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Has anyone tried the P90X fitness program?
I am not fit, but I am not out of shape. I am 5'8" and linger around 155-160 lbs. I usually go running about 2 or 3 times a week. I also have a pull-up bar in my apartment that I try to use every other day. I have been getting into calisthenics.
I also eat a healthy diet full of fruit and lean meat. I love beer (hell, I brew my own) and the occasional fast food (Jack in the Box FTW).
I've recently noticed that despite my lackluster regular exercise, I am acquiring a beer belly. This is no doubt due to me graduating from college and sitting at a desk job for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. I am too lazy and cheap to join a gym or hire a personal trainer, so I decided to give P90X a try.
I burned the P90X DVDs. I have been doing a pilot-run of the program for the last 2 weeks. I bought various resistance bands instead of free weights. The workouts are intense. So intense that I've decided to invest in a recovery drink and protein powder. I did Yoga X for the first time today (my first true Yoga session) and it was the hardest workout yet. But I felt AMAZING after it. Instantly fell in love with yoga. The Chest & Back workout was my first P90X workout and left me sore for about 4 days. Hence the protein supplement I ordered on Amazon.... I don't know how these guys do over 100 pull-ups and various push-ups in a 50 minute workout.
Anyways, not sure why I'm posting about it on this forum, but I'd love to hear if any of you had done (or are doing) this program before. After these first two weeks of practice, I cannot wait to officially start Day 1.
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Ya, I've done it. Did crossfit for about 6 months, got good strength gains, but not much change in my body. Did P90 for about 70 days, lost 17 lbs and 7% body fat. I'd recommend it to anyone who has the will power to stick with it. Just started it again this week, you are gonna be miserably soar for the first 1-2 weeks, but it will grow on ya.
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Following any regime or program involving strict exercise and diet will net positive results. I'm not really formiliar with this p90x program, but I can tell you that I don't do 75% of the workouts that are included in the DVD's I saw. Theres a lot of non-functional workouts targeting beach muscle, and I personally think this is an inefficient method to train. You should focus on being really healthy and not looking good. Plenty of body builders die in their 40's-50's. Right now I'm not doing anything myself but go to bjj, but when I work out on top of that I normally do http://www.crossfit.com/ which was refered to my be Murd. This was a popular workout routine in prison among in-mates, so you know it works! Anyway that daily blog gives you a workout every day that will turn you into a machine. You would be able to outwork any of the big muscly beach fags in those dvd's any day of the week after 7-8 weeks of training. Seriously. You can also find crossfit clubs in your area which have their own custom workouts. They have personal trainers that can help you get much better results. My personally suggestion would be to find a submission wrestling, grappling, or jiu-jitsu club. Replace all your running with grappling and your belly will instantly disapear without adding any additional workouts to your week. Then anything you do on top is just making you better, faster, stronger. P.S.- some of the plyometrics stuff looks cool in the dvd's. I'm going to download them now and add them to my collection.
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Thanks - yeah, that's why I did a "test run" before starting the 90 day program. So sore 
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Interesting. Thank you - I will check out Crossfit. I'm definitely not doing P90X to get "ripped" or anything. I just want to be fit and healthy. I like P90X because it gives you direction that a personal trainer can give you without the added costs.
My ultimate goal with all of this is to be able to play soccer competitively again. I know that simply joining a team and practicing with them would be ideal, but that's not going to happen right off the bat.
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ya I was very scepticle towards this work out due to the fact that it was a dvd based infomercial work out. Finally figured I'd give it a shot after a Ranger buddy of mine told me how bad it smoked his bag. It doesn't just focus on the beach muscles, its a total body work out with a great diet included, which is a lot like the "zone diet" that cross fit follows. I loved cross fit and followed it like it was a cult i was a part off. I got better results in 2 months of p90 than i did in 6 months of crossfit.
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Quote:
. You should focus on being really healthy and not looking good. Plenty of body builders die in their 40's-50's.
Thats not because of the kind of workouts they are doing, but more the steriods they took. I can understand saying that for a football o line man because they are over 300 pounds but most body builders dont put near that amount of strain on thier heart from the weight
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A friend of mine does this program and he says he loves it, he's just about convinced me to try it too. Any exercise you do, is positive, and if you do weight lifting, all the better. I'm most likely going to try this, considering my buddy says he loves it, keep it up.
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ya I was very scepticle towards this work out due to the fact that it was a dvd based infomercial work out. Finally figured I'd give it a shot after a Ranger buddy of mine told me how bad it smoked his bag. It doesn't just focus on the beach muscles, its a total body work out with a great diet included, which is a lot like the "zone diet" that cross fit follows. I loved cross fit and followed it like it was a cult i was a part off. I got better results in 2 months of p90 than i did in 6 months of crossfit.
Sounds bad ass. The DVD set is 43 GB. I'm downloading the whole thing now. It also comes with PDF scans of the calendar, booklets and shit. I'll give an updated review after I try it.
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Following any regime or program involving strict exercise and diet will net positive results. I'm not really formiliar with this p90x program, but I can tell you that I don't do 75% of the workouts that are included in the DVD's I saw. Theres a lot of non-functional workouts targeting beach muscle, and I personally think this is an inefficient method to train. You should focus on being really healthy and not looking good. Plenty of body builders die in their 40's-50's.
Right now I'm not doing anything myself but go to bjj, but when I work out on top of that I normally do http://www.crossfit.com/ which was refered to my be Murd. This was a popular workout routine in prison among in-mates, so you know it works!
Anyway that daily blog gives you a workout every day that will turn you into a machine. You would be able to outwork any of the big muscly beach fags in those dvd's any day of the week after 7-8 weeks of training. Seriously.
You can also find crossfit clubs in your area which have their own custom workouts. They have personal trainers that can help you get much better results. My personally suggestion would be to find a submission wrestling, grappling, or jiu-jitsu club. Replace all your running with grappling and your belly will instantly disapear without adding any additional workouts to your week. Then anything you do on top is just making you better, faster, stronger.
P.S.- some of the plyometrics stuff looks cool in the dvd's. I'm going to download them now and add them to my collection.
Crossfit. A lot of my PT is based on this. It's what any of the really hardcore workout guys in the military do.
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