P90X MASS – Day 120 Pictures and Measurements
Finally, I did not have a chance to do ARX last night so I started the morning off by doing it and I finally completed 100% of it! The only problem I see with this now is the pressure to complete it everytime…bring it!
Now for the updated pics and measurements…
To be honest, I am somewhat disappointed with my results. I worked harder than ever these past 30 days (credit the 40lb vest) and I thought I would have seen more of an increase in muscle mass. My arms grew ¼” and my chest 1″ when compared to my day 90 measurements so I should be happy with that….maybe my expectations were too high?? I was shocked to see my weight drop 1 pound since my day 90 weight though. Not only did I cut out “doubles”, I am eating a bit more during the week and allowing myself a cheat meal every weekend. This is a sign that my metabolism is pretty much on fire right now. I guess this is a good thing to have, I just need to eat more to compensate for that.
I probably should increase my daily calorie intake with high quality foods but I may hold off from doing so until I see my day 150 measurements and pics. I have always struggled to keep weight off so I do not want to rush back to gaining it. If you told me all I would gain is muscle weight, I would do it but it’s almost impossible to just gain muscle weight…fat weight always comes with it. The practice among bodybuilders is that they cycle both thier nutrition plan and workouts. They will gain both muscle and fat during their offseason program and then go on a strict diet a few months before competition to lose all of that excess fat they gained while maintaining thier muscle mass weight. I have thought about attempting something similar but I quickly realized that I am just an average married guy working 9-5 with two kids so why would I commit myself to a program like that??
However, I will continue to commit myself to P90X.
Here are my Day 120 measurement:
Weight – 192 lbs (Day1–220lbs)
Chest – 44″ (Day1–40″)
Waist – 34″ (Day1-391/2″)
Right thigh – 24 1/2″ (Day1-271/2″)
Left thigh – 24 1/2″ (Day1-271/2″)
Right arm – 16 3/4″ (Day1-16″)
Left arm – 16 3/4″ (Day 1 -16″)
Here are my Day 120 pics…
March 31st, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Awesome! Great progress, i’ll soon have my prosthetic leg and can’t wait to get started…
April 1st, 2010 at 9:15 am
Thanks, Mike…
Let me know your start date when you determine it. I want to stay in close touch while you are doing it.
April 12th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Hows it going, I just read your post for the first time and I had to say your pictures are a huge motivator. I received my P90X last Monday and my fiance and myself started with a trial run all last week and started eating different items from the nutrition plan (I am already missing chocolate). Tomorrow night (4/12/10) we start our day 1, after watching multiple commercials and videos from you tube we decided this was the perfect time to make a change since we are getting married in July. My size is almost identical to yours- 5′11″ 210 lbs. I noticed in your personal fitness schedule you didn’t mention the AB Ripper workout, my question is with your abs you had to of done the video. I want my abs to be like yours for our rehearsal dinner BBQ ( July 23 wedding July 24). I tried the ad ripper after the scheduled workouts on P90X and I just don’t have anything left in me to do the ab workouts correctly. Please give me some advice, either what you did or should I do mote cardio.
April 12th, 2010 at 11:12 am
Congrats!
I did do ARX (ab ripper x) throughout the 90 days. Don’t get discouraged, I was only able to do about 25-30% of ARX the first 4 weeks or so. Just recently, I have been able to 100% complete it and I am on day 131. You will get better. You could break it up as well, do ARX in the morning and your regular workout at night…or vice versa. Abs are all nutrition though, you could have killer abs and no one will see them if you have an inch of fat on them.
I did do the P90X “doubles” routine. It’s the same as classic but with three extra cardio-x workouts a week in phase 2 and four extra workouts in phase 3….do it if you are up for it.