Thread: Skinny Guy Starting P90x

Originally Posted by Skinny32

My main concern is my chest. The P90x skinny transformations on youtube look great but all their chest seem to be lacking mass. I have a bench at home so should I skip the P90x chest work out/pushups and just work the bench? If I eat enough protein can I build a decent size chest just from P90x? Any advice would be appreciated..

p90x seems very cardio oriented from what I have seen. Yeah if you are worried about your chest, I would definitely use your bench

tomoro ill wake up do sum p90x meet a really nice girl have some really nice sex..

lol or ill still meet the girl and have nice sex but ill just do some deadlifts or squats instead..

sorry i had had a few shandys when i posted that lol i too suffer from "skinny guy" syndrome ive never even looked into p90x i think the best thing to do is too eat good and stick to compound moves.. jus sayin..

Originally Posted by Skinny32

My main concern is my chest. The P90x skinny transformations on youtube look great but all their chest seem to be lacking mass. I have a bench at home so should I skip the P90x chest work out/pushups and just work the bench? If I eat enough protein can I build a decent size chest just from P90x? Any advice would be appreciated..

Metabolic Program

P90X is Circuit Training and falls into the Cross Fit arena.

It is a more of a fat burning and general conditioning program.

It is not a very effective program for increasing mass.

P90X Counter Producte To Increasing Mass

The key to increasing muscle mass is diet. You have consume more calories than you burn.

P90X is all about burning calories. This defeats the purpose of increasing mass.

P90X Cardio Endurance Program

As NeilPearson noted, P90X is really a cardio endurance program. Endurance programs do little to promote hypertrophy, grow muscle.

As with most cardio endurance programs, high repetitions are performed with short rest periods (about 30-60 seconds).

Hypertrophy Training

To increase muscle mass, keep the repetition range in the 8-12 area with rest periods of about 2 minutes between sets.

P90X Ineffective Mass Program

Any exercise program will increase muscle mass to some extent, even P90X.

However, P90X is the wrong tool for the hypertrophy job.

Analogy

Using P90X to increase muscle mass is like using a crescent wrench to hammer an nail into a board.

Why not use the right tool? A hammer for the job.

The same applies to increaseing muscle mass. Why not use a Hypertrophy Program rather than a Cardio Endurance Program?

Kenny Croxdale

Originally Posted by Kenny Croxdale

Metabolic Program

P90X is Circuit Training and falls into the Cross Fit arena.

It is a more of a fat burning and general conditioning program.

It is not a very effective program for increasing mass.

P90X Counter Producte To Increasing Mass

The key to increasing muscle mass is diet. You have consume more calories than you burn.

P90X is all about burning calories. This defeats the purpose of increasing mass.

P90X Cardio Endurance Program

As NeilPearson noted, P90X is really a cardio endurance program. Endurance programs do little to promote hypertrophy, grow muscle.

As with most cardio endurance programs, high repetitions are performed with short rest periods (about 30-60 seconds).

Hypertrophy Training

To increase muscle mass, keep the repetition range in the 8-12 area with rest periods of about 2 minutes between sets.

P90X Ineffective Mass Program

Any exercise program will increase muscle mass to some extent, even P90X.

However, P90X is the wrong tool for the hypertrophy job.

Analogy

Using P90X to increase muscle mass is like using a crescent wrench to hammer an nail into a board.

Why not use the right tool? A hammer for the job.

The same applies to increaseing muscle mass. Why not use a Hypertrophy Program rather than a Cardio Endurance Program?

Kenny Croxdale

good post!

Originally Posted by Skinny32

My main concern is my chest. The P90x skinny transformations on youtube look great but all their chest seem to be lacking mass. I have a bench at home so should I skip the P90x chest work out/pushups and just work the bench? If I eat enough protein can I build a decent size chest just from P90x? Any advice would be appreciated..

I would avoid it. I used it for a while, but its not so great for gaining mass.

Originally Posted by Skinny32

My main concern is my chest. The P90x skinny transformations on youtube look great but all their chest seem to be lacking mass. I have a bench at home so should I skip the P90x chest work out/pushups and just work the bench? If I eat enough protein can I build a decent size chest just from P90x? Any advice would be appreciated..

Why don't you take the money you are going to spend on P90x and join a gym?

Originally Posted by GMO

Why don't you take the money you are going to spend on P90x and join a gym?

do this. i used p90x to lose waterweight and bodyfat and it worked great for that and thats about it. now its somewhere in my closet. i still use the abb dvd somtimes tho. but buy a gym mebership much more mucho gusti bueno pinga

You're not going to build any considerable mass in your chest while eating at a deficit and doing 500-600 calories of "cardio"

I could see using this program as a preparatory program for a more proper mass building routine. However, as has already been stated, P90x is nowhere near optimal for building muscle.

Personally, I would scrap the P90x and get a gym membership instead if your goal is to develop mass.

hahha p90x what a joke

Thanks for the replies, I smoked and drank heavy for about 15 years and just recently quit so I liked P90x cardio - I definitely need it. I don't want to get huge like I belong in gears of war, I still want to remain skinny..

Id like to look like this (Have to click the frog to see the pic)



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So would you still recommend ditching p90x? I'm completely out of shape..

What you're talking about is starting a fitness routine... I've had some friends do P90x and it's worked ok in that regard for them.... and if you are completely out of shape than the strength training they do during it i.e. pushups pullups etc... should make you stronger than you were before... Still kind of different than what they talk about here.

Once again, my sig will point you in the right direction.

Originally Posted by Moneytoblow

Once again, my sig will point you in the right direction.

Join a gym get a good routine and change your diet

p90x isn't going to do anything for you that you couldn't get doing pushups/situps and jogging. If you want muscle you're gonna have to use some more resistance

Originally Posted by Skinny32

Thanks for the replies, I smoked and drank heavy for about 15 years and just recently quit so I liked P90x cardio - I definitely need it. I don't want to get huge like I belong in gears of war, I still want to remain skinny..

Id like to look like this (Have to click the frog to see the pic)



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So would you still recommend ditching p90x? I'm completely out of shape..

I still think you'll see better results with weights. You're not going to get big instantly with weights, people train like animals for years and do tons of steroids to get results that aren't even close to "gears of war".
That picture you posted? That guy was definitely doing some weights, but also dieting at the same time. Fact of the matter is, P90X is not a mass program. It's good for cutting fat, but you'll also lose some muscle. Weight training will give you muscle (and decrease your fat significantly if you're eating right).

P90X...

Does anyone have a link to a good routine/program to follow that tells me what to workout on certain days plus the reps and sets?