TapouT XT 90 Day Workout Challenge! Just started! :)

I started the 1st dvd and only made it through the first 30 mins and was sore the next two days... I need to get back at this... please let me know your thoughts ... also how soon you notice results.

I am on week 2 day 2. I am loving this program! I have lost 12 pounds in 2 weeks and I can already see a difference in my body. I am out of shape, no lie. I have to modify moves, I push the pause button, I have to do girly pushups but things are getting easier. I ordered tapout because I saw the video and thought I couldn't do it. I am out to prove myself wrong.

jmeriano- you look amazing! Way to go, that is a body earned by sweat and hard work!! You are my inspiration today to give it my all!

I am ordering it this week and can't wait to get started!!! I love that it incorporates martial arts.

It definitely give your confidence when you're doing it - almost like self defense classes!

I am on day two of the second month! Love love love this program! I did two rounds of insanity and didn't see the results that I've seen in the first month of this program! Insanity, I believe is meant to lose weight more than tone muscle, I needed to tone my muscles and get rid of the cellulite on my stomach from having two kids. I am noticing less cellulite and I feel leaner, losing 3 inches around my waist in just the first month. Muay Thai is by far my favorite workout and the Cardio XT is unbearable but you can see the results right away. I usually feel like my heart Is going to explode once my heart rate gets into the 190s but it is so worth it, seeing the results!! I am welcoming anyone who wants to friend me or ask questions I have been doing great on this program and would love to help others!

Currently week 4 day 1 this week I'll do Muay Thai for the first time and heard it's a killerrrrrrrrrrr

Can't wait to order this next month when I can! I'll be looking forward to updates on everyone's results!

I just started Tapout. A friend sent me the cardio video and I did that to test if I liked it...well that was two days ago and I'm still hurting! I am going to try and push and officially start the program today though. I have to modify a lot and can't do any of the planks, but I know it'll be a good judge of how fit I get.

Anyone else 40-50lbs from their goal? I feel like most people I know doing this are within 20 lbs of their goal and quite small so I'm worried I'm too big to start this now.

Anyway, feel free to friend me for support! I'm going to need it!

Hello Everyone! I am starting the Tapout xt today !! Add me- we can motivate each-other. I have been Kickboxing and doing MMA for over 2yrs now. I stopped taking my classes due to a pregnancy. Unfortunately, the baby was lost over a month ago. I am trying to get back into the swing of thing and loving my self and body. On another note- I have done the P90x saw some result but, not as drastic as my husbands. Then I completed Insanity and saw even better results and felt amazing. I am wondering what program bring results like the after photos in these commercials? I wonder if they are real..Time to work out again and kick some butt.Good luck to all of you doing the workout program.

I just started Tapout. A friend sent me the cardio video and I did that to test if I liked it...well that was two days ago and I'm still hurting! I am going to try and push and officially start the program today though. I have to modify a lot and can't do any of the planks, but I know it'll be a good judge of how fit I get.

Anyone else 40-50lbs from their goal? I feel like most people I know doing this are within 20 lbs of their goal and quite small so I'm worried I'm too big to start this now.

Anyway, feel free to friend me for support! I'm going to need it!

I am/ was 40 pounds over weight. I am 33 with 2 kids. You can do this. I am out of shape, the first week about killed me, haha. I pushed thru it. I am only on week 2 and I see a HUGE difference. Press pause and take breaks when you have to, but jump back in and finish it. No lie the 1st day was the hardest. I was using the couch to pull me off the floor at times. I've lost 14 pounds and I am actually keeping up now and doing moves that last week I thought would take me forever to do. You can do this!

All you Tapout Ladies dont forget to join the Tapout Women Warriors Group on facebook for much support and laughs. Sorry guys only women allowed

You can find it here; https://www.facebook.com/groups/TapouTXTWomenWarriors/

This topic is a little cold but my wife and I are doing TapouT XT, today is week 8 day 3 (day 52 of 84). My advice to anyone starting this program:

-Don't try to do the pace of the DVDs from the beginning unless you're already fit
-It's OK to get beaten down and to pause the DVD to catch your breath or to figure out what in the world Mike is doing
-Yelling at the TV or Mike is perfectly acceptable
-Stop in the middle of a move for a breather then jump back in such as: 2 push up jacks, 5 gigantic gasps of air, rinse and repeat
-Drink lots of water everyday
-I don't know how it's humanly possible to have a round shelf for a butt like Mike
-Press play no matter what, even if you just march in place
-When you get to Cardio XT (day 13), watch Monet - he's dying too (just like me every time I do freaking Cardio XT!)
-Buy some weighted gloves
-Consider getting a set of resistance bands (light, medium and heavy)
-Breathe, don't hold your breath, just breathe
-Yoga doesn't suck, just constant cobra to upward dog to downward dog does
-Stretch more if you need it
-Have fun

As you progress I have additional advice:
-I don't know why it's not easier but you're staying with the video and aren't taking as many breathers
-Everyone besides Mike doesn't do the moves like he does, stick with him when you can and keep modifying when you can't
-Making snide remarks while still sticking to the routine is perfectly acceptable
-Wear the weighted gloves
-Grab the bands where you need the resistance, you don't have to use the handles
-It's OK to look at yourself in the mirror but you must get into the "check me out" pose
-Stretch more, you need it
-Keep on bringing it, you rock!

We still have a ways to go but we are already planning a round 2, probably a modified schedule. I have been blogging about this journey since it is our first 90 day program. Check it out if you're interested or drop us a line if you have any questions.

http://www.johnandmandi.com/pages/tapoutday1

-John

Do it. My regret is that I didn't buy it the first time I saw it. I don't want to elude anyone, this is an extreme program. After the first two days I started thinking, uh oh - I hope I just didn't waste our money. We kept putting the DVDs in and before we knew it we passed day seven, then ten, then day 30 and so on. You will be sore for the first week minimum. You will feel like you got hit by a truck, a really big black smoke spewing diesel guzzling truck. It gets better, it does, trust me. We are still sore today but it is limited to only the specific area covered the day before, it's mild.

If you get TapouT XT, focus on getting through the first three days then the first ten. Once you get to the end of the second week it gets easier, not easy by any means, but easier. Your body will have adjusted from the initial shock and you will start to settle down. For us, everything got clearer and the focus switched from just surviving to thriving. Now we're scrutinizing each move, by no means are we perfect, this is just an example of how we've adjusted to the program.

Also, don't look at it as a 90 day solution. Going in we figured it would take us two times to get where we wanted, hopefully. Who cares if it takes 1, 3 or 10 times. You're doing it for you so set the pace you can be successful with. If you can hammer it out in one round and look like the test group then hells yeah. If you're like the rest of us, it's a marathon and not a sprint, something I have to constantly remind myself.

Oh, TapouT XT is not a traditional circuit training program. Very rarely do you repeat a sequence. Usually when you are repeating a move it's augmented thus making it harder, thanks Mike! So if you thought the burpees sucked the first time, you're wrong, adding the knee strikes the second time is what makes them suck - at first. There are moves you'll grow to love and there are those you'll always hate, One legged in outs comes to my mind.

I'm sorry if I'm getting carried away or if I'm exuding too much enthusiasm. We've never been into exercise but TapouT XT has changed that. I can't encourage anyone enough to embark on a program, be it TapouT XT or any other. I think starting is the hardest part due to the fear of failure. Wipe that notion from your head. Start one and do the best you can, that's the secret!

-John

Awesome I just finished the first week! Indeed I do feel like I got hit by a giante truck! LOL So far im loving the program wish I would have seen it before I bought others

Congrats! Finishing the first week is a HUGE step. The sweetness of that first rest day still lingers in my brain. The start and end of the second week is great. You'll get a pounding with Competition Core then close with my personal nemesis, Cardio XT. Don't worry about buying some other programs. In the future you could mix and match to make the perfect fitness program or sell them on Craigslist.

Great job and keep bringing it!

-John

We've considered XT2 but we'll probably do a second round of XT1 first. XT2 looks to be ridiculously harder. Feel free to hit us up through our website and checkout the TapouT XT FaceBook page, there's always a lot happening there and some amazing results have been shared. Rest up!