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Yes, the reason I choose active was because I figured if I am doing Shaun Ts MAx 30 5 times a week i would be considered activie. Apart from that, I have a sit down job at the office and run around pick up and drop off of my 3 young children.

Thank you! I'd like to see some ab definition, and to see some muscle definition in my upper arms while my arms are in the resting state. And a little more booty haha

Weight training, especially in the beginning, may not feel as difficult as intense interval cardio. You may not even break a sweat (I typically don't when I lift).. so don't base how successful it is on how difficult it seems. You want to be sure to challenge yourself, make progress over time, and follow the program. And…

Do you have any suggestions of other programs at home i could do? The equipment I have at home is pull-up bar and my heaviest dumbbells are 10lbs. For the last 5 pounds I would probably do Focus T25 (Start on Beta phase) which is cardio based with resistance training involved (uses dumbbells). It's difficult because it…

5 lb range... in my weight. So i should maybe go down 5 pounds before i start to focus on muscle growth? and thank you for the maintenance forum .. i didn`t see that forum before

Yes it's a muscle building program. I liked the high calorie burn of the other program because it meant i had a little more wiggle room with my calories, but i was eating it deficit then. I dunno but today it was called `The challenge`and it was only different variations of pull up bar and push ups for 30 minutes and :( it…

Thank you for sharing you experience. I`m new to this building muscle stage. I never know where to go after I get near my goal weight and my cardio and fitness level is great. So maybe I should lose the remainder 5 pounds before I continue on with p90x3? I dunno but today for 30 minutes it was only different variations of…

Ok, so I should supplement to keep up my cardio endurance. I`ll add in 1 HIIT session a week to replace the yoga in p90x3 I think. Just to keep my lungs going good, see if that maintains my endurance. I really don't have time in my day to supplement a whole other cardio workout. (I`ve adjusted my p90x3 calendar to have sat…

My results from my Recovery week. I still did 3 workout sessions but they were the ones I found the funnest and I didn`t track my calories. Really was a nice break on the mind. Listen to this!!! I dropped an extra 1.5 cms around my waist! I was shocked! I was like.. woahhh my waist looks tinier or something. Sooooo i got…

That's what I was thinking to. Today on p90x3 it was yoga day, so I instead did Strength Max from Insanity max 30. Insanity max 30 is almost identical to T25, just minus the weights in max 30. I want to build strength but I want to hold on to my awesome cardio endurance.

I love this! This is what I did today too. I didn`t wear my Heart rate monitor. I did it just for fun and not results driven.

:)

Yes I think the recovery week seems to float more around exercises that seem to be more on the muscle building side. I see that cardio based exercises don`t seem to need a break and people who are doing more weight training seem more familiar with a recovery week. So , after reading comments, I`ve done two insanity max 30…

yes there`s a lot of jumping in the Insanity max 30, lots.... n lots... n lots lol

Yah it`s a pretty demanding program, especially when you are so dedicated and strict in those 8 weeks. Thanks for the props :smiley: I think I`m going to add in some stretch sessions and yoga exercises like you talked about for active rest.

The trainer suggests a week break to recover. It was an intense program, feels like my knees have aged 20 years lol. Ok so most people seem to stay pretty active on their recovery week. I took one day off so far. Lunch hour is usually my workout time but where I didn`t want to sit still, I vacuumed and them mopped my…

I got the P90X3.... it`s unfortunately 6 days a week.. my schedule only allows me 5 days. So I am going to follow it.. it`ll take longer than the 3 months but wish me luck!

That`s amazing! Thanks for sharing! You look great!

If that is you in ur profile picture.. i want to do what you are doing! haha I look lean.. but i want definition, but I still want to lose some fat. I don`t want to run the program again because I know already that I won`t be motivated because I already beat the challenge.

Yes I eat in deficit... i was following the program nutrition plan... i feel in category A and said to eat between 1200-1390 calories.. My hair started to get really dry and wiry and my nails really brittle, can`t even grow em out at the moment, they keep breaking off, low on energy so for the last week and half i`ve let…

I don`t have beach body on demand but I have a friend who likes it... do I need an apple tv for that?

SO that'S what its all about! That low calorie number. I`ve been at the beach body programs for a long long time and i kept seeing these calorie ranges.. and like u said... i`d see a big change in the first 4 weeks and then.. i could work like a dog and i wouldn`t see no more progress! I can`t believe that I`m only…

I love love love the insanity max 30, looks right forward to it. I`m kinda a 'go hard' kinda person. The more challenging it is for me the more i like it because it feels like i accomplished something awesome. :) Umm im just focusing on the number 130 because that`s my normal weight i`ve kinda been around all my life (i…

WOW!!! OMG! I wish I realized this a longgggggg longgg (like 10 years) time ago. Thanks so much for telling me your experiences! I`m going to slowly go up week by week till I find that magic number.

wow! and you still lose weight !? :smile: Thanks guys. I just didn`t know... that nutrition plan in max 30 says if you are under 150 pounds to eat at that range so ... i trusted it.

thank you for the reply and the guidance

I am under 150 so the nutrition plan says the range (roughly) from 1150-1350 on plan A (http://pledgetostayfit.com/insanity-max-30-nutrition-plan-nutrition-max). So that's what I eat about ( I weigh all my foods) at the ratio carb 40% protein and fat at 30%. I read that once carb stores deplete you can get tired and…

Thank you for all the comments! :) Very encouraging! I wanted to send a little update. I did start adding an extra 6-7 minutes elliptical after the Tony Horton 22 Minutes hard corps (HRM said i was burning about 50-70 calories depending on how fast i`d pedal my legs lol and i can still fit it in to my lunch hour) These…

Right now I am eating back my calories burned 'cause I'm famished come time to sleep. Too hungry to sleep so I eat either like a big helping of veggies or greek yogurt. I weigh all foods on my food scale, i only use measuring cups for liquids. I often make a big batch of food and freeze them in meals that are already…