p90x question

You definitely need either a set of resistance bands or a set of dumbbells. Is it expensive? No, it's the best value out there says my new body. You should get a yoga mat, the bands or weights as I already mentioned, and a pull up bar in addition to the program itself.

It depends on your personality type. If you are aggressive in terms of going after your goals then it's easy to stick with. If you are a whiner or give up easy or lazy in learning then its easy to get discouraged and quit. P90X is a really hard program in the context of intensity. You must focus and not give yourself an option of failing. But with that said, the intensity and muscle confusion concept is precisely why it's so damn affective.

How long are the workouts each day? I think that's the biggest reason I was drawn to the 30 day shred - the daily workouts are so short - I actually have time for them.

Most are an hour long, ranging from 45 minutes to an hour and a half. Only one work out is an hour and a half and that is Yoga X. Whats 30 day shred about? Anything similar to power half hour? Power half hour is another program I like, partially because its shorter but still a killer work out.

I looked into p90x on Amazon and there were quite a few complaints about getting the product and/or getting defective product. That scared me a little - where did you get your copy and how was your purchasing experience?

30 Day shred is intense - each workout about 20 minutes long, incorporating cardio, strength training and ab work. Minimal rest, so it moves quickly, gets your heartrate up and is effective.

There are 3 different levels, each progressively harder than the one before it. You can check them out on YouTube.

Intense AND minimal rest? I love a challenge

I have P90X and I like it fine, I am not much into weights and pullups more of a hard core cardio girl and I just checked out Shaun T's INSANITY workout. That looks like a mix of P90X moves and super cardio. I think I will look into that.
I got P90X when my sister got hers so we could do it together even though we dont live near eachother, yet she is more of a weight lifting very tone tiny girl and I have always been more of a skinny thin girl(except for right now). So I think INSANITY looks awsome. How do you like it?

I am going to definetly have to try it out!!!

P90X is NOT a weight loss program. I gained 7 lbs on it. So it gets VERY discouraging! If you are in decent shape right now it would be awesome, but if you still need to lose fat do that first. People say you are gaining muscle but you do not gain muscle that fast. Also they say for women it should be called P120X because it take women 120 days before you will see any drastic results.

P90X is NOT a weight loss program. I gained 7 lbs on it. So it gets VERY discouraging! If you are in decent shape right now it would be awesome, but if you still need to lose fat do that first. People say you are gaining muscle but you do not gain muscle that fast. Also they say for women it should be called P120X because it take women 120 days before you will see any drastic results.

Very good points. P90X is NOT a beginner program. A lot of people start off with something like power 90 and then graduate to P90X and then Graduate p90x with a new mind and body.

Ya I really want to try PX90, but dont they require you to be able to do a pullup and a regular pushup? I only know how to do a girlie pushup if you will but IM SOOO READY TO GET TONED. Im at my ideal weight pretty much just lookin to get toned



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You can do pushups on your knees. When you are able to knock 20 of them out try them standard to increase the intensity. Sometimes I fall back to doing them on my knees if I am wasted but want to push a few more out.

Most women cannot do a pull up going into p90x. You can do assisted pullups and negative pull ups to work towards being able to do a true unassisted pull up. If you have bands you can wrap the bands around something up above your head to mimick pull ups. They demonstrate that in the videos.

Let me say one more thing about the weight loss aspect. P90X is not a weight loss program BUT what P90X IS, is a fat loss program, a muscle toning/strengthening/building program, a metabolism building program, a flexibility enhancement program, a cardio respiratory enhancement program, a musculo-skeletal enchancement program, a psychological balance enhancement program, an life time educational program, an optimum fitness program for those who want to feel like a million dollars in both mind and body.

I'm on week #7 of P90X and am definately seeing results. Not on the scale so much but I've lost over 12 inches so far. My strength and endurance has greatly improved. Believe me, first workout was Core Synergistics and I seriously cried after and said I will never be able to do this. Then tried again 2 weeks later. Now I'm addicted!! I love it!! No I'm not seeing results on the scale so much yet mostly because I'm not following the diet plan. I just started counting calories here and hopefully together I'll get back to where I was. Anyway...I love it and highly recommend it!!!!


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You can still get some great results if you stray from the nutrition guide but the ones that get super ripped follow the guide to a T. You don't want to stray to far from the nutrition guide either because I know plenty of people who got super strong, super flexible, super fit but their appearance isnt what they had hoped it would be. First thing I ask them is "did you follow the nutrition guide?". It's a stupid question for me to ask but I do it to underline a point. Naturally the answer has always been, "No not really I kinda did my own thing with nutrition". I tell them to try out the 90 day program again but with the addition of the p90x nutrition guide and then they have the stellar appearance they have always wanted.

Also I may add, you MUST eat on this program because each exercise burns 600 calories. Each exercise everyday is an hour long and it is 6 days a week. You MUST MUST follow their diet plan.

Well, that's not exactly true. The one DVD that everyone says you'll burn UP TO 600 calories is Plyometrics.

Everyone burns different amounts. Personally, the most I've ever burnt on Plyo is 390. On the strength training ones, I'll burn maybe 250 (ish, give or take).

You'll need to use a heart rate monitor to get an idea of the amount of calories you're burning.

Don't worry about the per workout calorie burn. What's more important is that you are building lean muscle mass, which burns more fat and calories 24/7. You also have to consider the after-burn; weight training continues to burn calories for up to 36 hours after the workout.

So when you take these things into account, each workout does burn about 600 calories and then some.

I doubted it when I heard that you were actually burning 600 calroies. I usually have to go on a hard run for about an hour to burn that much. So I never really counted that many anyway.

I usually do about an hour of cardio during the day and then the P90X workout at night. So I make sure I burn a ton.

Thanks for the help with the diet. I know I should be more strict and just stick to it. I gave up all alcohol, soda, candy, ice cream, etc and am just filling my fridge with lean proteins and good carbs...

I was hoping that would be enough to do the trick, but I haven't seen a big difference so far...but it's only been about a week.

What happens if you miss an exercise? Are there certain ones you can double up on some days? Like Yoga and a weight lifting one? Haven't done it yet, but my schedule is about to get crazy and I'm just wondering. Thanks!