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Originally Posted by ToxSocks
Oh that'd be fantastic. I'd like that for sure.
While i probably wont do the program anymore, at the very least i want Stretch X and Ab Ripper X.
I was probably in the best shape of my life back when i was doing P90X. (I was also in my mid-20's, so i mean....LOL, not fair to current old me).
I think im probably aesthetically better LOOKING today, but that's because ive added some weight and i age like a fine wine. Im just getting sexier the older i get. (Sorry, ladies).
But I did P90X for 6 months straight and goddaamn, my strength to body weight ratio was fantastic. I was doing 1-arm pullups by the end of it, which i can't to today.
For a purely body weight routine, i swear by P90X, it's legit.
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It didn't do shit for me except probably cardio (plyo was legit), but there's a lot that goes into saying that.
I didn't have the fundamentals down, such as progressive overload. I ate like shit and didn't get enough sleep. I wasn't nearly consistent enough long enough to see real results.
Buut... I also think it just ****ing hammers muscles that don't need nearly that volume, like doing three hundred curls in one workout when you're probably fine doing like a 5th of the volume. There's also a lot of cheat shit in there (while he tells you don't cheat on form), like "just stand on a chair do 20 pull ups!", that was just pointless for me (far better to progress with bar hangs, negatives, etc, IMO). Six days/week us also extreme if you're a n00b.
I've thought about going back and doing it again now that I have a clue of what I'm doing, even if it's not a full 6 days/weeek.... I do think it's a very comprehensive program, if nothing else, and would be interesting to revisit to see if I could keep up now and overload, and see results in a fairly short time.