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    p90x, plyometrics

    Posts: 518 Member
    edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    what do you guys log that under?

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    • Posts: 1,673 Member
      Do you have a HRM? That would be easiest otherwise I would use maybe high intensity aerobis? Plyo is a lot of jumping up and down. It really gets the heartrate up =)
    • Posts: 518 Member
      no, I have to go buy a heart rate monitor, i've been meaning too i just dont want to end up buying a crappy one
    • Posts: 1,673 Member
      I got my polar f7 from bestbuy for $65 it is last years model but works the same. I totally love it =)
    • Posts: 63
      a HRM would be the best
      but you can try this : http://p90xcalories.com/
    • Posts: 12,294 Member
      without an HRM you can log it as "aerobics, high impact" That is pretty much what it is.
    • Posts: 122 Member
      i have a polar ft4 - it's awesome
    • Posts: 518 Member
      a HRM would be the best
      but you can try this : http://p90xcalories.com/

      that told me i burned 615, haha i dont think i burned that much but i love the fact that this site is available!

      and i will get my butt on to purchase a HRM!
    • Posts: 3 Member
      I use the same thing for all my P90X workouts, which is "Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort" and then just put in the time of the workout. Today I did shoulders/arms and that is definitely much more of just a weight-lifting workout, but I'm not TOO particular about it.
    • Posts: 2
      I'm just now setting up myfitnesspal profile. So i've put in all of the info and it's given me a daily calorie intake of 1200 calories. How do I tweak that to match up with the p90x plan of 2400 cal/day? It just doesn't seem possible to lose weight by eating twice as many calories as indicated by MFP.
    • Posts: 12,294 Member
      I'm just now setting up myfitnesspal profile. So i've put in all of the info and it's given me a daily calorie intake of 1200 calories. How do I tweak that to match up with the p90x plan of 2400 cal/day? It just doesn't seem possible to lose weight by eating twice as many calories as indicated by MFP.

      You would lose as long as 2400 is under your maintenance. If you maintenance excluding exercise is say 2200/day, then you burn 600 from P90X your maintenance would be 2800, so you would lose eating the 2400, that being said you may burn less and on the rest day may eat above maintenance. I would suggest setting your goal to lose 1lb/week and eat back the cals you burn, if that puts you over 2400, just stick with the 2400.
    • Posts: 2
      Thanks for getting back to me so fast. One more question. Just starting out I'm in Phase 1 - Level 2 according to my weight. As I lose weight, do I then move down to Level 1, which would mean less calories? (Maybe I should finish reading my books- HAHA)
    • Posts: 12,294 Member
      Thanks for getting back to me so fast. One more question. Just starting out I'm in Phase 1 - Level 2 according to my weight. As I lose weight, do I then move down to Level 1, which would mean less calories? (Maybe I should finish reading my books- HAHA)

      I beleive so, as the less you weigh the less calories you need, so if you lose enough weight you will stop losing at 2400 cals.
    • Posts: 65
      I have a HRM and I go to "Cardiovascular", at the bottom I select "Create a Custom Exercise", since P90X isn't in the list, then add my activity name: "P90X - Plyometrics", duration (approx 60 minutes), and log the calories burned. I now have an entry for each dvd that I can quickly select.

      Eazy Peezy. :-)
    • Posts: 216 Member
      I have a HRM and I go to "Cardiovascular", at the bottom I select "Create a Custom Exercise", since P90X isn't in the list, then add my activity name: "P90X - Plyometrics", duration (approx 60 minutes), and log the calories burned. I now have an entry for each dvd that I can quickly select.

      Eazy Peezy. :-)

      ^^This. I log it as P90X Plyometrics.
    • Posts: 1,093 Member
      when i didn't have my HRM i always used "aerobics high impact"
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      that told me i burned 615, haha i dont think i burned that much but i love the fact that this site is available!

      and i will get my butt on to purchase a HRM!


      That might be pretty accurate. I use a HRT that sometimes loses the hrt so it stops reading cal burn and I am usually around 700+ after I do plyo. With pure cardio and cardio abs I can go over 1000. You really get your hrt going with Insanity
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      That might be pretty accurate. I use a HRT that sometimes loses the hrt so it stops reading cal burn and I am usually around 700+ after I do plyo. With pure cardio and cardio abs I can go over 1000. You really get your hrt going with Insanity


      Oops! :blushing: I thought you were talkin about Insanity plyometrics. Either way it may be similar. i havent done p90x yet.
    • Posts: 518 Member
      Oops! :blushing: I thought you were talkin about Insanity plyometrics. Either way it may be similar. i havent done p90x yet.

      haha, all good, Insanity is craaaazy, kudos to anyone who is doing it, I wanna focus on p90x and possibly switch over to that after,
      or i was thinking of also subsituting the kenpo X and Cardio on p90x for an insanity workout.
    • Posts: 64 Member
      I did this workout for the first time yesterday! I did about 30 days of Lean back in January (got P90X for Christmas) so Plyo was never a part of the program, but I did do it because I splurged and had a bag of gummi bears yesterday and really wanted to get a tough workout in for penance. There were times when I felt like I was going to DIE...I was like omg, I can't do anymorreeee...but I kept going and I finished it! That has to be one of the best feelings, when you make it through a tough workout like that. I will definitely do this workout again!

      Also, yesterday was my weigh-in morning and I weighed in at 134.8 -- this morning, somehow I jumped down to 133.3! I highly believe that this workout had something to do with it!
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