P90x ?

[daisyduke]

Has anyone done p90x?

What were your results?

Didn’t you do it as laid out?

I did it severa years ago and I got great results. THe thought of doing the cardio and yoga again is making me not want to do it again. Have you substituted cardio and gotten good results? Not insanity ... I can’t take the jumping!
Thanks!

[LoriSax]

I was thinking on getting this too. I need something to get me working out again. I am 54 and can't do anything super hard anymore, but I need something that will give me results! I love yoga!! It just doesn't do anything for my body. I need some firming and toning desperately.
Lori

[wishiwasinhawaii]

I did the full program (the Classic rotation) a couple of times back in 2009-2010 when I was obviously much younger. I got great results then, but I tried to do it again about a year ago and didn't get too far. That type of rotation doesn't work well for me anymore, but everyone is different. Back when I did it, I always substituted a shorter yoga workout because I didn't (and still don't) have the patience for 90 minutes of yoga. For the Kenpo workout, I felt it was too easy so I substituted a more challenging karate workout I was doing at the time when I was very active in karate.

I do wonder what would happen if I substituted the more challenging workouts that I can no longer do with something else and shortened them all to 30 minutes. Hmmm...

[Karen Beckwith]

Originally Posted by wishiwasinhawaii

I do wonder what would happen if I substituted the more challenging workouts that I can no longer do with something else and shortened them all to 30 minutes. Hmmm...

You'd have Jessica Smith's new Walk Strong 3.

[wishiwasinhawaii]

Originally Posted by Karen Beckwith

You'd have Jessica Smith's new Walk Strong 3.

Hahaha! I actually do have her new set, but haven't started it yet. I'm working through WS 1.0 and will start the new set after that.

[AsSweetAsSugar]

Originally Posted by wishiwasinhawaii

I do wonder what would happen if I substituted the more challenging workouts that I can no longer do with something else and shortened them all to 30 minutes. Hmmm...

What about P90X3? They are all 30 minutes and a lot of variety.

[IceQueen07]

Originally Posted by Karen Beckwith

You'd have Jessica Smith's new Walk Strong 3.

I have never done her workouts. Is her new one like P90x?

[Kitten]

I did P90x recently.

I was already in good shape, but I had strength gains with p90x which was great because I had sort of plateaued with Beast and couldn't lift heavier.

I mostly did it as laid out. The warm-ups are outdated, so I did something off YouTube for a warmup. They have lots of warm-ups. I subbed the yoga. I liked the idea behind it, but 90 minutes was too much. I did it the first week and feel like he tried putting everything in to the workout. People on the Reddit board suggest doing have one week and the other half the next.
I liked plyometrics, I just modified when needed. Kenpo was ok.
Sometimes I would substitute that out. The star of the set for me was back and bis. I like it better then the Beast version.

[wishiwasinhawaii]

Originally Posted by AsSweetAsSugar

What about P90X3? They are all 30 minutes and a lot of variety.

I have P90X3 and have done it a couple of times. I might revisit it at some point but I'm all about Jessica right now, lol! I took a month off exercise in October so I'm doing Jessica's WS 1.0 to get myself back in shape and then I'll do her new one after Christmas and we'll see how it goes after that.

[laurajhawk]

Originally Posted by IceQueen07

I have never done her workouts. Is her new one like P90x?

Karen's comment made me laugh and I do kind of agree with it. Jessica's vibe is never anything like P90X, *but* her new Walk Strong 3 set is as varied as P90X (if not more so) and comes off as maybe a bit more serious than her previous workouts. By all reports WS3 is also harder than any of her earlier sets, but it's Jessica, so that means they're moderate/intermediate (with a great deal of variation in intensity across the different workouts, carefully placed in the rotation).

I'm only on Day 3 of WS3 but I do think if you want something with a careful & varied rotation like P90X, but shorter and easier and friendlier, WS3 might be a good choice. It would make sense to try a couple of Jessica's Youtubes first to see if you like her as an instructor.