Duck Rodgers
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Earphones don't exactly mute the heavy breathing/ grunting and groaning either. Get a ****ing muzzle too while you're at it.
P90x
- Thread starter larryselbows
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I think the point of at home workouts is because people don't like to go to they gym when they are out of shape. P90X is still just working out, you can get just as good a workout at the gym if you really want to. I'd just keep going to the gym if I were you.
Beantown
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larryselbows
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Week 3
Ok so not a lot new to really tell about. I'm still noticing small improvements here and there. My pull-ups have increased from like 3 or 4 at the beginning to around 8 at this point. Push-ups are also showing a lot of improvement as well. When I wake up in the morning and am super dehydrated, I can see my six pack pretty well.
Also, at the end of week 3 my body started to have minor issues, I couldn't finish kenpo because the kicks were causing my right hamstring to tighten up at about the 48 minute mark, so I quit with 10 minutes left and am hoping that loosens up. Week 4 is a welcome benchmark as it has no weight lifting involved, I am looking forward to letting my muscles recover. So this week is just yoga, core synergistics, kenpo, and stretching, then the real work starts in weeks 5-7 when I start the next batch of "muscle confusion". Sounds fancy, I know.
Ok so not a lot new to really tell about. I'm still noticing small improvements here and there. My pull-ups have increased from like 3 or 4 at the beginning to around 8 at this point. Push-ups are also showing a lot of improvement as well. When I wake up in the morning and am super dehydrated, I can see my six pack pretty well.
Also, at the end of week 3 my body started to have minor issues, I couldn't finish kenpo because the kicks were causing my right hamstring to tighten up at about the 48 minute mark, so I quit with 10 minutes left and am hoping that loosens up. Week 4 is a welcome benchmark as it has no weight lifting involved, I am looking forward to letting my muscles recover. So this week is just yoga, core synergistics, kenpo, and stretching, then the real work starts in weeks 5-7 when I start the next batch of "muscle confusion". Sounds fancy, I know.
larryselbows
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That's awesome man. Keep it up!
larryselbows
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I think the gym can give you similar results as p90x, all that p90 gives you is structure. It basically instructs you how to work muscles that most people are pretty unfamiliar with working. I often find myself in awkward physical positions, but am grateful later for doing them. I think that some workouts may be a little loud with clanging weights and jump exercises so maybe this workout is not for your situation, but I would say that if in the future you are still interested, don't be afraid to substitute the gym for p90, it works.
balli
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Cool. Good plan. I was in decent shape, already thin and whatnot and it still took took me three weeks of doing workouts and quitting halfway through and skipping days and generally being sore as hell before I admitted that I'd been failing and had to start over from scratch. Which is what I did and since then it's been on.
Though just doing Yoga's not gonna be enough, tbh. Even if that workout is TOUGH. Get ready to not be able to straighten your arms for 48 hours after you do chest and shoulders the first time, start and quit legs and back a couple times and throw up during plyometrics and the like. I don't know, maybe the wifey keeps you busy enough that you won't get sore from pushups, but if I were you I'd plan on going through the whole set of week 1-3 workouts a couple/few times before you get enough of a jumpstart that you'll be able to do them completely and in succession.
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This is what I did on the advice of my friend who introduced me to the program. First week or so took it at 50-75% then turned it up. Seemed to help.
Good call. I'm not even close to getting through the Yoga DVD before I'm completely wasted, so I'm certain I won't be starting the 'real thing' in two weeks like I had planned. Once I can get myself through the Yoga DVD without pausing, I will then venture into the real thing. As it stands, I am REALLY enjoying the Yoga, which is a huge surprise to me, and can't wait to get up in the morning and do it again. I know, I know, it's serious.
I have a hot-pink yoga mat, btw. Hawt.
Just when I thought you couldn't get any more sexy, you pull out this.
Replace neck with biceps and abs and you are spot on.
Duck Rodgers
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Is that Matt Harping in the video? What a stud.
larryselbows
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Week 4
Last week was the break and it was much needed. This week I switched to the phase 2 "energy boost" diet, and I feel more peppy, but it might be that my body has recovered during the rest week (by rest week I mean a week of minimal weight lifting, I still did a fair amount of yoga and core synergistics). I am 2 workouts into Week 5, I notice that I am getting stronger. Today was plyometrics and strangely it was the most difficult it has ever been. I think that my muscles in my legs are getting more conditioned than my cardiovascular system so I find myself short of breath and having to take breaks often.
Last week was the break and it was much needed. This week I switched to the phase 2 "energy boost" diet, and I feel more peppy, but it might be that my body has recovered during the rest week (by rest week I mean a week of minimal weight lifting, I still did a fair amount of yoga and core synergistics). I am 2 workouts into Week 5, I notice that I am getting stronger. Today was plyometrics and strangely it was the most difficult it has ever been. I think that my muscles in my legs are getting more conditioned than my cardiovascular system so I find myself short of breath and having to take breaks often.
balli
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Where plyo breaks me down isn't the overall workout, which indeed does a number on me, but there'll be like 15 or so seconds at a time where I just feel like I'm going to die. Like, when Tony goes to double time on the rock star jumps and jump knee squats and you're just landing and exploding over and over and over again (which is the classic, true definition of plyometrics). That **** kills me muscle and cardio wise and then it's over and you're supposedly onto the next workout, but really, there's nothing you can do but hit the pause button.
In general, I try to get up and land really soft for the duration, both of which make the workout exponentially harder. I do appreciate that it gets a tad easier towards the last third. Needless, it's still and will continue to be my least favorite.