Another p90X Question about leg work

[Lynn M.]

Calling all P90X exercisers..!

I am in my second week and I am wondering if those of you who are farther into the program are liking the results you are seeing with the leg work in the series.

Do you do the program as is as far the leg work or do you sub in something else? I am a pear and my legs/thighs/glute area is my trouble spot. It doesn't seem like light/no weight work is going to hit that area enough for me, but I want to stay consistent with the program.

If any of you have any suggestions or experience to share, I'd love to hear them!


Thanks in advance, Lynn M.

 

[kathryn]

I did the first 8 weeks with no additional leg work (besides Legs and Back, Plyo--which is definitely a leg workout--and Yoga X--another leg workout in disguise!) It has made my legs tighter and leaner, but my rear is smaller and lower, not the effect I'm going for. So the past couple of weeks, I've been adding some heavy leg presses on my Soloflex Rockit on the Plyo X day. A couple of times, I did the presses after Plyo X, but last time, I did a set during the breaks in Plyo X (and added on an additional break after the presses).

 

[Kepi]

Hi Lynn. You can also add weights to most of the leg workout. This is what I do and I've been really happy with the results. I think there are only a couple of the exercises that I don't use weights, Debbie Siebers squats and both wall squats. I think there's another exercise that I don't use weights, but I can't think of it right now.

 

[macska]

I also add more legs. Today I added the new Cathe HighStep training's lower body part. Other days maybe PH or MIS or Legs and Glutes.

 

[Mckmain]

Lynne....I had always worked my legs 3 times a week before P90X, so once a week is killing me......I usually do one of Cathe's lower body weight workouts (I have them all) on tues then the P90X legs and back on friday. I have definitely noticed my legs getting smaller and getting the muscle tone back, but I have also cleaned up my diet and lost weight. I am also a pear........Carole

 

[jordan]

Hi Lynn
After only a couple of weeks, I have lost muscle tone in my legs using P90X as stated in the manual. The progess on my glutes is also suffering. I am disappointed but I want to stick with it for a while to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. My legs are normally not a problem for me. My glutes are another story. So far I wouldn't recommend this workout to someone who needs work on their lower body. At the very least I might suggest alternating or adding additional lower body work.

 

[Lynn M.]

Hi everybody:

Thanks so much for the feedback on what you are all doing. I think for this week I am going to try and add heavy weights to the P90X leg/back workout where I can.. and then add some step ups as well. I'll see if that helps and if not, then next week I'll just add in a full leg workout.

For those of you who are doing a full leg workout, do you sub in a day of leg work for a P90x workout or add it on? If you sub it in, which P90X workout do you blow off? ( I am thinking L/B could go.. any excuse not to do anymore pullups!) haha

Lynn M.

 

[Mckmain]

I just add on before I do the PlyoX....yesterday I did the Timesaver version of Legs & Glutes. That gives me a leg workout on Tues and Fri which seems to work for me right now......Carole

 

[sunnyside]

I'm in my last recovery week of the Classic rotation and felt that I was needing some more leg work through out the whole rotation. But, what is funny, I've gotten more compliments on my legs than anything else. So, it must be working the legs more than we think. I'm sure that PlyoX and KenpoX and YogaX are doing alot more for the legs than we realize. ***Pause*** I just went measured and I've lost 3/4 inch in each thigh!}(

 

[Lynn M.]

Hi -

Thanks for the additional info. I have only done part of YogaX and stopped about 1/3 of the way through it, because I am not a big fan of yoga.. Do you think that is an important part of the program esp. for leg work?

Lynn M.

 

[Kepi]

Hi Lynn. During phase 3 of the Lean rotation, I did the leg work only in L&B. During the back sections, I either ran on my rebounder or my treadmill.

 

[sunnyside]

Lynn,
I think of YogaX as a total body workout. It works the legs, upperbody, core, the whole shebang. I think of Yoga as putting the final wax on a clean car. The car looks great clean, but when you put on that final wax, it looks beautiful! LOL! This rotation is great, but the Yoga is the finishing touch. I will admit it's hard for me to do 1 1/2 hr. of Yoga everytime it showed up in the rotation, so I sometimes substituted Eoin Finns Yoga which has very similar moves and shorter times.

 

[KathyH]

Hi Lynn! Last week when I was into my 2nd week I thought I wasn't getting enough leg work so I did Cathe's exercises in the High Step Training DVD for squats/plies/hovers/sit n stands/2 sets of leg presses & then went onto Legs & Back from P90X. Well what a mistake that was!!!!! I survived it but the next day I had some SERIOUS DOMS going on!!!!! This week (3rd) I'm sticking w/the program for now. I feel Tony Horton works the legs very well w/everthing else your doing (YogaX, Kenpo) that the legs are worked thoroughly. Its up to you though. If you feel you need more, go for it & see what happens. Good luck! Kathy

 

[kristieschultz]

Hi all,

I am on my 2nd day of the classic rotation. WHOA am I sore. I NEVER, I repeat NEVER, get sore with Cathe because my body is so used to doing things her way. I think that this program should be used the way it is designed. In the manual it says that when Tony originally designed the workouts, the leg workout was too hard on the legs so he had to tone it down. My opinion is that IF you are following the nutrition plan and doing the workouts as described, you should not need to add anything in. My legs are even a little sore just from doing plyo yesterday because I put alot into it and I was really squatting down etc, and most importantly, the some of the moves are new and different. I'm just not going to worry about if I'm getting enough of this or enough of that and just let myself believe in the program and do it and enjoy it. Remember, MUSCLE CONFUSION. How are you going to confuse your muscles, and be able to go really hard on the leg work in this series, if you are doing other leg work too (stuff that your body is ALREADY used to). Think about it!!!