Hello,

My name is Rob J and, I have started P90X multiple times; the running joke is I call it P21X because I only get through 21 days. I'm in relatively good shape because I play soccer but, I want to lose about 10 lbs, increase my flexibility, and increase my sprinting speed and agility. I am trying to do P90X during soccer season which sometimes means I have sore knees and need to replace Plyo X with Cardio X because I play games on Sunday and, my joints usually don't recover quick enough to put a Plyo load on them with only one day of recovery time. Anyways, I have posted here because I want to be part of a community that will keep me motivated and encouraged to get through the program completely. I am a husband of a great wife, father of two little boys, full-time employee, and part-time student. So, this means I'll be doing all my workouts in the morning.

The hardest part for me will be sticking with the program as I tend to get bored quickly. That is why I'm here. Please help to keep me motivated and, I will do the same for you! Thanks!

Someone encouraged me to come to this thread so here I am (Nicole), thanks!

Day 1 Chest & Back/Ab Ripper X and Day 2 Cardio X (Replaced for Plyo X) in the bag! I feel good that I'm putting fitness as a priority in my life again. I get so busy that sometimes fitness is the first thing to give but, I feel so much better when I actually complete the workout. The rest of my day is smooth at work and, I feel much more patient with people. Looking forward to day 3!

-Update Day 3

Moved Legs & Back/Ab Ripper X to Day 3 rather than Day 5 because I knew my legs would be too sore/not recovered in time when my Sunday soccer game came around. I'll hit arms & shoulders on Day 5. I'll probably be doing this switch until the season is over. I don't think it will be too much trouble. The only problem I had today is that my back & arms were still really, really sore so I wasn't able to do many pullups at all. Some sets I had to skip because of how sore I was (I could do the reps but, I listened to my body and felt I might sustain an injury if I pushed). Although, I don't expect this to be a problem going forward. I always get so sore the 1st two weeks of this program and, then my body starts to get used to the load and recovers much quicker. I think some of my muscles are "reawakening" and, I don't expect this to be a problem after the 1st two weeks.

Also, I woke up at 5:15 AM this morning expecting my son to wake up around 6:30 AM. He woke up at 5:30 AM! So, I couldn't do everything I would have liked. I held him while I did wall squats, calf raises, etc...So that did slow me down a little bit but, after the chest & back workout, I realized that I probably shouldn't try to complete all the reps during the first week anyways because I would be beyond sore. I strived to do about 1/2 the reps that Tony did on everything. Right now, I'm doing about 3/5 of the reps in the Ab Ripper X video. Once again, I plan on stepping this up after the 1st two weeks once my body has acclimated to the work load. Anyways, that is the end of my monologue for now. I'm looking forward to Day 4, Yoga X! I think I will get the most benefit from striving to become more flexible. That is by far my weakest area. Coincidentally that is my wife's strongest area and, she mops the floor with me during the Yoga X routine without even trying (if she decides to jump in).

Hope everyone else is going strong. Keep it up!

Hello,

My name is Rob J and, I have started P90X multiple times; the running joke is I call it P21X because I only get through 21 days. I'm in relatively good shape because I play soccer but, I want to lose about 10 lbs, increase my flexibility, and increase my sprinting speed and agility. I am trying to do P90X during soccer season which sometimes means I have sore knees and need to replace Plyo X with Cardio X because I play games on Sunday and, my joints usually don't recover quick enough to put a Plyo load on them with only one day of recovery time. Anyways, I have posted here because I want to be part of a community that will keep me motivated and encouraged to get through the program completely. I am a husband of a great wife, father of two little boys, full-time employee, and part-time student. So, this means I'll be doing all my workouts in the morning.

The hardest part for me will be sticking with the program as I tend to get bored quickly. That is why I'm here. Please help to keep me motivated and, I will do the same for you! Thanks!

Someone encouraged me to come to this thread so here I am (Nicole), thanks!

Day 1 Chest & Back/Ab Ripper X and Day 2 Cardio X (Replaced for Plyo X) in the bag! I feel good that I'm putting fitness as a priority in my life again. I get so busy that sometimes fitness is the first thing to give but, I feel so much better when I actually complete the workout. The rest of my day is smooth at work and, I feel much more patient with people. Looking forward to day 3!

-Update Day 3

Moved Legs & Back/Ab Ripper X to Day 3 rather than Day 5 because I knew my legs would be too sore/not recovered in time when my Sunday soccer game came around. I'll hit arms & shoulders on Day 5. I'll probably be doing this switch until the season is over. I don't think it will be too much trouble. The only problem I had today is that my back & arms were still really, really sore so I wasn't able to do many pullups at all. Some sets I had to skip because of how sore I was (I could do the reps but, I listened to my body and felt I might sustain an injury if I pushed). Although, I don't expect this to be a problem going forward. I always get so sore the 1st two weeks of this program and, then my body starts to get used to the load and recovers much quicker. I think some of my muscles are "reawakening" and, I don't expect this to be a problem after the 1st two weeks.

Also, I woke up at 5:15 AM this morning expecting my son to wake up around 6:30 AM. He woke up at 5:30 AM! So, I couldn't do everything I would have liked. I held him while I did wall squats, calf raises, etc...So that did slow me down a little bit but, after the chest & back workout, I realized that I probably shouldn't try to complete all the reps during the first week anyways because I would be beyond sore. I strived to do about 1/2 the reps that Tony did on everything. Right now, I'm doing about 3/5 of the reps in the Ab Ripper X video. Once again, I plan on stepping this up after the 1st two weeks once my body has acclimated to the work load. Anyways, that is the end of my monologue for now. I'm looking forward to Day 4, Yoga X! I think I will get the most benefit from striving to become more flexible. That is by far my weakest area. Coincidentally that is my wife's strongest area and, she mops the floor with me during the Yoga X routine without even trying (if she decides to jump in).

Hope everyone else is going strong. Keep it up!

Glad you got it fired up again. My life is kind of crazy too, I have to wake up @ 4:30am, 5ish to get the workouts in comfortably, which has typically lasted 7-10 days and then I start over, so I guess I would have to call it P10x. 2.5 weeks ago I made a commitment to get it in no matter what and have seen some crazy results, which makes it all worth it. My daughters like to provide some extra resistance by climbing on my back while Im doing push-ups if I miss the morning workout, which is my inspiration to get up early. Good Luck, lets make it happen.

whats up y'all?! Glad to see some new faces around here! Welcome everyone!

So I need your suggestions... I wasn't able to do my Plyo workout yesterday, as I was traveling for work all day... 7 hours of driving and 3 hours of presenting.

What do you think I should do? Should I forget about it and move on? Should I maybe replace tomorrows Yoga with Plyo instead and maybe do a stretch X so I don't lose flexibility? Not sure what I should do... what do you guys think?

So I was fasting last time around when I did Core Synergistics, so needless to say it felt like hell. I didn't even do the bonus first month and that Phinx push up had to do of my knees. But man what a difference this time around, not sure if it's having more energy due to not fasting or if this past month really helped me get better, but I breezed through that bad boy, was sweating like hell but got it all done and the bonus.

Anyone notice a big difference doing it from the first month vs the second?

whats up y'all?! Glad to see some new faces around here! Welcome everyone!

So I need your suggestions... I wasn't able to do my Plyo workout yesterday, as I was traveling for work all day... 7 hours of driving and 3 hours of presenting.

What do you think I should do? Should I forget about it and move on? Should I maybe replace tomorrows Yoga with Plyo instead and maybe do a stretch X so I don't lose flexibility? Not sure what I should do... what do you guys think?

I would just count yesterday as your rest day and continue on so do plyo today, and so on.

whats up y'all?! Glad to see some new faces around here! Welcome everyone!

So I need your suggestions... I wasn't able to do my Plyo workout yesterday, as I was traveling for work all day... 7 hours of driving and 3 hours of presenting.

What do you think I should do? Should I forget about it and move on? Should I maybe replace tomorrows Yoga with Plyo instead and maybe do a stretch X so I don't lose flexibility? Not sure what I should do... what do you guys think?

I would just count yesterday as your rest day and continue on so do plyo today, and so on.

I agree with what these clever people are saying. Rest day was yesterday, plyo today, and the rest of the workouts for this week get shifted by one day.