In today's America, you can't even get online to post a blog that no one will ever read without seeing an advertisement for a "revolutionary workout program". Most of these are pure rubbish. "Workout in just 10 minutes a day, and look like you've been doing steroids your whole life!". Please... on a good day, it takes me longer than 10 minutes to whack off, and this muscle bound douche bag is promising me that's all it takes to get ripped? The one program that caught my eye though, was P90X. Here's why:
The foundation of P90X satisfied my "Triforce" analogy. It promoted eating a good diet, doing cardio, and working the muscles. It claimed it wasn't easy which was a big plus for me because any program that claims that its easy, I skip right over. In addition to P90X talking the talk, I knew some friends that tried it, and claimed they got great results with it. Sounded like a winner. At the very least, it would give me a handful of exercises that I could use in my current rotation, and as an added bonus, a lot of the exercises use bodyweight only - perfect for someone who was traveling as much as I have been. So, it was settled. P90X it is!
I gave P90X by itself a whirl, and saw some results, but in the end was disappointed. Pro: I felt much stronger, I do believe the exercises did add some lean mass, and help build strength. Con: I saw little to no decrease in body fat percentage. I'd say over the 90 days I lost about 1.5% body fat. That's .5% per month. Not the results I wanted. Just to be clear, I did follow the diet of the P90X program, but was a little skeptical of it. There was no calorie counting, or any tips on what a "serving" was in their little block diagram of what you could eat that day. I assume if I was more pro-active in that aspect, I would have seen better results. I'm not slamming P90X, because I think it's an awesome workout! I just need to adapt, because the program, as it was designed, didn't do what I wanted it to do for me.
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