull ups. The only thing i think is that because i am doing the lean programme i am not getting enough cardio, but will see how the second week goes

drwstown76

Spongela.... Congrats on completing week 1! You are well on your way... I love your sgnature... pretty awesome!
Your numbers WILL DEFINITELY increase as long as you BRING IT every day!
Great Job!

Drew

drwstown76

Miss P90X.... Thanks!

Msaap... You are really kicking this programs butt!!! Way to go!!! 6 am cant see you at all! BOOM!

Mike523

Hey team!

It's Saturday and that means Kenpo X for me! It was a really good one today, and I brought it hard!!!!!

Looking forward to a good X Stretch tomorrow to wrap up week 5.

Hope everyone is doing great!

-Mike

jayb0ne

Hey team X. Happy Sunday!

So, I've been off the grid for a couple of days here. Pretty ashamed to say that I missed Friday's X Stretch. I had a few drinks instead. Then I missed Saturday's Core Synergistics - I was hungover and had to go do some shopping. No excuses really...

So I pulled a double today. X Stretch from Friday was done this morning, Core Synergistics has just been finished (6:15pm local time). That leaves me one day behind with Yoga to do.

X Stretch - Well this is my first time doing this routine as I've lamely missed all 3 'optional' Monday X Stretches so far. Looks like I'll be missing it again tomorrow as I'll be doing Yoga to catch up. Yeah.. I enjoyed it... I don't think there was much here that we haven't variously seen over the warmups and cooldowns of the other routines but it's good to do the whole bunch together. Very enjoyable and relaxing, I must say.

Core Synergistics - Well, I've now re-arranged my gym room/guest bedroom/cinema room to accommodate this workout better. I've created a space whereby I can do bananas, boats, supermans etc to my heart's desire. I've also made enough room so I can have the mat out but step off it for things I don't need it for. Ok, while I don't think this will ever be my favourite workout in the world, I can see the value in it. I made my peace with Core Synergistics today

Stay cool kids. Keep bringing it!

Jay

kriots

was wondering if anyone has completed the classic, then started the program over with the lean program? i was thinking of doing this

Alderaic

lean is an easier version of the program, you usually do the reverse, lean then classic.

to get leaner, the version is called doubles, and it adds a lot of extra cardio on top of the regular workouts (depending of the weeks, I think it is up to three extra workouts)

kmccoleman

Happy Monday P90Xers!

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend of BRINGING IT!! My schedule is Monday through Saturday and Sunday is my rest day which is perfect for me because sitting on my butt watching football with my husband and son is my idea of REST:)

I'm past the halfway mark and this is Week 8 for me (recovery week). On tap today is Yoga X which I cannot tolerate for more than 30 minutes. My record is 45 minutes because frankly Yoga makes me want to throw things at the TV. You'd think it would be Plyo or Core..nope, Yoga. Hate it and I'm pretty sure I always will. So 9 times out of 10 I swap that for Cardio X and a supplemental treadmill run for 20-30 minutes afterwards. Seems to help me feel the burn and I feel like I've accomplished more than being annoyed..lol!

So after my rest day I weighed myself and I'm happy to say I am 2.2 pounds lighter. Its not a ton of weight but its something! I also lost another inch around my waist and chest (which my husband isn't too thrilled about:) and I continue to lose inches on my thighs and hips. I'm also 2 jean sizes smaller than I was on Day 1. So thank goodness for small victories. At this point, I'll take whatever victories I can get!

I hope you all continue to post your struggles and triumphs daily. They definitely keep me motivated to finish and become part of the elite P90X grad program. Keep pushing play everyone!