p90x

here's the official site at beachbody:

http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/p90x.do

Also, i've seen some dvd's at BF Ruins. I haven't been there in a while, though. you might want to check it out :D

Time consuming? Well, the videos are 1:20+ long. You really have to schedule it in your day. i do mine when i get home from work - my binge eating hour. So instead of eating meryienda for an hour, i work out.

I was used to 45 min workouts before (pilates, hip hop abs, running) and i thought the video length was a killer when i first started. But here's how i see it now: its over an hour of condensed cardio and resistance workouts. It's pretty efficient considering how much you burn in one session (I burn an average of 500 kcal in one session with my bodyweight). Plus, when i'm at the gym, it takes longer for me to burn that much. It pushes you to do so much in the hour that you know you'll use that time wisely.

if you do decide to take it up, good luck!

 How much is this? :) I'm interested as I've been seeing a lot of advertisements in sports goods shop. Is it time-consuming? 

Goodness. Thanks for enlightening us on P90X, Karen! ...I have a love-hate relationship with pylometrics. It's definitely energizing and makes you feel mobile, but all that jumping is so tiring!

Hi Joannie!

So here's the rundown of the workout:

p90x is a hybrid of cardio and resistance workouts. all the workouts are over an hour long and some are pretty intense in terms of pace and difficulty.

day1: chest and back. This entails 1 hour of push ups and pullups. then there's 15 mins of ab workouts. (dont have a pullup bar? i use resistance bands)

2: Plyomentrics, the "jumping" cardio workout. You spent half the hour in mid-air. jumping jacks, stylish jumps, kicking. its a rigorous cardo workout that will take the breat outh of you.... and it's a little more than an hour long

3: Shoulders and arms + ab workout. This is a very doable workout. You work with weights/ dumbells. almost a little more than an hour

4: Yoga. 1:25 mins of yoga. The poses are advanced in the latter part of the video, but you can modify them

5: Legs and back + ab exercises. Manageable too. Very.

6: Kenpo. My favorite workout. 1:15 mins of kicking and punching. fast paced and fun!

7: rest or stretching. I always stretch. after one week of this your body needs it.

The difficulty with p90x is finishing the entire 1:20+ mins. Of course 20 mins of that is warm up and cool down, but the workout is really something you have to schedule in your day.

also, a lot of the moves are difficult. for example: yoga. About 30 mins into the video they've got you standing on your arms. Of course the trainer soothes your ego by saying that not everybody can do it on the first try (then the camera backs up and features half a dozen ripped volunteers brandishing beautiful handstands). In chest and back, you do over a hundred push ups in the hour. Personally, i dont have the strength to go more than 15 reps at a time, and my arms are jello 40 mins into the video. Plyometrics is the mobsters of all these murderers, making you jump ALL THE TIME. there is a rest period, of course, doing... jumping jacks. But aside from these three (chest and back, plyo and yoga) p90x is really doable. it's just a matter of pacing yourself and doing all that YOU can do. The coach urges you to pause when you have to, then just press play again when you've recovered. It's very forgiving. what's important is doing the workout with the right form rather than sacrificing your form for speed or repetitions.

Honestly, it's one of the best workouts I've done. Admittedly, i stopped for two weeks because of my schedule. I started again this week, and though i gotta work off the lazy kinks in my muscle, it's worth it. I didn't lose weight, but i lost inches and gained muscle after just two weeks. I ate healthy enough, stayed away from fast food, junk food and sugar.

The best thing is the way the program shapes your mind about exercise.

1.Resistance training is a must in wieghtloss.

2. Be patient. I didnt' lose weight at all, but i'm a pant size smaller! They say the lbs come off after the first month.

3. The pain is all worth it. You will know how hard it is to burn off that Krispy Kreme and you'll stay away from the stuff completely.

4. push yourself! It's a motivating workout. You see results. if not, you feel them. you get stronger and more ballanced.

if you try it, tell me what you think! 

so how does this exercise being done?

and why everyone is saying that its a killer?

6 days of workout, one day of rest or stretching within the week. Three weeks of the same routine where each day targets a different muscle group. Then after that, it's on to the next phase with harder workouts. after the 90 days there's a suggested recovery period (thank the heavens!) and you can start again if you want.

I just finished the day's workout: resistance training with the legs and back. It's fun! the only downside is that the workouts last about an hour. But like a good workout, class or gym session we gotta make time for it. I don't finish all the sessions though (the yoga video is an hour and a half!), but i make sure i'm sweating buckets and throwing curses at the screen before I stop.

Good so far. week one almost done!

Not yet, but I'm interested! Always been hearing that it's a killer. Are there any rest days within the 90 days?