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Dartful Dodger:
The million Dollar Body website is good if you're like me and you don't write down your work-outs on paper. I just update the calendar so I know when and what I've done.
You should get a work-out buddy. These work-outs are only as hard as you want them to be, so if you have a wife or girlfriend you should ask them to do it with you. My friend's wife was doing it with us and she was getting better/faster results, so she became the lead motivator of our group.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on March 26, 2009, 04:22:32 pm ---You should get a work-out buddy. These work-outs are only as hard as you want them to be, so if you have a wife or girlfriend you should ask them to do it with you. My friend's wife was doing it with us and she was getting better/faster results, so she became the lead motivator of our group.
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Yeah, people keep telling me that. Thing is, I'm an intensely private person in the Real World (tm). I've done more exercise between girlfriends doing random exercises while watching episodes of Stargate and X-files with no one in the house than I ever did living with anyone at any time in my life. Personally, I think the big issue is not having people around who have the same mindset as you. In other words, no one I know thinks like I do, therefor I never do anything with anybody. Whenever I want to write code, people want to talk. When I want to exercise, they want talk. When I try to play games, they want to talk. etc. etc. ggrr..
shmokes:
Frankly, I don't think a workout partner is all that important for p90x. The people on the TV are your workout partners. Normally a workout partner is good for getting you to the gym in the first place and keeping you motivated, but if you can manage getting started on your own, the videos are seriously a lot better than just about any workout partner could hope to be. They keep you motivated and the set your pace and all that. Just get the excel spreadsheet and start doing the program. You don't need anyone to do it with at all.
Dartful Dodger:
This is a really intense program. I think Tony even says something like "Most programs would be done by now, ... but not ours..."
When I do this work out on my own I'll stop at the halfway point. and doing the 15 minute ab ripper after 50 minutes of the strength excersices is really easy to skip, even with partners.
Frankly, I don't think a workout partner is that important for p90x, just look at all the guys that started this, and all the guys that are still doing it.
The guys that are saying it's not important, are the ones that are now sitting in front of their TV’s with a box of Bon Bons.
ChadTower:
I don't really need a partner for this stuff. It doesn't add any motivation for me. I have always trained alone for any sport and any regular exercise is just me doing what I need to be healthy.
I don't have the energy right now for the full blown p90x with my work hours and family in transition so I grabbed the Power 90 and am going to try that instead. Previewing the materials it looks like it will require maybe half of the energy of p90x so that's a good fit for me at the moment.
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