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I'm always active, and like to switch workouts every 2-3 months to mix things up and not get bored... There's only karate that I keep doing all year long.

Soo, now that I trained for and ran a 10K in the beginning of the summer and spent the past two months on my bike, I'm about to start the P90x...

I'm a little bit nervous, I must admit. Kinda scared I will bulk up and gain inches - which is NOT the goal.

Also, a bit afraid I might find this too hard and quit!

Is anyone else doing this training, and how has it been working for you?

Use the lean workout schedule instead of the regular one if you are scared of bulking up too much.

I was training for a 10K and doing P90X but it was too much time so I dropped P90X. Now that I've finished my 10K I've thought about doing Insanity instead. It is the same concept but doesn't use any weights so you don't bulk up. I have a half marathon in september so I won't start until after that.

The boy has been doing it for the past month and a half or so and got decent results without following the eating plan.

Yeah I saw the ads for the Insanity workout this weekend.. It looks interesting. But, I have a friend who had the P90x and just lent it to my so I'm going to give it a shot.
The lean version looks good!

Ok so I started tonight... I decided to follow the lean version of the program for now; however I made a little mistake and ended up doing the plyometric workout instead of the core thing. It went great!
I can say I really enjoyed it and I even think hubby will come on board with me!

Tomorrow, cardio! :)

What was wrong with the guy?

Funny, I just worked out outside for months, and need motivation to push harder and training inside with these DVDs helps me! :)

Day 3 tonight! I really enjoy the workouts so far, the variety is great. But man am I sore!

Ooh, I'm also on shoulders and arms tonight!!

@Mrs. Louboutin: It is very possible for women who aren't taking steroids to "bulk up" and I would know, because I'm one of them.  Everyone is different; you may not get muscular easily, that doesn't mean it's impossible for women to get muscular!  And I don't have an abnormally low body fat percentage either, usually around 21% (which for someone who works out 6 days a week isn't low).  I have to be very careful to use lighter weights and just do a million reps in order to build lean muscle.  If I up the weight to much I "bulk up" in a matter of weeks and look obscenely muscular.

@Habibah14: hahahaha, when I was in high school and played field hockey people used to joke and say I was on steroids because my arms were SO big/defined.  I was actually super self-conscious about them!

@Habibah14:I don't have the meal plan because a friend just lent me the DVD's... However, I have been very careful about what I eat for years now, I dropped 30 pounds in the past 4-5 years and have been maintaining ever since. Also, I am gluten intolerent, so that keeps the carbs in check (I do eat some, but not as much as regular people).

I just finished my first arms/shoulders workout and worked with 8pounds weights... Would that be too much? I bulk up easily too...

@Habibah14:I just did my first yoga training. It is definitely my least favorite so far. First, it doesn't move enough to my taste... Second, well... I suck!! Haha! I am really far from flexible and it's a hard workout. And, it's very time consuming...

But, I did have a good sweat and I will keep doing it because I will benefit from increasing my flexibility... Not looking forward to the next time though.. :(

I'm halfway through month 2.  I did a half marathon the end of May then switched to p90x until I start training for my next half at the end of October. 

In the beginning I loved it.  Love LOVED.  I thought Tony Horton was oh-so endearing.  Halfway through month 2 I f'n HATE it.  Tony Horton is the antichrist.  I am so bored with the program I can hardly stand it.  I'm doing the lean too and the only thing it's really done is help me maintain my weight (I'm not the worst eater in the world, but I don't watch what I eat nearly as much as I should.)  I've lost almost an inch from my waist and regularly invite people to "the gun show."  Other than that though, I haven't seen much of a physical difference.  I've started taking the "recovery" weeks off totally because when you're doing the lean program the "recovery" week doesn't give you a whole lot of actual recovery time. 

I also only do the yoga about twice a month, maybe.  That's just because I hate Yoga with the fire of a thousand suns.  Yoga can bite me.

I'm looking forward to trying insanity if I ever make it all the way through p90x, I've heard really good things about it.

@lezlers:I guess I can see how after a few months, it could get boring.. But for me, my trainings always revolved more around cardio except for abs, so there is no way that I will not get results with this...

I'm not looking to lose inches, and I'm pretty tone already, I'm looking for better definition and just to try a new training, something I never done before. So I finished my first week, and today, I have a choice between Stretches and rest. I choose REST! :)
I feel good, I am less sore than what I was expecting (the first two days were hard on the calves, but that's probably because I wore no shoes to do the plyometrics..)

I can't follow their diet though. I eat well usually, but if I wanted to do really well, I would cut out the gigantic bowl of popcorn almost everyday,... BUT that's my only treat, and it's air popped (not the microwave thing)... AND I'm alone at home for two weeks... it's going to be hard, cause I don't like cooking for myself..

DH has and (sometimes) does P90X.  I've done it a few times and it is HARD!!!  It is very intense and even the yoga (which I enjoy) is super challenging.  Good Luck!!