P90X - Bring It!!

[5678]

Hoofy said:

5678 said:

I'm on day 3 of my reduced calorie diet now too. Aiming for around 1600-1700 calories a day and it's surprisingly easy to hit. Cut out all food after 6pm and have cut down on the carbs whilst upping the protein. Once I have the P90x diet planner then I'll see how that fits with what I'm doing.

I would recommend following the diet and exercise to the letter unless you know better... otherwise, results may differ.

I appreciate that. But it's the one area I'm prepared to deviate from gospel on. The sheer practicalities of having to feed our son as well mean we can't start cooking two meals etc.

[King Herald]

StevieBee said:

This is quite inspiring!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCI7k4sZqsA

Wow, that is a lot of work and dedication.

Several times over the decades I have 'blossomed' to over 100kg, then after a few years I've suddenly gone all sensible and scrubbed down to less than 90, with diet and exercise.

But despite looking and feeling great I eventually seem to lose drive, lose my willpower, and slowly but surely creep back up to be a porker once again. We're talking over a couple of years, not some fanatic yo-yo dieting frenzy.

[Hoofy]

King Herald said:

Wow, that is a lot of work and dedication.

Several times over the decades I have 'blossomed' to over 100kg, then after a few years I've suddenly gone all sensible and scrubbed down to less than 90, with diet and exercise.

But despite looking and feeling great I eventually seem to lose drive, lose my willpower, and slowly but surely creep back up to be a porker once again. We're talking over a couple of years, not some fanatic yo-yo dieting frenzy.

You need to adopt a lifestyle that works for you. Whether it's going steady with portions or doing regular exercise or sport... or both.

[5potTurbo]

I'm pretty sure I saw this advertised on TV ion the U.S when I was there in May, and I have to say, I was sceptical....

BUT, I think I should seriously get into this.
I turned 42 today, am a lazy office worker, 1.81m tall and 113kg. OOF!
I'm about to take out another mortgage to build a new house and life insurance is required on the loan, the premium's payable in a single lump sum, even for a 20y policy - my last policy was loaded 30% because of my weight, and I was younger and slimmer then than I am now. *sobs*

So, time to get off my lazy arse and use the spare room to train in!


ETA: It was INSANITY I saw on TV in the U.S., but that's a 60 day programme.

Edited by 5potTurbo on Wednesday 18th July 12:21

[fatpasty]

Hoofy said:

Ordinary_Chap said:

Hoofy said:

Ordinary_Chap said:

Hoofy said:

Can't you add fruit juice or something to it?

If you want!

Right. So... you prefer the cat vomit flavour. I understand. You hear about all these protein shakes... and it kinda feels wrong.

Rock !SOLID! !KILL EVERY MOFO! Whey Protein...
For Real Men who don't take no st!
In two great flavours: Strawberry Sundae and Caramel Fudge.

I mean, real men would drink beef flavour protein shake... or cast iron filings flavour... or radioactive waste flavour.

Were you on the pop last night buddy?

Anyway I prefer to drink something water based when training and my lazyness in buying any flavouring drops or similar is the reason I drink it with water alone.

The truth is always so much duller right?

Bah. *takes you off his Hero list*

haha ... I recieved a new batch of protein last week and I went for the unflavoured one for keeping the cost down. Big mistake at first. It tastes awful. Just close your eyes and gloup it asap! Last couple of days I have put a spoonful of choco powder in it and it has transformed the taste. Not a fan of chocolate but it just take the edge off it.

I think it is just the cadburys highlight drink powder. One scoop. Job done.

[ParanoidAndroid]

Right, ordered this to give it a bash.

Do you guys do any other training whilst on P90X or have you stopped everything else purely to concentrate on this? Reason I ask is I currently do Circuits once a week and karate twice a week, can drop the circuits no problem but would like to continue with the karate as I can't really afford to give that up for 3 months. I guess I'll have to see how I get on but don't want to over do it and leave little time for recovery. The karate can be a bit intense at times!

[Hoofy]

Unless you have another reason for doing circuits, I'd swap that out for the P90X training. As for Karate, you could line the exercises up so the P90X session that is most like Karate is on the same day and you skip that section of the training. That's what I'd do, anyway.

[croakey]

I'll give an update...

Monday - chest and back (hard work but managed reduced reps - but as he says do your best ignore the rest ) also abripper x , hard work but can definately feel it

Tuesday - plyometrics , incredibly hard work, much higher impact

Wednesday - couldn't walk , appear to have reawoken the knee injury that stopped me playing squash , couldn't put weight on it, couldn't bend it etc

Thursday - could walk reasonably well

Friday - planned to get back onto it with yoga but popped the windscreen on the car and spent all day sorting it out

Next week...

Back on it full time and a much stricter diet, once you start I can subscribe to the mentality of needing to keep doing it

[JQ]

My DVD's arrived yesterday, along with pull-up bar, yoga bricks, exercise mats and bands so we're good to go. However, on Thursday me and the Mrs are off to Prague for 4 days without the kids so intend to make the most of it and will start once we've returned. Although I am upping my normal routine to make sure I'm ready for it - ran the 12.5km to work yesterday and surprisingly don't feel too bad today.

I also intend to carry on cycling to work everyday whilst doing the program (25km round trip), hopefully I'll still be able to manage it.

[King Herald]

Hoofy said:

You need to adopt a lifestyle that works for you. Whether it's going steady with portions or doing regular exercise or sport... or both.

I work offshore five weeks on five, off, and I used to lose weight when on the ship, working out every day, but gain it at home. I did that for years and years.

Now that seems to have reversed, just can't seem to get into the old exercise regime nowadays. When I'm at home I'm usually busy working on the house we just built or sweating around in the garage, all day, every day. I go offshore for a rest. lol

[5678]

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.

[Hoofy]

King Herald said:

I work offshore five weeks on five, off, and I used to lose weight when on the ship, working out every day, but gain it at home. I did that for years and years.

Now that seems to have reversed, just can't seem to get into the old exercise regime nowadays. When I'm at home I'm usually busy working on the house we just built or sweating around in the garage, all day, every day. I go offshore for a rest. lol

If you're actually doing physical stuff then your issue is that you're eating too much. Or too little.

[Halb]

King Herald said:

Several times over the decades I have 'blossomed' to over 100kg, then after a few years I've suddenly gone all sensible and scrubbed down to less than 90, with diet and exercise.
But despite looking and feeling great I eventually seem to lose drive, lose my willpower, and slowly but surely creep back up to be a porker once again. We're talking over a couple of years, not some fanatic yo-yo dieting frenzy.

Western society is designed to make you fat and unhealthy. Just taking a stand is an effort. Society needs to change as well.

[Hoofy]

Halb said:

Western society is designed to make you fat and unhealthy. Just taking a stand is an effort. Society needs to change as well.

Agreed. On MFP, threads often pop up complaining about how unsupportive their family and friends are. Actually, about 70% of mine are the same but I'm pigheaded and love an argument.

[fatpasty]

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.

How has your first few days been??

[ArsE92]

I think I'm going to order this today. It's good to see positive feedback and on the Amazon reviews someone has posted a link that shows a decent transformation of a guy in 90 days.

[5678]

fatpasty said:

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.

How has your first few days been??

An abysmal fail!

I managed to bugger my foot whilst playing with Son in the garden over the weekend. So, we've slipped a week

The good news is that the diet is going well though. Sticking to around 1600 calories a day and cutting the carbs down, but not out completely. The carbs I am eating are complex wholewheat too. I'm seeing a noticeable difference after just 1 week. The belly is smaller which I am happy about, I pile weight on around the middle and this is where I need to shift it most.

We're no planning to do the fit test Saturday, or potentially Monday if my foot still isn't up to scratch.

[StevieBee]

ParanoidAndroid said:

Do you guys do any other training whilst on P90X or have you stopped everything else purely to concentrate on this?

For the first two weeks, I maintained a twice weekly trip to the gym but have since cancelled my subscription for no other reason that it simply wasn't needed and I got - and continue to get - far more out of P90X.


I'm seeing one other advantage this week on account of me currently working in Azerbaijan for a few days. Brought the DVDs with me along with the bands so haven't interrupted the training schedule while I'm away from home. Can't really do that with a gym!! :-)

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.

[ascayman]

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.

[StevieBee]

Hoofy said:

Halb said:

Western society is designed to make you fat and unhealthy. Just taking a stand is an effort. Society needs to change as well.

Agreed. On MFP, threads often pop up complaining about how unsupportive their family and friends are. Actually, about 70% of mine are the same but I'm pigheaded and love an argument.

There was an interesting threat on one the US P90X forums about society's negativity towards those who seek to improve themselves, particularly towards middle-aged men.

Men in their 40s represent the largest group who have committed to improve their health and is arguably the best decade in which to do so. This is driven by the fact that it is in your 40s that you become very aware of your own mortality as the weddings and christenings that have taken up much of your youthful weekends previously slowly get replaced by funerals of aunts, uncles..parents. You wake up to the fact that the conveyor ahead of you is becoming very empty. But, unless you have completely ripped the arse out of your life to this point, you physically retain a great deal of what you had in your 20s and 30s in terms of performance ability so you still retain the ability to develop a very high level of fitness and physical appearance so that the length of the conveyor belt is increased and your time on it far more enjoyable, productive and positive.

The problem is other people who view this approach as being a 'mid-life-crisis' or an ill-feted attempt to cling to youth. The fitter and better looking you become, the more cynical and critical others become of your transformation.

Personally, I use this as a spur to push forward and leave the cynical masses to grow fatter.