p90x (Page 13)

Anyone else creeped out by Tony Horton's monkey-like toes on yogax?

lol. I did legs and back Wednesday and i'm still sore. I love P90X!

Its a good sore...LOL.

I was doing P90X before I started running and training for my first TAT.

I found the muscle conditioning workouts that were more useful were the ones in the later weeks (4-9, instead of 1-3). I think this is legs and back, chest, shoulders & tris, and back and biceps (??) - I could be off since I haven't done it in a while.

Plyo is death...but probably one of the best workouts you could ever do - so I would stick with this about once a week. IMO, it helps with fast twitch muscles which I believe has helped me reserve energy and sprint and the end of long runs.

Kenpo was fun but likely a bit useless if you are doing a bunch of cardio already. The Yoga was probably beneficial but I never found Tony screaming at you to be calming, which defeats the purpose of yoga...plus it was long, so I would try a different yoga routine if you want to do yoga. I never did the stretching video but I probably should as I'm horribly inflexible.

Core Synergies was my fave...I'm sure it would help with tri stuff because a strong core really helps for a strong swim.

So great to find some fellow X-ers. I have yet to complete the entire P90x program (got about 2 months into it and burned out), but I have integrated Ab Ripper, Stretch and Yoga into my training.

My girlfriend began the program with me back in January, and she cannot stand Tony at this point. He's never really bothered me though.

Lots of comments about Yoga on here - I do wish it was only an hour, or that the moving vinyasas were at the end of the workout. I find that by the time I hit the hour mark, I'm starting to get bored.

P90X has gotten huge this year, and I understand why, its fun and it works. I went through a full round before doing my first tri this year, and would have failed miserably without it. I still do the resistance workouts along with my tri trianing, but have since added heavy weight(max all sets out at 6 reps, if not, add wieght) and just follow the workout sheets and the warm up and cool down portions(makes them go by faster).

Plyo still kicks my butt, Yoga could definitely handle being a little shorter, but it feels so good when your done, and ill agree, I now find kenpo useless with all the cardio I get in. 

Jim Rome is now doing P90x and is constantly talking about it and doing ads on his ESPN show, thats huge!

I've been thinking about adding this to my workout routine to kick my into more weight loss, but I just can't get over the fact that I'll have to do it in my third story apartment in front of a TV. If there is jumping involved, I can't imagine my downstairs neighbor will like me too much. Is there a a way to do this outside instead? I haven't bought the DVD yet (hoping to borrow them from a friend) but I'd love to get the workouts on paper if possible. Thoughts?

I can send you the "papers", but you still have to see what you are doing and get the timing down. The how to do is way more important then the time though.

I thought P90x was more like the gimmick Tae-bo of the 90's.  I was wrong. In my first week and this is a legit workout.  I'm very sore still from all the pull ups and plyometrics.  Yoga tonight, which I've never done a day in my life, so I'll probably be very sore tomorrow.

The six nights a week is going to make it tough but I'm doing this with my wife so we are motivating each other and pushing.  Tony Horton is already getting on my nerves with his "check us out on the web" and "this is a good time for a recovery drink, I highly recommend it"


The Ab Ripper X is just a crime against humanity. 

P90X is definitely no joke and ABX is a crime for sure. I get tired of anyone's voice after an hour straight.

Been told P90x is basically crossfit in your home.  True???

I've seen some of the crossfit videos with the olympic lifts and not it's not like that.  There are alot of supersets.  Chest and back is a ton of pushups and pullups with varying angles and grips that will make you want to cry but it's worth it.  Shoulders and arms isn't that bad but I'm used to that and yoga is tougher than it looks for a guy that's never done yoga.  So far the polymetrics is the toughest so far.  It involves explosive jumping movements in a leg workout/cardio routine.  I almost spewed on that one.  Check out the website, it has videos of some of the workouts to give you an idea. 

I've been stuck in the rut of going to the gym and doing my typical workouts for a while and when I don't do as much cardio as I should I pack on the pounds and this is a huge change and I've lost 3 pounds in a week.

I did a full round of P90X and started over again, but when I got to week 3 my hubby brought home a borrowed set of the Insanity program so that's what I've been doing since....and today is my last day of that program!!! (Well, tomorrow is technically my last day but I've been skipping Saturdays since that's when I do my long runs.)

I do love P90X and have seen some amazing results!  But....Insanity makes Plyo X feel like a cake walk!  I am thinking of taking next week off from all forms of video workouts, but after that I may try to do P90X 2x per week and Insanity 1x per week on the days that I don't have to run.  We'll see...

Oh and Tony does get annoying after awhile - those pterodactyl sounds and that "I know they're working hard..." during Ab Ripper X....Ack!

hi i'm doing p90x and currently on my 2nd round. i scraped of kenpo because i am into 2 martial arts which i have been actively practising. yoga is quite long and boring but i need it to some extent.

Did my first P90X workout yesterday. I really, liked it. I'm sore today. It was the chest/back and ab ripper. I felt weak! I was supposed to do the Plyometrics today, but the weather was so nice I did a bike ride instead.

Edited by lextek 2010-09-23 8:39 PM

I love the P90X workouts.  After doing my first round, I saw a significant increase in how far and long I could run.  Not to mention it helped me drop 50 lbs so that probably helped relieve some stress from my legs carrying all that weight.  Lately I've been doing tri training with a lot of swimming and running and some biking, but prefer P90X routines until I start training for an actual triathlon.  Bought Insanity a while back, but didn't like it as much.  It's way too much cardio and not enough strength training, IMO.  Might put them together one day and do Insanity for all the cardio days of P90X.  We'll see if that happens.

Edited by Lito 2010-09-28 11:56 AM

I am just starting my first real week.  I ran through the workouts last week but mostly at half speed and effort just to see the exercises and get the right equipment/weights.  I'm skipping the Kenpo workouts because I'll likely be running or biking a few times a week anyways.  Also skipping Plyometrics during the first round because of a leg injury (please see my post in the health/injury thread if you know anything about stress fractures!).

Yesterday...Chest & Back.  This morning...could barely raise my arm to brush my teeth.  SO FAR, SO GOOD!

Just a day ahead of you Johnny. Plyo yesterday and Shoulders and Arms today.

Just started P90x again yesterday after laying off during tri season.  Amazing how much that first Chest/Back workout can burn the next day if I do not keep at the routine.

I just started the P90X today for the off-season. That was one killer workout... I am looking forward to see what else is in store and shedding some of this fat.

I just did Ironman Fl and I was looking for something to build core and Flex. I also a break after all the L.S.D.  I had a friend do P90X last spring and he liked so I ordered it this morning. I hope to talk the wife into it she seems mildly interested. Any advice for me pit falls or something need to watch out for? best equipment to buy and where to buy it? I plan to give it a good 90day try!

Some friends and I are starting Monday. Going to the gym for the chin-up bar stuff. Maybe take a portable DVD player there? Hmm.