p90x - Round 1 beginners

Im doing P90X lean program. I'm on day 9 now. Love it!

I am starting this week. Today was Day one. Mondays are my off days.

I thought today was my Yoga day, so I got up at 4:50am, only to find out it was Shoulders n Arms. Now I have all this extra time I coulda been sleeping! lol. I guess I could get on my bike, but my legs are pretty much spent from last nights Plyo workout.

Just started P90X Lean and today is day6 of week 1>>Kenpo X.

Fav workout so far is Yoga X as a beginner and very unflexible person it's almost impossible for me to do most of the moves correctly but when i finished the dvd i was surprised at how good i felt.
i enjoy reading all the encouraging post. It does make it easier for me to stay modivated

Legs and Back and Ab Ripper tonight for me, I have tomorrow off from work so I am going to try to do Kenpo in the morning which is different for me. Will be interesting to see what it does for my energy for the remainder of the day.

Yoga last night wasn't bad, I really wish the first section was 15 minute shorter, so repetitve, but I still stuck with it. I love the last 45 minutes. I was surprised at my cal burn,643 calories, but it might be right, I sweat more this time than the first two times. I could almost do the Wheel! I could do the move but not arch myself as much as they all do. That's big progress for me.

Overall, after nearly 3 weeks of doing the exercises and diet I've noticed it a lot of difference in my body. My belly fat has noticeably shrunk (the wife even asked if I was sucking in when I flexed for her and I wasn't, so I'll take that as a compliment!), my sides have really tightened up around the rib area and I can see and feel the muscle development there. My shoulders and arms have always been somewhat developed form weight lifting off and on before but I can see a difference there too. I'm also noticing much better flexibility in my streches and yoga. It's still early in the program but seeing this much change already is extremely encouraging. I'm excited to see the 30 day comparison photos.

Keep pushing play!!

Overall, after nearly 3 weeks of doing the exercises and diet I've noticed it a lot of difference in my body. My belly fat has noticeably shrunk (the wife even asked if I was sucking in when I flexed for her and I wasn't, so I'll take that as a compliment!), my sides have really tightened up around the rib area and I can see and feel the muscle development there. My shoulders and arms have always been somewhat developed form weight lifting off and on before but I can see a difference there too. I'm also noticing much better flexibility in my streches and yoga. It's still early in the program but seeing this much change already is extremely encouraging. I'm excited to see the 30 day comparison photos.

Keep pushing play!!

I noticed some of this as well. Body lines appearing in places there wasn't any. My body overall just feels different. More energy and not as weak or bogged down. Hard to explain. The scale says i've lost almost 5 pounds since starting p90x. My wife poked me in my stomach area while walking by and went "Oh! I'm definitely doing Ab Ripper X over the summer." Still get that beer belly fat over it but my stomach definitely feels tighter. My measurements says I've lost an inch around my waist measuring at my belly button each time for reference. And I feel like my lats "believe that's the correct muscle" are building the fastest. That also might be cause I just did week 3 day 1 (chest and back?) last night.

I have a feeling I'm going to regret not taking the day 1 photos.

Edit: On a side note, how great would it be if beer was considered healthy food and helped with losing weight or building muscle?

After 90 days, do you start over or do a maintenance routine?

Not sure yet. Haven't completed first 90 days. I think what you want will determine the answer though. Personally, I'm over weight. I was dumb and let myself go. So I'm trying to lower my body fat %. Once it's down to an acceptable level, I might try to put on some muscle or maintain what I got depending on if I like what I see or not. If my body fat % isn't down to an acceptable level after the first 90 days, I might add another 30 days to the P90X and see where my % is then.

Week 3 started with chest/back, I was proud how well I improved since last week! Today I did max plyo interval from insanity to mix my cardio up. It went well and I feel greeeat so far!

As far as what to do when you are done doing the 90days... Well, after my first 90 days I went from 226 lbs down to 180.. I lost 46 lbs and was in the best shape of my life. I was so happy with the results that I just started from day 1 and did it again, I even followed the diet the same way for every month. I did that for a couple years and I liked the results.

In Jan I did insanity for the first time and even though I had a few pounds to lose from the holidays, I did not like all the cardio and I lost some strength. Now Im back here doing p90x and loving it again. I do plan on switching every other week from plyo to max plyo.. just to keep it fresh.

I just love the p90x workouts

As far as what to do when you are done doing the 90days... Well, after my first 90 days I went from 226 lbs down to 180.. I lost 46 lbs and was in the best shape of my life. I was so happy with the results that I just started from day 1 and did it again, I even followed the diet the same way for every month. I did that for a couple years and I liked the results.

In Jan I did insanity for the first time and even though I had a few pounds to lose from the holidays, I did not like all the cardio and I lost some strength. Now Im back here doing p90x and loving it again. I do plan on switching every other week from plyo to max plyo.. just to keep it fresh.

I just love the p90x workouts

Wow, I'm not so sure I could do P90X for years, that takes some committment, you probably had the dvds memorized by then!

Another day done. Tough work out today. My wife and child passed on their illness to me. Still pushing play though.