OT: P90X/Health and Fitness Thread

[BigSmooth_31]

Im just into my third week of Insanity and I just want to say....

[MickeyDavis]

I have a friend who is about a week into Insanity, she says it's very tough. She's done P90X she wanted something different and wanted more cardio.

[AussieBuck]

So how is this health and fitness kick going for everyone? Personally I'm fitter than ever and have all sorts of visible stomach muscles for the first time in my life. This thread is win.

[Newz]

So how is this health and fitness kick going for everyone? Personally I'm fitter than ever and have all sorts of visible stomach muscles for the first time in my life. This thread is win.

I moved about an hour and a half to two hours away from my work and it pretty much drained all energy from me to work out...

But once I move back within a reasonable distance it'll start again. I was definitely making progress before I moved.

[LUKE23]

You commute 1.5-2.0 hours a day to work?

[jerrod]

i too have thought about boxing but the thought of even a small chance of getting my nose broken scares the crap out of me for some reason

Same. I broke my nose once as a kid and will never forget it.

Getting punched right in the face doesn't help when I have the fear of breaking my nose.

i got blasted in the nose with a soccer ball on friday, luckily it hit on my nostrils instead of the bridge so i'm pretty sure nothing is broken, it's bruised though.

[jerrod]

You commute 1.5-2.0 hours a day to work?

that's insane


i'm doing good, i dropped below a certain weight threshold that i hadn't been below for a while.

i'm also finally getting ready to start p90x, i'm building myself up a little by borrowing the book and working on some of the excercises.

[Newz]

You commute 1.5-2.0 hours a day to work?

Yeah, the construction on 94 is pwning me something fierce right now. Used to be about a 30-45 minute drive from Pewaukee to where I work. Now it takes double the time. If I get real lucky it is an hour and fifteen minutes.

I blame it on pure stupidity though... They have closed off a ton of 94 and I see them working on a different 200 foot area every day. Why close down the entire highway when you aren't working on it all? Why not do it piece by piece instead of closing off the whole thing considering they work on it piece by piece anyways?

Oh well.

[Thunder Muscle]

In regards to Insanity, just about to finish my 4th week and its really tough but I am starting to see results. Ive dropped only 5 lbs since starting (start at 186) but thinking I am gaining some muscle mass but my clothes fit much better and can difference that way. I do fear the 2nd month b/c its supposed to be much harder and I find the first month challenging.

But i find myself oddly looking forward to the workouts and this my first ever true workout Ive done.

[jimmybones]

In regards to Insanity, just about to finish my 4th week and its really tough but I am starting to see results. Ive dropped only 5 lbs since starting (start at 186) but thinking I am gaining some muscle mass but my clothes fit much better and can difference that way.

Either you're a genetic freak of nature or you've just defied the law of thermodynamics. More likely, dropping your bodyfat is revealing the muscle you do have.

Either way, nice progress man. You're losing fat at a real nice pace. If you lose more than 1.5-2 lbs a week you're probably losing some muscle.

[LUKE23]

Yeah, I don't see how Insanity would add muscle mass to you, from what I've read it is all cardio and high rep stuff. You only really gain muscle weight doing 8-10 reps weight training and eating enough calories on top of that. Insanity sounds tough though.

[blkout]

Pewaukee

Rofl

[jimmybones]

Yeah, I don't see how Insanity would add muscle mass to you, from what I've read it is all cardio and high rep stuff. You only really gain muscle weight doing 8-10 reps weight training and eating enough calories on top of that. Insanity sounds tough though.

bingo, caloric surplus ftw

[AussieBuck]

Yeah, I don't see how Insanity would add muscle mass to you, from what I've read it is all cardio and high rep stuff. You only really gain muscle weight doing 8-10 reps weight training and eating enough calories on top of that. Insanity sounds tough though.

bingo, caloric surplus ftw

There are plenty of different ranges that add muscle and he can drop fat and add muscle at the same time. It's not that uncommon in beginners.

[jimmybones]

We're assuming he's a beginner? Excluding rare exceptions(EXTREME beginners, steroids present) you need a caloric surplus to gain weight, muscle or fat. Caloric deficit to lose. It's impossible to be in a surplus and a deficit at the same time. Law of thermodynamics, not much to debate there.

[AussieBuck]

We're assuming he's a beginner? Excluding rare exceptions(EXTREME beginners, steroids present) you need a caloric surplus to gain weight, muscle or fat. Caloric deficit to lose. It's impossible to be in a surplus and a deficit at the same time. Law of thermodynamics, not much to debate there.

I was refuting an absolute statement. It is possible to fuel muscle with burned fat although I'm not arguing the general point that it's usually one or the other.

[trwi7]

Pewaukee

Rofl

Don't hate on Pewaukee. They have a river and a lake.

[MickeyDavis]

And they're not Hartland.

[jerrod]

And they're not Hartland.

#winning

[notoriousTJ11]

And they're not Hartland.

YEs!