P90X

I'm not sure if you guys have heard of this workout program but I follow it very closely and have had extreme success. You've probably seen the infomericals telling you how you can transform your body in just 90 days if you buy this program, and myself like many others brushed this off as another scam and changed the channel, because there was no way I was going to pay 100 dollars for some workout program that I would do in my house..How could that possibly be better than the gym??

Well after sophomore years winterim, I was quite unhappy with my self image, I had put on the winter weight and my routine at the gym wasn't very challenging with the same 2-3 workouts over and over again. Honestly, I thought I knew what I was doing, but looking back, I was as ignorant as they come. I am a cookie cutter of what the customers on the TV said, I saw the infomercial late at night and saw peoples results so I began to look into it, reading forums and seeing countless YouTube videos of peoples transformations. What I saw was enough to lead me to believe that maybe there was something to this program. So I made the decision to buy P90X and it really was life changing. It said in the disclaimers that if you are not in great shape this may not be for you, but I didn't think twice and started the first workout called Chest and Back with 24 exercises mostly just push-ups and pull-ups plus Ab Ripper X at the end. WOW. I had been kicked in the face with this workout. My whole body was sore for days afterwards, with every upper body movement my chest screamed, I could barely put my back pack on. I realized this was for real. Despite this I started again the next week and stuck with it working out 6 day's a week. There are a mix of lifting workouts and cardio sessions including a workout called Plyometrics, or jump training, that leaves your legs feeling like Jello.

What I hadn't realized in transforming your body was how important nutrition is. The P90X Nutrition Plan really is the secret behind shedding unwanted weight. Nutrition is a science and the guys at Beachbody have exacted it with calculations to see what Level you fall into, because obviously portions for someone who is 250 lbs will be different then a 120lb women. They give you recipes and guidelines of when/what to eat and how often it really is helpful to have structure when jumping into such a huge change in your life.

What I also hadn't known was that your body plateau's after working out for a while because your muscles begin to get used to the routine and same movements which stunts your results, but what P90X does is change your routine each month to ensure your muscles never get into a habit and to keep them guessing aka growing. At the end of the 90 days I went from being out of shape and flabby to lean, tone and cut. I had actually stayed about the same wight gaining about 2 lbs but I had lost tons of fat off my side and in my face and put on 5 lbs of muscle.

This program really did give my lifestyle a 180 in terms of lifting and eating healthy and I highly, highly, highly recommend it if your really serious about changing the way you look, feel, and eat. Since then i have moved onto the new challenges like High Intensity Interval Training because the cardio sessions don't push me hard enough but to this day, I mix P90X workouts into my daily routine switching every few weeks to keep the body guessing. Stay tuned next week when I talk about my Hybrid Workouts that I use now, that combine the toughest elements of hardcore exercise programs..Stay Healthy!