P90X Classic Starting June 6th, Who's in?

day 48 was kenpo and 49 was a carido dvd. finally got the trampoline put together. waiting for the evening to try it out.

recovery week for me on monday

Day 50 is done with yoga. i see the benefits of yoga, my body feels so relaxed and still burned some calories. hope this feeling carries over the work night.

10 more days til pics. the scale finally moved this weekend. im out of the 220's and on to the 210's.

Congrats Syd1980! its always great to have those little break throughs. and I hope yoga went well for you swinginchandra, knees and elbows have got to be some of the worst places to get cut up, those and your hands and feet amlost never stop moving long enough to heal fast.

Day 57 was Chest and Back, nice to see an old friend after a while right?
During the video Tony says its ok if you cant keep up with them and says they had a hard time the first month as well. does this mean phase three they were hitting 30 pushup and 15 pull ups almost everytime? cause im not there yet. lol. did alot better than my phase 1 numbers, but still to think that they were at that level after the first month is crazy.

five weeks to go! lets Bring It!

Imagine how the DVDs would look if they DIDN'T hand-pick people from the test groups for specific workouts. I know it would encourage me to slack off... Imagine the big guy from Back & Biceps doing Yoga. HA!!!

Syd, I agree with Amy: Yoga helps a lot with chaturangas and military push-ups, especially since you go into upward dog right after. You can try planks to help build your core; also, make sure your entire body goes down at the same time. For me, I have to tell myself to lower my chest to the floor and then my hips just to make sure I'm not cheating myself.

Amy, congrats on being able to do the chaturanga stuff! Chaturanga Run is still a challenge for me, but hey, challenges help me set goals.

Damn that Dreya chick...

What I notice about Core Synergistics is it may help banish my bra fat. I actually feel a little soreness in my back area right behind my armpits. My abs are hardly ever sore anymore, which is a little disappointing since it's my "problem area". I feel the burn during the workouts (esp. Ab Ripper X) but nothing afterwards. I may have to step it up...

Lizzy, my dog still sits on me whenever I'm on the floor. He's an attention glutton. I was doing X-Press Squats this morning and he was on his back behind me, reaching up and hitting me with his paw. It's funny but sometimes frustrating when I'm pressed for time, and I'm also scared I won't see him and hit him with one of the dumbells.

I can't believe we're so close to being done. Let me know if anyone ends up doing another round.

day 52 is rest day, wednesday are my roughest day, last night at work, so i slept late today.

thanks for the help , im stronger in plank , i make sure my body goes down together, now going to have to focus on them elbows.

tenlaws, i know what you mean on the ab rippers i had to add another ab program with ab rippers. its only a 10 min one but it has helped me feel like im getting the same burn as i was on round 1.

everyone is doing so great, it has helped me so much this round having wonderful people to do it with .

I agree with what yall are saying, they have to be picking those people becuase of how they did in the test runs, and im guessing they arent doing the program at that exact time, must have a few days to recover before hand.

Day 60 pics are up, not as big a difference in muscle definition or size, but i am definately slimmer. my goal by the end of this round is to stay at around 160lbs. so a few weeks to drop a few pounds. we will see how i do on the scale on friday.

good luck everyone, i know yall will be coming up on the day 60 mark or phase 3 mark soon.

Nice day 60 pics, keep it up!

wow deadzip, to me u have toned , leaned and more muscle...your doing great!!

chaz , you will soon be doing the drea roll better than drea herself.


i seem to cant get my routine together this week, still have kenpo to do. bedtime then back on track in the morning.

Thanks for all of the positive feedback and encouragement. I cant wait till the end of the 90 days so we all get to see how much hard work we have all put in.

This week has been off for me too, small world. with tons of work stress and trying to move my rep ranges from around 10 to between 6-8 my body is dragging its feet. haha.

has anyone else seems to find a platue on their pull ups? i started out with 7 each set on chest and back and im up to 10 each set, but on legs and back days i started out doing 10, little break around 7, and now im still only doing ten, just without the break. should i push it harder and try for a few extra after i drop from the bar and shake my arms out? what do you think?

When I got into the final phase I noticed a plateau for pull ups also. I'm not sure if I wasn't eating enough, exhausted, or what exactly. But I believe I found myself actually decreasing in reps the final week. It was quite frustrating.

Also, with back and biceps especially, I have noticed if I really push myself hard in the biceps portion of the workout, my pull ups will suffer. So there is that to figure into the equation. How are your biceps exercises coming along? If they are still increasing that may be the cause of your pull ups stalling.

I would suggest doing your max without a break, then use the chair for a few more. That's what I did. Just don't cheat too much with the chair.

had a rough week last week, but im back on track.

Day 57 is done with chest/back, ab rippers and TF=ab 10 class, plus jumping on the trampoline.

thursday is pic and measurement day.

How are you guys doing with the "no girly push ups" goal? I am proud to say I did all regular push ups today! I averaged between 12-15 for each exercise. I definitely didn't go as deep into the movement as I did when doing modified push ups but it's a start. I was really proud of myself which is motivating to push harder.

Thanks for hanging in guys, such a great motivator to have others in the program!

I've been using bands attached to the pullup bar for assisted chin-ups. I've been able to gradually decrease the amount of resistance in the bands and now I'm down to one (30lb) band. I think another week or so I'll be able to graduate to pullups with no help. I'm trying to enjoy recovery week (X stretch tonight) as much as I can before phase 3 starts on Sat. We're coming down the home stretch guys...