I've been looking on the Beach Body website about these workouts because I have seen many of you who use them. Does it work? Have any of you followed it and changed your body in 90 days? Is the nutrition plan helpful and doable? The before and after pictures are impressive, but I don't know if I want to make a decision based on those alone.
Anyone who does P90X?
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Timber99
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I am currently in week five P90X’s rotation. I like the workouts a lot and am seeing changes, although I would not compare then to the Beachbody pics on their site. Remember that those are their best results that they use to advertise!
What your goals are, where are you in your current fitness (and maybe eating plan) and what do you hope to achieve w/a new program?
Christine
What your goals are, where are you in your current fitness (and maybe eating plan) and what do you hope to achieve w/a new program?
Christine
kathryn
Cathlete
If you do a search in this forum, you'll find some useful threads from several months ago.
I did a 90-day rotation (actually took me about 110, because I filled in with some other workouts and took extra rest days)a while ago. I had excellent results in increased upper body strength and definition, core strength (after doing P90X for a few weeks, I tried pikes on the ball and could do them for the first time!). I did need more lower body work (but I'm 48, and an ecto/endo--not favorable for muscle growth) but supplemented with some heavy leg presses/squats on my Rockit.
I didn't follow their nutrition plan or take their supplements, but I did take a soy protein drink (Power Dream, chocolate flavor) after my weight workouts, and it has a similar breakdown of macronutrients (protein/carbohydrates/fat) as their recovery drink.
The before and after photos are often of people who have used "BeachBody products," so they could have used Power 90 or something else before P90X.
P90X has become my benchmark for excellent weight workouts. I'm testing Cathe's Hardcore against it by doing a "P90X-like Hardcore rotation"(I've posted it in the "rotations" forum). Thought it was only fair to give her the same chance I gave to P90X.
P90X is rather low on cardio (and with a purpose: it focuses on muscular strength and growth, and does enough cardio, but not so much that it starts being detrimental to those goals). Some people who did P90X the same time I did added extra cardio, or (as I did) sometimes substituted other cardio workouts (I used KPC in place of the P90X kickboxing workout every once in a while).
I think it's an excellent investment.
I did a 90-day rotation (actually took me about 110, because I filled in with some other workouts and took extra rest days)a while ago. I had excellent results in increased upper body strength and definition, core strength (after doing P90X for a few weeks, I tried pikes on the ball and could do them for the first time!). I did need more lower body work (but I'm 48, and an ecto/endo--not favorable for muscle growth) but supplemented with some heavy leg presses/squats on my Rockit.
I didn't follow their nutrition plan or take their supplements, but I did take a soy protein drink (Power Dream, chocolate flavor) after my weight workouts, and it has a similar breakdown of macronutrients (protein/carbohydrates/fat) as their recovery drink.
The before and after photos are often of people who have used "BeachBody products," so they could have used Power 90 or something else before P90X.
P90X has become my benchmark for excellent weight workouts. I'm testing Cathe's Hardcore against it by doing a "P90X-like Hardcore rotation"(I've posted it in the "rotations" forum). Thought it was only fair to give her the same chance I gave to P90X.
P90X is rather low on cardio (and with a purpose: it focuses on muscular strength and growth, and does enough cardio, but not so much that it starts being detrimental to those goals). Some people who did P90X the same time I did added extra cardio, or (as I did) sometimes substituted other cardio workouts (I used KPC in place of the P90X kickboxing workout every once in a while).
I think it's an excellent investment.