P90X: In sixth month of workouts

Dang, I see that the last time I posted was back in March! I guess I've been busy. Part of the busy-ness is P90X workouts. I've been diligent and have been hitting it hard. They do a good job of mixing up the workouts; I find I've always got something that's sore (which I kinda like), but the soreness moves about based on whatever the prior day's workout was.

When this 6th month is done, I may post some before/after pics...not sure yet. But the main thing to me is that bodyfat is now at 19.1%, weight is down (I do still want to dump about 15 more pounds of fat), and I can see muscle growth and definition.

When I started the program, I could strain out 2 pull-ups. I can now do 10. My goal is to be able to whip out 20 pull-ups, so there's plenty of room for improvement yet.

I do, however, expect that I'll change it up and perhaps to a month of a more traditional resistance program (we've got a Bowflex with all attachments, and that works well for this), and toss in some treadmill work. Then pop back to P90X.

SO, overall, I think it was a very good investment to purchase the DVDs. As for the resistance bands, I've broken one so far, and I really DO like weights more, so I suspect at some point over the next year, I'll research and buy some dumbbells, like Bowflex SelectTech, or PowerBlock, or Weider Tech, etc.

The main thing is that I've definitely again established a habit of regular vigorous exercise!

Comments

[Brad]

Go with the Selecttechs. They are a little bit more expensive but are well worth it. They make P90X easier to do so you can keep up with Tony. Congrats on your weight loss so far.