P90X

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Seen this anyone?

"herewww.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001CJ2RD6/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller="

Maybe the next DVD after Shred?

Anyone got these?

I've read about it and it's meant to be very effective but I think each routine is quite long, around an hour and works separate body parts, ie one hour workout for your legs, another hour for your shoulders and back, another for your abs and so on. I think you really need to have the time to commit to this to make sure you have a balanced full body workout each week. Split body training programs like this are often used by people who want to train and lift heavy every day, where you have to leave at least 48 hours rest before working the muscle group again.

This is meant to be a really effective full body workout, though have only seen a couple of reviews as it seems to only be available at Target in the U.S at the moment. Jillian herself apparently tweeted to someone they should try this instead of the p90, but then considering Bob Harper is her colleague on the biggest loser that's not exactly an unbiased recommendation! Don't think it is released on amazon until September but it will be interesting to see what the reviews are like. I think it has a 25 minute and an hour workout option, but sadly not the change of levels like the shred.

Thanks for that lostgirl - it looks good and better if you can have 25 min workout - finding an hour a day is quite a tough call at mo thats why i like Shred.

Ive just ordered the Billy blanks ultimate bootcamp on someone on here's recommendation

Billy Blanks is great, very motivational

I love P90X, an hour flies by!!! However you can't do it when there are kids running around getting in your way.

Looking forward to not being pregnant anymore so can get going with it again, only did 15days before I realised I was pregnant last time!!! But still mananged to notice a difference in those 2 weeks.

Great that you can watch a few people doing it differently and that the guy is so motivational. A bit annoying but makes you get on with it for sure!!!

BearBear - is it really hard or can you do easy options for the tough exercises?

The results look amazing but then i supposed if you do 1 hour a day intense exercise you are going to notice a difference.

and do you need the equipment? I dont think my door frames would take me pulling my weight on them

It is hard but not as hard as some of the Tracey Anderson stuff as you have to be super on the ball to learn her routines. It's also as hard as you make it, the guy says if you want to look like the big bulky guy then do heavy weights but if you want to look like the girl who has mega figure then do light weights lots of times.

Also you do a different routine everyday and for lean long lines you do more of the hard reps rather than the pulling yourself up on door frame. I cut out the door frame stuff as had a dodgy shoulder at the time but may try it once I've shed some weight first!!!

Also the diet book is a bit rubbish I found. Try just eating healthily along the same lines. They have too many branded american things that they suggest in the menus.

It isn't cheap but the first one I've ever followed for more than 1 day!!!

Can I just say that I don't think what he says about lifting heavy if you want to be bulky, and light if you want to be lean is true. Muscle is muscle and the way you will build muscle, the shape of it etc is pretty much down to your genetics, and how defined it is is down to how much fat you have covering it. By doing light weight with lots of repetitions you are merely increasing the muscles endurance, not causing it to get stronger, therefore not change it's shape, therefore it will have no real impact on your body shape. The vast majority of women simply do not have the hormones etc required to build significant muscle. I've spent years doing light weights, lots of reps and seen no real results, I started lifting heavy 6 months ago and am smaller, leaner and stronger than I've ever been.

I looked at the P90X when I was looking for a programme but was a bit confused about the equipment needed BearBear do you use weights or resistance bands for the exercises, as I would imagine you need to use different weights/levels of resistance for different exercises. I couldn't work out what equipment I should buy to do it!

Lostgirl - did you look on Amazon - there seemed to be a couple of different ones and i wasnt sure what i would be buying.

I am tempted - i had planned to join the gym when the kids go back to school but i could do this at home

there are pictures of a girl on myfitnesspal and she looks amazing - you can see the start pictures, 30 days and then 90 days and she looks like i want to

I agree, have seen some great before and after photos, I love that lean, fit, strong, athletic look, far rather be that than 'skinny fat' . I couldn't find anything which told me exactly what equipment I would need. I imagine there is a list included with the dvd, but did not want to fork out all that money and then find I couldn't afford to buy the weights!
I ended up getting a book instead which had a 6 month training plan in it and some free weights have nearly completed that. Would have far better definition if I was stricter with my diet but love my chocolate too much for that

Do you think you will give it a try?

Yes the woman photos look absolutely fantastic - healthy not skinny

I may try it - i will keep thinking about it

Lost Girl, I used weights. Interesting what you say about muscle etc. Never knew that. Will use heavier weights in future (not mega ones) and see how that works!!

I found some weights online cost me around £15 so not much really. Get second hand cheapies!!!

I think Id like to try this but Im not sure about the pull up thingy because i know dh will say youre not putting that up it will pull the plaster out of the wall or the frame away from the door.
Could you do it without? I guess that its quite a big part of it

I'm facing that problem at the moment. I need to get a pull up bar for the next stage but don't have a doorway suitable for one of the ones that just hook on and off the door frame. Think I might have to get one which screws into the door frame, I think it only leaves 3 small holes on each side which will hopefully be easy to fill.

Bearbear, are your weights adjustable? Do you have to pause the workout whilst you change weights etc?

Agree with Lostgirl here - I will scream if I hear anyone else say "girls should only lift light weights".

whats your definition on "light" weights - I use 2kg ones to do Shred and i dont think right now i could lift any heavier

low kg for the shred are fine. but for weight training in the gym 100 reps at 2kg will do nothing for you lol.

Have you seen this instead

"here www.amazon.co.uk/Insanit/dp/B003DCIG80/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1282889145&sr=1-1"

You dont seem to need any pull up bars or weights with this one but still seems quite tough!

I think it depends what your overall aim is? Is your main objective to lose weight, become fitter, get a more athletic/toned physique, improve your overall health?

Insantiy looks like high intensity interval training which is really effective and still utilises bodyweight moves like push ups and squats etc which are really effective and I'm sure any routine like that will help with weightloss providing you are eating in a healthyish fashion.

However, I think the great thing about weights are that they improve your bone density and help to prevent osteoporosis, they help to raise your metabolism, and more women should lift weights as after their mid thirties they begin to lose muscle mass etc, so there are great health benefits to be had as well as helping to create an athletic shape.

I struggle to see how you can do P90 without needing a huge range of weights to be really effective. In the routines I do at the moment I use anything between 3 and 35kg dumbbells and up to 70kg on the barbell, depending on what exercise I am doing.

It's a shame you can't hire them for a week so you can have a look and see which you prefer. There seem to be loads of series like this in the states, the other one I keep hearing about is chaLEAN extreme here and Cathe Friedriche here sts strength series looks great, a bit like body pump, but it costs a fortune. How come in the uk we are stuck with celebrity endorsed rubbish??

I know what you mean - i want to do weights but i dont want to have to go buy loads which is what Im thinking you end up doing with P90X - they sell the program and then sell the weights, the pull up bars, the shakes etc and its a mini fortune.

There seems to be nothing similar here - now there's a business idea for us!

Im really not sure what to do - whether to just join the gym and work out a program for myself - what are you doing at the mo? or buy one of these programs and see how it goes - but they are quite expensive and the pull up bar is putting me off the P90X

Ooo, we could make a fortune. Bags I be the instructor who only does two reps of everything and then just gets to walk around telling everyone to work harder

I'm just coming to the end of a six month weight training program in this book. I couldn't afford the gym membership anymore and never saw any real change. I would lose a tiny bit of weight and my cardio fitness would improve from doing running intervals, but never saw any results in the change of my shape or definition etc. I read about the book somewhere and dh and I decided to give it a try. (I know the title says 'for women' but that refers to the book aiming at convincing women they should be lifting weights, the workouts are for obviously suitable for either gender as the point is that women don't need to workout any differently to men). We picked up some dumbbells and a barbell cheaply, a swiss air ball and a step, and I do need to get a chin up bar for the next bit but have found on for £12, but it has still worked out far cheaper than gym membership for both of us for the past 5 months. That said, it would be better if I could follow the plan in a gym because I don't have large apparatus like a squat rack and cable machine so have to do variations for those exercises which aren't as effective probably. Anyway, the idea is you workout three times a week and after every other session you do 15 minutes of high intensity interval training, ie two minute jog, 1 minute sprint, repeat 5 times type of thing.

I'm glad I got the book as it changed my way of thinking and I now have the shapely arms I've always wanted, a much flatter stomach and gone down a couple of dress sizes, though I can't say I look anything like as dramatic as the before and after P90 pictures, though if I was stricter with my diet I would have a lot more definition.

Do any of the gyms near you offer a free trial?

no, none offer free trial that I know of.

Ive been looking at the various programs and there is so many that are on a similar vein. Some of them arent easily available over here though.

I like the idea of the book but dont you find it hard to follow, do you remember the routine.

IT sounds like its got you the result you wanted though

where do u live? i could do with a fitness buddy nearby

I have a workout log so the routine is printed out on that including how many reps, sets and how long to rest in between each exercise and I write what weight I use etc so I know where to start from next time. All the different exercises are clearly explained in the book so I just keep referring back if I forget what I'm meant to be doing.

Joby started a thread on the book a couple of days ago and is starting next week so I'll be interested to see what someone else thinks of it.

I'm in the NE, where are you?

Im Shropshire
Ill check out her thread