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P90X 16 DAYS TO GO - Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X Really good workout today. Still interesting to note how much different the routines are with dumbbells than with bands. Good notes - total Chair Dips were up to 70 today, and moved up to 30 lbs on the Lying Down Tricep Extensions. Side Tri-Rise was a bear - could only…

Ok, time to catch up on questions and such, then it's downstairs for Shoulders & Arms and ARX... Mosse... Honestly, I've never looked for protein bar recipes. I've tried several, but there are only two brands that I like: Beachbody P90X protein bars, and CLIF Builder's bars. Both have good flavor and texture and good…

P90X 17 DAYS TO GO - Plyometrics (The MUTHA) Well, if there was ever a workout that would shake the rest of a cold out of your body... PLYO is definitely the one. I think I set the P90X Plyo record for most nose-blows in a single session... lol. Icky stuff aside, I actually was able to put out a solid effort today.…

P90X 18 DAYS TO GO - Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X Well, here's the first real workout following my recent illness, and I felt pretty good actually though still not quite at 100%. Interestingly, on several moves, I seem to have made some good strength gains in terms of the reps I could crank out. For example, on my last C&B…

P90X DIAGNOSTIC WORKOUT - Kenpo X Well, this was the first workout following my week-long sickness, and I'd say this was the toughest Kenpo X has ever been for me. I had to stop completely about halfway through because I got to coughing so badly. It's not the "I'm still sick" cough; it's more the "my body's trying to get…

Good morning everyone. :bigsmile: Well, I have been battling the "Upper Respiratory and Sinus Infection from Hell" for the last week, and it's put me out of working out for that whole time and more. There was just no way I could do workouts as miserable as I felt. :sick: This morning is the first morning in a week that I…

P90X DAY SIXTY-SEVEN - Yoga X Oh yeah... Yoga is a beautiful thing. An intense, painful, challenging, difficult, yet relaxing thing, but a beautiful thing nonetheless. This was a really good yoga day for me. Royal Dancer... I was ON it. Yoga Belly 7... I was ON it. Corpse Pose at the end... I was REALLY on that... haha.…

P90X DAY SIXTY-SIX - Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X Again, the first shot at a strength workout with the dumbbells instead of the bands. Talk about feelin' IT! Yeouch! As expected, most of the weight values came down. Strange how much different the moves feel with weight, but when you look at it, it makes sense. A band…

Ok P90X crew, I have been out of the loop for several days, but I HAVE RETURNED..!! Obviously I have a lot to catch up on, so I'll get to some of it this evening and the rest tomorrow. I see some questions out there, so please accept my apologies, and I'll get to them most likely tomorrow evening. With that, I hope…

Oh yeah... Plyo is da bomb... It hurts, but it's a good hurt... :wink:

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Mark... Great results with Power90 brother! I lost 35 pounds with that program before I moved onto P90X, so I know where you've been. As to the pics, actually you can post pics on this forum. I think if you take those links you posted and put on the back end, it'll show up. Make sure you use lower-case letters for those…

Eriny... Love those workouts of yours brother... There's no school like the old school, especially for getting in shape!

Mosse... In general, I'd say a good rule of thumb is to try not to eat 2-3 hours before your bedtime. However, there is a school of thought that says if you're trying to meet that time requirement but you're getting too hungry again, a straight protein shake (powder preferably with water or reduced-fat dairy or soy milk)…

April... Sounds like you're making great progress... Very impressive, and one-arm push-ups are a killer, for sure. Kudos to your hubby, too, and I'm glad to hear he's getting great results. Getting smaller clothes is a wonderful thing. I had to buy shorts this weekend because all mine are falling off of me, and I actually…

Eriny... Keep at it dude..! I've found that doing crane successfully is a bit of an art. You have to get that low crouch just right and get the arm placement right against the arms, then you can just tilt forward into the pose, and it's all arms and wrist strength after that. Took some time for me to get the finesse…

larthur... Hmm, tough call. If anything, I think a meal that late, I'd want to focus on protein and veggies and stay away from the carbs, particularly if you expect to hit the bed shortly after that. If I was planning on retiring for the night after eating, I would probably just have a protein shake, leave the metabolism…

P90X DAY SIXTY-FIVE - Plyometrics (The Mutha) Whew! The sweat is ROLLIN' off me today folks. This was one of the better Plyo workouts I've done. I felt energetic throughout the whole evolution. Highlights of the workout: I got some serious air time on Jump Squats; moved at about one-and-a-half times the pace in Leapfrog…

And then you ran 4.5 miles..??? You are a way better woman than I am sister... lol. Actually, this week I've started doing an HIIT program on my strength days. Trying to torch the last remnants of fat from the frame before the 90 days is up...

P90X DAY SIXTY-FOUR - Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X Well, well... This became a whole new workout using dumbbells instead of resistance bands. Made some good progress today: 13 Side-to-Side Push-ups, 11 Clap Push-Ups, 15 One-Arm Balance Push-Ups, and coolest of all, 12 One-Arm Push-Ups... Oooo, bring on the pain…

P90X DAY SIXTY-TWO - Kenpo X Time for the martial arts sweat factory that is Kenpo X. Good workout today - kept the intensity and the pace high throughout most of the workout although I find I have to maintain pace still on some of the moves involving kicks, and thinking about it, I wonder if that's because of the hurt…

P90X DAY SIXTY-ONE - Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X All I can say today is "Ouch!" I dunno why, but it felt like week 2 or 3 for this workout. My legs were on FIRE through just about this whole rotation. Everything involving a wall was torture, One-Legged Wall Squats in particular. I guess some days you got it, other days, you…

P90X DAY SIXTY-ONE - Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X All I can say today is "Ouch!" I dunno why, but it felt like week 2 or 3 for this workout. My legs were on FIRE through just about this whole rotation. Everything involving a wall was torture, One-Legged Wall Squats in particular. I guess some days you got it, other days, you…

P90X DAY SIXTY - Yoga X So here I am... Two-thirds of the way through the program, and I'm feeling better and getting stronger every day it seems. No matter that though, as always, Yoga X is a brutal undertaking that manages to relax and refresh by the time it's all over and done with. At this point, I think my biggest…

Mosse... Entirely up to you my friend. For me, I only look at a scale on Sunday because, for me, I've found it helpful not to obsess about overall weight and instead look to how my body composition is coming along, how I feel, and how my clothes fit. If you're doing the program right and eating right, you may find that the…

Ok, I think I've written quite enough for one evening... Heading to bed... Chat with you tomorrow everyone...

P90X DAY FIFTY-NINE - Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X HEL-LO..!!! Ok, my budy Mike told me I'd notice a difference with dumbbells as opposed to resistance bands. Good lord, he wasn't kidding! My dumbbell weight numbers compared to the "weight" of band I was using came way down. Did a lot of seeking for the right weight to…

P90X DAY FIFTY-EIGHT - Plyometrics (The Mutha) Well, well... is there anything that DOESN'T kill me in this workout..?? What was it today? Ah yes... Run-Stance-Squat Switch Pick-Ups... At one point, I thought my quad came loose from my right leg, it was so on-fire. Rock Star Hops... like, ouch! However, and I can't believe…

Eriny... Lol... Yeah, Crane is a challenge bro. I think it has partly to do with arm strength and partly to do with positioning your knees in relation to your arms so you can balance properly. Took me this long to get that baby held tight for that 30 seconds... Whew!

P90X DAY FIFTY-SEVEN - Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X (Begin Phase III) Well, well... I've apparently missed this little gem of a workout since Phase I - Push-Ups City is the term I think Tony Horton might use for this one. Big move up in intensity today - all pull-ups were done without the benefit of chair except for the last…