ayone doing p90x???

wyzer11 · Post by **wyzer11** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:30 pm

Hello I was just wondering who has done the p90x workout as I am going to start the program here shortly? If anyone has, is it better to do the power 90 first or just jump right into to p90x? I am out of shape (fat) but still athletic.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:02 pm

do the easiest one first

Tyler Hawke · Post by **Tyler Hawke** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:31 pm

I'm just finishing Phase 1 of P90X. If you are out of shape, you will most likely get real discouraged.. They are uptempo and intense. They aren't heavy weight oriented but if you can't do 20-25 pushups and at least 3-5 pullups, then I'd go with the easy one.

wyzer11 · Post by **wyzer11** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:23 pm

how important is the pull up bar to have? I am in the process in getting one but have not yet. can i start without one, or should I wait??

Tyler Hawke · Post by **Tyler Hawke** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:38 pm

You need the pullup bar. There are a lot of pullup/chinup variations that occur. You can do the Resistance Bands as a replacement but if you don't have them, you would be eliminating about a third of the workouts that concentrate on chest back and shoulders.

wyzer11 · Post by **wyzer11** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:11 pm

thanks for your advise tyler. I think that i am going to ease into the p90x and do about a month or so with the original power 90 that i have now. by the time i am ready to do p90x i will have the pull up bar and i will be ready to kick a** and take names!!!

wyzer11 · Post by **wyzer11** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:52 pm

swanso you were right about doing the easier one first. I popped in the original p90 today for the first time and Damn I am more out of shape then originally thought! I will stick with p90 until i conquer it then move forward.