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"When does the soreness stop?!?!"

The first week or so of working out is usually the worst of it. It won't be as bad after a week or so. But you'll always have a little soreness. - you are creating microscopic tears in your muscles after all and building up lactid acid.

Stretching when you wake up or throughout the day will help (in addition to the stretching you do before/after the workout). And make sure you're getting plenty of rest and sleep.

[Edited on August 17, 2010 at 3:49 PM. Reason : quote for new page]

8/17/2010 3:47:21 PM

You will be sore after plyo each week until about week 8 or 9.

8/17/2010 4:20:25 PM

^ that's what I'm figuring. The abs I can tell your body gets used to. 2 days after plyo, my legs are on fire. This is a good workout system so far. The guy is pretty entertaining.

8/18/2010 10:41:49 AM

Review old pages of this thread for some good Tony quotes.

8/18/2010 10:48:11 AM

"That's a short uncle right there."

8/18/2010 10:59:11 AM

^ that one had my rollin the other day!

8/18/2010 3:08:55 PM

The pterodactyl one is still my favorite... that and when he laughs and goes GERMAN POTATO SOUP

Anyway, I think shoulders/arms and kenpo x are my favorite exercises so far. I also like a lot of the legs/back (which is what I'm doing today).

I'm just frustrated. I got down to 156 last week now I'm back up to like 159 which I hope is due to "other issues" (if you get my drift) but it's killing me that I'm trying hard to lose weight but yet the whole time when I was just unpacking and eating whatever, I lost weight! ahjsldfkjalkdfjasdkf


Oh well. I think I'm going to try my hardest not to look at the scale til next week or maybe the week after.

8/20/2010 9:11:55 AM

I've never done P90X but now I want to just because of the funny quotes. That was the most entertaining part of Insanity: "Keep your knees soft when you jack it," etc.

8/20/2010 9:19:31 AM

Tuesday I did Interval X Plus from the P90X+ set. It's kind of half way between P90X Plyo and some of the Insanity workouts. My legs were still sore yesterday but we had a soccer game and all that running loosened them back up. I'd definitely recommend that workout once Plyo gets too easy for you, it's a nice change of pace.

8/20/2010 10:38:48 AM

"Green bean soup? That sounds.. kind of nasty dude"

8/20/2010 11:00:32 AM

"Sweaty sock soup"

8/20/2010 1:29:44 PM

"Stirring up some trouble" (While not a Tony quote per se, it's still apt to the trend)

8/20/2010 1:43:43 PM

"I don't like that he had a funnier line than me!"

8/20/2010 2:27:57 PM

ahahaha I crack up at the green bean soup

8/20/2010 7:07:07 PM

Kenpo is awesome! can't wait til next time for it.

8/21/2010 9:52:48 PM

I seriously can't stand the way he talks in yoga.... the other night I turned on my own music and just had it low enough to where I could just hear him enough to know when to switch poses... towards the end I want to slap him when he's like DON'T HIT MY HANDSSSSS or whatever





but I do love Kenpo

8/28/2010 5:31:27 PM

i just wanted to come in here and say that i hate that guy.

he so freaking annoying (imo of course)

i actually quit doing it b/c of him.


ahahahahaha

8/28/2010 5:37:41 PM

He cracks me up most of the time but that part of yoga and then ab ripper x drives me up a fucking wall


I hate how he's like "EIGHTEEEEEN.... WAIT FOR THE NUMBERRRRR.... NINETEEEEEEEN...." and drags it out

8/28/2010 6:14:34 PM

hahaha yeah.

and actually let me rephrase my last post


he was one of the reasons i stopped doing it.
lol, not the only one

8/28/2010 6:17:23 PM

You can totally silence the audio. Based on what folks from even our small sample have said, I am sure their marketing knows that his personality doesn't gel with some people so they added in that feature. Also, when you're into Day Upper 40's like I am I've heard these videos several times so to keep from going on auto pilot I turn him down and put on some Drum & Bass or NPR so I have to watch the timer and stay focused. That said,

"maximum.......MAXIMUM.........MAXIMUM Reps!"

8/28/2010 6:56:28 PM

anyone else doing the p90x nutrition plan?

I'm starting the meal plan this week, to see how it is.

9/5/2010 6:12:05 PM

^ I did the meal plan once without exercising a bit and lost 20lbs

Quote :

"i just wanted to come in here and say that i hate that guy. he so freaking annoying (imo of course)"

haha, no kidding. I got where I couldn't even watch it anymore after I noticed a part where he is talking to the chick and she totally blows him off like he's not even there. I laugh so hard I can't work out to it.

[Edited on September 5, 2010 at 7:31 PM. Reason : ]

9/5/2010 7:29:41 PM

holy shit really?


did you use the meal plan approach or the portion plan approach?


I'm finding that grocery shopping for all the stuff (meal plan approach) is a bit of a PITA.

9/5/2010 9:15:24 PM

holy hell... chest/triceps/shoulders was a lot harder than I was expecting - I feel like jello.. but in a good way

I didn't really stick to the nutrition plan as much as I should have in phase I so I'm going to make an active effort to stick to it this phase. I haven't been eating bad (well, minus a few times this weekend) but I haven't been losing as much as weight as I want. I made the tuna salad recipe for lunch a few times this week .. I'm hoping it tastes as yummy as it smells

9/6/2010 11:27:08 PM

^ Phase 1 is geared toward fat loss. Both the exercise and nutrition plan. If you'd followed the plan more closely, you probably would have seen better results - more so than following phase II more closely.

Nutrition is extremely important when it comes to weight loss and targeting fat. I think it would be fine to follow a nutrition plan closer to phase I (which is slightly more geared toward fat loss than phase II) while doing the phase II workout routine if you wanted.

9/6/2010 11:43:24 PM

For the record, I lost more than an inch around the waist and tummy so obviously I'm doing something right... but I know I didn't cut out as much fat (food wise) as I should have - I need to be careful with eating cheese and cashews/almonds right now I guess

[Edited on September 6, 2010 at 11:48 PM. Reason : Im just frustrated because the scale isn't moving that much..]

9/6/2010 11:47:41 PM

congrats on the reduction in waistline! That's actually probably a better indicator of your success than weight in and of itself. -- I didn't mean to suggest you were doing anything wrong. But just to point out that if your goal is to cut fat, phase I is more geared toward that than the other phases. So you'd see more success toward that goal by following the phase I nutrition plan than the phase II.


nutritional fat isn't as bad as a lot of people think. The right kind is actually very important and good for you (mono- and poly-unsaturated fats). And saturated fat is more bad for your heart and arteries than it is for body composition necessarily. A lot of nutritional labels break down the fat composition to saturated and unsaturated. But an easy way to tell if you don't have a label is that saturated fat is typically a solid at room temp. Unsaturated fats are liquids (oils) at room temp.

Nuts/almonds/etc. are actually a really good source of fat. Both in quantity and quality.
http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-almonds-i12061

Cheese on the otherhand, is typically a good bit of saturated fat:
http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/food/generic/american-cheese/


If you want to cut body fat, you want to look at calories and specifically calories from carbs. If you look at the nutrition plan for P90X, you'll see that carb intake is lowest during phase 1 (the fat burning phase). And the carb intake increases as you go. You need to reduce carb intake so your body will use body fat for energy rather than the carbs you're consuming. Basically, you're depleting your body of a nutrient that's easy to convert to fuel so that it's forced to convert body fat to fuel instead.

[Edited on September 7, 2010 at 1:42 AM. Reason : links]

9/7/2010 1:27:34 AM

Officially finished my 90 days last week and lost 33 lbs and def fitter compared to 3 months ago. Time for Round 2!

9/7/2010 9:02:04 AM

controlling the appetite is hard for me, fatty likes to eat

9/7/2010 9:14:59 AM

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"Im just frustrated because the scale isn't moving that much.."

I don't do p90x because I'm cheap, weak, and poor but I imagine you're replacing fat weight with muscle weight. Give it some time. I'm simply walking and doing some very light weight training. I didn't lose any weight at all in the first 2 or 3 months, then I really started to lose weight.

I had a similar experience a few years ago. I had a stable weight for a few months, then it finally started coming off. I lost about 15-20 pounds that summer - then gained it all back over the next two years as I nursed some injuries. Now I'm trying to lose it again.

[Edited on September 7, 2010 at 1:46 PM. Reason : -]

9/7/2010 1:44:43 PM

doing better controlling the appetite.

and the days go on.....

9/12/2010 9:15:49 AM

I measured this morning... my weight actually has gone down some (I'm only a pound over my lowest weight so far) and I've lost an inch in my waist and half an inch in the tummy, officially I know I've gained mass in my legs but lost some jiggle, and I've lost some jiggle in my arms and have tightened up... so all in all, good progress so far


downside: pretty sure I was going so hard at kenpo that I hurt my lower back in some way hurts like a mother this morning

9/12/2010 10:35:30 AM

Don't dwell on weight too much, right now you're probably replacing fat with muscle all over your body, and seeing little net change.

Clearly from the inches you're reporting things are definitely changing, so I'd go with how much better you look vice some number, that's also where before/after pics come in because you're not going to notice subtle changes over weeks.

9/12/2010 1:33:14 PM

^ I just posted some "after" pics in the beach body thread I was so proud of myself this morning I walked around in my bikini for an hour, haha

9/12/2010 1:41:35 PM

Starting Round 2 of P90x tomorrow

9/12/2010 4:58:39 PM

I just took some Jack3d a little while ago. Waiting for it to kick on in about 15 to 20 mins, see if it'll help bring some extra intensity to the workout.

9/20/2010 5:37:39 PM

It did help bring an assload of intensity to the workout, I got jacked pretty quickly. However, even after the hour long workout and 30 mins of Ab Ripper X, I was still jacked up. So I went for a quick 2 mile run.

Still jacked up, was hard for me to go to sleep last night.

important lesson learned. I'll take that stuff before working out in the am, but if I do a workout in the pm, I won't take it.

9/21/2010 8:57:18 AM

Any of you kids have good exercise bands? I'm looking at these because I like to have something at home if I don't get a chance to get to the gym.

http://www.amazon.com/Bodylastics-Terrell-Strong-Resistance-System/dp/B00281YAJG/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1285074421&sr=1-12

9/21/2010 9:16:17 AM

nah man, I bought dumbbells and a pullup bar for my garage.

thought about using bands, but then I got kinda wary about using them. For some reason I'm afraid that whatever I have the band tied to/looped around/attached to is going to come out of the wall/floor/whatever and smack me in face.

9/21/2010 9:37:00 AM

Yeah, I have snapped a set of bands before (BECAUSE I'M SO STRONG RARRRRR).

The ones I linked to looked pretty heavy duty. I've got a relatively small condo so don't want to clutter it up with dumbbells. Also would like to have something I could take while traveling.

9/21/2010 9:58:00 AM

Quote :

"Any of you kids have good exercise bands?"

Are you looking to assist with your pull ups? Does anybody use a chair to assist with pull-ups? I would think that you could get a better workout using the bands, but I am not sure how much harder it is.

9/21/2010 7:16:28 PM

i've used both the bands and weights. The bands were not enough resistance and I quickly switched to adjustable dumbbells (powerblocks).

One being a better workout than the other really depends on what you're wanting to do. The good thing about the bands is the constant tension, even through the negative. The bad thing is the resistance, or lack there of. Unless you have some very heavy duty bands (not what you can buy locally), the bands just don't provide enough resistance imo.

If you need it, assisting pull-ups with a chair or stand isn't bad at all. As long as you do it correctly. You should be lightly using your legs. Probably not even so much as using your legs to help lift as just using the support to take away some of the weight of your legs. At the same time, if you can't really do pull-ups at all... then you're probably better off using the lesser resistance of a band.

9/21/2010 7:54:55 PM

Quote :

"For some reason I'm afraid that whatever I have the band tied to/looped around/attached to is going to come out of the wall/floor/whatever and smack me in face."

This happened to me but only because my building is old and the door isn't flush with the frame... I just made sure to move it over farther the next time and it hasn't been a problem

9/28/2010 8:58:12 AM

gah, just finished day 4 - yoga..

jesus.

I cant do a few but got through it all. the last 30 minutes were baller, though.

ohmmmmmmmmm

i want to do this thing so bad. eating thing may be getting easier, but I can see it getting boring later-- I need some good recipes.

10/15/2010 2:09:36 AM

me arms! oh me arms!

10/21/2010 10:06:04 AM

I tried every recipe once and found my favorites, then just repeated those.

Also, there are sites like http://allrecipes.com that have cool functions where you put in what ingredients you want to use, and it will spit out recipes with those ingredients. I have found some really yummy lean meat chilies (chicken, beans, veggies, cheese) that fill me up really well and are very P90Xish. You can pretty much use any spices too, which is nice.

10/22/2010 1:43:41 PM

Just did Legs & Back for the first time in like 3 weeks. I know I'm going to feel that tomorrow

10/23/2010 5:17:28 PM

Trying p90x again.

It's nice to have a spacious apt complex gym with a dvd player, though you do get some weird looks when you're warming up. Finished day 1 last night and I'm jonesin to get in for another round of asswhoopin.

11/21/2010 1:30:54 PM

DAY 35!!!

11/21/2010 2:13:41 PM

Just finished reading all 18 pages of this thread and I'm going to give it a shot.

Video torrent is slowww, but I should have the pdfs this afternoon; gonna go to the grocery store and attempt to buy the right stuff for my meals.
Heading to Walmart/Dicks/PlayItAgain this weekend to pick up a mat and some dumbbells (already have a pullup bar).

I'm a 5'7", 145lb weakling so this should be entertaining. I run in the summer and do pushups/situps/pullups occasionally, but I'm hoping the more structured nature of this workout will keep me active. I'm in okay shape but I wouldn't mind losing the small amount of belly I have. I already eat somewhat healthy, but again I could use more planning/structure to keep me away from greasy stuff.

After reading this thread I can't wait for plyo...

12/3/2010 12:54:35 PM