Starting p90x Monday.. Need Advice!

I am starting p90x Monday and I am so excited..
But I have a question..
I'm also running (about 2 miles a day, trying to add on more as I go)... Am I going to over work myself by doing both work outs?

Make sure you eat enough food and listen to your body. If I did that I would probably be doing too much, but it may be different for you. Maybe try doing P90X in the morning and see if you still have the energy to run in the evening.

JHB - keep running. There is no traditional "cardio" in P90X. It is really a combination of strength and interval training. Cardio will only supplement the program. Bear in mind that "cardio is like ketchup". Like ketchup, it makes things taste better - but it's not the meal. Strength training is the core of every fitness and fat loss program.

I agree with the MFPeeps above. I have just about completed P90X as I have only two weeks to go. I did run every now and then but not daily as the workouts are exhausting. I typically eat most of my exercise cals back so on days where I ran and did P90X, I got to eat a lot! I tried to only run on resistance days, but sometimes I just felt like I needed to run so I did. I also do not count resistance calories in my daily goal so if I knew I was going to be going out to eat or something, I would run as well.

This week has been a little different as I am doing a "Challenge" to try and burn over 1000 cals per day for 7 days.

Good luck and enjoy the program. Its a good one!

On the resistance days your're probably fine to continue to run. The day you do Plyo, I'd think twice about running. In my opinion that would be overkill.

On the same line of questions, I have one of my own about P90x.

I would like to do it, but how do I know how many calories I burned during the workout. I want to make sure that I don't put my body into starvation mode by burning too many calories and not eating enough...and I also don't want to over eat....

My treadmill and elliptical machines give me a rough idea of what I burned exercising, but how do you know from the P90X workouts?

You're best option is to get a HRM, but it that is not possible I believe there are websites you can use to get estimates...just google calorie counter, or something like that.

Also, to give you an idea, I usually burn between 350 to 425 calories during the strength training days, about 500 calories with Plyometrics, about 400 calories for the full 90 minutes of yoga. You'd probably burn more being male.

You're best option is to get a HRM, but it that is not possible I believe there are websites you can use to get estimates...just google calorie counter, or something like that.

Sorry for my ignorance, but what's an HRM?

Also, to give you an idea, I usually burn between 350 to 425 calories during the strength training days, about 500 calories with Plyometrics, about 400 calories for the full 90 minutes of yoga. You'd probably burn more being male.

How did you come up with those number? That's what I'm trying to do. Have a basic idea so that I can stay within my calorie intake goals.

Hi Marvin,

Your profile is locked, but I see you are trying to lose around 60 more pounds. I need to lose about 60-70 more as well. With a heart rate monitor, I track about 550-850 calories for each hour long workout. At 260 pounds, I am struggling during these workouts, and the heart rate monitor shows the truth. People who are more fit and better at that exercise will not have to work as hard and will not burn as many calories.

While Polar seems to be the recommended heart rate monitor around here, I like my Timex just fine, and got it for about $40 on amazon. I will be buying a Polar at some point for my wife, as the Timex I have does not have a different burn rate for men and women, it assumes you are a man.

Thanks for your reply.

Time to go shopping for a Heart Rate Monitor...