I've edited Mr EG_Hatch's original post to help people who just stumble into this thread. Hopefully we can all motivate each other and work toward the goal of not being fat or flabby any longer.
Today: I'm not sore, I just can't really raise my arms without effort.I'm pretty sure the soreness will begin to creep in later.
Can't wait to start this program for real and kick the flab to the curb!
Brad
im definitely a bit sore today... lifting my arms is a bit of a challenge, i'm sure the soreness will set in tonight and tomorrow... i'm glad i didnt push _too_ hard but just hard enough to get that lactic acid wub... let's go!Originally Posted by Xceed
Today: I'm not sore, I just can't really raise my arms without effort.
update: soreness setting in, i feel like pewp
Last edited by blanblu; 02-12-2009 at 11:49 AM.
we ready for ab rippper x tonite ?
<== german potatoes
I think I might try the 15 minutes ab ribber that goes after the chest & back since I shut it off before that started. I was just too beat to continue.we ready for ab rippper x tonite ?
Brad
I think I might try the 15 minutes ab ribber that goes after the chest & back since I shut it off before that started. I was just too beat to continue.
quitter!!!!...
Try being as heavy and out of shape as me.quitter!!!!...
It was rough but I'm gonna keep plugging at it!
Brad
ditto... i watched the routine and i'm going to throw this out there for what it's worth, not meaning it in a bad way but more-so as constructive criticism... i've seen several before and after picture shots and i couldnt help noticing that the obliques appear to be underworked... i've seen plenty of abs routines and i noticed that the obliques are only worked in the last 2 exercises... which seems a bit low, but of course that's IMHO... the last exercise is similar to the russian twist featured in an older abs of steel tape that i have and that's the killer one... anyway, as a whole it appears to focus more on upper and lower... i need these love handles gone and so i might consider switching to the level 2 routine in the abs of steel tape (also ~15 minutes)... but i will do the ab ripper x first...I think I might try the 15 minutes ab ribber that goes after the chest & back since I shut it off before that started. I was just too beat to continue.
Like I said before, I'd review all the vids to make sure the obliques are really being ignored. It's possible that they get hit elsewhere.
If not.. well then supplement away IF you have the energy.
Brad
I'm really hyped about this....I'm gonna go over some of the videos so to see how they are cuz I haven't touched one yet...lol
And does anybody know where I can get the Nutrition guide online???...My brother said he has it on a DVD but why would it be on a DVD and not a paper you can follow?!?
The nutrition guide is a spiral bound book.. so he either has a scan or something else.
If you look ... places .. you can find the documentation scanned. Not saying that's the way you should go or pointing you anywhere but..
Brad
lol, I'll do whatever it takes....haha
Do you know anything about it?!? Does it actually have meals you should eat daily or just tips on what you should eat?
The nutrition plan is laid out based on your metabolic rate. They walk you through calculating what your resting rate is, then add in activity (not explained well in the book IMO but you can find more comprehensive calculators on bodybuilding.com) and then adds in 600 calories as what you would burn in P90X. Whether that's accurate or not, I'm not going to dispute.
Then it assigns you into a diet bracket. There's 3 brackets based on how much you need to eat and then each bracket's diet is laid out in forms of servings. So if you're in bracket 1, it explains what a serving is, then shows you how many servings of each you get. It breaks it down into groups like protien, carbs, vegetables, fruit, etc..
Once it spells that out, it then defines what is in each group. So for carbs its mainly just counting bread/pasta stuff. Fruit has fructose in it which is technically a carb but they count fruit separately. So when they say the diet has 3 phases and the first one is a low carb fat cutter, it's most definitely not low carb like atkins. It just lowers the intake to an acceptable level to stimulate fat loss. You're still eating fructose and grains etc..
As I said, there's 3 diet phases to correspond with the 3 months. Each phase is mapped out the same.
I find it to be pretty simple. They do stress again and again that you need to follow their guidelines or something similar. It's all basic clean eating with portion and calorie control built in. The only annoyance is their shilling of the p90x recovery drink and protein bars, when they say you can have a "snack" it's always a p90x protien bar which I have no idea what it compares to. I'm going to have to dig up their nutrition info and find a regular protien bar that is equivelant.
Hope that explains it a bit.
Brad
lol..explains alot
Can you gimme a copy of it?!?....
Where do you live?lol..explains alot
Can you gimme a copy of it?!?....
pm'd
Are you planning to do the Ab Ripper every other day as well? I decided I'd rather do it on my "off days" and do the rest of the routine every other day like normal. I eliminated the Yoga, Kenpo, and Plyometrics which I planned to substitute with the ab routine.
uhh...I just looked over the nutrition guide and I highly doubt I will have the time or patience to go by it....anyone following it?!?!
but I will obviously watch what I eat....Monday here we come!!!!!!
the guy says not to do abs every day... same concept as not working the same muscle group every day... just got done doing it and it's pretty good... very intense and the very last exercise (mason twist) is ridiculously hard, i could only do 10 and they ask for 40... but i was able to carry out the rest pretty well... it asks for 25 reps each exercise (11 total) but i think i averaged about 18-20... definitely feeling it but obliques work is still considerably lower when compared to upper and lower...
there is no doubt that the nutrition part is the most challenging... i am not going to go by it since i do not want to make the time to prepare food and i would rather spend the time doing other things... not to mention working out... i am going to rely on protein shakes and lean cuisine meals for clean eating... it's boring and it will get old but i dont care... it beats the heck out of cooking when in a time crunch... LC's on sale at meijer this week btw...uhh...I just looked over the nutrition guide and I highly doubt I will have the time or patience to go by it....anyone following it?!?!
but I will obviously watch what I eat....Monday here we come!!!!!!
lol....thanks for the heads up on the LC's
and yea, nobody has time for things like preparing full meals nowadays..
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