Originally Posted by edgeprod
Hey, long time no bicker. Hope all is well with you.
After the first 90 day program, I decided that my body could handle more without "over training" .. I was fighting at 275, and taking more losses to heavier guys than I wanted to. As I began to lose weight, I shifted to the 205 class (186 class now) and began to see better results. This motivated me to push off some fight dates and dedicate time to weight loss and conditioning.
In short, I doubled up on P90X, doing one in the morning and one in the evening, before I ate. I found that I didn't have enough gas in the tank to make it through both with the intensity that I wanted .. in short, it was wasting my time.
So, my solution was to down a shake with ground-up oatmeal, then do the workout. Instead of doing it in the morning and the evening, I did them back-to-back in the afternoon. I ran 3-5 miles (I live on a beautiful lake, so getting outside is always a big draw) or swam 1-1.5 miles and then did the shake, followed by two sessions of P90X. I stopped the second session if I saw my intensity dropping off, so I didn't waste time.
After "finishing" P90X for the first session, I switching things up for a bit. I cycled P90X in as a regular workout (without doing the "actual" program). I'd do my grappling/MMA workouts four days per week with my coach, plus run, swim, bike, or do P90X at another point in the day. It became another "option" to running, cycling, etc. I usually did Kempo X if I just pulled one out to do by itself.
Later on, I started doing them 4-5 times per week in addition to my other workouts, and focused on Ab Ripper X, the Yoga, and Kempo. I also added a 1-10 and 10-1 pushup pyramid. This is 1 pushup, then 2 pushups, then 3 ... up to 10, then back down again. This results in 100 pushups. I'd try to complete two "cycles" of them (200 total) during my run, cycling, or P90X workout.
I have done the P90X "program" (diet and the DVDs) for 90 days on , 60 days off, 90 days on, then I don't remember how long off, and another 40 or so days (got hurt in MMA, got a brain infection from it, and stopped).
I want to stress, though, the VAST majority of the weight loss and fat loss was during the first and second P90X cycles.
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