P90x
 

I was wondering who all on here has P90x and what results they've had.

What is that?

It's a workout DVD thing. It actually works I've been on it for a couple of months. I've had to buy two belts since then and my muscle tone is noice!! If I do have to say so myself.

The first week is pure hell.

I started it at the weight of 268. I weigh probably about the same but my fat has decreased and my muscle mass is where I can wear a muscle shirt and not be embarrassed. I'm also taking a whey protein from GNC.

I did Insanity instead. I needed to shed body fat first and increase my metabolism, before I tried going for muscle. Don't get me wrong I still put some muscle on but it's more lean muscle.

I went from 195lbs to 165lbs in 60 days. Lost 4.5" off my waist.
I was sitting at 10% body fat for a while, but I am sure I went up a little since I am not working out as hard. But I am still at 166lbs and haven't done insanity in 3 weeks.

Programs like this work, but you have to want it. If you following the diet and excercise program to the tee, you will see amazing results.

Yeah it's all about the attitude! The diet was the hardest for me. I had to take in 3800 calories. But when your diet consist of tuna, protein shakes, and chicken breast. It's kinda hard to take in that many calories but my metabolism has increased immensely. I eat like 7-8 times a day but there all snacks or small meals. I don't drink sodas no candy no sweets. I do cheat once inawhile though.

I hear ya. I was eating 5 times a day. 2200 calories and it was all protein.

But it works, keep it up!

I'm in the middle of week 11 of 13. I'm doing the classic program. Not following the diet plan closely though, just eating sensibly (smaller portion sizes, heathier, cut down on sugars, etc). I lost about 13 lbs at peak, but I can tell I've gained a fair bit of muscle. Shirts feel different...tighter in the arms and chest, looser in the waist. I feel great. Push ups are so much easier. The other day I had to look underneath the car and I had my work clothes on but didn't want to go change and then come back out. So I just dropped down to chatturanga position, to look for what I needed and came back up...piece of cake. Who said there's no practical application for Chatturanga? LOL!

I plan on doing round two right away but this time going with the lean program to help shed more weight. Eventually I'd like to try P90X+ and Insanity. P90X2 is coming out at the end of the year as well.

Just like what Tony says, "Just keep pressing play". Keep it up! :tup:

I did it for 4 weeks, but I found out that I was just getting weaker and loosing muscle, I guess it's good for somebody that doesn't exercise regularly. now some people are going to say that I was not doing it right and my diet was not set up properly, but all I have to say is that I've been working out for 13 years and I wanted to mix it up with p90x, so I dropped my weight training and got on the p90x program and I just felt like crap everyday, I was loosing fat, but I was also loosing muscle. pretty much every workout program you do will work if your diet is on point and that's all there is to it, it's all about calories in vs calories out, meaning in order to loose weight you have to burn more calories than you take in. anyways after doing p90x for 4 weeks and not getting the results that I wanted, I got off of it and got back into my regular workout routine and right now I'm where I want to be as far as fitness goes, here is a picture of me now, with p90x you'll never get this big, I don't mean to sound cocky, but that's just my experience with p90x

I don't think you sound cocky.
It's not for everyone. But I think if you have no idea how to eat, and work out, it's a great program for that guy/girl looking to get into seriously working out and eating right.

I don't think I would ever want arms the size of yours, but I am happy with the results I received from Insanity. I was out of shape and 30 lbs over weight. I lost 30lbs in 60 days and can run 5 miles like it's nothing. But I wasn't going for muscle mass. I want to go more lean. But isn't PX more of using your own body weight? I can see if you are used to free weights and switching to just your own body weight for a work out , you can lose muscle quick .

Anyway, I don't think it's one size fits all is my point.

P90x I would say is mostly cardio, ya you get sore nut you won't be gaining muscle from it. If you want to loose fat and gain muscle just get a good weight lifting program going instead as weight lifting will speed your metabolism up for a longer amount of time than cardio as long as your doing it intensly. As far as the supplements go (saw a few people mention it) I would say stay off that crap you can easily get the same results and better without any of that in your body.

Don't give me wrong It's a good program and it will challenge you and If you want to get tone and loose weight then it's perfect, I think the reason I was loosing muscle is because my muscles were used to heavy lifting and the lifting I was doing on the p90x was not challenging my muscles enough, now for somebody new to fitness you will build muscle because your body will be challenged by the lifting that you do here and your muscles have no choice but to grow.

I love how the "370Z General Discussion" subforum is now "Off-Topic"

This might be true but it depends on your goals. If you want to get huge and bulk up just eat tons of food, lift very heavy weights 3-4 times a week and use some steroids. It's a pretty simple formula.

Your cardio will also suck, your athleticism will be crappy, and your strength will not be functional. I am not ripping on you, because to be honest you look very muscular and in good shape, but most of the big guys at the gym who do their best to get huge and are always panting and out of breath after every set in the gym.

I compete in MMA and I used to weight train bodybuilding style. Bodybuilding it's 'pretty boy' muscle, which means it looks nice but is useless when competing in a lot of sports. I can't tell you how many guys who have tons of muscle on me, I can submit in under a minute because they gass out so fast.

P90x not that unsimilar to how many MMA athletes train with short explosive circuits and active recovery between sets. It is the BEST way to increase overall health, but you are right, it will never make you get huge and muscular, which I don't think it the goal of P90x, but may be misleading because all of their Male models on TV are juiced up fitness competitors who do a lot of bodybuilding training on the side.

You can expect THIS type of physique from a P90X/MMA routine, which I think is much more functional, much faster, and much more practical. But again it all depends on your goals, your diet, and your dedication.

about supplements go, food is the best supplement there is, but something funny I read on bodybuilding forums is that some people are taking test while on p90x.

I suspect this is because their diet is not adequate, and they are not taking enough protein, so they are using test to make sure they can maintain muscle while losing weight.

everything you say is true, bodybuilding is mostly looks, you look though but the reality is that you are just to heavy to do anything. I guess it all depends on what your goal is, p90x will get you looking like you, if your diet is good.

Pitz I'll bench press you!! J/k I do want to get bulkier. I'm getting married in Oct. And I just wanted to look good on the beach. But now I want to get bigger especially my glamour muscles. But I want to stay healthy like it was said earlier I can lift and do everyday stuff with ease now after p90 and I want to continue that. I work in the oil field so trust me when I say ease I mean ease

I did p90x, completed it once. Here's my results.
Before
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/3c0a9a11.jpg
After
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...3/4bf49a12.jpg
Currently going through the program a second time with the goal of getting ripped.

Man I thought i was in shape. Defenantly need to work harder!!!

Use thermognics like oxyelite pro and a preworkout like jack3d and a good whey protein with the nutrition system and you'll be good.

I've been through it twice now and am very pleased with the muscle development and strength that I was able to acheive. Be sure to take care of your joints if you have done a lot of weight lifting in the past couple of years because it is hell on your joints even if you are supplementing. I got tendenitis in my right shoulder (1-arm pushups) the second time around and had to let it rest for five months. I haven't done crap during that time and my ab muscles are still showing while pushups and pullups are a breeze.

Mass Fuzion Recovery drinks mixed with PRO 5 strawberry protein shakes made me feel like he-man for 6 months straight!

:excited:

I too, similar to Pitz, was losing muscle.


Long story short, in my opinion, P90x is only good for those needing to lose weight. Not those trying to gain muscle mass

The body builder look isn't for everyone. The P90X is about being lean and ripped, Jaden's picture is a perfect example of what the results should look like if you do it right. Given that you already had a very large muscle mass to maintain you probably weren't taking in enough calories and protein to maintain that mass while on P90X. I'm guessing you would have needed close to 5000 calories if you wanted to maintain the bulk.

^ exactly. And even for people like me the full result of P90x isn't really what I need for playing soccer and basketball. I'm not looking for the absolutely 'ripped' look, but after I did about half the program, then adjusted my training, I'm maintaining enough muscle to bully around larger people in the post, while still maintaining enough speed to burn people out on the soccer pitch.

Yep, it's easy to customize which is nice. I've never been overweight and I wasn't trying to lose weight, just increase definition so I more or less ignored the food plan and just did my own thing making sure that I was getting enough protein.

"FOOTBALL" pitch :ugh2:

Yeah, I really should go back and work on definition though. Someone at the gym the other day was asking me how I got a LOT stronger in the post, and I said 'I did a little of the P90x program'. They just said '...really?'

Yeah...expectations are pretty high on P90x completionists haha

6MT - i wrote football first, then figured i should probably stop being so euro, just in case :rofl2:

Yeah "football" is too vague, there are at least 10 different types of football out there just off the top of my head. In Australia we play 4 of them :)

I did it for 3 weeks and felt better than ever before. I stopped because I traveled for the holidays and couldn't get back on the bandwagon. I followed the diet (vegetables and water were hard to get enough of/forgot) and it's sooo much protein it gets kind of expensive -- but seriously.. after a couple weeks I felt amazing and was doing pullups on my office door for fun.

The protein is important because after you destroy the crap out of your muscles, the protein is what rebuilds it. And keep eating. Otherwise, you are just letting your body use muscle mass as fuel.

I think I'm inspired to get back into it for the summer activities

I started it a year and half ago. I didn't have to lose any weight. I was 5'5 and 130lbs. Now im up to 141ish. I was fit, but a bit flabby in spots. I acctually gained weight. By day 180 I gained 11 lbs of muscle. I've maintained this weight since. It's all about diet. If you want size lift heavy. Also crank out the pull ups. When the pull ups get easy attach weight to yourself.

I'm still using a chair after a few pull ups that I do on my own

Yeah it took me quite awhile to start pulling real numbers.

I've been working out for a year now, basically on my own routine. I went from 210lbs to about 172lb currently. I've gotten to the point where I'm healthy and no longer gasping for air while running. I use to run an 18 minute mile, sad I know. Now it's closer to 8-1/2min. I've gained muscle and currently around 18% body fat. It seems like I've leveled off with just my current routine and I want to get ripped. Do guys have any tips on how to loose more body fat? Is P90x worth it? And is it something you only do at home?

P90x is worth it. The diet is a big thing though. You don't have to follow it to a tune, but you have to have a clean diet. I have nothing but great things to say about my time with P90x.

Yeah p90x will work wonders for you. I was in the same bout went from 362 to 260 now. Then I got on p90x and have seen more improvements

Starting it in 3 weeks once my best friend and I finish our weight lifting routine. He's been on it before and I saw serious results in both leaning out and building muscle in him. We're currently doing full body weight lifting routines to build (2 month cycle) then switching back to p90 to cut for the next 90 days.

My friend was 40, about 5'10" and 185 in ok shape (not overweight but no muscle tone) when he started. Don't know his weight now but he is pretty cut everywhere but his stomach.

I'm 34, about 5'8" and was a very lean 155ish. At about 163 with much more definition in my arms and chest now (still need a lot more in my chest), but still unhappy with my stomach. Hoping for an end of summer goal of a cut 170 and washboard abs.

I think cycling between weight training and p90 is a really good solution for people looking to gain cut muscle, rather than just mass.

BTW neither of us follow the diet, but thanks to my Vietnamese girlfriend we both eat very well with low carb diets, lots of fresh veggies and lean protein and limited sugar.

Ab Ripper X will give you a good core stabilization workout, for sure.

I HATE ab ripper x whoever invented it should have his genitals burned!!! I'm just saying. Lol