P90X MASS Review – Day 116
Core Synergistics- I consider CORE an overall great workout, it hits every muscle group including your cardiovascular system. I am not participating in the “doubles” routine this round of P90X but you could swap out the cardio-x option with CORE one or two days a week. I may use this workout as an indoor alternative to interval training when it’s raining outside. It’s definitely not a good idea to run sprints on wet grounds as you are just asking for an injury.
I will be updating my pictures and measurements on day 118 and I am very curious on the outcome. I feel like my arms a bit bigger and abdomen area looks the same but pictures and the measuring tape will not lie. I have been allowing myself weekly cheat meals this round of P90X and there were a couple of weekends that I cheated even more than once on my nutrition. I feel like I paid my dues during round 1 so that is why I am allowing myself to splurge a bit in round 2. I may have to reconsider my weekend cheating habits if I feel like I am heading in the wrong direction…day 118 will determine that or not.
I do not recommend incorporating weekly cheat meals if this is your first round of P90X , especially if your goal is to get ripped. I am trying to gain muscle mass which requries me to increase my calorie intake so I figured I will eat more on the weekends and continue to be strict during the work week. Also, my metabolism is pretty high right now but I had to work for it. Your metabolism will start to increase after day 30 or so but it usually starts cranking for everyone between day 60 and 90…keep in mind that I started my weekend cheating after day 90.
March 26th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
I am day behind you but I am doing P90X Classic all over again. Unlike you, I never kept up with the diet during the first 6 weeks of the program, yet I managed to lose a bunch of weight in the remaining weeks and the difference from day one to day 90 is pretty remarkable.
This time I have no cheat days and man oh man! the pounds are coming off faster than ever.
I am pretty sure I’m going to start doing “doubles” next week because I am fired up at the results.
The best thing is that I am not craving bad things as much anymore. I find that every time I want to cheat, I think of how hard I’ve worked and it’s just not worth the piece of pizza. I do miss my weekend beers though.
Bring it!
March 26th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
I hear ya about the weekend beers, I have been having a few on the weekends this round and I don’t feel guilty about it…unlike the first round.
Did you take day 1 pics?
March 28th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Yes I did. Huge difference. Huge.