Hello all,
New to the group and starting over with P90X today. Glad to see you're all here for motivation and support. Planning on working out after work so I'll be a day behind in logging my workouts. I'll be honest, I can be a slacker at times and I started 4 Sept working out with P90X and Turbo Jam, but then I fell off the workout wagon the following week, and now I'm jumping back on. More about me later as I need to take my photos and measurements.

Welcome to the group! This time is the one!

I will also try harder at posting on the weekends, they just get so hectic sometimes. This weekend I was away from my computer or any source of internet Did core synergistics today feels fantastic. Hope everyone has a great week!

You don't have to post on the weekends, just make sure you keep pushing play even if you don't post. For me, posting every day adds focus and accountability and the longer the chain the more motivational it becomes

Yesterday Chest & Back - stopped half way through - wasn't warmed up enough and didnt have free weights in the gym I went to (choosing another one going forward). Ate pretty well all day - i'm aiming for 50/30/20. Didn't quite manage that but was well within calorie intake - until at like 11pm I had these 2 pastry things! ahhh. No ab ripper.
Today Plyo - I managed 40 mins of it. My lower back is hurting me a bit, i think i need to stretch off, its really affecting my ability to move quicker. 50/30/20 aim today & within 1800 calories. Also walking 1.5 each day (to work and back)
I know this is not perfect but I am not going to lie about what I've achieved. My #1 aim to is to keep pressing play. Tomo I want to get through the whole programme! I'll let you know
p.s if anyone of any relatively cheap high protein foods can you please let me know! Thanks xx

I stretch my hamstrings and back a lot (I love downward dog lol) but no amount of stretching helps the lower back pain on Plyo for me. Its just a matter of increasing the core strength. This week's plyo was already better. I only had one attempted muscle spasm And yeah I do have to go slow and exaggerate the soft landing on some of the more vigorous moves like the air guitar one.

Hello all, I'm new to the group. Just started P90X "legitimately" last night. Did Chest and Back and Ab Ripper. I can only do 2 pullups in a row right now, so the chair is my friend right now! Also, I suck at diamond pushups lol!! Oh well, I still worked hard and I feel it this morning! I haven't taken any starting photos yet but I will before the week is over. Keep kicking butt, everyone!

Welcome to the group! Hey if you are just starting P90X and can already 2 do pullups that is pretty good in my book! For me an extra inch gap between my hands on the diamond pushups makes a world of difference. That way I can do a whole 5 of them before modifying to my knees, ha!

Dude if you are planning that recap every week it'll help me so much for accountability! Thank you for the extra time you're spending on the group!! The birthday bbq happened, then I started to get this cold.. went up north to see my hubby for 1.5 days - drinks and restaurant meals thrown in of course because he is living out of a motel - which included 2 6hour car rides.. then full on death bed type cold symptoms yesterday.. it's not been the greatest start so I'm definitely going to squeeze out day 1 again.

I'm feeling a bit better today.. I can at least BREATHE and I'm already at the stage of coughing stuff up lol possibly due to the cold fx I'm taking.. not sure but it's defnitely clearing up so I want to get going!

I'm going to start a new thread for myself so I can easily see my days added up together.

Everyone is doing amazing and I wish I had been on track with you all! Keep on doing what you guys are doing!! It's great to see!

ETA I'm going to skip the rest day at the end of this week so that I can have the first day of the week back on Mondays again..

We'll see if I can keep the recap going. I will try to if the group stays smaller. Glad to hear you are feeling better and seeing more activity in my MFP status updates from you.

Good morning everyone. I didn't do P90X workout today, but I did my own cardio which was walking and jogging for almost 5 miles. What is everyone using for pull up's. I have a big pull up stand in my living room but my hubby hates it sitting in there. Dont have anywhere else to put it so I want semething more convenient but at the same time sturdy. Any suggestions? Mine was that we move the pull up bar outside along with the TV but I don't think he's going for that, LOL!

I don't think it is as good of a workout but you can try using the bands with a door. This is what I did when I travel on P90X and what I did on Monday to avoid restraining my lats which I did the prior Friday on the pullup bar.

Just realized I never posted a check in for myself for yesterday!

So yeah yesterday did Chest & Back + Ab ripper and tied my Friday ab ripper time of 19 minutes. Was a good feeling because I thought I was going to end up slower as it felt slower so I was pleasantly surprised by the tie.

Today busted out Plyometrics first thing in the morning! Feeling good about this one too because I upped my game over last week. I made it farther into the workout before having to modify and modified less moves overall. Also, made it about 5 mins longer before having to pause and go suck down some recovery drink. I do all my workouts first thing in the morning so I can't eat before hand and don't want to start off with a recovery drink in my water until my body tells me it needs it.

Can't wait for tomorrow's workout!! Bring it everyone!

Dude how do you reply with quotes all in the same post??

I was feeling ambitious so I cut and pasted them all and did it manually. No multi quote feature here like on other forums Also annoying that it doesn't automatically apply the name of the person you are quoting like other forums. Oh well.

Hello All! I am new to the group, but I started P90X Classic on 09/10/12. So far I am loving it and feeling like I am already seeing results. I am having a hard time fitting in 225 g of protein a day (1800 calorie diet)..... I use the vegan shakeology with almond milk and a banana in the mornings and a protein bar for snack, but other than that I am just desperately trying to find ways to add in more protein. Also, I am lactose intolerant and allergic to whey, so dairy and whey protein powders are not an option. Any ideas all you motivated Xers have would be fantastic! Woke up at 5:00 this morning and got my arms and shoulders and ab ripper X done for the day! I'm thinking this is the best way to go.... its too easy to talk myself out of my workouts after a long day at work.

Welcome. Results are extra motivating IMO so congratz on seeing some so quickly!

Have you tried casein based protein supplements or did you automatically rule it out because it is dairy derived? My understanding is that a lot of lactose intolerant folks can use diary derived protein while a lot of others still experience that lactose intolerance symptoms. You might try a casein protein supplement to rule it out if you haven't.

I'd see about working in vegetarian protein sources as well (tofu and other soy based products). Quinoa is considered a very good plant based protein because it is one of the few plant based sources of "complete" proteins. Meaning that Quinoa contains an appropriate proportion of all nine amino acids (I just learned this earlier this week actually).

Good luck!

P90X day 11 workout - Yoga X checkin.

Got up 5:40am and busted out Yoga X this morning. Last night I had selective thinking asI was looking forward to getting some of my sore muscles stretched out but somehow ignoring that Yoga X is intense! I worked hard on this week and made improvements over last week but the cost of that was ending the workout feeling less stretched and relaxed and more like I just did resistance training. A big part of that is that for week 1 I didn't push myself at all on the long segment of the one leg moving poses that start with warrior III where today I tried my best on those. Sure enough just like my first time doing P90X those moves really caused my glutes and hamstrings to tighten up big time.

Maybe because I pushed so hard in ab ripper yesterday but WOW Yoga Belly 7 kicked my butt soooo hard! I had to pause multiple times in that routine and was really feeling the burn.

Nutrition is pretty on track today. I'm a bit light on calories with what I've eaten and planned to eat the rest of the day so I may do some extra protein powder. Macros are looking like they wil be 43/30/27 protein carbs fat. Yesterday I hit 49/35/16. Hitting 50/30/20 perfectly while still eating as much as I should is tough!