I know a couple of you are doing the P90X workout (Greg/MO, Rob) and several commented on it before. I picked up the DVD's second hand from a friend. I don't have the instructions or the meal plan, but I'm doing weight watchers and doing well with it (lost 4 lbs in my first week). I've done Cardio X (for fun) and yesterday was DVD 01 Chest and back. My question is do I do all 12 workouts in order then start over? The guy I got them from was very lean to begin with so he really couldn't remember or cared for that matter. I get at least 20 minutes of cardio in at lunch each day, but I want to add P90X with weight watchers to enhance thngs. Any help?
It goes in 3 week incraments with you doing different workouts each day. For the first three weeks its Day 1 Chest and back, Day 2 Plyo, Day 3 Arms and sholders, Day 4 Yoga, Day 5 Legs and back, and Day 6 Kempo. Then it changes to a different routine after those three weeks and then changes again after the 6th week. My suggestion if you really want to follow it is to get the workout book from your friend if he has it. But you can just do some random workouts with the cardio that your doing now to boost your weight loss and to build a little muscle. Good luck with it!!
Thanks FL, The guy I got the dvd'S from lost the material when he and his wife moved. I figured some guys that are currently doing it could easily give me the workout sch.. Unless someone posts something else, I'll rotate as you mentioned.
Sorry so slow in responding, NC... I've been hanging out on the P90X boards more these days so I just now saw your thread. You'll need several things to enhance your experience; if you've watched any of the DVDs yet, you may recall hearing Tony say "write it down" after a particular excercise... Here's a link to the workout sheets so you can download them and print them off: http://www.milliondollarbody.com/pdf/P90XWorkSheet.pdf Here's the rotation for the "classic" program: WEEKS 1-3 Day 1 - Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X Day 2 - Plyometrics Day 3 - Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X Day 4 - Yoga X Day 5 - Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X Day 6 - Kenpo X Day 7 - Rest or X Stretch Week 4 Day 1 - Yoga X Day 2 - Core Synergistics Day 3 - Kenpo X Day 4 - X Stretch Day 5 - Core Synergistics Day 6 - Yoga X Day 7 - Rest or X Stretch Weeks 5-7 Day 1 - Chest Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X Day 2 - Plyometrics Day 3 - Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X Day 4 - Yoga X Day 5 - Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X Day 6 - Kenpo X Day 7 - Rest or X Stretch Week 8 Day 1 - Yoga X Day 2 - Core Synergistics Day 3 - Kenpo X Day 4 - X Stretch Day 5 - Core Synergistics Day 6 - Yoga X Day 7 - Rest or X Stretch Weeks 9 & 11 Day 1 - Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X Day 2 - Plyometrics Day 3 - Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X Day 4 - Yoga X Day 5 - Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X Day 6 - Kenpo X Day 7 - Rest or X Stretch Weeks 10 & 12 Day 1 - Chest Shoulders & Triceps, Ab Ripper X Day 2 - Plyometrics Day 3 - Back & Biceps, Ab Ripper X Day 4 - Yoga X Day 5 - Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X Day 6 - Kenpo X Day 7 - Rest or X Stretch Week 13 Day 1 - Yoga X Day 2 - Core Synergistics Day 3 - Kenpo X Day 4 - X Stretch Day 5 - Core Synergistics Day 6 - Yoga X Day 7 - Rest or X Stretch You're probably missing the nutritonal guide as well, and that's a very important ingredient of the program. Here's a link to information about all three phases of the nutritional plan: http://www.thefitclubnetwork.com/2009/01/p90x-nutrition-plan-made-easy/ Also... one of the best tips I can give you is to go to www.myfitnesspal.com and create yourself an account (it's free)... you can track your daily food intake and make adjustments on the fly. I use it religiously, and can tell by the middle of the day how many more calories I need to take in or how much more protein I need for the day... If you want to jump in, feel free to join in on our "archers doing P90X" thread as well... http://forums.teambeachbody.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/5082996357/m/5601013661/p/2 And finally, here's just a page chock full of links to great articles containing lots of fitness and nutrition tips: http://www.milliondollarbody.com/bbst/tips/tips_overview_page.htm#fitnesstips
Thank You Greg for the myfitnesspal.com site as I needed something like this real bad. Weekends are killing me when it comes to sticking at it. T
Tony, that site has beome invaluable to me... Believe it or not, I struggled early on with not getting ENOUGH calories, so it was a great help seeing where I was falling short. It lets you set your own goals as far as your overall caloric intake, as well as how you want to "split" it and what you want to track. For instance, I'm currently on a 50/30/20 split, with 50% of my daily intake being protein, 30% carb, and 20% fat. I wouldn't recommend most people stay on that split for very long, and I've about pushed my limits with it. I'm currently on my second recovery week (week 8 in the above rotation), and as soon as this week is over, I'm switching to a 40/40/20 split to help feul some additional workouts I'll be integrating into the mix. Here's a GREAT example of how using that site has helped me: A couple weeks ago, I had my favorite aunt and uncle drop in on us from Texas unanounced... My mother wanted us all to come over for some of her famous homemade enchiladas that night. I had already eaten my first four meals of the day, and had entered them into my food diary. I went ahead and entered what I was going to eat for my sixth meal of the day, leaving only dinner with my relatives to be added later. What that did was tell me EXACTLY how much I could eat over there to hit my numbers... I even entered all the ingredients of the enchiladas in a "mock run" for dinner to hit my numbers, and I went over there knowing EXACTLY what I could eat and how much. Here's today's diary. You'll see that I allowed myself my first "cheat meal" since I began the program; we took some hospital directors out to lunch on a floating fish restaurant on the Ohio River today, and I ate some fried foods. But, I know pretty much what I need the rest of the day so that I still come real close to hitting my numbers... You'll see that I'm actually 90 calories over for the day (or will be after my post Ab Ripper X shake...), 54 carbs over (but that's not too bad at the point of the program I'm in as most people still aren't trying to do this split I am...) and 16 grams of fat over (which comes from the almonds I had, which is actually a GOOD fat). Today's the first day in over a month I haven't hit my 300 grams of protein, so I can live with that.
this is awesome and very very helpful. I'll look through the material Greg and talk offline with you. Just finished Yoga and a 2 mile jog. I'm thinking about sticking to weight watchers for a little while and see what the results are. I really want to lean out as I'm pretty muscular as is, just covered in a layer of fat around the mid section.
This workout is incredible. I've written it before but... I've thrown around alot of steel weights in my life and never, ever did I get the workout I got the first week doing P90x. The pounds are coming off and the body is working, I mean working. Done right, I can't imagine a better workout. My wife and are both doing it, she's looking incredible, muscle tone, abs! ! ! and lost a couple pounds she didn't know she had. LOL She's a week ahead of me so I know what's coming. As far as eating, Phase 1 is Protein, protein, protein. Greg can tell ya more when he gets a chance.
Protein? What's that? I think I vaguely heard the term once... This is more of a typical day for me.... just a little bit of protein, huh Rob? :d 118 calories over, but only 8 carbs over .. on the split I'm on, I'll take that any day.
I bought my P90x on ebay for 79.99 shipped, thought it was a pretty good deal. Just want to throw this out there, but super high protein diets shouldn't be continued for a long period of time. It's extremely hard on your kidneys to breakdown that much protein without complex carbohydrates. That's why body builders don't generally do it for more than 6 weeks prior to a competition and the same reason the Atkin's diet was an epic failure. Excellent results can be seen in a short period of time, but make sure that it's not over extended!!
NCCritterguard...Ill give the P90X two thumbs up to..im on week 10. as said already, this is the real deal it will flat work ya!! Personally id stear clear of the weightwatchers diet and go with the plan provided. you may not get enough for what your doing with the ww diet and in tern will drag you down. You will find that after the fatburner week you will feel like your eating all the time but will still loose weight. The nutrition part is actuall more inportant than the work outs so i wouldnt skimp on that one. Dubbya, buddy glad you joined the band wagon to I want a full report from both of you guys after yopur first bought with plyo Greg is right about the myfitnesspal.com its a great tool for managing your intake!!
Hey Dubbya, glad to see you on board! There's some merit to what you say, and that's why I mentioned I've pushed it about as long as I can on the split I'm on -- and mentioned I wouldn't recommend it too long for too many people; I'm keeping real close tabs on my body's feedback. Of course, I've coupled it with drinking nearly three liters of water per day. I'm ready for and need the additional feul that the complex carbs is going to give me in a 40/40/20 split now. Like Dan said, keep us up to date on your progress; it's fun to commiserate together -- just ask 'Crik and me!
You can also move to Phase II of the nutrition plan whenever you feel like your body's ready to... Just an FYI for those who haven't read the fine print.
