p90x start date July 1st but scared!

Don't be afraid of it. My husband does it, I've joined from time to time, but I really love going to the gym more. Anyway, it's a good program. It's easy on the joints, and all the excerices are custom. He shows you how to make them harder or easier depending on the level of fitness you are at. You will really enjoy it. Don't be afraid, pop it in the DVD player and go. :-)

Work at your pace. As Tony says "do your best and forget the rest."

Just stick with it and if you follow the nutrition plan you will have MAJOR results, I promise. It may not result in a huge weight loss but the body fat will start dropping off and your clothes will be hanging off you.

I will have completed my 3rd round in 5 weeks.

I just started P90x this week....It took me 6 months to order the program. I thought it was going to be intimidating too. It's not, it is just intense.... The exercises are easy to follow and do, he shows modifications and emphasizes to go at your own pace. Its similar in style (ONLY) to JM 30 day shred. There are also 3 different versions you can do. There is lean if you are looking to lose weight, more cardio based, classics which is all of the 12 workouts and then there is doubles for the advanced workouts.

I think it was worth the investment. Its an hour a day in your own living room. You are getting a lifetime of workouts for the price of a session or 2 with a personal trainer. Once you sign up there is a link to a fitness test to see if you are capable of doing the exercises. You can get it before you order P90x. Here is the link....Good Luck you won't regret it....

http://teambeachbody.com/signup/wlc_index.htm

Work at your pace. As Tony says "do your best and forget the rest."

Tony also says 'Just keep pushing play!"

Do what you can, follow the plan, pause the DVD when you need to, take a longer break than they do (on DVD). Just keep doing it. Soon you will be right in there with them. You have nothing to fear. Just don't try to be Tony right out of the gate. Build yourself up. Tony shows you serveral variations of almost every routine. You can do it.

hi there! I recently finished the p90x program. you CAN do it!!! it is hard, but not impossible. Finding the time can be a challenge, it is 6 days a week. I stopped being frustrated about halfway through, and starting looking forward to my workouts (or the rush and sense of accomplishment after finishing them). Don't be discouraged the first week, it gets easier (or maybe I should say, not quite as hard!!) There are three levels to the program: lean, classic, and doubles. I used the lean program, as I didn't want to bulk up too much. I did not follow the nutrition plan and alas, I did not lose much weight, however, I'm down 7.5 inches! So try your hardest to eat like Tony tells you to, especially the total calories. it seems insane to eat 1900 calories in a day, but its necessary to fuel your workouts. My fitness coach told me I was basically starving myself by only eating 13-1500 a day. But this site should help keep track of calories. There are no preset p90x exercises on here. I just substituted. Kickboxing for kenpo, yoga=yoga, aerobics for the cardio, and so forth. You can also buy a decent heart rate monitor and it will trace how many calories you burn and you can enter it into this site.

good luck and do your best!!!

I love P90x. I have been doing it for 2 weeks now and have seen the effects already. It is by no means easy but certainly not impossible.
Good luck!

I am on week 11 of P90X. I was just as terrified when I bought the DVD's. When I started, I would laugh at myself while working out, I couldn't come anywhere near what they were doing. I started to feel disappointed when I couldn't see results right away and every muscle in my body was screaming at me. But around week 6 I could actually see the changes my body were making, by week 9 I was doing all 349 ab exercises (this body has given birth to 3 children), and now I feel the strongest and most energized than I ever have in my entire life (both inside and out).

The key is to simply hit play. It will be hard, you will push yourself to your limits, but when it is time for the cool down, you feel complete empowerment. I do admit that I am starting to feel the need for a little more variety, so I will be reaching out to ADD more exercises, but even after I complete this round, I will continue with P90X.

Best of luck!!!

Also, if you're able to it would be best to start on a Monday. So that by the time you have your rest day/stretch day it will be on a Sunday.

Happy belated birthday.

ccaruso219 - we have the recovery drink and it taste so good. It's like an orange smoothie. I don't drink it every day, but I did this morning.

And whatever you do....DO NOT SKIP YOGA! Seriously, 90% of P90X users always want to replace yoga with another workout. DON'T do it! Yoga is hard. Period. At least make yourself do the first 45 minutes. It's the hard part, but it's the part that is going to create strength in all of those 'connective' muscles that you don't strength train with weights and increase flexibility. Both of those things will help you prevent injury.

how is P90X going?