I really need to get on board with something like this. I was 185-190 before nursing school, shot up to 210-215 in nursing school. I'm now around 200-205, but still. Feels bad, yo.
I've been doing it for about a year now. Try not to get frustrated after the first week. It will definitely be the toughest part, and it is pretty much where most people quit. Make it to around the third week, and then it's just motivating yourself to do it, instead of thinking that you can't do it. Good luck! Oh, and don't go all out at the beginning of any of the workouts when just starting the program. Pace yourself, or it'll sneak up on you very quickly!
Just started last week. So far loving it, kenpo has been fun. I'd suggest starting the program on a Wednesday or Thursday though, depending on your schedule, to fit the Yoga on weekends. It is by far the longest and lasts 90 minutes, so unless you have that kind of free time on a weekday, its easier to just fit it on the weekends and have your rest/stretch day in the middle of the week.
Did it for a week, then man got lazy. Loved it while I was doing it though. Did however diet, exercise, and lost some weight the following month using traditional gym weightlifting, but now trying to lean and cut up so thinking about pullin the dvds out for next Monday. I'm down if anyone's starting and wants to track progress. I also had some excel spreadsheets and what not that i had gotten to track stuff. Btw, for excellent choices to track what you eat (I do this almost religiously now, its amazing how much of a difference a diet makes in your mood, energy, all around well being): www.MyDailyPlate.com www.FitDay.com I also use the Calorie Counter app for Android to just scan the barcodes of the stuff I eat, its alot faster. They also have a relatively good database when you put in search terms. And on alot of these things, they also have now started to track international foods (the mystery of my indian foods solved!)....alot of them are user submitted, and after a while you get a decent idea of how much of what is in what.
Day 1 = complete. Chest/Back and Ab Ripper X. I can't believe it, but I think I'm even weaker than I thought. I'd say 70% of the time I was just staring at the TV, wondering how the hell my body is supposed to do what they're doing. I was completely supporting myself on a chair during the pull ups. Even then it was still ridiculously difficult. I can't do non-knee-assisted push ups yet. I definitely can't do that going-under-the-fence move. Or the military pushups, or the pushups with your feet on an incline. Those 3 moves, I could not complete even one in proper form. The Ab video allowed me to do a little bit more, but I still had to modify pretty much everything. Usually I'd be discouraged that I can't do much, but I'm really feeling the burn right now. I run every day and I can't remember being so worn out and nauseated after a workout. I'm hoping I can push through the first 2-3 weeks, and hopefully it gets easier after that.
Quote from Tony: "Nobody said this was going to be easy!" I totally felt nauseous the first couple of times through Chest & Back, Shoulders & Arms and Plyometrics. During my first week I even had to pause and lie down for 5 minutes a few times because I felt like I was going to hurl. I also find the videos earlier in the week to be tougher than the later ones, which is probably by design. I'm sure you've heard it before, but your body will eventually adapt and improve. When I first started, I could only do 2 pull ups before I had to start using the chair. Now after five weeks I can do 5-6 on my own before using the chair... that's an improvement of 200%! I see no reason why I won't keep getting better and hopefully will be strong enough to do a set of 15-20 unassisted pull ups someday like the "kids." Also, pretty much everyone has to do modified versions for something. For example, I have a left elbow issue and sometimes it will give out during a tough set of push ups (especially Sphinx push ups, which puts the arms at a weird angle). When that happens, I just switch to the modified versions. The crane Yoga pose is another one my elbow can't handle. You know the motto... do your best and forget the rest.
I'd say that's pretty normal for a lot of people that try it the first time. On my first day I could do the push ups (not nearly as much as them, and struggled big time during the 2nd half of the video), but I couldn't even do one pull-up. I was using the resistance bands to do pull downs. You definitely do get better each week though. Hopefully you wrote down the reps you did, so you can try to beat them in the second week. Regardless, you have Plyometrics to worry about tomorrow... Enjoy! :grin:
If you find yourself not completing most of the exercises it might be better to start on the "lean" schedule as opposed to the "classic". Especially if you are looking to lose weight instead of adding a bunch of muscle. It is also a much easier transition if you are not in the best of shape starting out. The "classic" schedule can be a shock to most people who are not used to working out. Here is how each of the schedules break down: http://www.p90xworkoutschedule.org/ If you really want to go crazy with it you can do the lean for the first 90 days, graduate to the classic the following 90 days, and once you are done with doubles for 90 days more you should be completely ripped out of your mind(probably not something you/most people want).
I started the p90x/Insanity hybrid program on Saturday. I've done insanity before, but this is my first time doing p90x.
Nice, that's like 3-4 of us starting today. I'm blogging about it, I feel like that's a good way for me to stay motivated. I put the link in my sig just in case anyone wants to commiserate. Thanks for all the tips/motivation! I'm looking into the different types you can do...going to read up a bit more on the P90X Lean.
I DL'ed my version, do I have to go buy the resistance bands and a pull up bar for the first few workouts? Never mind, i see finals talking about pull ups and resistance bands on the first day, guess I'll try walmart.
I'm actually glad you found them elsewhere. I'm doing Crossfit and prefer that, but I like to mix in the Yoga X and X Stretch occasionally. Good luck with it. It's a great program, but really long and really hard.
There is not much of a difference between the classic and lean schedules. The lean schedule replaces Chest & Back with Core Synergistics. They both are their own beasts. Neither is easy. I think the major difference is between Plyometrics and Cardio X. I've never done Cardio X, but I hear it's much easier than Plyometrics. If you think Plyo is too difficult, you can always replace it with Cardio X and still do the classic schedule. You will lose weight with either option. That is guaranteed. It's virtually impossible not to, unless you're eating really really unhealthy all the time. I lost 40 lbs with the classic P90X schedule, and I wasn't even too bad when I started. I'm 5'11-6'0 and was 185. Now I'm 145, and looking to gain weight. You'll be fine if you stick to the classic version. Like I mentioned earlier, just replace Plyo with Cardio X for the first few weeks if you find it too difficult.
Plyo and Chest/Back can be very difficult for people who are starting out of shape. Plyo can put a lot of strain on your knees and ankle if you are starting out a little overweight. While Diamond pushups and pullups would probably be a waste of time for your average joe. Replacing those two with Core Synergistics and Cardio X makes the transition a lot easier, and would make it the Lean schedule, since those are the only differences.
