P90X Help.

[Auden]

I'm 6.1" tall and weigh 220lbs. i'm 17 days into the program and although I've not followed the diet plan to the book, I've eaten clean and kept within the limits of carbs and fats. I will say that I probably don't meet the total calorie requirements every day. Thus far, I feel stronger and bring it to every session, lifting slightly more and doing more reps each time, but i haven't lost any weight. Is this normal, I'm sure some have lost upto 10lbs in this time.

HELP. Is it going to happen?

 

[ceazur]

yes it'll happen, i figure you shoulda seen some water weight loss or something by now.. maybe lower cals??

Some Thoughts On P90X Week Two Results

1. Did I lose weight in week two? No
2. What did I learn from Week two?
   • I wasn't as sore
   • I was more fatigued
   • Careful what you eat as serious exercise causes your stomach to produce more acid than usual
   • I wasn't as hungry
   • I could do more reps and more weight
   • I could do more yoga moves
   • Abripper X became enjoyable!
3. Any Setbacks? No, I dont think the fatigue made for any problems, all in all a nice improvement over week one.
4. My Mood? Same as week one. Upbeat, confident. Not depressed to the lack of weight loss, this is "normal" for p90x.
5. Enjoyable? Now thru two weeks its still very enjoyable. the one day I was really fatigued it was a bit of a chore to get going but glad I hung in there.
6. Life Impact? Still an issue, not sure I could do this over 90 days at the 6 days a week pace.

Thats from some guys blog.. He did start experiencing weight loss later in the program tho...

 

[Auden]

Very reassuring, thanks for that.
I do wonder if I've gained some muscle mass in the larger groups i.e. quads, back & chest, hence the reason the scales are not shifting.
Also, I'm 11.5% body fat which isn't as high as some of the dudes who shed a small person on this program.
Thanks again, I just wanted to know I'm going the right way.

 

[ceazur]

11.5% aint shit... and only you can tell bro.. I would keep giving it 110%.. i did insanity for 60 days and lost 15 lbs.. some was muscle but a dropped 2" in the waist..

 

[feinburgrl]

Not a fan of circuit training if your trying to gain muscle. Having a decrease of your total caloric intake of 500 everyday for 2 weeks should have got you down 2 pounds. That will not show on the scale. I don't know how many calories your in taking each day but if your intake is more than your out take in calories then you will not loss any weight.

Just because your eating clean does not mean you will lose weight.

P.S.: Muscle Confusion is all bullshit.

 

[Built]

Not a fan of circuit training if your trying to gain muscle.

Me neither.

Having a decrease of your total caloric intake of 500 everyday for 2 weeks should have got you down 2 pounds.

Indeed it should have.

I don't know how many calories your in taking each day but if your intake is more than your out take in calories then you will not loss any weight.

GOLD.

Just because your eating clean does not mean you will lose weight.

More gold.

P.S.: Muscle Confusion is all bullshit.

And still MORE gold.

 

[Merkaba]

Oh god, again? Shoot me now...

dude you're not going to gain much muscle on p90x! Period. You're a victim of marketing. Period. You're not going to be lean and build muscle eating at a deficit. Period. Sorry, you've been had. You've been legally lied to by clever marketing and gimmick speak. And like others said. You're just doing circuit training. There is no magic, and muscle confusion doesn't exist! You'd be better off doing your basic core lifts(not all that jumping around "oh look how fun it is" crap) lifting heavy and manipulating your diet.

And to mirror others comments above, you might be eating clean. Doesn't mean anything. You might be eating TOO clean as a matter of fact. The human animal was built on the backs of other animals.... and their fat. And if you're truly 11.5% body fat or even close to that, good luck with doing anything but killing yourself to get thinner. At 11% or close, you're at a point where your body(or the average person's body) is going to start fighting you the more and more you want to lose. Your body doesn't care about what you see on t.v., what dieted down, water cut and dehydrated models on a commercial or anybody elses idea of what is acceptable or "cute". It's trying to survive and protect life. What do you think is a satisfactory body fat percentage? 5? 4? If you're not naturally tight, it's hard to sustain a body fat percentage much lower for any length of time. I'm not saying you can't get lower, but doing it with p90x is something I'd never tell a client to do. Shit you could do Protein Sparing Modified Fast and be at 9 or 8% in two weeks without really working out.

Welcome to the real world!

 

[ahiggs]

really how many of these p90x threads are there going to be?

 

[Auden]

Well, it's good to see so many fans of the p90x program.

I find it hard to believe that so many bodybuilders have either not heard or choose not to listen to others praise of this program. Yes, if you do any training for 90 days you will see change, so obviously the same applies here. Only p90x organizes a well balanced program which doesn't concerntrate on growing shoulders out of your fucking ears. I don't want to look like a fucking gorilla, just add some muscle and lose some body fat.

And any fucker that says "oh no not another p90x question" fuck off and answer another thread, it's not compulsory to respond.

Anyone who gave constuctive critism, my apologies for this outburst, I am most grateful for your help.

Have a nice day y'all.

 

[ahiggs]

i never claimed to be a bodybuilder i train for functional strength. the point is look around on this forum and you will find many many threads on p90x. and you will see the same advice there that you were given here. it is a worthless program for and one that is rarely stuck too. good luck with it, i doubt you will see much gain

 

[ceazur]

auden, i should have told you, you were not going to get too many good responses about cardio circuits from a bunch of hyooge bodybuilders

 

[Gissurjon]

..., just add some muscle and lose some body fat.

how u gon do'dat?

 

[Built]

Well, it's good to see so many fans of the p90x program.

I find it hard to believe that so many bodybuilders have either not heard or choose not to listen to others praise of this program.

You're the one who came here looking for help.

Yes, if you do any training for 90 days you will see change,

You've been at it for 17 days and you aren't seeing it.

so obviously the same applies here. Only p90x organizes a well balanced program which doesn't concerntrate on growing shoulders out of your fucking ears. I don't want to look like a fucking gorilla, just add some muscle and lose some body fat.

I don't have shoulders growing out of my ears. Neither do I use P90x. The only people I've seen using this programme have lost a significant amount of weight while using it - most of it fat, but a great deal of it was muscle. Every one of 'em lost strength along the way. My husband - who isn't a bodybuilder btw, he's a mountain-biker who lifts weights as part of his training - noted this to me when he started seeing some of his gym buddies using the programme. He came home one day and told me about one of 'em who was all excited about how much smaller his waist got, but he still didn't really see any abs and his buddy couldn't live anything near what he was lifting before he started.

There are other, better ways to achieve the look and the conditioning you seek. This one isn't even working for you.

And any fucker that says "oh no not another p90x question" fuck off and answer another thread, it's not compulsory to respond.

Anyone who gave constuctive critism, my apologies for this outburst, I am most grateful for your help.

Have a nice day y'all.

I understand the frustration you are feeling. Nobody wants to think they've purchased the wrong thing, or been sucked into marketing. Please understand the frustration we are feeling also - we see a great many of these threads because the marketing behind P90X promises the world on a platter, but it just doesn't deliver. We don't see the happy people of whom you speak - we only see the ones who aren't getting anywhere, who post here asking for help with a programme that's flawed from the start.

Many become irritated at our replies - and again, I understand. You've purchased a programme because you want a look - not huge, but leaner and stronger, fitter.

I'm sure you're convinced we're all a bunch of muscle-bound goons who want our shoulders growing out of our ears and can't understand this, but we do. I like this look and I know how to achieve it.

You can either believe me, or not but P90X is not an optimal means to achieve this end - not unless you're on steroids.

A man running steroids and using P90X could achieve this look using this programme. Surprise, right? You probably associate gear-use with the "jacked up goon" look you eschew but that's not the only thing steroids do, any more than heavy lifting will jack you up into beast-like proportions. Believe it or not, becoming a jacked up goon is HARD WORK - it does NOT happen fast. You could try to achieve that look for YEARS and not achieve it.

A man NOT running steroids will need a different strategy than P90X type circuits if he wants to achieve a hard, cut, lean, athletic build. If you want that kind of body, drop me a line if you don't want to post. If you want to try to make your programme work, keep trying. When you're not happy with the result, drop me a PM and I'll offer you some suggestions.

Good luck.

 

[ceazur]

You're the one who came here looking for help.

You've been at it for 17 days and you aren't seeing it.

I don't have shoulders growing out of my ears. Neither do I use P90x. The only people I've seen using this programme have lost a significant amount of weight while using it - most of it fat, but a great deal of it was muscle. Every one of 'em lost strength along the way. My husband - who isn't a bodybuilder btw, he's a mountain-biker who lifts weights as part of his training - noted this to me when he started seeing some of his gym buddies using the programme. He came home one day and told me about one of 'em who was all excited about how much smaller his waist got, but he still didn't really see any abs and his buddy couldn't live anything near what he was lifting before he started.

There are other, better ways to achieve the look and the conditioning you seek. This one isn't even working for you.


I understand the frustration you are feeling. Nobody wants to think they've purchased the wrong thing, or been sucked into marketing. Please understand the frustration we are feeling also - we see a great many of these threads because the marketing behind P90X promises the world on a platter, but it just doesn't deliver. We don't see the happy people of whom you speak - we only see the ones who aren't getting anywhere, who post here asking for help with a programme that's flawed from the start.

Many become irritated at our replies - and again, I understand. You've purchased a programme because you want a look - not huge, but leaner and stronger, fitter.

I'm sure you're convinced we're all a bunch of muscle-bound goons who want our shoulders growing out of our ears and can't understand this, but we do. I like this look and I know how to achieve it.

You can either believe me, or not but P90X is not an optimal means to achieve this end - not unless you're on steroids.

A man running steroids and using P90X could achieve this look using this programme. Surprise, right? You probably associate gear-use with the "jacked up goon" look you eschew but that's not the only thing steroids do, any more than heavy lifting will jack you up into beast-like proportions. Believe it or not, becoming a jacked up goon is HARD WORK - it does NOT happen fast. You could try to achieve that look for YEARS and not achieve it.

A man NOT running steroids will need a different strategy than P90X type circuits if he wants to achieve a hard, cut, lean, athletic build. If you want that kind of body, drop me a line if you don't want to post. If you want to try to make your programme work, keep trying. When you're not happy with the result, drop me a PM and I'll offer you some suggestions.

Good luck.

BOOM

 

[Marat]

And any fucker that says "oh no not another p90x question" fuck off

Hopefully you remember this statement a year from now. Good luck with the program.

 

[Merkaba]

Well, it's good to see so many fans of the p90x program.

I find it hard to believe that so many bodybuilders have either not heard or choose not to listen to others praise of this program. Yes, if you do any training for 90 days you will see change, so obviously the same applies here. Only p90x organizes a well balanced program which doesn't concerntrate on growing shoulders out of your fucking ears. I don't want to look like a fucking gorilla, just add some muscle and lose some body fat.

And any fucker that says "oh no not another p90x question" fuck off and answer another thread, it's not compulsory to respond.

Anyone who gave constuctive critism, my apologies for this outburst, I am most grateful for your help.

Have a nice day y'all.

Oh no, not another P90x Question!

It's all constructive criticism. You're doing p90x yet you logged onto a forum to find out MORE of what to do? What's wrong, the system you think is gold is not gold? go figure. And as I've had to say in other threads about this shit, ( and posts like yours is the reason why we get tired of this shit) noone here is advocating getting huge or "growing shoulders out of their ears". We advocate doing shit that works the safest and easiest way possible. People like you stop through, ask for help, then spit in the face of those helping because you don't like the answers you're getting? What do you think everyone here is joking or just messing around with you? You should've went to a p90x forum! The problem is that you simply don't know what you're trying to do, and the industry that sold you on it knows this. Now they are betting you'll buy the next dvd or spend 100 on the p90x shakes. You DID get the shakes right? You gotta have that! Sometimes you gotta sit back and listen, and take it. Hell I love hearing shit from people that are succesful, in regards to any subject matter, not just fitness.

And how dare you talk shit shit in a thread where you ask for help! That's funny! You can read and re-read anything Built writes. She knows waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than you obviously, and waaaaaaaay more than most. She will be waaaaaaay nicer to you. Noone has to like the system you like! What if you came on here asking about the solo-flex? Sorry, again, welcome to the real world. We've had tons of people come through that end up losing tons of weight and usually people like Built offer solid advice as part of that experience. And p90x well balanced!? because it has you doing a bunch of different types of exercises and some half assed yoga? Please. And again, it grinds my goddam gears when people think that just because someone doesn't want to circuit train or jog all day that they are defaulting to wanting to be a muscle bound freak. There are more than the extremes of fitness here on this forum. We have all the shapes and sizes and the thing that sets us apart is that we don't subscribe to industry standard nonsense without questioning the root of the question/problem, etc. The big difference here is that everyone ISN'T about perpetual strength and size and that's why I stick around. People here know how to get "ripped " without even lifting weights...so much for your shoulders out your ears shit. You sound like a teenager getting mad on the playground. Grow up.

By the way.... Oh no, not another P90x Question!

 

[Merkaba]

Hopefully you remember this statement a year from now. Good luck with the program.

I'll mail him a 500 calorie peanut butter and jelly sandwich if he's here in a year.






















































Ok I won't but for dramatic affect....

 

[ahiggs]

I'll mail him a 500 calorie peanut butter and jelly sandwich if he's here in a year.










Ok I won't but for dramatic affect....

fuck he's not here now!!!

 

[Auden]

Back by popular demand.

I can see why some of you concerntrate on developing your bodies so much, to compensate for lack of developement else where.

Quite frankly, to use a forum to gain a bit of info or give some advice, fine. But some seem not to have a fucking life beyond this website.

Merkaba, you're a petty piece of shit. Why don't you and ahiggs go and suck each others tiny cocks.

Finally, P90X is hear to stay, Tony Horton is the man, fellas, sell the bars and plates and go and get yourselves some resistance bands, you know it's the way forward. Ha ha you dumb fucks.

 

[Wiseguy.]

Horton is overrated.

 

[Noghri73]

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Finally, P90X is hear to stay, Tony Horton is the man, fellas, sell the bars and plates and go and get yourselves some resistance bands, you know it's the way forward. Ha ha you dumb fucks.

I go to these threads just to read Merkaba's response

Auden - IMO, it is a fad that will eventually play itself out. Some new marketer will introduce the next big thing, but Tony will have made his cash.

Body weight exercises can only improve the body so much, and high intensity cardio is difficult to maintain for a long time period.

 

[tomjone20]

Don't worry about the scale (any kind) and just take pictures. That's what you care about anyway, right? So even if the scale didn't change (body fat, body weight, etc.) but you look better then you're on your way! My fiancee does p90x and LOVES IT (and I love it too ;-))

 

[Auden]

Don't worry about the scale (any kind) and just take pictures. That's what you care about anyway, right? So even if the scale didn't change (body fat, body weight, etc.) but you look better then you're on your way! My fiancee does p90x and LOVES IT (and I love it too ;-))

Finally a fan! I should have you stuffed and mounted. Long live Tony Horton, amen.

 

[ahiggs]

if you honestly think you are going to come out the other end of this looking like one of those fitness models, your delusional!!! that picture of built in her avatar is actually her she knows what she is talking about!! you should read what she says!! you will see far better gains, with big compound lifts!!! and will lose more fat with DIET, than with this circut training bullshit!! you asked for help you have recieved FAR MORE than you deserve

 

[ovr40]

hey auden, ur original question was " is this going to happen?"
answer at this time seems to be an almost unanamous "no". And yes, i know my spelling isnt correct.hopefully you dump the px before the site, these people have already done what you want to do, no matter what that is! the kindness people like built show to absolute strangers never ceases to amaze me. come aboard and learn, really, we all want eachother to succeed, thats why we talk.

 

[Merkaba]

Back by popular demand.

I can see why some of you concerntrate on developing your bodies so much, to compensate for lack of developement else where.

Quite frankly, to use a forum to gain a bit of info or give some advice, fine. But some seem not to have a fucking life beyond this website.

Merkaba, you're a petty piece of shit. Why don't you and ahiggs go and suck each others tiny cocks.

Finally, P90X is hear to stay, Tony Horton is the man, fellas, sell the bars and plates and go and get yourselves some resistance bands, you know it's the way forward. Ha ha you dumb fucks.

haha...like I said, grow up. Look at yourself dude! That feeling you have, ball that up into a workout and go do the Ab Ripper! You came in cryin' cause you weren't getting results! Now you want to throw a fit. I mean feel free to stay around if you think anyone will take you serious now! "aww you come here cause you have no life and you need to make up for lack of development elsewhere...I have a life that's why I do p90x even though it doesn't work for me. And I'm mad about that and taking it out on the handful of people who actually know something about fitness instead of getting suckered into products that come on after midnight, and I'm a typical male who says stuff like 'why don't you go suck someone's cock' even though I'm slobbering all over Tony Horton's..."

Hopefully it will piss you off to know that I can do what you're trying to do without even working out. Let that fuel your fire! More AB RIPPER!!!
I'm glad Tony is here to stay! Be sure to buy the shakes! I'm a fan of good marketing so go pay some more money to him! Unless you're gonna say you downloaded it or borrowed from a friend, which instantly tells you that it's not worth it? Hows that working for ya? Go clean your room little child.

 

[Auden]

 

[Merkaba]

 

[skinnyguy180]

BAHAHAH.... hey bud your getting creamed out there. id like to come to your rescue but p90x you might aswell be doing tyboe with Billy Blank. good luck man. I would hit up built and take what ever advice she has to offer....Welp off to the gym shoulders arent going come out my ears by themselves

 

[Swagger]

Hard to trust any of these informerical products.