Sometimes, posting online is a whifty thing. It’s not so great an idea. On the other hand, for certain goals, it can be a huge incentive because you’ve made yourself VERY publicly accountable. Me? I think I’m partially insane.

Moving on. :P

So, I have now acquired the P90X workouts. I have the Calendar sitting in front of me and the workout schedules. It’s a 90 day program (13 weeks, just about) that will take me through three Phases. I’m faced with three types of workouts: Classic, Doubles and Lean.

???

A Google search pops up a few helpful blogs from other people who have or are currently on P90X. They were helpful enough that I decided to blog a little about my adventure in P90X too – for someone like me who might be trying it out and also because I had several people say to me, “Let me know what you think of that. I was interested.”  The detail to which I blog about my progress will depend on how good my progress is. ;)

So the answer to the ??? moment:

  • Classic — theoretically offers the best, balanced combination of strength training and cardio to build muscle and burn fat as you go.
  • Doubles — as the name suggests, doubles up the daily workouts starting in Phase 2 (month 2). Yes, that’s two workouts a day, people.
  • Lean — focuses more on cardio than the strength training to burn away the fat for those focused on slimming down.

My decision? We go Lean first. I’ve got a lot of soft, doughy ME to slim down. My goal is to slim and trim and the Lean workout seems to fit that. Plus, I didn’t go through the Power 90 predecessor to this workout so I might die, or at least come to serious harm, if I tried to do one of the other two straight out of the gate. I’ll likely build some muscle, which will in turn help me burn more calories, but the focus won’t be to bulk and become mountain o’ muscle.

When to start? Today. Right after this post. Because Guppy said there are no excuses and I agree with her. ;)

The picture that we’ll use as my “before” photo – because I’m NOT taking one of those photos you see in the informercial, clad only in a sports bra and pants:

Before P90X

Before P90X

 

Note: I don’t look half bad. The main driver here is that I could look a LOT better. I want to look better. So I’m going with this until I like what I see in the mirror and I like how I feel.