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Tanya (sp?) does modify, I think she does the push-ups on her knees, if even that's too much for you at the beginning, you could try wall push-ups there's lots of plyo (jumping) but in the modifications she does I don't think she ever leaves the ground, in the ab workout there's lots of moves where you're on your back or…

yeah I tried this and I see what you're saying, if you go to beachbody-dot-com you only get the "learn more" button BUT if you go to teambeachbody-dot-com then there's a "buy now" button if you've been a customer before you should already have a BB coach assigned to you and they should be able to help you if not and you…

my wife is a BB coach and she picked it up at Beachbody Summit this past weekend, believe they are shipping this week

it's definitely different than INSANITY, there's someone who modifies, the action is non-stop from start-to-finish and it's exactly 25 minutes there's a cool down/stretch right afterwards that's 2-3 minutes, but still makes everything under the 30 minute mark, in about 29 minutes I burned ~400 calories and I could have…

did the first workout this morning

very funny I just bought a used one of these today and took my first run with it, very good for running the Nike+ site is great for uploading the data ... from what I read the watch is compatible with a Polar Wearlink+ transmitter so supposedly you could also use it as a HR monitor I already Polar F6 that I use for…

yeah I think I have it set right at 183 or so

According to those calculators my maximum is supposed to be 178 ... yet I hit 183 sprinting up a hill today towards the end of my run. That was definitely my max cause I couldn't push any faster or harder. So those calculators are just broad guidelines. The significance of exercising at 80% max versus 65% max is you burn…

sorry but I disagree, if you haven't done either one, I would strongly suggest P90X first, you don't have to do pull-ups to do P90X, I know folks that started 100+ lbs overweight and did P90X, they couldn't even do one push-up let alone one pull-up, they modified everything, used the bands for pull-ups, did push-ups on…

Good point actually. I never used headphone, so I just think of music as a distraction. But I can see how you could use it to keep your pace up. When I used to run for speed on short runs, if I could keep thinking to myself "faster, faster, faster" I would make better time. If my mind wandered at all which is what I always…

I don't run as much anymore. I have moved on to other activities for my exercise. But I used to run 6 days a week averaging about 18-20 miles a week. Never once used a iPod or the like. I loved the silence actually. That said I can understand how some people might really enjoy music while running. I can see "banning…

Wish I knew what advice to give so your family would quit with their remarks, but some people it seems just can't be helped. Sounds like you've done an outstanding job. Taking that much weight off slowly but surely is excellent. Whether it's 130 or 119 lbs, at 5ft 2in you dead on in the middle of the "NORMAL" range for…

I think it's a serious question and the serious answer is that there are some effects to eating healthy foods especially those rich in fiber to what your body absorbs of the unhealthy foods you eat. For example, it's long been known that higher fiber in your diet reduces the fat absorption in your digestive tract. Links…

years ago when I first started exercising regularly and had lots of weight to lose, I just went for a walk 6 days out of 7 walked for 2 miles and first started covering it in about 35 minutes, got to where I could cover that same distance in under 24 minutes, after about 6 months I started to add running into my walk, only…

The "quotes" around the myfitness part was supposed to signify that I was being "tongue and cheek" about it, but maybe next time I should be more obvious. Anyway thanks for not blasting me. I think the last part by Kimber was what we should have told the Wall Street banks ... "you're screwed" ... instead of bailing them…

think Carl got a great point, you read countless stories of lottery winners that either blew through their money and/or are miserable after the lifestyle change that occurred after their win better to be content with a little and miserable with a lot, taking the entire world into account, everyone posting here is richer…

I'll take 10,000 ounces of gold. I have a feeling that $15 million won't be that much by the time the Federal Reserve is done printing money. Mike

What this has to do with "my fitness", I have no idea. You said 15 million but you didn't 15 million of what. So is that US dollars? What? Mike

Well it's been 3 days and SHBoss1673 hasn't replied. Maybe if I say something that will get him to respond. Casamelsmom, If you put your numbers (age, weight, etc) in a calories per day calculator even at sedentary level you should burn 1600 calories per day. Even your Basal Metabolic Rate (calories you would burn if you…

Next time you can use your OWN words as inspiration. I plan on using them myself. I especially like the "... and I feel great" part. I think of "Tony the Tiger" from the cereal (note: this is in NO way a recommendation for the cereal, way too sugary) saying that last phrase and it makes me want to workout even more. Mike

SHBoss1673 makes a great point. Standard disclaimers apply here. Most of us are amateurs and even if some are not, NONE of us know all your circumstances here. So as always take the advice given here with "a grain of salt," figuratively that is. SHBoss1673, She did say she has been doing this routine for some 14 weeks!!!…

pseudo science? try this link ... http://www.burnthefatblog.com/archives/2007/11/is_starvation_mode_a_myth_no_i.php I will grant that prettythinarq has a point. You could be miscalculating calories, both exercise and food. The point is you've hit a plateau and your body is not responding. So assuming you're NOT…

I think you answered your own question but didn't recognize it. It's simple really ... you have to eat MORE when you're working out. When you workout you're burning more calories but you're not feeding your body more. The deficit in this case is too much and it puts your body in "starvation mode." As soon as you ease up on…

sounds good, keep up the good work, one day at a time is the way to do it

I'm not a woman so I can't speak to the "bulking up" issue firsthand, but I've been part of the "Beachbody (makers of P90X) community" for a while and have never heard of or seen women that did P90X and "bulked up." Also just for the record, I have my copy of the program in my hands and it is 13 DVDs (12 workout DVDs and…

I just completed a round of INSANITY about 3 weeks ago and let me say it lives up to its name and then some. The first month, I found it a mental struggle to start each workout. Just about every workout I would start a big fear about whether I could finish. Many days I wanted to quit after the warm-up. There's a recovery…

I highly recommend the Polar brand of HRMs, I had a Polar F1 for 6-7 years and it always worked well, recently replaced it with a Polar F6 for about $100 and couldn't be more pleased with it. Wife had bought herself a Timex Ironman and the user interface was very counter-intuitive, even reading the manual we could never…

richcat22, can't believe you haven't at least channel surfed past the P90X infomercial at some point, the thing seems to be on all time, especially during non primetime weekends, anyway you can take a look at the infomercial at http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=42283184 april_mesk, Guess…

I concur on the Polar recommendation, I currently have Polar F6 and I really like. I've only had 6 weeks, but I had a Polar F1 (most basic you could get) that I used 3-4 times a week on average for 6 years before the battery in the chest strap started to give out. The Polar F6 will run you about $90-100 and it's fairly…

on page 4 section 3 in the P90X Nutrition Plan it reads "Add the calories required for your exercise needs, which we have calculated at 600 calories per day for the P90X program" That's about right especially when you're first starting out. I did Cardio X this morning and burnt 700 calories according to my HR monitor, but…