P90X Question #2

My husband and I are probably 100 pounds each overweight. We actually started with the P90 (not the P90x) first. It is a great program. It is tough the first week but once you get used to the moves, the more you do it the easier it gets. We started a month ago and he has lost 14 pounds, I have lost 7. Of course I have "cheated" more than he has. Already though you can start to see a change in our bodies as far as definition. He has gone down two pants sizes, I have gone down one. But it is within reach and successful.

I highly recommend P90X as it works, but I would wait until you have slimmed down more. It is basically a more intense program intended for folks who are in decent shape but having difficult reaching that next level. They say to start with their Power 90 program as it is more cardio oriented and focuses on helping you burn the fat and get into the shape required for P90X. The program is awesome though and I saw results after only a few weeks.

You really don't want to start this program if you are obese. What you really want to do is start the P90 program, the cheaper younger sibling to it. Then after that you may want to do the P90 Masters Series before even thinking about doing p90x.

Pullups/pusshups/ and jumping in the air are not things you want to do till you get into a little better shape....not to say there isn't somebody out there who has despite the risks associated with that.

I am doing P90X and have lost my weight (the last few pounds I want to lose are vanity pounds lol). I have done MANY home workouts (including two rounds of Chalean extreme) I would have to say that p90x is not a place to start if you have a lot of weight to lose. I am not saying you should not give it a go or that other have not had success this is just my opinion.

Kellycrow- you can make the time for it!! I have three kids (7,5,4), homeschool and have two dogs (one is a 6month old puppy) LOL it can be done Although I do have to say it is not easy!

P90X is not that hard. I have completed 2 rounds and lost the 65 pounds of baby weight and I actually have "cut" muscles that I have never had when I was just running. You can always pause the DVD for as long as you need to take a drink and catch your breath. I did that often in the first round.

my biggest problem is the diet I just dont like the meal plans and find myself drifting to my old eating habits

That was my biggest problem a couple of years ago, when I did P90X. Luckily, there were plenty of foods on the lists (not in the fully laid-out plan, but the "Portion Plan Foods" section) that I liked. It took a couple of weeks, but I finally found a good middle ground where I lost about 15 pounds doing P90X.

I haven't actually done p90x (I'm currently doing insanity and then going to turbofire, and probably ChaLEAN Extreme) but my dad has done it and got great results. He is around 100lbs overweight and lost around 30lbs while doing the program and his endurance got better. You don't need to be in really good shape, there are modified versions of every move, and if you buy it through a beachbody coach they can even help you out with even more modified moves. I haven't looked at the power 90 program, but from what I've read it may be a better starting point if you're extremely out of shape as P90x is hard. However, you don't get results by doing it the easy way.

You also don't have to follow their eating plan to a T, but I would say stick within a certain calorie range and macro %'s for it, as a good majority of having the body you want is what you eat. I spent an entire year working out an hour a day and eating crap and was still "pudgey" around the middle, I actually reduced my exercise and really changed my eating habits and I saw major changes.

whether it is one of these silly fad workouts

these comments really make me shake my head

I imagine you havnt done it

it's a tough workout and there is nothing "fad" about it.

but...whatever

I was 319 lbs when I started my first round of P90X. After two rounds of it I have lost 57 lbs. I never had a problem with the weight lifting portion of the program but for the first round I skipped the Plyometrics and Yoga and did Tae Bo instead as I had 2 Billy Blanks Taebo discs. The second time thru I added the Plyometrics but modified many of the moves but still was able to make it thru the workout. I am now doing a P90X/Insanity hybrid program. I do not follow the actual meal plan. I didn't like a lot of the choices on it so I figured I should learn portion control. I logged all my foods on MFP and tried to keep to the caloric intake that was set up for me. The biggest thing is to "just push play." There were many days that I didn't feel like working out put I just put the DVD in and started. By the end of the workout I was glad that I had pushed play. Most of the moves on P90X can be modified so "do your best, and forget the rest."

Look up Richard Neal

He has a pretty impressive weight loss 400 lbs down to 190 lbs but he's your typical beachbody coach so I tend to stay away from those people

Tis true - one DVD or another with whoever fitness guru at the head of it can be thought of as faddy, but if you can't or won't access a local gym for whatever reason, such DVDs can provide a sense of belonging to a group of people who are working out with you and the encouragement from the trainer is going in at the same time - in a similar way to you would want your gym friends to encourage you on to pull out that one last rep.

To those who have plenty of support, or just don't need it, maybe the DVDs don't have a lot to offer, but to those who work out alone for whatever reason they are really good for helping you to keep motivatedf and to keep up a good exercise pace.

You can adapt the program as well - the sheer number of pullups in P90X Back and Legs was out of my ability so I use Let-me-ups instead and end up doing half push-ups when they are still crunching out diamond pushes. The main thing is to keep moving and as such, P90X is excellent. I find the trainer a bit corny - but I like that!