Power 90 X

so far i've successfully completed 46 days of it.... i'm still going strong!! some days are better than others, but you just do what you can and keep pressing play.... I have a really hard time with yoga.... but I'm trying to push through it... also I'm adding an extra cardio workout that day (even just 30 minutes on the elliptical) because I really feel like I need it... other than that I'm feeling great! Week 1 is the hardest

I did it for 2 rounds and then 1 round insanity and lost 70 lbs. That was a year ago. I have gained back a few since then. It works well if you have the diet that goes with the exercise. I am going to push play tonight and try to burn off some of that Halloween candy lol.

I finished the first month and three weeks of the second doing doubles before I stopped because I found out I was pregnant (which I suspected based on I was too tired to do the workouts with full intensity.) I was a little sad to have to stop (or postpone, as I can probably work it back in in a couple months if I want) because I did not notice any weight loss or body change in month 1 though I definitely noticed increased muscle (though it did not show) especially in the abs. "They" say a lot of women notice more change during / after month 2 so I was sad to stop right before hopefully seeing some changes, but I could NOT do it and was falling asleep at my desk at work this preg hit my energy level HARD!

I didn't totally follow the meal plan though - i counted cals here and tried to up my protein intake. I just can't with work, a 3 yr old, the house, a needy husband who needs me to do everything for him , and a strict budget, work in eating perfectly so I just went by calories and tries to lay off the carbs too much. I think I would have probably lost about 5-8 lbs overall (I'm already in a healthy weight so I only have 10-15 to lose really so i was not surprised to not see the scale moving) and gotten a more defined waist and slight increase in muscles showing when flexing. I was almost to the point where I could do one real pull up! And I still have trouble with military push ups. (Another reason why my results would not have been phenominal, though noticeable - because I was working up to being able to do it all full on.)

I liked it, but it was rather repetitive, which I did not like. I want to finish it once straight through to say I did, but after that I would probably work in the abs a couple times a week and rotate some strength and cardio here and there when I can't make it to the gym - I prefer the variance of the class settings at the Y. (I love Yoga at the Y, but it was SO boring at home and some of the others too I like things mixed up. I actually moved in my little TV too and started watching TV on one and the DVDs on the other once I got all the routines down to keep me entertained during the workouts!)

I love the stretch one though and will probably try to do that at least once a week still to keep myself limber down the road when I can't see my toes

I may sound like an idiot on this but, since I got this dvd burned by a buddy, what exactly is Doubles? I still have a few weeks on singles but would be nice to know what Doubles is a head of time. Does it mean to "double" the workout?

Doubles is what I did today and yesterday. A workout in the morning and cardio mid-day or evening. Like in football, 2 a-days.

I didn't do the cardio X DVD though for my morning workout like the packet suggests (It has you do cardio on your strength days, ie, not Plyo, Yoga, Kickboxing days) . I went to my morning gym class at the Y for my cardio those days since I really like going to group classes. I would not have done dbls if it were me getting up to do a DVD alone.

I've completed two rounds of P90x - one following the Lean program and one following the Classic program. I lost a fair amount of weight but the big difference was in the inches lost and strength gained. I'm in the best shape I've been in for a long time and am totally addicted to the beachbody programs. I currently starting my 3rd week of Insanity. After that I plan on doing a P90X/Insanity hybrid.