P90x success and struggles

JasonSwetland
JasonSwetland Posts: 235 Member
edited October 2 in Fitness and Exercise
Looking to hear what you think of your purchase of your P90x- Want to hear some real opinions before I buy. Im sure many peopl have had great success but I want to hear from the people who didnt have as much success- and why? Thanks for sharing your opinion.

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  • CyclingDiva
    CyclingDiva Posts: 492 Member
    I LOVE It and I'm happy I bought it. I have completed 1 round of p90x. After p90x I started p90x/Insanity hybrid, but decided to do a full round of Insanity, which I'm currently doing. I'm on week 7 and LOVING it! Once I'm done with Insanity I'll go back to doing either p90x or the new p90x2. The Beachbody workouts are the BEST! You'll never get bored! I say, GO FOR IT! :happy:
  • tross0924
    tross0924 Posts: 909 Member
    The only people who don't get results from P90X are the ones that quit after a month.
  • CyclingDiva
    CyclingDiva Posts: 492 Member
    The only people who don't get results from P90X are the ones that quit after a month.

    AMEN!!!! You have to BRING IT and PUSH PLAY everyday in order to get results! :happy:
  • sk3adik
    sk3adik Posts: 27
    I bought the p90x plus version from Amazon. It was really a good deal. In the first 4 weeks I was very eager and even bought a pull bar. P90x will show you different types of ways to do it even if you don't have a pull bar. I did not follow the food guide, but I still have shown some improvements, and lost 12 lbs. One night there was a party so I did a drink-hard-party-harder kinda stuff, and after that I just became lazy... I have just started p90x+ again, 3 days ago, and it's hard work. In other words, if you don't move your butt, it wouldn't work. My suggestion is do push-ups, jumping jacks, squats, crunches, yoga for breathing techniques, before your p90x arrive, so you already have an advantage in the beginning of the program.


    Note: You might not lose as much weight in the beginning, but remember that muscle is heavier than fat.
  • fishtank63
    fishtank63 Posts: 11 Member
    I've personally had great success with P90X. I know there are different opinions, but there's some pretty compelling information to support eating the calories you burn working out, especially for something as intense as P90X. I'd suggest Googling it. I use MFP to track my calorie intake and have my goals set up to lose 1.5 pounds per week. I do the P90X daily (yes, I've finished it twice), eat about 5 times a day, keep my calories in check with my goals, and have been exactly on track with 1.5 pounds per week.

    I do hit plateaues where I don't lose weight, usually lasts between 3 and 7 days. It's frustrating, but realize it happens and your weight lose will kick in again, just keep trucking along. I've also found you need to have cheat days, having a day where you don't work out, eat a big fat meal of things you crave, and getting back to the healthy routine the next day not only kicks your metabolism back up in gear, it also keeps you sane!

    Sorry for the long reply, hope it helps!
  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,953 Member
    I guess it would depend on what you consider success. I bought it in January and have done two rounds. When I started I was 204 and now I'm 181 so over six months I did lose some weight. Not a lot but some. I certainly don't look like one of a the Beachbody "after" pictures but I have seen improvement.

    I consider myself successful because through both rounds I saw improvement. There were things I couldn't do at the beginning that I can do now. The things I was able to do I can now do more of them, better, stronger faster! I have loved the program even though there have been challenges for me in adapting some of the things so I could do them.

    In a program of that size with so many CD's don't be surprised if you have favorites and ones you don't like so much. I LOVE all the strength training DVD's but I still can't do the YogaX without pain. I'm just not that flexible. So I've subbed other yoga DVD's that I have and will eventually work my way up to YogaX. I also thought I was going to love doing KenpoX because I do taekwondo but it turns out I don't. I think it's because the techniques move to quickly to be able to do them properly like I have to in class and I don't want to develop bad habits from it. You may love it though! Many people do.

    The whole reason I wanted to try P90X in the first place was because it's touted as a great fitness program that will take you to your next level if you put in the work. As part of my promotion test at TKD I watched brown belts testing for black and realized that there was no way I would be able to even finish the test in the physical condition I was in at the time, let alone pass it. That's why I bought P90X, to get into better shape for TKD. And it's worked! I tested again about two months ago and got the comment "You have improved a great deal!" from the president of our schools and passed that test! My next belt will be brown and I am finally feeling fit and strong enough that I could endure the final testing.

    Because P90X has done exactly what I wanted it to do I consider it a very successful program. I'm still working on shedding weight and getting even more fit. And some day I do hope to look like the "after" pictures but for now, I've seen so much improvement that I consider it money well spent. I bought TurboFire recently and am about to start a hybrid of that and P90X because I can't stand the thought of not doing the strength DVD's.
  • hamncheese67
    hamncheese67 Posts: 1,715 Member
    I'm about halfway through P90X while taking a two week break due to illness (got the shingles). I haven't been able to stick with their nutrition plan but using MFP, I've monitored my calories to make sure I'm fueled enough while setting myself to lose 1.5-2 lbs per week. Over the time I've been doing P90X plus the two weeks off, I've lost about 15 pounds and have improved my strength and endurance. I did do, prior to P90X, Power 90 (another Beach Body product and precursor to P90X) because I was not in good shape and wanted to buiild up to and get used to exercising on regular basis. For me, that along with getting on MFP to track my eating was necessary in order to do P90X. I do think P90X is worth it to me and I enjoy it, but it probably would not have been if I started it without doing some other regular exercise program first.
  • scarletleavy
    scarletleavy Posts: 841 Member
    Success is a really relative term. I think P90x "success" depends on 2 things:

    Your expectations
    How much you put into it

    If you expect to lose a ton of weight and get totally ripped, then you might be a bit disappointed. Obviously 90 days can't do that in and of itself, but the real differences comes with a new attitude toward health and fitness. When you do a program like this and I mean really put your heart and soul into it, it will change the way you approach fitness and it's place in your life. So yeah if you measure success in only 90 days and in straight weight loss/inches then it's possible you could be disappointed.

    Second, if you don't put your all into it, then you won't see the kind of results you want. This was the most difficult part for me to comprehend and actually put into action. Somewhere in one of the videos Tony makes a comment about mentally giving up before you physically give up, that we tend to give up mentally when our body could still keep going. A lot of fitness is mental and you have to be willing to give it your all and push through until you end up a sweaty tired ball on the floor.

    /end my motivational speech

    So moral of story: success is what you make of it.
  • TescherTK
    TescherTK Posts: 44 Member
    I did P90x for about 2 weeks, but my biggest problem with it was time. I'm currently training for a 1/2 marathon, so I spend anywhere from 1/2 hour to 3 hours running per day. Add to that 1 to 2 hours of P90x, and then I don't have much time for sleeping, eating or working. Oh, and forget about family and friends. I liked all the workouts (except that YOGA, what a killer!), but I've now decided I'm going to do a modified P90x workout, eliminating the cardio (plyometrics and kimpo), and just do the strength training 3 days a week.
  • dckim
    dckim Posts: 311 Member
    Anyone want to sell their P90X, please let me know. :glasses:
  • boilermakerblaw
    boilermakerblaw Posts: 78
    Success is a really relative term. I think P90x "success" depends on 2 things:

    Your expectations
    How much you put into it

    If you expect to lose a ton of weight and get totally ripped, then you might be a bit disappointed. Obviously 90 days can't do that in and of itself, but the real differences comes with a new attitude toward health and fitness. When you do a program like this and I mean really put your heart and soul into it, it will change the way you approach fitness and it's place in your life. So yeah if you measure success in only 90 days and in straight weight loss/inches then it's possible you could be disappointed.

    Second, if you don't put your all into it, then you won't see the kind of results you want. This was the most difficult part for me to comprehend and actually put into action. Somewhere in one of the videos Tony makes a comment about mentally giving up before you physically give up, that we tend to give up mentally when our body could still keep going. A lot of fitness is mental and you have to be willing to give it your all and push through until you end up a sweaty tired ball on the floor.

    /end my motivational speech

    So moral of story: success is what you make of it.

    I feel like this is a perfect thing to read for anyone doing P90x. I'll admit I think I was in denial to how out of shape/flabby I actually *was* before starting my first round of P90x. I wasn't overweight but I definitely didn't look super fit either! There was a part of me that was kind of disappointed after I finished P90x because I wasn't *ripped* like all the beach body promotion people tout...but taking a more optimistic look at it I *did* slim down (I'm a smaller size in pants now!) and I *did* increase my strength easily by 10 fold (couldn't get 1/4 the way up on a chin-up and I can now do 3 in a row!) in *just* 90 days.

    However, eating less and doing P90x for 90 days didn't make me super model material, and I think the bottom line is that there is NO program that can give you a perfect body in just 90 days unless you had recently been in good shape to begin with (I'd say within 1-3 years of gaining weight). I was always skinny but I never had perfectly toned abs or was really strong before!

    That's where your expectations come into play...instead of dedicating yourself to just 90 days...plan to do it for a year, or at least to workout and watch what you eat and see what happens! I try now to make small goals for myself while keeping the ultimate goal still in my head!

    If I could go back and redo P90x again, the only thing I would change is I would start from the very beginning with a heart rate monitor (got one ~ half way through) and start counting calories on here from day 1! Good luck!
  • Spitfirex007
    Spitfirex007 Posts: 749 Member
    Here is a blog I wrote shortly after my first workout. I don't go very deep into depth about the program. But it's something to read I suppose! I can honestly say the program changed my life. Since I have finished P90X I have done Insanity, Asylum, became a beachbody coach.. And now I get to help others with the same programs I've used and love! I highly recommend it.

    http://spitfirex007.tumblr.com/post/2832670720/p90x
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