Frustrated with p90x. Any suggestions?

I'm doing P90X and let me tell you, I probably look like a fish flopping around on dry land in AB Ripper X. LOL I'd die if anyone saw me trying to jump around the whole time when doing Plyo. BUT, I'm on week three and it's already getting a LITTLE easier. I'm doing much better on Plyo and do well with most of the DVD's. I still look like a flopping fish in doing ABs, but I've had 2 kids and 2 c-sections so my abs are pretty weak. They'll get there though! Just do your best and modify when you need to. Sometimes I hit pause, take a few breaths, then hit play again. I haven't done Core Synergistics yet, so I guess I'll be doing some funky moves when I start that. I'm doing the Classic schedule. Good luck!! Give it a chance and don't beat yourself up about it. Oh yeah, please don't throw up your hot dog! It may not have been a good food choice, but throwing it up isn't the answer. :flowerforyou:

It is a great program but I found that I had to do a mix of P90X, Insanity, and Chalean X -- why? Because I get bored listening to the same person all the time. The key is to work out and do something every day -- personally, I love love love the X stretch and do that on my "off day" regardless of what program I am following.

Currently, I am training for a marathon so most of my focus is on running but I do incorporate the Beachbody programs on days when it is too bloody cold to run, I am pressed for time, or I want to do some strength training.

If the exercises and the modifications are difficult for you and or you are new to exercising, you might want to consider doing the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred and then go back to P90X

As previously stated, find something you like to do... or do a hybrid. Don't get discouraged. I can tell you on the days that I haven't wanted to run and negotiated with myself -- I ended up having one of my best runs ever! I did Kenpo X this morning and was reminded how terrible I am at jabbing, hooking and uppercutting... but I've got some awesome kicks -- so as the saying goes, "Do your best and forget the rest"

Eh, I got them a couple of years ago... I think around $150 for the sport set. It's all a preference thing. There are several other types of adjustable weights but some have plastic parts that can break. They can be a pain to switch quickly with Chalean, but I don't like a lot of weights sitting around the house.

If you are interested, do a search to see what others think. I do like her, but her background music is absolutely horrific.

What my wife did when she first started working out after our daughter was born, and was uncomfortable with weights, was she joined the Y and took group classes. Group classes will have a good mix of beginners, intermediates and experts, and are usually all women.

I told you other people struggle too it's not just you! This is a great place to get support and motivation seriously. As I mentioned before I struggled through P90X also and nothing was done right. I broke my back in a head on car collision and still did the X. My back hurt during Phase 1 due to some of the moves and my back injury so I took a few days off. You know what I did? I picked back up and finished what I started. That is what it is about, finishing what you start. You have expressed an interest in it and you have tried it.. so just finish it and push through!

I went from being 151 pounds with high blood pressure, huffing and puffing and had rolls all over when I sat. That all changed. Now Beachbody is interested in me for an informercial and I am a coach with an awesome team. I have came a long way with my injury and all and you can too. It isn't supposed to be easy, if it were easy everyone would do it and have no issues with it. I know a lot of people who have "tried" it and then quit because of some of the same reasons you listed. Just give yourself the 90 days and go through it. If you don't like it after that forget it and move on but you owe it to yourself to give yourself 90 days. You already don't want to go to the gym because of the way you feel you look so why not do this first and see how it goes??

It's a pattern a lot of the time with weight loss and it's a struggle. Eating is hard, working out is hard, it's all hard and sometimes seems useless. Just believe in yourself and the fact that YOU are worth it. Do it for you. Do it for all of the people who don't think you can do this. Prove them wrong.. That's what I did and I went from 151 to a solid 104 pounds at 10% body fat. Heck I may be in the next Insanity video at this point.. only time will tell now.

You are doubting yourself too much, that's the honest truth. TRUST yourself that you can do this and you will do it. Failure is not an option and neither is quitting. Now finish what you started and get ready to take some killer 90 day pics!

Re: Ab Ripper. I try and do it after the workouts, but generally I push so hard during the main workouts I just can't face it. I generally do it on my rest day and/or a bit later, as a second brief workout of the day. It works for me!