I’m doing a daily review of my experience with the P90X program, including my results from doing P90X. I’m getting started a week late, so this is the first review that covers the first week of the P90X program. I’m only following the exercise (DVD) portion of the P90X program, although I suspect diet will play a part later in the program.
Plyometrics
I found the P90X plyometrics or “jump training” to be the most difficult of the first week. I also found that my hamstrings really limited me towards the end of the week. They just hurt so badly that I could not finish a lot of the exercises. I suspect that this will become one of my favorite DVDs in the P90X program. It’s super hard, but it’s obvious that this one provides a lot of benefit in a short period of time.
P90X Equipment
Lots of people have asked me what other equipment you need in addition to the P90X program. There’s not much else you need. I got an Iron Gym – Extreme pull up bar from Amazon (much cheaper than on Iron Gym site) that also doubles as push up bars and some resistance bands. You probably need a good exercise or yoga mat, also. P90X does not require a lot of space, either.
P90X Program
For these first three weeks, the P90X program follows the same DVD schedule and then it switches up. It’s that whole muscle confusion concept that they talk about in the infomercials. So, I’m done with week 1 of this section and have two more weeks to go until the second section of the program.
P90X Results
In this first week on the P90X program, I’ve lost 10 pounds; going from 232 pounds to 222 pounds. At my highest, I was at 243 pounds on a (barely) 6′ tall frame. I did a few little things to get myself down those first 11 pounds before starting P90X, so as far as I’m concerned, my start weight is 243. My goal weight is 180 pounds.
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