P90X - Bring It!!

[ParanoidAndroid]

StevieBee said:

Just a heads up for the newbies, don't skip the fit test before you start. I did and it wasn't worth it. If you need to develop to meet the minimum suggested levels, the two bonus workouts in the pack are ideal for this. It's well worth a week or so building up - you'll progress much faster.

Thanks, not received my DVD's yet but had originally planned to skip this test completely. I also need to get some before pictures for inspiration!

Edited to add: Just turned 40 this year

Edited by ParanoidAndroid on Wednesday 25th July 15:33

[StevieBee]

ParanoidAndroid said:

Thanks, not received my DVD's yet but had originally planned to skip this test completely. I also need to get some before pictures for inspiration!

Edited to add: Just turned 40 this year

Edited by ParanoidAndroid on Wednesday 25th July 15:33

You may not need it and unless you're a complete tubber, it's not that hard but there are a few things that will make the difference.

Belated happy 40th by the way. Welcome to the dark side! - rest easy though because do this, and you'll be fitter at 41 than you were at 40!

[ArsE92]

Ordered!

[Hoofy]

ascayman said:

Hoofy said:

If you haven't started anything, why not try this: http://www.6weeksixpack.com/

Would be interested to see the results; it's a similar routine to P90X. No need to give the guy money.</tightwad>

Have you done it? looks a bit to good to be true.

Nothing wrong with it. In fact, I cannot see the point in buying P90X or Insanity with this kind of info out there free of charge.

I've adapted my weekly routine massively to take on board what he's teaching. He's aimed it at beginners and as I'd been training seriously for about a year, didn't want to take it easy by following his course to the letter. Point is, I understand why what he's saying works. I've also been helping others basing my advice on what he's getting people to do and they've experienced positive changes.

[fatpasty]

http://www.6weeksixpack.com/

Has anyone actually done this??

[StevieBee]

fatpasty said:

http://www.6weeksixpack.com/

Has anyone actually done this??

I have had a look at this and it doesn't look that bad.

However, the thing about P90X is that's it not just an exercise programme but a nutrition guide and provides a lot of mindset training too. Personally, I find Tony Horton both motivational and quite entertaining which makes putting on the DVD something to look forward to rather than a 'have to' kind of thing - and the message board and forum support is excellent as well.

[fatpasty]

StevieBee said:

I have had a look at this and it doesn't look that bad.

However, the thing about P90X is that's it not just an exercise programme but a nutrition guide and provides a lot of mindset training too. Personally, I find Tony Horton both motivational and quite entertaining which makes putting on the DVD something to look forward to rather than a 'have to' kind of thing - and the message board and forum support is excellent as well.

I agree I've have the programme downloaded for some time now. I'm doing Insanity at the minute. May move on to this afterwards.

[Hoofy]

StevieBee said:

fatpasty said:

http://www.6weeksixpack.com/

Has anyone actually done this??

I have had a look at this and it doesn't look that bad.

However, the thing about P90X is that's it not just an exercise programme but a nutrition guide and provides a lot of mindset training too. Personally, I find Tony Horton both motivational and quite entertaining which makes putting on the DVD something to look forward to rather than a 'have to' kind of thing - and the message board and forum support is excellent as well.

Yeah, the above website's owner sells the nutrition part but you can pretty much guess it does not involve 10 pints of beer and a large kebab and chips every evening.

[southendpier]

5678 said:

Today is prep day for me! Wife and I are going to watch all the intro DVD today and go through all of the books. We start tomorrow!

I still need to dig out the yoga mat, potentially a trip to somewhere like sports direct for another though.

It is good to have a training partner but you will need a lot of space to train together.

[5678]

southendpier said:

It is good to have a training partner but you will need a lot of space to train together.

I think we will be OK. The room we are in is large and has a couple of doors so that we can both use bands instead of pull up bars.

[ArsE92]

My P90X pack has arrived

The DVD's don't work on PS3

I'll have to wait until the weekend now before I can get to my laptop and 'rip' them, then transfer them to my tablet

[StevieBee]

ArsE92 said:

My P90X pack has arrived

The DVD's don't work on PS3

I'll have to wait until the weekend now before I can get to my laptop and 'rip' them, then transfer them to my tablet

DVDs are set to region '0' so should work any any normal DVD player - even a cheapy from Asda.

Won't work on any blu-ray based device.

[ArsE92]

StevieBee said:

ArsE92 said:

My P90X pack has arrived

The DVD's don't work on PS3

I'll have to wait until the weekend now before I can get to my laptop and 'rip' them, then transfer them to my tablet

DVDs are set to region '0' so should work any any normal DVD player - even a cheapy from Asda.

Won't work on any blu-ray based device.

Ah thanks, didn't realise that. It's no biggy anyway as I won't be doing the workouts in that room anyway. It was always my intention to transfer them to my tablet, but I wanted to just quickly watch the first DVD.

The rest of the 'paraphernalia' looks interesting.

[ParanoidAndroid]

How's everyone getting on? My DVD's still haven't arrived - seems a cock up by Beachbody, hopefully will be here this week.

Stumbled across this site which may help us in the UK.

http://www.p90xukusers.co.uk

[5678]

Well, first night last night!

Chest and back wasn't too bad, I'm rubbish at pressups though so a lot of work to do there. (Military ones were almost impossible!)

AbRipperX was damn hard though. It was pretty embarrassing how bad I was! It seems I've got strength to lift my upper body, but to lift the legs and do a lot of those moves was VERY difficult.

Still, that's what it's about! My Wife is still keen too and we're quite looking forward to Plyo tonight.

The diet is still going well, sticking to around 1500 calories is surprisingly easy and I'm noticing clothes being looser already.

[5678]

StevieBee said:

Won't work on any blu-ray based device.

They work on my Sony BD player?

[5678]

Ah, the other thing I wanted some advice on is recovery drinks.

We have a very healthy diet (I just used to eat too much!) so I was a little cynical to needing anything like that. But after last night, it's shown me that I would benefit from it. We will be exercising after we've eaten dinner so no meal to fill up on after training.

What would people recommend in terms of a good recovery drink? I even read stuff about Chocolate milk being good!

[clonmult]

StevieBee said:

fatpasty said:

http://www.6weeksixpack.com/

Has anyone actually done this??

I have had a look at this and it doesn't look that bad.

However, the thing about P90X is that's it not just an exercise programme but a nutrition guide and provides a lot of mindset training too. Personally, I find Tony Horton both motivational and quite entertaining which makes putting on the DVD something to look forward to rather than a 'have to' kind of thing - and the message board and forum support is excellent as well.

Reckon I'll give that a go; currently trying some GVT on the chest/arms, will be good to see if I can add something else to the routine. Thankfully I have no issues with mindset or nutrition, I just need a target every so often.

[fatpasty]

5678 said:

Ah, the other thing I wanted some advice on is recovery drinks.

We have a very healthy diet (I just used to eat too much!) so I was a little cynical to needing anything like that. But after last night, it's shown me that I would benefit from it. We will be exercising after we've eaten dinner so no meal to fill up on after training.

What would people recommend in terms of a good recovery drink? I even read stuff about Chocolate milk being good!

I have a protien shake after each workout and bcaa is good to help reduce stiffness and pains.

[5678]

fatpasty said:

I have a protien shake after each workout and bcaa is good to help reduce stiffness and pains.

Are the shakes fairly generic or are some better than others? I'll google bcaa.