p90x
deniseearheart
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hurts sooooooooooooooooo bad :-(
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in a good way though right?
haha I love it0 -
The abs are killer. I love it. =D0
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Everything hurts soooo bad right now!!! I just finish week 1 and I'm down 3 lbs! ; )0
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If it was your first day, just wait because it's going to hurt more tomorrow. Anyone who's done it has been there. But It'll get better as you continue on with the program.
I finished up my round of P90X last week. Got good results. Now I'm doing the P90X/Insanity Hybrid. Yesterday was my first Insanity workout. Despite doing P90X and working out regularly since February, my legs were killing me today. Particularly my calves. Guess it's just the different movements in Insanity that I'm not yet accustom to doing.
Hang in there, and good luck!0 -
If it was your first day, just wait because it's going to hurt more tomorrow.
yep... wait:laugh: but u can do it!0 -
I did 2 days along with my treadmill and I am so sore I had to take today off.. I've only done the stretching and yoga and abs... Waiting on my weights and pull up bar to do the others... Is there a program you are supposed to follow or just do random videos everyday
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Everything hurts soooo bad right now!!! I just finish week 1 and I'm down 3 lbs! ; )
congrats on being down 3 pounds....0 -
The abs are killer. I love it. =D
...but I hate it!0 -
If it was your first day, just wait because it's going to hurt more tomorrow. Anyone who's done it has been there. But It'll get better as you continue on with the program.
I finished up my round of P90X last week. Got good results. Now I'm doing the P90X/Insanity Hybrid. Yesterday was my first Insanity workout. Despite doing P90X and working out regularly since February, my legs were killing me today. Particularly my calves. Guess it's just the different movements in Insanity that I'm not yet accustom to doing.
Hang in there, and good luck!
yes, Insanity will MURDER your calves! I could hardly walk for like the first 3 days. Now I'm in week 2 and it's much better.0 -
there is a program just google the p90x schedule and the link comes up, plyometrics was the one that always killed me0
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I did 2 days along with my treadmill and I am so sore I had to take today off.. I've only done the stretching and yoga and abs... Waiting on my weights and pull up bar to do the others... Is there a program you are supposed to follow or just do random videos everyday
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Yeah, there's a schedule so that you work different groups each day. You don't have the booklet? Maybe it's on the website. It is good because there are different phases, "rest" periods and mini goals. And it keeps you from burning yourself out.0 -
How did you guys put this on your exercise? I could not find it on the exercise look up on here. I love it and do it all the time except when I ride my bike. I find my legs too sore to do the road bike on those days.0
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I did 2 days along with my treadmill and I am so sore I had to take today off.. I've only done the stretching and yoga and abs... Waiting on my weights and pull up bar to do the others... Is there a program you are supposed to follow or just do random videos everyday
?????
Yeah, there's a schedule so that you work different groups each day. You don't have the booklet? Maybe it's on the website. It is good because there are different phases, "rest" periods and mini goals. And it keeps you from burning yourself out.
nooooooooooo lol my guy downloaded the program for me0 -
schedule is in google.... i dont know how to upload photos here so i cant give it to u....I did 2 days along with my treadmill and I am so sore I had to take today off.. I've only done the stretching and yoga and abs... Waiting on my weights and pull up bar to do the others... Is there a program you are supposed to follow or just do random videos everyday
?????
Yeah, there's a schedule so that you work different groups each day. You don't have the booklet? Maybe it's on the website. It is good because there are different phases, "rest" periods and mini goals. And it keeps you from burning yourself out.
nooooooooooo lol my guy downloaded the program for me0 -
How did you guys put this on your exercise? I could not find it on the exercise look up on here. I love it and do it all the time except when I ride my bike. I find my legs too sore to do the road bike on those days.
You can add your own exercises and save it to your own database. That's what I've done for P90X and then just put in the calories burned each time. I have a HRM so just put in what it calculates for aerobic-style exercises. For the weight training exercises, I multiply the HRM calories by 65%. There's also a link that estimates calories burned for P90X.
http://p90xcalories.com/0 -
The abs are killer. I love it. =D
...but I hate it!
Not gonna lie, it's a love/hate relationship.
=( Always should be when it comes to workouts, otherwise, you likely aren't improving! See, now that's good news, eh? 0 -
I attempted P90X but I found the way the resistance training portions of the workout are structured (only 2 sets of each exercise? WTF) I wasn't seeing the strength gains I wanted to. The program is simply designed to make you LOOK fitter but not necessarily BE fitter it seems like. The strength training portions in particular need a LOT of modifications (adding more sets being the biggest one) if you want to see legitimate strength gains from them. I saw better results from doing other programs that only had you working out 3 days a week for 30-45 minutes a day.
Muscle tone and changing the way you look is nice and all, but if you don't have the legitimate strength, speed, and endurance gains to show for it, then it's all useless.0 -
I attempted P90X but I found the way the resistance training portions of the workout are structured (only 2 sets of each exercise? WTF) I wasn't seeing the strength gains I wanted to. The program is simply designed to make you LOOK fitter but not necessarily BE fitter it seems like. The strength training portions in particular need a LOT of modifications (adding more sets being the biggest one) if you want to see legitimate strength gains from them. I saw better results from doing other programs that only had you working out 3 days a week for 30-45 minutes a day.
Muscle tone and changing the way you look is nice and all, but if you don't have the legitimate strength, speed, and endurance gains to show for it, then it's all useless.
I got this feeling too. Fat loss, yet, no muscle gain. What other programs would you recommend?0 -
I've done 3 weeks previously then restarted with a friend now on week 5! Feel free to add me! Would love to have more p90x friends!!0
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I attempted P90X but I found the way the resistance training portions of the workout are structured (only 2 sets of each exercise? WTF) I wasn't seeing the strength gains I wanted to. The program is simply designed to make you LOOK fitter but not necessarily BE fitter it seems like. The strength training portions in particular need a LOT of modifications (adding more sets being the biggest one) if you want to see legitimate strength gains from them. I saw better results from doing other programs that only had you working out 3 days a week for 30-45 minutes a day.
Muscle tone and changing the way you look is nice and all, but if you don't have the legitimate strength, speed, and endurance gains to show for it, then it's all useless.
I got this feeling too. Fat loss, yet, no muscle gain. What other programs would you recommend?
Honestly the MOST progress both functionally AND visually came from putting together a program myself that consisted of the following:
Go to the gym one day a week for heavy lifting focused on the lower body and back. More or less it's just to use the squat rack and lat pulldown machine, and the lat pulldown machine will become obsoleted once you become strong enough to legitimately incorporate full pullup sets into your workouts. The reason being is because bodyweight training is all you'll ever need for resistance for your upper body, but lower body muscles need a bit more of a load to challenge them. 1 day a week of utilizing the squat rack at the gym doing sets of squats, lat pulldowns, and rows was sufficient here.
Follow it up with one day of rest or very moderate intensity cardio (such as going on a nice long brisk walk)
For the rest of the week alternate between doing TOTAL BODY calisthenics workouts (I do mine on a suspension trainer) and HIIT cardio (I did mine using either a jump rope or sprinting drills) EVERY DAY. Your workouts should take no more than 30-45 minutes. When you get strong enough to incorporate sets of pullups into your workouts (which you will in a relatively short amount of time doing what I did) you will be doing them on calisthenics days.
Except for gym days everything I do revolves around timed supersets in 35 second intervals followed by 30 second rests, each set is done 4 times:
I start out with a warmup consisting of two exercises: 3 sets of 20 reps of squat into a row followed by 3 sets of 20 chest presses (all light intensity). I then do 4 sets pullups & chinups.
Set 1: 2 arm bicep curl followed by alternating 1 arm rows, each arm (my suspension trainer features rotation so I can do this)
Set 2: Chest press followed by alternating single arm chest flye
Set 3: Shoulder press/superman followed by alternating triceps press (skullcrushers)
Set 4: Lunge followed by lunge-jump (plyo lunge) - This one I do 4 sets one leg then 4 sets the other leg.
Set 5: Hanging knee raises each side
HIIT cardio consists of 2 minutes 30 seconds of brisk walk followed by (depending on whether I'm doing it indoors or outdoors) jumping rope or sprints for 30 seconds--repeat 10x.0 -
I think it hurts so good!0
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Invest in a foam roller. It will help a LOT with recovery and muscle soreness. It is one of my favorite additions they made with P90X2. I can't wait to spend some time on mine tonight after my TRX course this morning.0
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I attempted P90X but I found the way the resistance training portions of the workout are structured (only 2 sets of each exercise? WTF) I wasn't seeing the strength gains I wanted to. The program is simply designed to make you LOOK fitter but not necessarily BE fitter it seems like. The strength training portions in particular need a LOT of modifications (adding more sets being the biggest one) if you want to see legitimate strength gains from them. I saw better results from doing other programs that only had you working out 3 days a week for 30-45 minutes a day.
Muscle tone and changing the way you look is nice and all, but if you don't have the legitimate strength, speed, and endurance gains to show for it, then it's all useless.
depends on what you're doing it for .. some people aren't looking to bulk up, they're looking to slim down/tone .. so while it may not be right for you it's certainly not fair to say it's useless.
Personally I've seen some nice reshaping of my body, including muscle toning without much lean loss, I've also noticed big gains in endurance and flexibility doing the Yoga and Plyo routines.0 -
I did 2 days along with my treadmill and I am so sore I had to take today off.. I've only done the stretching and yoga and abs... Waiting on my weights and pull up bar to do the others... Is there a program you are supposed to follow or just do random videos everyday
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http://www.p90xworkoutschedule.org/0 -
ARX kills my tailbone. do not like that one but hate Yoga X more. But overall, it really does hurt so good! I've seen both fat loss & muscle definition as a result. I'm finishing up my first round and will start a 2nd round of P90X/Insanity in July...0
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I attempted P90X but I found the way the resistance training portions of the workout are structured (only 2 sets of each exercise? WTF) I wasn't seeing the strength gains I wanted to. The program is simply designed to make you LOOK fitter but not necessarily BE fitter it seems like. The strength training portions in particular need a LOT of modifications (adding more sets being the biggest one) if you want to see legitimate strength gains from them. I saw better results from doing other programs that only had you working out 3 days a week for 30-45 minutes a day.
Muscle tone and changing the way you look is nice and all, but if you don't have the legitimate strength, speed, and endurance gains to show for it, then it's all useless.
depends on what you're doing it for .. some people aren't looking to bulk up, they're looking to slim down/tone .. so while it may not be right for you it's certainly not fair to say it's useless.
Personally I've seen some nice reshaping of my body, including muscle toning without much lean loss, I've also noticed big gains in endurance and flexibility doing the Yoga and Plyo routines.
I wasn't referring to either bulking up or slimming down. I was not referring to visual at all. My point was that the changes I went through after going through a round of P90X were almost entirely visual. I felt no functional fitness gains from it at all. Improvements to strength, speed, power, and endurance were pretty insignificant, and that more or less is because of how the program is structured. And my opinion is that regardless of whether you want to bulk up or slim down, if the changes are purely visual and you're not any stronger, faster, and just all around better (from a functional fitness standpoint) when all is said and done, then the program is more or less just a vanity thing. And I'm not vain.0 -
I attempted P90X but I found the way the resistance training portions of the workout are structured (only 2 sets of each exercise? WTF) I wasn't seeing the strength gains I wanted to. The program is simply designed to make you LOOK fitter but not necessarily BE fitter it seems like. The strength training portions in particular need a LOT of modifications (adding more sets being the biggest one) if you want to see legitimate strength gains from them. I saw better results from doing other programs that only had you working out 3 days a week for 30-45 minutes a day.
Muscle tone and changing the way you look is nice and all, but if you don't have the legitimate strength, speed, and endurance gains to show for it, then it's all useless.
depends on what you're doing it for .. some people aren't looking to bulk up, they're looking to slim down/tone .. so while it may not be right for you it's certainly not fair to say it's useless.
Personally I've seen some nice reshaping of my body, including muscle toning without much lean loss, I've also noticed big gains in endurance and flexibility doing the Yoga and Plyo routines.
I wasn't referring to either bulking up or slimming down. I was not referring to visual at all. My point was that the changes I went through after going through a round of P90X were almost entirely visual. I felt no functional fitness gains from it at all. Improvements to strength, speed, power, and endurance were pretty insignificant, and that more or less is because of how the program is structured. And my opinion is that regardless of whether you want to bulk up or slim down, if the changes are purely visual and you're not any stronger, faster, and just all around better (from a functional fitness standpoint) when all is said and done, then the program is more or less just a vanity thing. And I'm not vain.
It all depends on where your fitness level is going into it. When I first did P90X, my legs were in great shape because I was playing hockey 7 days a week. However, I could barely do a pullup. By the time I finished the program, my legs were still in great shape and I was able to do pullups without any assist and a lot more pushups than I could when I started the program. While it definitely provides a visual "improvement", I noticed actual strength and performance gains during the program.0 -
ARX kills my tailbone. do not like that one but hate Yoga X more. But overall, it really does hurt so good! I've seen both fat loss & muscle definition as a result. I'm finishing up my first round and will start a 2nd round of P90X/Insanity in July...
This sort of emphasizes what I've been saying. All these programs are purely vanity oriented. I have heard a lot from people who talk about seeing fat loss, seeing muscle definition, seeing all sorts of stuff. I don't want to hear about what you can SEE. I want to hear about the improvements to what you're physically capable of. I want to hear stories about how someone who could not manage a single pullup going into P90X can now bang them out after 90 days. I want to hear about improvements to how much weight you can move, to how fast you can run, to how long you can last. I couldn't care less about what you can SEE because that more or less is all about vanity. This is why I think beachbody is a joke...0 -
I could barely walk for 2 days after Plyo X - but it does hurt so good!!!
LOVE Ab Ripper - its my fave!!!0 -
I attempted P90X but I found the way the resistance training portions of the workout are structured (only 2 sets of each exercise? WTF) I wasn't seeing the strength gains I wanted to. The program is simply designed to make you LOOK fitter but not necessarily BE fitter it seems like. The strength training portions in particular need a LOT of modifications (adding more sets being the biggest one) if you want to see legitimate strength gains from them. I saw better results from doing other programs that only had you working out 3 days a week for 30-45 minutes a day.
Muscle tone and changing the way you look is nice and all, but if you don't have the legitimate strength, speed, and endurance gains to show for it, then it's all useless.
depends on what you're doing it for .. some people aren't looking to bulk up, they're looking to slim down/tone .. so while it may not be right for you it's certainly not fair to say it's useless.
Personally I've seen some nice reshaping of my body, including muscle toning without much lean loss, I've also noticed big gains in endurance and flexibility doing the Yoga and Plyo routines.
I wasn't referring to either bulking up or slimming down. I was not referring to visual at all. My point was that the changes I went through after going through a round of P90X were almost entirely visual. I felt no functional fitness gains from it at all. Improvements to strength, speed, power, and endurance were pretty insignificant, and that more or less is because of how the program is structured. And my opinion is that regardless of whether you want to bulk up or slim down, if the changes are purely visual and you're not any stronger, faster, and just all around better (from a functional fitness standpoint) when all is said and done, then the program is more or less just a vanity thing. And I'm not vain.
It all depends on where your fitness level is going into it. When I first did P90X, my legs were in great shape because I was playing hockey 7 days a week. However, I could barely do a pullup. By the time I finished the program, my legs were still in great shape and I was able to do pullups without any assist and a lot more pushups than I could when I started the program. While it definitely provides a visual "improvement", I noticed actual strength and performance gains during the program.
See now this is what I want to hear. Unfortunately very few people I know who have gone through the program can say they've seen such improvements. =( They only talk about how much slimmer they are, how much more defined they are, but they still can barely manage a single pullup.0
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