logging exercise for P90X3

lvdbyhim
lvdbyhim Posts: 1 Member
edited November 8 in Fitness and Exercise
hello everyone
just wondering how people are logging exercise for the p90x3 workouts?

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  • indextwo
    indextwo Posts: 10 Member
    I'm doing P90X3 at the moment, and honestly? I'm not logging anything.

    I did P90X several months ago and since that is primarily weights & reps based, I did log everything to track the (small) improvements I was making. However, I found that I never really referred to my notes at the time, since I had a pretty god idea of where I was and how well I was doing. Sometimes you just have a rough day and can't quite pull out that extra couple of reps to beat last week's performance; or, you're feeling good and you bust through your own personal record.

    But, since P90X3 is a lot less about counting and improving reps & weights (although there is a little of that), I don't think it matters nearly as much. Routines like MMX, Pliates X, Yoga X, CVX, etc. never prompt you to take notes (and what would you write?) - I think they're just generally far more about improving overall performance, which you should be able to feel. For example, I did Yoga this morning and I could almost get into Ted's version of Ted's Chair.

    Generally I'm a little bit 'meh' with responses like 'All that matters is how you feel' - I want numbers, damnit! - but for the majority of P90X3 routines, I think that's the best indicator.

    But by all means, if you think it helps, I would recommend definitely making notes of your weights and reps on routines like Eccentric Upper/Incinerator/Warrior/Challenge, and on others making notes with regards to your performance and, particularly with the more YOga-y ones, how well you did with your posture, pose and flexibility. A good measurement for me is how well I can stretch my legs (very short hamstrings).
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    You could log the strength sessions under strength training and the cardio under circuit training... Or use the p90x3 calorie calculations so you don't have to log exercise, or a TDEE calculation like scooby?
  • mariehowell2
    mariehowell2 Posts: 2 Member
    I did p90x3 and kept track of exercises on a calendar and kept track of calories on my fitness pal. P90x3 comes with a calendar, and I kept a separate one which kept me honest, or on track after I had missed a couple days. Now I want to go back and do some of the exercises out of order and want to do the same thing-- not subtract my calories burned and simply maintain a steady calorie goal every day like he recommends, but I would like a consolidated way of seeing that I did an exercise one day and full month view of what I have done, without the exercises adding in more calories to my overall goal.
    I know I can write exercise notes under each day, but I'd like a better view.
    Any ideas? Thank you!
  • aneciarobinson
    aneciarobinson Posts: 60 Member
    Do you mean logging the burned calories on MFP? I wear a HRM to determine my burn. I added the names of all the workouts into my database and then just record the number of calories my HRM says I burned each day. Today was yoga which is a low burner. :)
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