Has anyone tried P90X here?

[Ave]

Does it really get you "shredded" as they say? It looks pretty grueling, but the people who use the program do look "ripped"

[Jamie D]

Here's my kind of workout
Beach 90F

[Shantel]

Does it really get you "shredded" as they say? It looks pretty grueling, but the people who use the program do look "ripped"

You can have killer abs and lats in no time! I know a woman who bought the program and she's become a real hot body as a result, she claims it's intensive!

[Shantel]

Here's my kind of workout
Beach 90F

Yeah, a tortoises don't get any exercise and they live to be 450 years old, rabbits eat lean and hop around constantly and die within just a dozen years. WTF? "Don't worry, be happy" 

[Jamie D]

Precisely.

[Cindy]

Here's my kind of workout
Beach 90F

You taking pics of me again!!

[Shantel]

You taking pics of me again!!

Knew you were hot, we're changing your name to Cinders! 

[Kristopher]

Have any of you guys tried this at all?! Looking to sort of 'one-up' my current workout routine (which to be completely honest is next to virtually nothing). Saw a few infomercials and commercials for it and it looks to be pretty promising. Any input?

[AdamMLP]

I've thought about it but I don't think I'd be able to hack it and it seems to cost a lot of money for what it is..  I'm not willing to spend that much for something I might not be able to stick out (although I might be more willing if I did pay for it actually).  I'd love to do something like that but I don't think I have the will power to stick it out or just remember to do it.

[Ayden]

The P90X is in theory great, but the real key is just working out for 90 minutes a day. 90 minutes of any set of physical activities is pretty much guaranteed to put you in good shape. Its pretty cost prohibitive and time consuming, because apparently it suddenly takes over a great deal of time just doing the shopping for the food, set up, break down, and logging everything you consume into a spreadsheet. Also, bear in mind that with the meal plan, your grocery bills skyrocket. A friend of mine did it and he was spending about $200 a week on food. There really isn't anything overly special about it so much as it just gives you a workout routine you follow for 90 minutes a day. As Christina H of Cracked.com said: "You don't need to show your muscles two girls one cup." Your muscles don't get bored. An extra set or a few extra pounds is enough to trick them into thinking its a whole new workout. So their "shocks your muscles" catch is actually false.

Granted though, I have seen good results with it, but I have seen just as impressive results from just dedicated working out.

[Beth Andrea]

I got the box with all the cd's a few years ago when I was trying to be a guy...only watched one (the intro), but spent most of my time following a long thread on another board (it got to be 100+ pages) and I seem to remember that the best part is the fact that you don't have to constantly think about muscle groups, "did I work that out this week?", etc.

Just do the videos (one disc per day, sometimes with another 1/2 hour workout on another dvd)

I have no use for it (not in my current goals), PM me if you want to get it.

[insideontheoutside]

It's really a 90 min workout? There's a lot of information now that working out for extended periods of time is actually detrimental to the body. Especially with extended cardio. Short bursts of activity have been shown to be healthier on the body.
There's trimmed down workouts I've seen that literally only take 5 - 15 minutes but they pack a serious punch. They use nothing but your own body weight. I've personally known a number of people (including fitness trainers) who subscribe to this sort of work out now more than the hour+ workouts. If you want to spend a chunk of time "working out", 30 minutes of walking around your neighborhood is healthier on your body than intensive workouts.

I guess P90X does get results, but I always think of "at what cost". I also know a couple older folks (50+) who are now experiencing health problems that can be tied into the workouts and activities they were doing in their 20's and 30's. One was into running and has seriously arthritic hips and knees now and one was into long distance running and has knee problems and cardiovascular problems.

There's plenty of ways to workout "wrong". I've read about the types of exercises in P90X and they seemed okay, I just think the time is excessive. If you did it for 90 days then stepped it down to a shorter maintenance type workout it probably be better. Maybe that's the whole point of it though? Since I haven't actually invested in the program to see what it actually is and have only read about it I'm not sure.

[Emily Aster]

Sorry for the major bump, but I've used this too and had more info.

It's basically crossfit, but not as hard on your body. It's usually four 30 second exercises back to back followed by a 1 minute break. Most workouts are an hour long including the breaks, warmup, and cooldown. Warmup and cooldown are about 20 minutes combined. The only one that's over that is yoga, which is 90 minutes. It's marketed as turning people into chiseled bodies and it can do that by repeating the 90 day thing, but it really seems to be meant more as a fitness bootcamp to get you in enough shape to do other things.