Does p90x or insanity work?
fitness_woman
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Do they really work? Any successful stories?
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Depends on your goal, the infomercials are a bit misleading. With that being said:
If you want to burn fat and get lean, they work great. People have awesome results.
If building muscle is your goal, then no, they won't do a damn thing. Go lift weights....0 -
They help you lose inches, but not weight.0
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they will expose the muscle you have. Which is great for most women, for most do not want to get bulky. I did 30 days of p90 and Insanity ---- P90 is not for someone with back, neck, knee problems as I do Have. Insanity was better suited for me. Insanity is shorter in workouts and program duration. I have mixed up both and do 10min of each every other day in A HIT style. I have never had a six pack until doing this. P.S. Loved 10 min trainer. Insanity doesn't require anything but a towel and a water bottle..... P90 demands allot more. If sweat is a measure. Insanity makes you sweat like a spin class does.0
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Yes. :happy:0
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Depends on your goal, the infomercials are a bit misleading. With that being said:
If you want to burn fat and get lean, they work great. People have awesome results.
If building muscle is your goal, then no, they won't do a damn thing. Go lift weights....
Um P90X has resistance training in it 3 days a week. So building muscle is definitely possible. In fact most women are usually afraid of doing P90X Classic for that very reason.0 -
Insanity makes you sweat like a spin class does.
Love this. Insanity's warm up is harder then most other work out DVD's.0 -
Insanity makes you sweat like a spin class does.
Love this. Insanity's warm up is harder then most other work out DVD's.
I agree ---- I do insanity warmup as cardio,,,,,I rarely go pass the stretch moves....0 -
Depends on your goal, the infomercials are a bit misleading. With that being said:
If you want to burn fat and get lean, they work great. People have awesome results.
If building muscle is your goal, then no, they won't do a damn thing. Go lift weights....
Um P90X has resistance training in it 3 days a week. So building muscle is definitely possible. In fact most women are usually afraid of doing P90X Classic for that very reason.
If your goal is to build muscle, and you had one guy doing heavy compound lifts and one guy doing p90X with resistance bands. I'm going to go ahead and put money that the guy lifting weights is going to put on a lot more muscle in the same amount of time as the other guy.0 -
Depends on your goal, the infomercials are a bit misleading. With that being said:
If you want to burn fat and get lean, they work great. People have awesome results.
If building muscle is your goal, then no, they won't do a damn thing. Go lift weights....
Um P90X has resistance training in it 3 days a week. So building muscle is definitely possible. In fact most women are usually afraid of doing P90X Classic for that very reason.
Agree with you. Fitness like type muscles and not a bulky body builder. I lost some muscle when I did Insanity . Had to dial it back some......0 -
Depends on your goal, the infomercials are a bit misleading. With that being said:
If you want to burn fat and get lean, they work great. People have awesome results.
If building muscle is your goal, then no, they won't do a damn thing. Go lift weights....
Um P90X has resistance training in it 3 days a week. So building muscle is definitely possible. In fact most women are usually afraid of doing P90X Classic for that very reason.
If your goal is to build muscle, and you had one guy doing heavy compound lifts and one guy doing p90X with resistance bands. I'm going to go ahead and put money that the guy lifting weights is going to put on a lot more muscle in the same amount of time as the other guy.
True.... agreed. But this is a women asking which is better for her. Assuming what most women GOALS are. Again I have assumed before and been wrong. I would do the Insanity . Either way BeachBody will get their money..LOL But like you said it really depends on her goals.....0 -
Depends on your goal, the infomercials are a bit misleading. With that being said:
If you want to burn fat and get lean, they work great. People have awesome results.
If building muscle is your goal, then no, they won't do a damn thing. Go lift weights....
Um P90X has resistance training in it 3 days a week. So building muscle is definitely possible. In fact most women are usually afraid of doing P90X Classic for that very reason.
If your goal is to build muscle, and you had one guy doing heavy compound lifts and one guy doing p90X with resistance bands. I'm going to go ahead and put money that the guy lifting weights is going to put on a lot more muscle in the same amount of time as the other guy.
Not everyone does it with resistance bands, in fact only 1 person in the video does it with bands. The rest do it with dumbbells. I did my first round with resistance bands, my second round I used power blocks that went up to 50 pounds. I actually packed on a decent amount of muscle.0 -
Depends on your goal, the infomercials are a bit misleading. With that being said:
If you want to burn fat and get lean, they work great. People have awesome results.
If building muscle is your goal, then no, they won't do a damn thing. Go lift weights....
Um P90X has resistance training in it 3 days a week. So building muscle is definitely possible. In fact most women are usually afraid of doing P90X Classic for that very reason.
If your goal is to build muscle, and you had one guy doing heavy compound lifts and one guy doing p90X with resistance bands. I'm going to go ahead and put money that the guy lifting weights is going to put on a lot more muscle in the same amount of time as the other guy.
True.... agreed. But this is a women asking which is better for her. Assuming what most women GOALS are. Again I have assumed before and been wrong. I would do the Insanity . Either way BeachBody will get their money..LOL
Fair enough lol. I agree, assuming her goal isn't being the next Rich Gaspari, Insanity/p90 would probably be the best route.0 -
I just did a demo of both for 30 days. So I am not a graduate of either. I think both are good. I would say try both for a week and see which fits your lifestyle and goal better. However I am an advocate of the BODY FOR LIFE program...Sorry for the Plug0
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Depends on your goal, the infomercials are a bit misleading. With that being said:
If you want to burn fat and get lean, they work great. People have awesome results.
If building muscle is your goal, then no, they won't do a damn thing. Go lift weights....
Um P90X has resistance training in it 3 days a week. So building muscle is definitely possible. In fact most women are usually afraid of doing P90X Classic for that very reason.
If your goal is to build muscle, and you had one guy doing heavy compound lifts and one guy doing p90X with resistance bands. I'm going to go ahead and put money that the guy lifting weights is going to put on a lot more muscle in the same amount of time as the other guy.
True.... agreed. But this is a women asking which is better for her. Assuming what most women GOALS are. Again I have assumed before and been wrong. I would do the Insanity . Either way BeachBody will get their money..LOL
Fair enough lol. I agree, assuming her goal isn't being the next Rich Gaspari, Insanity/p90 would probably be the best route.
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Not to Hijack this thread --- I am with you on the weights and the gym. 5 x 5 is all I need to do what I want and 20 mins of cardio HIT every other day. Alternating between the Insanity and P90 as cardio only has helped me. Time is precious. So my goal is to get in do as much as I can do and not sacrifice quality in 35 to 40 min and be on my way.0 -
I just did a demo of both for 30 days. So I am not a graduate of either. I think both are good. I would say try both for a week and see which fits your lifestyle and goal better. However I am an advocate of the BODY FOR LIFE program...Sorry for the Plug
Big fan of Body for Life. Great book.0 -
They help you lose inches, but not weight.
Incorrect. I lost 35 lbs my round with P90X0 -
I will use them to get in shape then! thank you everyone!0
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Tried P90X..ok..but workouts were to long in my opinion...Insanity was better but wouldn't suggest it for initially getting back into shape...and also a HUGE fan of Bill Philips and BFL!!! 0
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They help you lose inches, but not weight.
You're kidding, right? I lost 10 pounds my first month of Insanity, and the second time I did P90X I lost a total of 18 pounds. (The first time I didn't lose much of anything because my diet was bad).
And to be quite frank, back to the O/P's question, ANY exercise will work if you do it along with proper nutrition. Cardio + weights (or body weight exercises for Insanity) + proper nutrition = success no matter what program you do. :flowerforyou:0 -
they will expose the muscle you have. Which is great for most women, for most do not want to get bulky.
But lifting heavy weights won't bulk up women anyway! Not without a food surplus and possibly testosterone supplements anyway, Fighting this myth is rather taxing when so many people repeat it.0 -
Do you think I will still gain weight if I ate whatever I wanted and do p90x/insanity if I just want to maintain my weight?0
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Do you think I will still gain weight if I ate whatever I wanted and do p90x/insanity if I just want to maintain my weight?
As long as you eat the right foods you should be fine. It kind of depends on what you mean by eat whatever you want. 40% of your success comes from the kitchen, 30% comes from your exercise program and 30% the amount of recovery.0 -
insanity definitely works if you actually do it. I lost 17 lbs, 3 pants sizes, over 4% body fat and over 21 inches in the 60 days and that was without following the meal plan that comes with the program. I'd be happy to talk to anyone who's thinking of doing it.0
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Do you think I will still gain weight if I ate whatever I wanted and do p90x/insanity if I just want to maintain my weight?
As long as you eat the right foods you should be fine. It kind of depends on what you mean by eat whatever you want. 40% of your success comes from the kitchen, 30% comes from your exercise program and 30% the amount of recovery.
what I meant by eating whatever is junk food,burrito, pizza and stuff like that0
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