p90x

[ChadTower]

I'm looking for something to change up over the winter and I thought I remembered someone here mentioning this exercise program.  I'm not usually big on all-in step by step programs like this but I'm looking for something different this winter.  My current family schedule isn't allowing me a whole lot of flexibility so this seems like it would fit.  I don't want to spend the whole damn winter on the elliptical.

I can't seem to turn up a search on who had mentioned it, though... maybe it was Dartful?

[CCM]

Did you try searing for P90X?


http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=84039.0

[HaRuMaN]

Did you try searing for P90X?

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=84039.0

 

search > Chad

[CCM]

I can't seem to turn up a search on who had mentioned it, though... maybe it was Dartful?

Would that be considered an epic fail??

[ChadTower]

I did... several different ways.  No matches.

But I think I know why now.  In this theme there is a search widget up near the top of the window that appears to be context sensitive.  It doesn't give you any indication of that, though.  I was in a thread and used that widget to search for p90x and several other possible matches... zero results every time.  Using that same widget at the forum root comes up with the thread you found.  So apparently if you are in a thread that widget searches the thread... and if you are out of a thread it searches the whole forum.  Funky.

I see from reviewing the thread that Dartful didn't follow the program through.  I'm reading through the materials now... anyone interested in doing it in parallel if we decide to do it? 


The content is out there to be found in the intarwebs...

[shardian]

Sure.... it was the computer's fault. 

Our stocklister at work says that all the time. 


I 'acquired' the p90x system, but doubt I'll mess with it. I'm just doing the bike and treadmill right now.

[ChadTower]

I'm just doing the bike and treadmill right now.

I won't be able to deal with machines for a whole winter.  Not after training outside all this year.  I stored all of my freeweight stuff so I'm looking for something I can do indoors, without leaving the house, that is new to me.  I've never done a program of mostly bodyweight stuff so I should be able to keep interest.

[Dartful Dodger]

I see from reviewing the thread that Dartful didn't follow the program through.  I'm reading through the materials now... anyone interested in doing it in parallel if we decide to do it? 

I’m interested!

I have really fallen off the p90x wagon.  From doing it twice a week to once a week to not having done it in over a week.
I didn't realize how good it was until I stopped doing it and returned to my natural shape.

Two weeks after starting p90x everyone was asking me what I was doing.  I told them I just gave up soda and walked during my lunch break.  A week after that they knew I was lieing because you don’t get those results from just eating right and walking so I told them.
This weekend my brother asked why I stopped working out.  Ouch!  He was worreid I was sick.

Two months ago I was hoping Shardian would give me updates to motivate me to keep going.  Instead the only time he mentioned the workout was to tell me he ‘acquired’ it.

We can turn this thread into a REAL last man standing thread, where the point of the thread is to keep each other "standing".

If anyone is interested we should post weekly updates(every 7 days of working out) to keep everyone else going.

I was going to start back up on Monday(after my brother’s comment), but ended up staying up late Sunday and Monday night playing GHWT, so I couldn’t wake up at 5:00am to workout.

This morning(before even reading this thread) I’ve made up my mind to get to bed early tonight.
Tomorrow I’ll post my starting weight and the max # of unassisted pull-ups.

It doesn’t have to be a p90x program, if you are doing anything just post your updates.

If my brother's comment wasn’t enough to motivate me maybe making these announcements to people I’ll never see will.
 

I can only do this work out about 3-5 times a week at most, so if anyone can do it every day they should be able to catch up to me by the third or fourth week.

It’s only 90 days people…
BRING IT!

[Dartful Dodger]

I stored all of my freeweight stuff so I'm looking for something I can do indoors, without leaving the house, that is new to me.

You'll need dumbbells and a pull-up bar, if you don't have those or space for those tension bands will work too.  The aerobic workouts don't require anything but water.

[ChadTower]

I still have free dumbells and enough small plates around to be fine there.  I will have to work out a pull up bar, though.  I used to use a barbell in the top rung of my squat rack but I sold the rack.  I have some corrugated pipe around - I should be able to mount one to the rafters in my basement somehow.  I'm not paying $50 or more for the pull up bar on their website.  I already have a bodyfat meter and scale.

I checked the fit-test starting point and I can do all of those things easily.  They aren't very advanced.  3 pullups, a 5" vertical, 15 pushups, within 6" of a standing toe touch, 60 second wall squat, 10 two-arm curls of 20lb, 25 crunches, 2 minutes of jumping jacks with final 30 seconds at max speed.  The only one that even remotely concerns me is the wall squat and that's only because I haven't tried that since high school.


EDIT:  grammar fix

[Dartful Dodger]

I didn't checked the fit-test before starting.

I couldn’t do a pull-up when I started.  I don't know if I was ever able to do a pull-up. 

I was up to 6, three weeks into the program.

[ChadTower]

You couldn't have been far off, then.  You don't gain that type of strength in three weeks.  I used to do ten with 20lb hanging from my belt as a warmup... now, I'm guessing I could do 4-7 at bodyweight, mostly because my right elbow has been problematic lately.  That is one of the things I'm hoping to correct in this process.

Reading through it a bit more it is very heavy on flash and sizzle... I'll see when I review the videos how much meat is in that pan.

[Dartful Dodger]

I use to work out all the time.  I'm over weight, but I still have the strength, I think my problem with pull-ups was the balancing and the extra pounds I had to pull didn't help either.

I went from 0 to 3 almost instantly then gained about 1 a week.

[ChadTower]

I don't really care about before and after photos.  Probably won't bother with that.

[ark_ader]

If you want to lose weight, you have to learn portion control.  After you have reached that goal, then it is time to do cardiovascular training.  Walking or running will suffice.  If you are still gaining weight, then its time to look at WHAT you are eating and cut back on it.

Free weights are a great way to shift the fat, but you must have the food and cardio in place first, or you will face another epic fail.

I won't dive in my successful Atkins solution, as it can be a negative.  BTW I dropped another stone, but its not a requirement to be so strict with your diet.

You can invest money in all sorts of gadgets, but you can find items in your home that can be just as useful.  When it is cold outside, I run up and down the stairs, to the point of exhaustion.  It might be excessive, but far cheaper than some mechanical wonder you will over work a muscle (like your back) and end up in hospital.

I just got a welcome letter from my gym offering me unlimited visits until the end of 2008.  Maybe a gym in your area, will have such an opportunity. 

[ChadTower]

That's all wonderful, bro, but it is out of context here.  I don't have a problem with conditioning - I ran a triathlon not long ago.  I'm just looking for something different to do over the winter until I can get back on the bike and back in the water in the spring.

The way it's looking now I don't have to invest in anything other than a little bit of hardware to make a pullup bar.

[shardian]

Well you live in the Northeast, so I suggest you go watch Rocky IV for ideas. 

[SithMaster]

Well you live in the Northeast, so I suggest you go watch Rocky IV for ideas. 

An "eye of the tiger" montage might work indoors.

[shardian]

Well in this case, it will be a "Hearts on Fire" montage. Damn, that was pretty gay wasn't it?

[ChadTower]

I don't have a bald black dude to sit on the wagon and yell at me.

[Dartful Dodger]

I went from 0 to 3 almost instantly

I don't really care about before and after photos.  Probably won't bother with that.

[shardian]

I don't have a bald black dude to sit on the wagon and yell at me.

The wife can handle the yelling duties. Leave your skidmarked skivvies on her makeup table beforehand, and she will be much more imposing than a bald black dude.

[ChadTower]

Yeah, but "get your damned underpants off the toothbrushes" doesn't motivate one to drop and do 20 pushups.

[shardian]

Okay then, get her outside, tell her to order you around for your workout, then tell her she is just like your mom. She'll definitely work you past the point of failure.

[ChadTower]

Dude, I don't want to be homeless either.  I once told her she was acting like her own mom and almost had to sleep in my car.

Luckily I am very self motivating with physical activities.  I train alone - always have - and haven't ever had problems with it.  Especially lifting heavy back in the day I really didn't like being interrupted so it worked out for the best.

[shardian]

Well sorry the wife thing didn't work out. You better go ahead with plan B and put together a Craigslist ad for a bald black dude then.

[ChadTower]

Is Dartful black?  I have a webcam and a speakerphone.

[Dartful Dodger]

Is Dartful black?  I have a webcam and a speakerphone.

Sounds like something the janitor at an elementary school would say to a student.

[ChadTower]

Sounds like something the janitor at an elementary school would say to a student.

So you're a janitor too?  Maybe this will work.

[shardian]

I ran a triathlon not long ago.

Yeah, its amazing what Chad can accomplish when he quits posting for a month.

[ChadTower]

It was multiple months, thank you very much.  Triathlon was in July, I'm somewhere in the 140s.  Tough age group, though, full of top finishers.

[ChadTower]

I trained 6x/week for 5 months for that.  I do have a few old injuries from football/hockey but what guy in their 30s that played a lot of sports doesn't?  I am a bit lucky in that I already had good biking skills from practically living on my bike from age 5 to 18.  A 40 mile day back then was common for me as that was my main mode of transportation everywhere.  My only adjustment there was to a real racing bike.

You also have to figure that there are varying lengths of triathlon.  This one was a sprint - the shortest official distance.  If your neighbors train for longer triathlons they would be putting in a whole lot more training hours.  Next year I'm planning on two.  I want to rerun this one and I want to do the one in Salem, MA that is usually the following week.

[HaRuMaN]

I dunno, I live next to a couple of people who actually DO triathlons, and those guys train every single day for them.  As I recall, chad was out of shape and had a bad knee or back or pancreas or something, so honestly, I was all, WTF?? when I read that.

 

[ChadTower]

Well...maybe if a sprint means "run one block, hop on a bigwheel for half a block, then jump in the neighbour's pool, then maybe I can see it.

Allowable distances are usually in the 500m-1000m swim, 12mile-15mile bike, 4.5k-5k range.  This one was something like 600m, 13.5mile all hills, but they cut the run down to 2 miles because of some unforeseen road issue.  That was annoying since they didn't even update the route maps they handed out that morning.

[missioncontrol]

I ran a triathlon not long ago. 

WTF

I played Decathlon on the 2600, is that close?

[ChadTower]

I played Decathlon on the 2600, is that close?

No, but Summer Games would be.  I have a scar on my left hand from a beaten up C64 joystick and Summer Games.

[ChadTower]

Yeah, but that one came away totally broken.  I got my shots in.

[Ed_McCarron]

Yeah, but that one came away totally broken.  I got my shots in.

Was it broken, or did it just need some parts replaced?

[JackTucky]

This one was something like 600m, 13.5mile all hills, but they cut the run down to 2 miles because of some unforeseen road issue.

Who won the pool for when Chad would mention "the run was all uphill"

[Malenko]

Who won the pool for when Chad would mention "the run was all uphill"

I won the pool for chad living in a town where they have have a 14 mile stretch of road where 12 miles of it has potholes so bad you can drive on them but not run on them.

pay up missioncontrol!