P90X - First timer

I am glad I am not the only one not seeing the scale move. I started week 7 today. I feel great and stronger. I am pushing myself with increasing weights, some push ups on my feet, and doing better with ab ripper. i am happy with how I feel just wish the scale would show it.

Day 2 of Week 5 here Still struggling with the push ups but I will get there! I can almost do every rep on Ab Killer but still haven't made it all the way through the Yoga yet mostly because it bores me soooo much. I am headed to the gym soon to do an hour of yoga there. So far I have lost 5 lbs and 4 inches.

How is everyone doing?

I start Phase 3 tonight and have really noticed my strength and cardio fitness really ramping up. I've heard that the last month can do wonders if you push yourself, so that's my plan!

Hi Creiche, and anyone else still tuning in.

Wow saw this thread pop up on my list, been a long time since it moved. I'm still around but this thread kinda got quiet so it dropped off my radar.

I kept on going with P90X. I'm about to finish week 12 tonight, going into final recovery week for this round.

I had 2 rough weeks out of the whole thing, I had to restart week 7 due to travel causing 3 missed workouts, and this week I will have skipped 2 workouts. I don't like to slide my schedule and frankly don't feel like "rebooting" week 12 next week, so I will let the missed workouts slide. Biggest reason is that I will not be simply "stopping" afterwards since I already know I am still a work in progress. I will not be "ripped in 90 days" for sure.

However, I am down 15 or so lbs from when I started P90X (overall: 21lbs). I have more muscle mass. I have room in my jeans again (I actually had to cut down or stop wearing them due to real discomfort they were so tight around the waist!) I am most definitely picking some of my clothes from a year or so ago out and positively giddy about how they hang on me. In particular some polo shirts I felt disgusting in look fantastic now.

I have had a thousand other NSVs -- people come out of the woodwork ribbing me about how I am "skinny" now, which, when wearing clothes, is most definitely my appearance now.

I had a vague goal of doing maybe 8 pullups by end of 90. This was quickly shattered when on my first tries I would get in position, hang, and not be able to budge an INCH. Then I changed my goal to "at least a couple" or maybe just "1" after a few more weeks of complete futility. Hope returned toward the end of phase 2 when I started being able to move my body a little, then as the weeks wore on I worked up to and did my very first unassisted pullup, culminating in recent victories of doing 4 pullups and once almost managing 5. Doubt I will hit my goal of 8 but I'd love to get past 5.

I said "when wearing clothes" earlier, because as mentioned before I will still be a work in progress: My chest hasn't tightened up to where I want it. I now sport a paunch (which I will take any day over the protruding gut I had just 3 months ago!), and I still overall look softer than I would like. I can see a fit-looking body starting to peek out of the fat, and it is pretty obviously showing at this point (there is still a formidable albiet much-weakened layer of fat still covering a lot of the good form trying to burst out). And I would be delighted to lose another 10-15lbs, bringing my fat % to "very good" levels.

Awesome work Dave! Sometimes with P90X the NSV are the best part of the program. If you are interested in really melting that layer of fat away, might I suggest Insanity.

With 5 days to go, I'm getting myself mentally prepared for another round of P90X. I am going to finish Recovery week this coming weekend, then take a 1-week break. During the break I will try to rest up a little, but I also will try to do some non-P90X activity. Probably some treadmill time, maybe get my bike serviced up and take a few rides, and I am trying to set up a fun little tennis session with some friends. I may just throw in a Yoga X workout because I like it, or even try out the Cardio X workout a little (I haven't used it yet, having been on "Classic" this whole time, which doesn't have Cardio X in its rotation), but I want to resist for a week the temptation to do too much P90X-like workout stuff. It will be admittedly nice not to have long workouts to deal with for a week.

With that last 15 or so lbs ahead of me, I will have to see what I can do during the next P90X round. Thanks for the suggestion of Insanity though. I might have to look into that one, especially if I discover that I can't get rid of the very difficult fat on this upcoming round. But due to $$ concerns, I feel I will have to give P90X a second round before I commit to another program.

Completely understand about wanting to give P90X another go around. I know people who have done 8-10 rounds. P90X becomes addicting and people just can't get enough. Kind of like a cult... LOL!!!