jacko198
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Anyone got examples of how much weight they use for the chest and back for example?
Im trying to figure out if i need to buy some more or not!
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Cosmo
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You aiming to bulk? If you can do 8 then up it.
If you want what I was doing for specific ones then just name them!
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Marc
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Originally posted by jake
i'd like to see how this compares to 90 days of graft at the gym.
To be honest I'm surprised at some of the gains some people are getting for stomach. But In my none gym PT opinion I reckon people would see better bicep and chest gains by having a wider range of weights available to them. I say this as I doubt many on here have access to 40kg dumb bells at home!
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Cosmo
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I doubt many would need 40kg dumb bells tbf 
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Marc
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I meant for chest btw, not bicep!
[Edited on 15-02-2010 by Marc]
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J da Silva
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I find that incline dumb bell flys on my bench work wonders for chest and P90x doesn't include it does it? It should do tbh.
[Edited on 15-02-2010 by J da Silva]
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Pop
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My dumbells go up to 32.5KG and I struggle to move them about the house
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Pop
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I'll be the first to admit that I feel there are limitations with the p90x exercises compared to what you could do at a gym. Then again it is done at home with a far smaller range of equipment.
I'm nowhere near the limits at the moment.
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J da Silva
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If it's easy to get the equipment for the regime, and the stuff is fairly cheap, then more dvd's will be go off the shelf, marketing works in funny ways.
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Pop
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The way I look at it is that it's helped show me that I have the motivation to keep this going beyond 90 days. The gym is going to cost me money each month and since buying a house I don't have a huge amount spare so it was important to me.
I'm well up for finishing this and seeing what I can achieve in the gym.
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J da Silva
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Exactly, I'm lucky I have the room for a gymnasium at home, can jump straight in the bath after. 
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Cosmo
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tbh, it is funny that the vast majority of the ones questioning the p90 workouts are the ones who have yet to do them fully.
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J da Silva
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I have done other crash course regimes, some shorter some a month or so longer, some are good some aren't, the only way you'll know is if you do them.
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Cosmo
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Exactly.
Dont get me wrong, there are problems with it, and Im not saying its perfect - but at the same time the workouts are hard work, as hard as anything in the gym - as long as you put your all in to them. They look easier than they are, as everyone who has done them will confirm this!
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Some of the workouts have made me feel ill, mainly plyometrics
You start of ok and finish off totally nackered by the end of the session.
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Laney
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I think the key to it is having someone (admittedly on a DVD) telling you exactly what to do and when. Essentially a personal trainer in a way?
In a gym, a lot of people lack the drive and understanding. I can see why p90x is popular, its all there for you 
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by Laney
I think the key to it is having someone (admittedly on a DVD) telling you exactly what to do and when. Essentially a personal trainer in a way?
In a gym, a lot of people lack the drive and understanding. I can see why p90x is popular, its all there for you
Exactly, I think that is one of the massive advantages of it - it was for me. Even though he isnt there looking over me, he kind of is, so I have always pushed and made sure to complete everything on it. I doubt that would happen in the gym.
I would like to see someone who is a big gym goer try some of what I would consider the harder workouts of P90X and get their opinion after just what they are like.
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yup, if I was at a gym I wouldn't push my self until I felt sick, but with p90x im going for it and trying to keep up etc and it really fucks me up lol. i'm sore in different places most days through the week.
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Tommy L
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P90 is like having a workout buddy. On my own i can't do it.
Diamond push ups and wide grip pulls up are a bitch
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Cosmo
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I found wide grips the easiest tbh
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Tommy L
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I can do the other pull ups fine just the wide grips are such a bitch Can only do 5 or 6 before needing that chair
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Cosmo
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I was like that with some of them at first, but soon got a lot better.
I was doing close to 30 wide front by the end of the first round.
Oh, and wait until you start doing Corn Cob and Switch Grips
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my latest gym routine incorperates wide grip chins, and i struggle like a bitch to do them.
Started 1st week on 3 sets of 2 now up to 3 sets of 5, but i just struggle my arse off with them.
I took updated pics yesterday, but tbh, they just dont do any justice what so ever. I can really really notice the change in my shape in the mirror, thats all that counts i guess lol
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by Dan
I took updated pics yesterday, but tbh, they just dont do any justice what so ever. I can really really notice the change in my shape in the mirror, thats all that counts i guess lol
My last ones were like that between 60 and 90 days, I could notice a lot of difference personally but when I took the pics and compared them side to side it looks disappointing.
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jacko198
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Originally posted by Cosmo
This is my whole diet inc. supplements and when I have them...
9am - Breakfast
2 Weeabix
Protein Shake (2 scoops) + 10mg L-Glutamine
Multivitamin
Omega3 tablets
11am - Snack
200g chicken breast
Fruit (normally an apple or something)
1pm - Lunch
300g Meat (most of the time chicken)
Salad
Light salad dressing
3pm - Snack
Varies between cottage cheese, light cheese strings, etc.
Fruit
4.30pm - Pre-workout Drink
BSN No-Explode
5pm - Workout
6.30pm - Post Workout Drink
Protein Shake (2 scoops)
10mg L-Glutamine
Large Banana
7.30pm - Dinner
300g meat
Mixed Veg
10pm - Snack
Normally some cottage cheese. Think I will replace this with a casein protein shake and 10mg L-Glutamine
With this plan cosmosis, as long as is it, as long as you have 7 portions of protien thoughout the day (700cals) you have have whatever form of protien you want? As it doesnt really say much about protien shakes in the nutrition guide
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