P90X...Who's with me?!

Hi. I am starting this afternoon after work but am doing the Lean version of the program.

NAME: Dezarae
WEEK: 1
DAY: 1
WORKOUT: I believe Core Synergistics is Day 1 for Lean.
TIME: don't know
CALORIES BURNED: don't know

I am restarting it tonight as well. Do to injury, I had to quit at Day 45 in the first cycle and just got my shoulder up to were I need it to be to be ready for the intense workout.
Weigh in : 178.9 Lbs for Day 1

I just ordered it yesterday so I won't be able to post this time!!! I am looking forward to it though!!! Good luck!!

I'm in week 4 now. Although MyFitnessPal says I've lost 7 pounds I've truthfull lost 17 pounds since 19 Nov 10 as I didn't start MyFitnessPal until after I had been dieting already. I started SOME of the dieting on 19 Nov but I didn't really start the full P90X diet pyramid until 6 Dec 2010. I started after seeing the UNBELIEVABLE results my 28 year-old son had after only 72 days on P90X. He has been "chunky" ever since he turned a teenager, but you should see the muscles and 6-pack stomach he has now. THE PROGRAM WORKS!!! I've already lost from 163 to 146 since 19 Nov (although I didn't really start the program until 23 days ago). But more importantly I'm in much better health now and starting to get much more fit.

But I want to stress to all that you should REALLY WORK THE PROGRAM. My son failed at first because he did the diet some times and did the work-out some times. He saw only a little weight loss and no added muscle. But once he started over, ate the right foods (primarily tier 1 and 2) every 2 1/2 hours (yes - you heard me right), ate not until full but until not hungry, kept a diary up EVERY DAY (I suggest MyFitnessPal), and did the exercise EVERY DAY (no excuses) ---> THEN HE SAW UNBELIEVABLE RESULTS! AND YOU WILL TOO!!! I'm at work or I would post his YouTube video showing his results. Maybe later I will do so.

BTW - I'm VERY glad I didn't wait until the first of the year but started P90X during the three holidays. The diet has been the easy part and I don't feel I've missed much. Getting up at 0430 every day to work out before going to work so I'll be working out on an empty stomach as he suggests has been the hardest part. But I love the results I'm already getting for a 52-year old man. I plan on sticking it out for the 90 days unless I get injured. Feel free to check up on me as I believe it helps to have people hold you accountable. Sorry for the length of this post but I really want to encourage others to try it.

Congrats on starting P90X. My wife and I completed it back in Feb 2010. We will be start P90X Lean on January 16th as we needed 4 weeks to get in back in shape for it (completing Slim in 6 & couple of Jillian Michael Work-out 2 a days to get back in P90X shape). Good luck and will post back soon as we start. Will also be starting Insanity 15 days after we start P90X (2 a days).

I'm in! I got it for Xmas and didn't want to wait till New Years to start (why bother??)

Today was Week 1, Day 4 (W1D4) - Yoga X. I wish it burned more calories, but it was a very good yoga workout. No way I'm doing wheel or crow, though! I'll work up to crow eventually maybe.

I'm still sore from day 1, but this may have helped stretch some of that out a little...a little.

Looking forward to the stretching DVD on Sunday.

Quick update to provide post for my son's YouTube transformation with P90X. His workout buddy is my grandson. REALLY CUTE!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/umobius#p/a/u/0/Hnt3yeGhn1o

Bwahaha! The Mason twists with your grandson was priceless! :laugh:

P90X Lean W1D2 - Cardio X
Oh man... I'm so sore from Core Synergistics and ARX yesterday!!! But I did everything on Cardio X except for those banana and Dreya rolls! Yay! Tomorrow is Shoulders and Arms, so hopefully my meager dumbbells will be up to the challenge...

Wait till you do ARX while still sore from the last time you did ARX! I'll be doing it for a 3rd time today (legs&back)...still sore!!! :sad:
It's challenging, and it hurts, but its a GOOD kinda pain :devil:

Regarding available weights....buying hand weights every time you need to increase would get very expensive. But a full set of resistance tubes with multiple colors can be had for about $20. That takes care of increasing weight since your 5# and 10# can be used together to make 15, etc. Plus, it can be used for the chin up bar exercises (make sure the set has a door attachment - which is just a nylon strap with a stop at the end).

The resistance bands at Walmart are crap. Sports Authority has a great assortment, plus a handle that holds three bands at a time (for back). There is a site by Bodylastics that you can look up. Their bands are great and the site has a video that shows you how to use their bands with the P90X program.

Thanks for the band advice!!! I'll go check those out.

Today I woke up feeling "blegh" from all the partying last night, so I switched my Arms &Shoulders with Stretch X. Now my recovery day is just in the middle of the week this time.

And I hope you feel better blakgarnet!!!

There is a strap built for attaching the bands to a door. It's basically a loop with a foam bar at the other end...you put the loop in the middle of the bands, then you open the door, put it across the top, and close the door. The bar acts as a stop, leaving you with a 2-handed V-band. It works pretty well.

I am fine with all the others but the Diamond Push-Ups give me a hard time for sure

You can do the decline ones?? And the divebombers? I can't even do one of those!

finally started feeling like eating yesterday, so my BF and I kept our dinner reservation for NYE - only ate a fraction of everything I felt up to - enjoyed the flavor without feeling so full or heavy to push me back into the sick territory. took today off as well, but haven't really been super hungry so am well under calories (probably in starvation mode ) but am not going to make myself feel full and gross by eating when I may not be 100% recovered. going to restart P90X tomorrow from where I left off in week 4. Normally my BF and I do something fun on Sundays, but I think he might be coming down with the stomach bug now too.

I am fine with all the others but the Diamond Push-Ups give me a hard time for sure

You can do the decline ones?? And the divebombers? I can't even do one of those!

I could only do 2 when I first started, I can do 16 divebombers now. Just keep trying.