Any P90X people here ?

Yeah, I tried the bands before we got the pull up bar. It's kind of a hassle. I DO recommend the pull up bar. It just rests there, no installation. Ours was $25 at Walmart.
 
Here's the pullup bar I have: Iron Gym. $39.99 with free shipping.

You can do an entire workout with bands, but I haven't tried that. I think you'll get a lot more with dumbells and a pullup bar. I'll probably order the bands to bring with me when I'm on vacation, just so I can stay in the workout habit, but dumbells and pullup bar work you hard.

I went out and bought some new pants yesterday. When I started P90X 11 weeks ago I was a 36 inch waist. I bought some 34s yesterday and they are actually a tiny bit loose. And again, I would rate my overall effort (diet/doing all workouts) at around an 80% to 85%. If anyone is still unsure about the program, it's for real. For me the biggest thing that helped me get results is that you do everything in your own house, for an average of just over an hour per workout. There is literally no valid excuse to skip workouts. Yeah, I've skipped, but way less than when I was doing the gym thing. And even when I was going to the gym I had a lot of workouts where I just lost the motivation at 30 to 45 minutes in. With P90X I have a guy telling me exactly what to do for the entire workout, and I am working my butt off the entire time.

Last tip, don't order the DVDs from Amazon or Ebay. Go straight through beachbody.com. For the most part if you buy them anywhere else they are knockoffs and A) don't play in most dvd players and B) don't include everything, ie the nutrition guide. I have nothing at all to do with the company, just passing along some first hand info.
 
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I LOVE this program...I put the disc on when I lay down for a nap...puts me out everytime...and when I awake, I swear I've lost weight!
 
Yes the Iron Gym I've looked at, but I gotta check my door width. There was also a golds gym bar, but walmart was out. I'll check that iron gym out tomorrow. I'm going to start my program on Tue. 13th, after our vacation.
 
You can definitely put on size/muscle. I've been doing 15 rep sets because I wanted to trim down a bit. You will want to do 6 to 8 rep sets where you really struggle on the last 3 reps. That will build you up.
 
Yes, but they'll suggest bulking products. If you follow the program as described in the manual, you will get extremely ripped if you're already skinny. Some like to call it the bruce lee body.. My little brother "skinny mini" did it and he's ripped now.


Check out youtube P90x transformations

Just a couple I could find, some skinny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuEtmfQFOS0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3bZgMO31hQ&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqAO0I2nMH4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYVyxDM0GYI&feature=related
 
Ok finally found a pull up bar that will work. I went to buy the iron gym and on my way we stopped at Marshals, found a bar for $20 works awesome.
 
intrigued potential buyer, let's say I have the pull up bar and some dumb bells, is that all the equipment I need?
 
That's all I use. They recommend a yoga mat, but I just use the carpet floor. Works fine. Also, the yoga block might be helpful if you're unbalanced. I haven't tried it, but I find myself pretty balanced through most of it. You'll also need a chair to kick your feet over, and do a few exercises on. I think you should be pretty set.
 
twocik23 said:
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Good luck and stick with it! Next week is my week 13 and then I'm through with the first 90 days! Like I said, I gave an overall 80% to 85% effort, and I still saw great results. Now that I'm in the habit this is a daily routine for me. Next 90 day cycle I'm going to work on bumping up my effort by missing less workouts and making my diet a little healthier, ie more planned meals so I don't end up eating junk on the weekends. I'm also going to change my routine to the doubles routine.

Standing on the other side of my first 90 days, I'm really excited to see anyone else jump in. If there's anything I can do to help, even just offer some encouragement, let me know.

Keep pushing play!
 
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Blade Borge said:
intrigued potential buyer, let's say I have the pull up bar and some dumb bells, is that all the equipment I need?
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That's pretty much it. Personally, I would say get the yoga mat, but don't let not having one stop you. I bought mine from walmart for about $20.

Again, I'd steer clear from ordering it from Amazon or anywhere other than beachbody.com. My discs (from Amazon) won't even play any more. Luckily, my neighbor happened to have them all ripped, so I just watch on my laptop now.
 
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My wife and I purchased the program from a friend a few months ago, and life has been so busy we haven't been able to start it... we were going to go shop for our "gear" tonight. What should we get? We're in an apartment, so I don't think the pull up bar is an option. We don't want to dish out a ton of dough either. What do you all suggest?
 
If you're handy with drywall repair (assuming that your apartment is drywall, which is a good bet) you can mount a pull-up bar with appropriate fasteners and patch/paint the holes away come moving-time...

...there are also chin-up bars that are designed to mount in a doorway opening using the case plus friction to stay in place. No fasteners, no patching, no fixing and you put it up when you want to use it then take it down when you're done - but your doorways must have case molds for the thing to grip and stay in place.

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...like this ^

and it's even sold by the p90 people.
 
I was looking at this program, but I heard that you have to be in halfway decent shape all ready if you're going to make it through the whole thing.

I am not in halfway decent shape.

Does anybody know any programs for people like myself that could serve as a warm-up to P90X?
 
Does anybody know any programs for people like myself that could serve as a warm-up to P90X?
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Parkour. I'm serious.
First it's free. Almost every major city in the US has guys that train and are willing to teach you. I've been training for four years and taught numerous people. I had this one guy that was 220 when he started with me. After a month he was down to 200. Last I heard from him, he was 180 and joining the Marines.

PK isn't about jumping off the highest structure you can find. 99.9% of what we do is done at ground level. It's also progressive, in that the more you train, more you can do and the stronger you get. It's a total body workout, and practical as well.

I know that all sounded like a sales pitch, but it's something I'm passionate about and I know it works. Let me know if you're interested and I can probably hook you up with some guys near Sherman Oaks.
 
Blade Borge said:
I'm a skinny dude that wants to get bigger, is this right for me? With the diet plan and everything?
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I used to be 132 pounds, at 19, before I started working out. For me what worked best was just loading up on a ton of protein shakes, high protein diet in general, but more like high quality calorie diet, and working out hard. I didn't start out with doing any cardio whatsoever, not to say it's not good, but it wasn't a focus of mine. I worked with a trainer and did heavy lifting, starting out just learning the basics and learning body mechanics, and then getting into it more, and really pushing hard. I gained about 15 pounds in the first 3.5 months, and after that it was more gradual, I think another 15 pounds in the next 12 months. Now I'm at about 180 pounds, 5'10", but that is many years later with mature muscle fiber. I would say I was at 165-170 for the majority of the last 5 years. It's only recently I've been able to put on even more muscle, I think because the muscle is mature enough it can keep growing. I felt I was stuck for a while there.

The key really is diet, though, if you want to gain muscle you need to work out hard, but if you are anything like me, you need to eat A LOT. You eat all of the time, and you force it down. It was a complete lifestyle thing for me, I would really focus each day on sleeping 8 hours, eating high quality protein, and eating a lot. There were I would say at least 15-20 occasions where I nearly threw up at the end of the day with that final protein shake, because it would be a blender full of Myoplex, strawberries, banana, milk, and a bit of ice, and it would make 3 full large glasses. It would take me 45 minutes usually to drink it all and I would sometimes be ok, but other times it felt like I was going to burst. And even then it was tough gaining weight. I would shoot for 4,000 calories per day, 4,500 if possible. Anything 3,500 or less and I would be unable to gain a pound.

It's pretty easy to burn 1,000 calories during a workout or at least as a net. The thing that never impressed me about cardio (though I do cardio about 5 days a week now, 45-60 minutes per time) is that you can't really burn calories at the same rate as weight lifting and it's like working a normal job -- you only get benefits while working. It's the difference between owning a company and working for Wal-Mart. One, you keep making money even when you're not working. The other, you only make it while you're working. Well, cardio you only burn calories while you're doing it. Weight lifting, you keep burning calories all day long, your muscles are repairing and on top of that, the more muscle, the higher your metabolism, and the higher your energy needs, so you burn more calories even while doing nothing at all. It's why I could eat whatever I felt like and still not gain weight, even when I wanted to.
 
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