p90x, plyometrics

Lisseth03
Lisseth03 Posts: 518 Member
edited December 17 in Fitness and Exercise
what do you guys log that under?

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  • amymrls
    amymrls 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 =)
  • Lisseth03
    Lisseth03 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
  • amymrls
    amymrls 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 =)
  • Annafly3
    Annafly3 Posts: 63
    a HRM would be the best
    but you can try this : http://p90xcalories.com/
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    without an HRM you can log it as "aerobics, high impact" That is pretty much what it is.
  • abbybean11
    abbybean11 Posts: 122 Member
    i have a polar ft4 - it's awesome
  • Lisseth03
    Lisseth03 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!
  • losoldato
    losoldato 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.
  • robbyej
    robbyej 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.
  • erickirb
    erickirb 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.
  • robbyej
    robbyej 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)
  • erickirb
    erickirb 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.
  • madmax0412
    madmax0412 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. :-)
  • rkr22401
    rkr22401 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.
  • alyssa92982
    alyssa92982 Posts: 1,093 Member
    when i didn't have my HRM i always used "aerobics high impact"
  • mmarin81
    mmarin81 Posts: 241
    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!


    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
  • mmarin81
    mmarin81 Posts: 241
    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!


    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.
  • Lisseth03
    Lisseth03 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.
  • allisonmrichard
    allisonmrichard 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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