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Beachbody Workouts |OT| Gaf Does P90/X/X2, Insanity/Asylum, T-25 and More!
- Thread starter Deadly Cyclone
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Umm, how do you mean?
As in someone internally from the company published the webpage, without beachbody giving a green light? But couldn't they just remove it as soon as they found out about it?
Or someone leaked it, as in sheared the URL address. But then how does something uploaded to the net and waiting to be found constitute a leak?
To me this seams like a planned upload.
CherryWoodFuton
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Ughhh Plyocide today....
Someone please motivate me lol
Someone please motivate me lol
Harry Potter
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I can actually now that I go to uni.
I'm just wondering if bulding muscle will help me with the fat around my belly.
Using this formula I got 1526 calories (inactive), so I think I used something similiar to reach that 1600 number, but I guess I didn't multiply by 1.55, which gives me 2366 calories.
Regarding lose or gain weight - that's exactly what I don't know...
I mean, on the one hand I want to lose this fat, but on the other hand, I don't want to see my bones.
I can take pictures I guess if that would help...
I would go with P90X anyway. It's a much better complete and full health workout than P90. Take it slow, start with whatever you can do. Modify and take rests. Do your best and forget the rest really defines that programJust do give you an idea: due to health issues I was hardly able to do any push-ups. Forget about Pull-ups. Had hardly any flexibility and started with 0.5 kg dumb bells (yup!). I just did whatever I could and ended up with amazing results. I wasn't overweight, more on the skinny side so my journey was different but I am trying to say that you can modify P90X to your needs without problems and as long as you keep pushing and eat healthy you WILL get amazing results
Alright... You convinced me >_> I'm picking the p90x route and that's it! Your story really gives me confidence
will follow advice, thanks.TwntyOneTwlv
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How much fun is Kenpo X?!
If you're not looking to gain or lose weight then just eat at your maintenance level which is what you calculated. Eat between 2300-2400 calories a day, and you'll be replacing most of your fat into lean muscle.
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I have a confession. I didn't do kenpo x.
I actually did another session of plyo.
Monster. I would do two sessions of kenpo x rather than one of plyo. Plyo just hurts and never gets easier and I did Plyo about 25 times now. :|
But it feels good when we our muscles hurt! (not really, my butt hurts so bad today) I just can't wait to be able to keep up with them on plyo.
Its never really supposed to get easier. Every time you do it you get stronger and can push harder and do more, but you're still working your muscles to their limits.
obijkenobi
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So, I have a dietary question for those that have done Body Beast.
I mentioned in my last post that one of the reasons I want to do Body Beast is because I get moved around too easily when I play pick up basketball. I asked if I could have a "double" day with the program by adding yoga once or twice a week and people seemed to think it was a good idea.
My question is about my calorie intake while doing Body Beast. It looks like to do the Build and Bulk phase, I might need to eat around 2,800 calories. Which is a lot more than what I eat now, but I can think of ways to add healthy carbs to my diet (more oatmeal for breakfast, granola for snacks, large portions of quinoa bean salad, etc). On days that I play bball or do yoga, should I eat more calories or just stick to 2,800? When I've used a heart rate monitor to check out how many calories I burn, I've averaged about 1,000-1,200 calories per session of pick up basektball and about 200 calories per session of X2 Yoga.
As an aside, I play basketball on Thursdays. I think I'll have my yoga double days on Fridays.
I mentioned in my last post that one of the reasons I want to do Body Beast is because I get moved around too easily when I play pick up basketball. I asked if I could have a "double" day with the program by adding yoga once or twice a week and people seemed to think it was a good idea.
My question is about my calorie intake while doing Body Beast. It looks like to do the Build and Bulk phase, I might need to eat around 2,800 calories. Which is a lot more than what I eat now, but I can think of ways to add healthy carbs to my diet (more oatmeal for breakfast, granola for snacks, large portions of quinoa bean salad, etc). On days that I play bball or do yoga, should I eat more calories or just stick to 2,800? When I've used a heart rate monitor to check out how many calories I burn, I've averaged about 1,000-1,200 calories per session of pick up basektball and about 200 calories per session of X2 Yoga.
As an aside, I play basketball on Thursdays. I think I'll have my yoga double days on Fridays.
CherryWoodFuton
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Putting off X2 Total Body until tomorrow since its my birthday dinner. I hate disappointing Tony
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
Putting off X2 Total Body until tomorrow since its my birthday dinner. I hate disappointing Tony
Don't sweat it -- Tony would want you to enjoy your birthday dinner. Happy birthday!
Tweaked my ankle this weekend -- gonna have to tape it up tomorrow morning. But I also bought a new pair of Vibrams so I'm looking forward to trying them out! Week 3 of the Focus T25 Beta phase starts tomorrow with Core Cardio.
I'm going on vacation this week, leaving Tuesday (after my morning T25 workout), and bringing my Wednesday through Friday workouts with me. And yes, I will ABSOLUTELY get them all in, vacation or no!
CherryWoodFuton
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Yea I figure I'm gonna combine Balance and Power with Recovery and Mobility....
Is anyone supplementing their workouts with WODs and 30 day challenges? I'm doing the 100 pushup 30 day challenge with P90X2 so that I can be better prepared for Phase 2 (especially Chest, Back, and Balance)
Alright... You convinced me >_> I'm picking the p90x route and that's it! Your story really gives me confidence
Awesome
Let me know if you have questions. Got a lot of modification suggestions (specially for pull-ups)
I haven't really had time to update it since we moved to Norway but I am working on a new site and plan to update again frequently.
http://www.tascha.ch/
SteveMeister
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I did 60 ish days of a 116 day Burpee challenge earlier this year.
Right now in addition to T25 I'm doing an MMA fitness/self defense class plus a TaijiFit class (simplified Tai Chi for fitness) (only just started both of these a few weeks ago), and I am running a weekly Fit Club at work. I'm also getting some MMA instruction once a week from a couple co-workers and doing heavy bag practice in conjunction with that.
Awesome
Let me know if you have questions. Got a lot of modification suggestions (specially for pull-ups)
The best and only reasonable modification for pull-ups is to do assisted pull-ups. Forget the chair thing because that is impractical. Just "lower the weight" you are raising by using resistance bands. Toss the ressistance band over the bar, put your foot in both handles and this now gives you a nice floaty effect, and makes the pull up much easier. If you want it even easier, put another resistance band on your other foot. Naturally, the stronger the resistance bands, the easier the pull-up.
That's what I did and was going to suggest if he asked.
Sorry for barging in then.
BTW, did you move from assisted ones to unasisted, and how long did it took you?
TabletopTictacs
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Just did my first Cardio Abs workout in month and goddamn I feel good right now! Before my injury (in month 1) I was taking breaks all the way through the video, but in today's session I got through the vast majority at full pace without stopping. I was so happy when I got through that first set (in the c-sit position).My stomach was burning but there was no way I was gonna stop.
Can't wait for the next fit test in 3 days
Can't wait for the next fit test in 3 days
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
Sorry for barging in then.
BTW, did you move from assisted ones to unasisted, and how long did it took you?
I'll barge in too! ;-)
What I did was as follows, for each set of pull-up/chin-up variations:
1. As many unassisted, full range of motion perfect form reps as I could do
2. As many negatives as I could do - jump up, lower down slowly & fully
3. As many assisted as I could do. I use a chin-up max device, Beachbody sells them. It has 3 remove able short resistance bands, a stirrup at one end, and an a hook at the other, and the length is adjustable.
The goal is to increase #1 and decrease #3. Worked well for me.
Sorry for barging in then.
BTW, did you move from assisted ones to unasisted, and how long did it took you?
No worries
I tried with the chair first but didn't like that at all and googled for other options. That's when I found the idea with the bands which felt much better.
At the start I did one unassisted and then switched to bands for the rest for all the different versions.
Every week I tried to add one more normal one (didn't work easily of course) but I ended up with 4 unassisted pull-ups after my first round of P90X. Not much but given my health background it was quite an achievement
I also have different bands and started lowering the resistance gradually. The worst thing is if you don't see progress and for that to happen you have to add weight/resistance/challenge often. That's the difference between working out and training.
Oh yeah, negatives are good too. Jump up then slowly lower yourself. It takes longer to build up the strength in your back that way, though. Imho.
My Focus T-25 came in on Friday and I started on Saturday with Cardio and Sunday with Speed 1.0. Folks have already said this, but I have got to say that both, especially Speed 1.0, were fun. The time flew by and I was dripping in sweat like Insanity. Holy crap though, my legs were taking a beating for Cardio. I had to go to the modified moves three times for both sessions as I'm not one of those folks who can say "Alpha is easy!" And today was Total Body Workout. Oh man, all those plank positions destroyed my arms.
Right now, I like T-25 so far. Really fun and goes by really quick.
Right now, I like T-25 so far. Really fun and goes by really quick.
Yeah, I can see. The last post you made dates back to September of last year.
By the way, you are a very attractive lady. Just saying.
How hard is it to follow the workouts the first time you try them?
I haven't started mine yet, but I took a glimpse at one of the DVDs and he seemed to transition from one workout to another pretty fast. I'm kind of worried that I won't be able to keep up with the pace if he's that fast the whole time, at least not with proper form so I might risk an injury which is something I definitely don't want to. Especially since I'm a busy college student with a very physically demanding part-time job.
I went to the Illinois state fair over the weekend. I'm happy to report that I managed to stay away from the the fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I'm not going to lie though, I really wanted to try one.
I want totally clean though. Four beers and a plate of fish n chips was my cheat meal for the next couple weeks. It was worth every last bite, let's me tell you.
Oh this morning I started beta. Its hard. That's all.
I want totally clean though. Four beers and a plate of fish n chips was my cheat meal for the next couple weeks. It was worth every last bite, let's me tell you.
Oh this morning I started beta. Its hard. That's all.
It isn't hard. Watch Shawn do the move once or twice and then jump in. There are only 5 different work outs in the Alpha phase so after doing each workout once you should be good.
And man... 3 Total Body Circuits this week... Ugh
There were a couple of moves that threw me off a little bit. But as rhfb said, watch Shaun do the move once and then jump right in.
toddhunter
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Pretending you are not sure how to do a move to get a rest is all part of the fun.
"Jumping jacks? What the hell is that?" *rests for 10 seconds* "oh right"
12 seconds here...I mean, uh, Alpha is easy!!!
Been a while since I did that, but I remember the pulses being pretty rough.
My recovery week is next week, which is good because next week is also the start of crunch at work.
Oh, good. I'm glad that there will be pattern to follow instead just random workouts each time. It might get boring after a couple of times, but it's 25 minutes. Who can complain really? I also noticed that there will a be a 'burnout' segment, and I already can tell that it's gonna hurt like a motherfucker.
By the way, I have another question. On double day Friday, do you guys do the two workouts back-to-back or do one at morning and the other at night? And which will give you better results do you think?
SteveMeister
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I've been doing them all back to back.
The paper calendar for Alpha (and Shaun T) says that you can split them apart, or even do the second on Saturday, but for Beta it's recommended that you do them back to back.
My suggestion would be to see how you feel after the first week's first Friday workout, and if you feel up to it, go for it. Otherwise, try to work up to the double over the first 3 weeks so that you're doing the doubles back to back by the end of Alpha & are thus ready for Beta's doubles.
One thing I also try to do on Fridays is not pace myself in the first workout. I will myself to push hard as though that first one is really my only workout. Yes, it makes the second workout harder, but I don't feel like I've dogged it just to get through them both.
toddhunter
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Burnouts to me actually feel a little easier, because you generally have a shorter period for each exercise. So even if it is one that hurts, by the time you start to feel it the exercise is over.
Back to back if you can do it. Having said that lower focus + cardio as the first one is kind of taking the piss
Keru_Shiri
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To hear that other people do this makes me a feel a little bit better at struggling with some of my workouts, haha.
Deadly Cyclone
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Started Beta in T-25 last night, really enjoyed the first workout. Especially enjoyed it not starting with the high knee moves.
After I finished a friend wanted to play basketball, so I did that for 30 minutes. That all on top of being on a 24 hour fast day. I was hungry and tired by time all was done.
After I finished a friend wanted to play basketball, so I did that for 30 minutes. That all on top of being on a 24 hour fast day. I was hungry and tired by time all was done.
Does fasting work for you? I can't go more than a few hours without being super hungry. I'd eat the shit out of everything in sight if I fasted for 24 hours.
TwntyOneTwlv
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I've noticed that after chest and back, I feel sore primarily in my shoulders. Some soreness in my biceps area too, but mainly the shoulders. Is that normal? I would think that "chest and back" would make me sore in those particular areas.
You just need to give it a shot a few times to adjust.
Push-ups also work your shoulders. The same with biceps and chin-ups. So yeah, it's normal to be sore in those areas too. Even triceps.
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