P90X'ers Starting 2/22/2010

MONDAY: CHEST & BACK

I work nights so my updates will be the day after the actual workout.

MFP Members FYI: In order for me to reach my goal, this site states I need to consume 1,500 calories or less per day. Now, when you exercise, it adds calories to your goal allowing for more consumption. One thing that this system does not taken into account is how much muscle mass your body already has or is gaining during your workouts (actually during rest periods).

So if you cheat one day and go over your daily goal of 1,500, let's say, you splurged with some friends and had a few pieces of pizza when you were already close to your goal, by numbers it might look like you just gained several hundred calories, but again, the more muscle mass you are creating, the more calories you are burning even while you are resting than the average person. I sit at a desk all day so MFP states that I do not burn that many calories. However, it does not take into consideration how much muscle my body has compared to someone doing the exact same job, but not working out or only doing cardio.

Ladies, like I have explained to my wife, don't worry about looking like a body-builder. It takes years and tons of supplements and protein and over-eating while hitting the weights extremley hard to look like that. If you get a good burn in like P90X a few times a week, eat right or at least stay somewhat close to your goal, add a little bit of cardio and keep posting to your friends to help push you through any negatives, we can all reach our goals.

Don't get down on yourself. After starting this, I had cheated real bad with a cheeseburger, large fry and large chocolate shake and had some other nasty good food, LOL, and the next day when I weighed in, I had lost 1/2 a pound. Some people might have quit after adding that information in our diary and seeing the numbers and just gave up. Don't forget that by working out, we can have these cheat days, or guilty feeling days. It is ok to wake up and just feel like crap and not want to do anything that day. Go ahead and give yourself a break that day. Get back on track the next day or at least next two days.

Let's all share advice and keep pushing each other. We all have hectic lives, pressures, stresses, and busy busy work or school or both types schedules, but we need to not make excuses and just like Nike use to say, "Just Do It". Sometimes you might feel real bad and lazy, could be not enough carbs or to many, but if you can make yourself get up and do something right when you have that feeling and start working out, the heart will start pumping the blood, and you will feel a good release and gain some positive motivation. Get some headphones, Ipod, heart rate monitor and get moving.

I am purchasing a HRM monitor soon and will be able to figure out how many calories I burn during the P90X workouts. Each person will be different. I found a good watch on Wal-mart.com that is around $57 or so that calculates heart rate, how many calories etc...It might not be 100% accurate, but it will at least give an aproximation.....

Good luck and sorry to be rambling on and on, and on....Time to to go to sleep since I just got home.


Bryan Yauger

Bryan

Thanks a lot and yes let's "Bring It". I played pro soccer and was in outstanding shap, running, lifting, plyo-metrics, etc... and that is what got me in shape. Tony's system does the same thing. Doing something rather than nothing will still help. Maybe not to a T but it will help as long as we beat our calorie goals and add some sort of cardio or strength training on the day that we don't follow the regular schedule.

Thanks again and good luck to you. I will try to find your post and see how you feel after 60 and then 90....

Good luck,

Bryan

hey becky. i bought a hrm and will find out aprox calories i burn during p90x. glad to c sev people joining. im at work so have to go. good luck.

bryan

chest and back today felt great. used a hrm and it showed i burned 572 calories. everyone is different but hopefully that helps. i aslo did abs, and 10 min at speed 7 on tred.

good job everyone.

oh, i placed P90X in cardio section on myfitnesspal chest and back so that i could track my cals...

see u all tomorrow. got to get back to work...

bryan - posted from cell phone

Great job. You will get the hang of as you do it more and more just like anything else. It will help with cordination. There is one move in there that I have to act like I am jumping rope just for a short period because a specific exercise hurts my knees. Staying active the enrite time is the key. Same with Chest & Back. One of the last moves is when you are in a push-up position with your tail in the air, and you arc downward and forward and then back again. It pops my left shoulder. In place of it, I started doing more regular push-ups. It want be perfect to P90X but I am still working my muscles....Find something that takes its place and keep the intensity and you will still achieve.....

Great job.

Bryan

plyo complete and running for 18min at speed 7 or 8.5 pace.

bands will work for u but u might just have to do more reps but thats a plus. target has a good pullup bar.

good luck.

Calories during P90X? Well, everyone's body is different and I placed how many calories I burned during my Chest & Back routine. I will do the same for tonight with the shoulder workout. For males, I am 5' 7, 202 pounds, and 33 years of age. Use my calories I burned and maybe subtract about 50 and just go by that. You might be burning more than hundred than I am but at least you will have some sort of number to plug in. For ladies, maybe subtract about 75 from what I burned. Again, I don't know how you would calculate this, but at least it is a ballpark figure that you could use.

Anyone that has started in these post since we started on Monday, great job.

Becky, it's ok that you have problems with certain joints and/or muscles. Modify what you have to and just keep a high intensity rate. The Divebomber push-ups KILL my shoulders so I just add regular push-ups which will still be working the same area's and you are still using calories.

Don't forget that when you first start out in strength training, your body could add anywhere from 2 to 5 pounds of water in the first three to four weeks because the muscles tears and it is healing with water and protein/amino acids. This is why a lot of people quit workout routines in the first month. They do all that hard work and see a weight gain and quit. Just keep hitting your calorie goal or under and keep working out. After about a month it should start coming off. With P90X, it should start pouring off. If it does not start coming off, then you need to take another look at your food intake. The more calories you burn that you put into your body, is fool-proof. That is just a fact of science. You can't even gain a lot of weight from muscle if you are still burning more calories than taking in. However, you are changing the percentages of your fat and mucles make-up. As you gain more muscle and lose more fat, your body will burn more calories even while resting than it did before. Yes muscles are more dense, but you still should be losing if you have set up a caloric goal that is less than what you take in.

Don't go by the scale though and sometimes BMI is not good to go bye. I have been very low in fat before and could not get below 175 pounds and it states that I should be at the most, at 160. Go by the way your clothes feel, how you feel, and look in the mirror and always tell yourself the truth and don't ask what others think. It should only matter to you.

Great job everyone.....3 days down, 87 more to a new you and 2010 Summer time......



Bryan Yauger