You might want to try martial arts as well, they build up some tone muscles as well.

I didn't realise till I took a long break, hah.

yeah, but i just want to lift heavy things and develop awesome quads

Hahaha, by far the best motivation I've ever seen.

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so, here is a video of the science that will be in P90X2.
http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness...workout.do

P.A.P
Post activation potentiation.

Yummy in my tummy.

So, here's what I've got so far...

14 disks this time.

There will be some required equipment that was not required for p90x. These would be- pull-up assist, plyometrics board, stability ball, medicine ball(s). Other than that, the norm for what you would need for p90x- pull up bar, push up stands, weights/bands, heart rate monitor.

Really big focus on core.

Month one will focus on your core's weak points; "you can't shoot a cannon from a canoe". They're going to find all the weak points in your core and improve them; which enhances performance. The first month schedule will be different from the normal P90X schedule. This time around the first routine will be core, rather than the usual strength routine.

On the second month, the schedule will be most recognizable to someone who has done p90x, p90x+. Still a big focus on core; 4 medicine ball push-ups, balance curls, lots of moves with stability balls and medicine balls.

3rd month is the one I know least about. What I do know is that this month takes the core work, and everything else you learned the past months and does it to the max. I believe this is where PAP will come in. Same type of scheduling as p90x.


The reason for so much core is because of the small little muscles. It's all about improving, and that's what they're going for. Improving joints, ligaments, and doing this with stability balls(which ironically are used for desirability) and medicine balls, while improving all athletic performance. Doing this prevents injury, promotes muscle growth, improves athletic performance, and does what p90x does best- improve your life.

I'm really excited for this.

Filming is already finished. Release date so far is just 2011.
I can't wait.

I (finally) got around to changing my diet (again) to accommodate my hypoglycemia. I lowed my calorie intake and increased the amount of protein I eat in my diet. Focusing on meats, beans, low fat yogurt, and complex carbs such as apples. Man, I've been dropping nearly a pound a day.

I know I usually just talk to myself in here, but I still wanna talk.

P90x 2 is scheduled for november 2011. So far it has been said that things are on schedule.

Right now it's week 3 of P90X+ for me. starting in month 2, im going to be subbing out push up stands for medicine balls, month 3 I'll probably put in 1-2 more depending on the specific exercise. So 4 balls total. I'll also be using stability balls for my feet as well. It'd be nice if I had bosu balls, but I don't. If I did, I'd stack 2, and put my feet on stability balls, and other similar variations. Bosu balls would also be nice for leg routines, now that I think about it, bosu balls are something I'd like to get.

And, a TRX style suspension system also appeals to me.

Instability, gotta love the variety it offers.

I've been trying out lots of new things with balls( ) lately, and its all in training for P90X2.

I'm really excited for it.


Also, what I'm doing next after these 3 months of P90X+ is dependent on my school schedule. I took weight training so that will determine when I do my own hybrid program.

When I do do weight training, I'm going to do a mass building schedule for p90x that will focus on muscular hypertrophy.

Argh, since I stopped Martial Arts/Kickboxing (which I had a knack for) due to business and work scheduling conflicts, I've lost so much strength, energy, and everything, and I cannot motivate myself to work out regularly, due to low energy. I've got very little fat on me right now, but if I'm anything like my dad, that'll change in the next few years, which sucks, because I like being wiry.
For the record, I can get as strong/big as I need to be with pushups/situps etc.

I figure if I get a punching bag up, it'll motivate me to get out and do exercise/practice, but getting one set up is difficult (on a budget), and I'd need a reasonably hefty one, as it'd be for Kicks too, and I tend to make smaller bags swing too much.
I've got the bag, but I honestly don't know what to do to mount it. I've got a Steel patio with struts and some chains, but I don't know how I'd prevent the chains damaging the struts of the patio. If anyone has ideas that they've used themselves, with a heavy bag, it'd be awesome

Also, I have no backyard right now, due to renovations, so that's kinda lame, but it's always covered with dog carp anyway. I don't like jogging outside of cover because I'm ginger and also on antibiotics that make me burn even easier, so that's kinda ugh. If I went jogging at night, I'd get mugged.

And I lack the motivation to do much more than martial arts, I used to be good at running (mostly long distance), and I used to have ridiculous stamina/energy (ADHD, Fast Metabolism, Etc, I ran 6K's in year 6 when I was practising for the 1500m, which was pretty ridiculous, even though I did it at Little Athletics).

So, mainly, any ideas on the punching/kick bag thing?

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Well for me im on yoursixpackquest.com you guys can check it out. When i started out i weighed in at 335lbs and lost 30Lbs in 2 months. It is very practical, mostly watch what you eat, i eat 5x a day and do simple workouts everyday for atleast an hour workout. The key is really is BURN WHAT YOU EAT, im on a 2000 calorie diet, i started at 3500 calorie when i first and then gradually lower it every week and also when i hit a plateau i would lower my calorie intake and increase my workout speed. So i would burn the calories i ate that day and then burn more on top of that which is called a caloric deficet.

hehe i don't know what else to say. maybe i can add on later.

i do some 100 push ups a day and do some exercise that focuses only on my hand. this is because i am a climber. i rarely mind about my eating habits because my body is unique and don't get obese so easily. XD

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a special thanks to....
-SDamonCronous for the awesome sig and avatar

so, here's what I did yesterday

For those who don't know, Tony Horton does these things called "one on one", which is basically just a new workout that gets delivered to you each month for $20 a disk.

There's three volumes right now. Each one is $250. So if I were to get all 3, then that's $750. OUCH!

So, here's what I did yesterday. I was on this website, and saw a review of vol. 1 and 3. So I decided to look at the reviews. They had worksheets like the beach body ones for P90X.
Fantastic! I have knowledge of the naming of the moves, so looking at the worksheet, I can figure out the moves, and do the workout myself.
I'd prefer discs though, but this is the best I can do for right now.

http://www.beachbody.com/product/p90x-on...archive.do
That's the DVD archive. You have to press vol one and two to see them.
The workouts that I have the worksheets for are:
Ploy legs
P90 road warrior
Just arms
30-15 (supposedly Tony horton's toughest resistance routine(yahoo!))
Super cardio
Mammoth UML
Bun shaper (don't think I'll be able to figure these moves out though )
Diamond delts
Chest back and balls
ARX2 [Ab Ripper X 2]. (won't be able to figure these out either)
Shoulders and Arms:Mc2
Base and back
V Sculpt
Core synergistics: MC2 (won't be able to figure these out)
UBX (some of these I will be confuzzled with)

Then hopefully the person will add the last two of vol. 3, then later add vol 2.

Ill be adding these in a future hybrid routine (when that hybrid will happen is dependent on my school schedule next year)
I've got some pretty interesting ideas in my head for it, they just have to go on paper. Anyone want to see the hybrid once it's done?
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At this current moment in time I'm on a recovery phase for p90x+. There's no cardio in this week, so that's kind of a bummer, but what can you do?

I wrote a couple posts up that I'll be adding balls in month 2. I'll also be adding a 20 minute (so shortened) back to core from Insanity: The Asylum to my 2nd resistance routine of the week.

I'm excited for that also, we'll see how it goes.

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In about 25 minutes I'm going to do some yoga with my new yoga mat. Yep, I bought the yoga mat in lululemon, only male in the store

So, I know I post (and have posted) about 70000 times in this topic, and way too many times in the past few pages, but this one is the most important.

Beachbody 2011 summit was this week.

Day 4 is my favorite. P90X2. Yummy.

So, here's video's of it.

http://teamrightnow.com/workouts/2011-bb-summit-day-4/

http://getrippedathome.com/workouts-exer...this-fall/

watch the video's on those two links.

Oh my gosh. A huge wave of excitement just went through me when I saw those. Oh my gosh.
I can't even explain how excited I am.

Those around the world pull ups looked bad ash. The whole thing in general looks so damn insane.

Read the links too if you want, there's info about p90x 2 in them.

Holy shiz. I'm so excited.

You know what a great way to lose weight is? Get glandular fever or something else that keeps you off solid food for over a week. I look like a skeleton now (I was lean before). Ugh.

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Holy carp man, hope you feel better soon!

Started working out again last well. putting myself on a pretty rigorous schedule again. 4-5 times a week. Cardio mixed in with weights. Most of my weights are still higher reps for muscular endurance. I'm not trying to bulk up.

T 160 now. Hopefully I can get down to 155 again. then My next goal will be 150. Will need to cut back on the alcohol though lol. I guess that will have to wait till next week since this Friday is my birthday.

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Thanks to Kai-V for the avatar and signature!

Beachbody tai chi program:
http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness...workout.do
I'm getting that when it comes out for sure.


As for me, well...I've been overtraining.
Like i always do, I've been doing 6 days a week, 50-90 mins depending on the workouts. (yoga is the only time I go to 90 mins). I haven't been getting as good of sleep as i usually get, which is causing me to not be able to recover efficiently. The recovery weeks for p90x+ use the p90x lifting workouts, so i never fully recovered, and it caught up to me. So last week I took the first two days off of exercise, then exercised the next two for ~55 mins each, then took the next day off, then the next day on, then the next off.

Then today I did diamond delts from One on One with Tony Horton. This was the first time I did that one. Ouch. Quick routine but incredible burn. Every exercise is a shoulder exercise. 18 sets total. Yeah, it was really quick, I managed to get it in in 30 mins.

Oh and I'm done p90x plus. Cool. I noticed that my ability to lift heavy loads has decreased though, since p90x plus is so synergistic. but I have gotten really good at pushups on medicine balls.

But my next hybrid I will start after I go on vacation(which is in a week). I'm focusing on my weak point; Strength. You know all that ectormorph, mesomorph stuff? I'm the skinny one, haha. A hard gainer. I'm 150 pounds, hoping to improve my rep count for push ups, pull ups, and my ability to lift heavier loads, while doing so efficiently.
Phase one will be functional strength, I'll be doing funky pushups on balls(2,3,or 4 depending on the specific exercise). I'll also do pull ups like around the world, or V pull ups. Does it sound scary? It's basically when I do the pull up, I go towards one of my hand, rather than straight up, and alternate sides. Makes a v shape with my head. Ill also have a designated core day once a week.
Phase two I'll isolate more, it'll be very similar to P90X, the only difference will be that I'll still be doing a core day weekly.
Phase 3 will be mass. The routines are very focused towards using prime movers and lifting heavy loads. I'll be doing 6-10 reps, rather than my usual 8-10. I'll also be using weights for pushups and pull ups so my reps are in the 6-10 range. I'll also reduce the cardio, to help with muscle growth. I'll be doing one plyo routine per week, and one Kenpo routine. The Plyo is less cardio intense, but more leg intense than p90x Plyometrics.
I'm also going to make sure that my recovery weeks are efficient, I don't want to overtrain again.


Oh hey, I'm talking to myself.

God I really need to start doing more exercise. I'm horribly unfit, I can bearly go on a bike for like 20 minutes. I've been trying to go swimming 3 days a week but most weeks I only bother to do two cause i'm lazy and I have to get up at around 8 to make it there. I would do more swimming but I don't really have much money(trying to get a job) and i'm just moching off my parents. Gonna start riding my bike for a bit every day too.

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I found out that people reach their goals 80% faster if they have a trainer.

I have only one month left until my teen fitness program expires

I found out that people reach their goals 80% faster if they have a trainer.

Hm, the only thing my trainer does for me is give me specific exercises to help me, but in terms of motivation, it is all me.

I found out that people reach their goals 80% faster if they have a trainer.

Hm, the only thing my trainer does for me is give me specific exercises to help me, but in terms of motivation, it is all me.

You do Periodizational training with your trainer, right?

Because that makes a difference from someone trying to exercise on their own.

And I think that's really cool you have a trainer, it's something I really want to do as a career.

Had a fitness session with a trainer last week was interesting. Apparently I do a little too much cardio in their opinion.

I am 6'1 and 160 pounds. My body fat reading came in at 7.5%. Apparently at that level I should be ripped, but I'm not. Essentially he suggested that I should increase my weight lifting because my current fitness regime is eating away at my muscle. This is definitely news to me.

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Thanks to Kai-V for the avatar and signature!

Had a fitness session with a trainer last week was interesting. Apparently I do a little too much cardio in their opinion.

I am 6'1 and 160 pounds. My body fat reading came in at 7.5%. Apparently at that level I should be ripped, but I'm not. Essentially he suggested that I should increase my weight lifting because my current fitness regime is eating away at my muscle. This is definitely news to me.

How much have you been doing? Generally, 2 a week at about 45-60 mins is perfect. Any more and you're a 'cardio junkie', haha. Any less and you're not doing enough. No matter what, your body is always using all it's stores of energy. While people think cardio is going to get them super fit ripped and ready by making your body feed off of fat, your body also feeds off muscle, even if you're doing it 2 days a week. So balancing cardio with weight training is obviously a smart thing.

If you're trying to gain mass, I'd go lower than 2 days a week at 45-60. The reason is because like I said, your body feeds off muscle, but it also uses a lot more calories, which could have gone towards your muscular development. What i prefer is doing 2 cardio routines 45-60 mins, but reduce the intensity. You could also just do one regular intensity, but that makes the gap between cardio workouts too big for me. I wouldn't recommend people do this until they're at a low body fat, since the probability of gaining a little fat is very likely. Lucky for you you're at a very low percent.

What I'll be doing in ~3 months will be one plyometric routine with less cardio based moves so that I also get a leg workout, while reducing my cardio. I'll also do a lighter intensity kenpo karate routine because I don't want my body fat % going up much, or at all.
You also have to think about progressive overload with your weight lifting routines.

Too much cardio will make you plateau and overtrain, which is never fun.

Me personally, I have 3 weight lifting days a week, 2 cardio days, 1 yoga day, and one stretch/rest.

Holy smokes I talk too much.

I post in here too much. Sorry for dubl post, wanted to post this here and hoped I wasn't the last poster.

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity answered, “Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

Oh snap. Like dat wun? Holy shabalabadoo that's deep.

I'm so super ultra mega supremely sorry for this triple post, but this one is the most important post of my life. I promise to never double post again, ever forever in my life.
This is important though.

http://teamrightnow.com/workouts/p90x2-o...formation/

Read that. It's all about p90x2. Now I need to get my parents to preorder it in the next 2 weeks. That's a challenge. I want need the ultimate kit. I can't live without the extra two workouts. Plus if I do preorder it, I'll do so off of team beach body so I get the 2 one on one workouts.
But getting my parents to preorder a $300 product isn't going to be easy. I am going to try hard to do that, then I'm sending in a success story and I'm going to try to get on the infomercial. May not even happen, but I'll still do as much as possible.

I may end up spending the $300. Maybe half, that wouldn't be a problem for me.

I started a bit of a basic routine a few days before getting back into beyblade, mostly consisting of a light(10-15 minute) upper-body(arms, shoulders, wrists) resistance/weight training workout in the morning and before bed(about an hour before I sleep).

I'm using 5lb hand-weights - I can't use anything much heavier due to weight limits imposed by extenuating circumstances - but I'm basically just trying to build up a bit of shoulder muscle padding to help me sleep, since my rotator cuff in my right shoulder is mostly blown and I sleep on it.

I'm also trying to cut back on my weight, but not by much - I'm nothing near overweight, I've just gotten too big to fit into most of my pants/shorts comfortably, so I'm trying to trim down maybe an inch to prevent having to buy a new wardrobe. I've switched to drinking nothing but water except one(12oz~) glass of milk a day(partly for nutritional value, but mostly because I like milk and it breaks the monotony of water-only).

At the moment, however, I'm having to take a few days off of my workout routine due to hyperextending my elbow again - if I put any strain on it whatsoever it could take weeks to heal, rather than days, so I'm concerned I'll lose the 10~ or so days of progress I'd made in the time it takes to heal my elbow.

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Some manner of Octopus.

My school has a gym and it's only 10 dollars for a year! I hope they have some good machines, because it's tough trying to find a workout. Also, does anyone know a workout for a swimmer? try to include how many reps and sets and how long for breaks in between sets.

I've gotten in better shape since Spring and I'm so close to reaching that 100+ push-up mark. I can now do 69 push-ups without stopping. All I did to reach 69 push-ups was put random heavy stuff in a backpack, put it on my back, and starting doing push-ups.

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I'll Bite You To Death If You Disturb The Peace Or Attract A Crowd.

dropped to 156-157 from 160. It's small but definite start.

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Thanks to Kai-V for the avatar and signature!