re: P90X-3/T-25/Insanity in-game thread

Today is a Recovery/Mobility Day in X2. I'm going to do Pilates X, tho.

It's the hardest part of the workout. Thinking about breathing? It's so counterintuitive.

And, as much as I love the DVD , Tony does not do a good job explaining the proper breathing for each move.

Yeah, dude. Just rest and let your body heal itself. Get better soon.

Wife and I are restarting P90x3 again. Many things came up, being sick, the baby being sick, etc...

We were in about week 2 of phase 2 when we stopped working out.

Wife wants to do the p90x3 lean. I've only done classic on P90x3 and p90x. I've looked at the workouts, and there aren't as many routines involving pullups with the lean routine. I'm sure i'll still gain muscle doing the lean, but i'm just wondering the big difference between the 2 phases. I know lean is more cardio driven. Your thoughts?

The Lean Schedule doesn't look very promising, imo. I would stick to Classic. Especially for guys, you want to use heavy dumbells, do pullups, do pushups, etc. That's what makes you studly.

I haven't done lean, but I imagine it's like T-25. I did T-25, and while it is a good program, I got a little too lean.

Started second week of T25 today. Alpha Cardio was done this morning. Already feeling tighter, more energetic, etc.

Drank and ate a lot this weekend. Back to healthy eating today.

Diet related question. I have a really good diet so I'm not worried about what I eat necessarily. I know you're "supposed" to take in about 1g of protein per pound of body weight, yes? A typical day for me, between Breakfast/lunch/dinner, a morning snack, afternoon snack, late snack, and protein shake still has me coming well under that number.

What the hell else should I do? Maybe have 2 protein shakes a day instead of just 1? Throw some more meat into my lunch/dinner?

Any body have advice on how to reintegrate into the program? Took a week off now as want to get back started. Was in week 2 of Block 3 on doubles.

Should I take a slow week like recovery week and then start Block 3 over? Just jump in right where I left off, but perhaps just take it easy? Starting was the hardest part, now having to restart into doubles seems daunting.

Advice to this question is in Beachbody blog, IIRC they suggested doing a recovery week then continue with whatever week would normally come up. I'm off a week vacationing on beach, I brought resistance bands and set of Dumbbells; I found some free Tony Horton YouTube workouts I will try. I'm simply gonna jump back in to the third week of phase three when I get back.

I've lost twenty pounds since I started and went from 36 pants to 33. My arms are bigger and so are calves and legs more defined. Ive significantly altered my diet, tons of fruits and veggies. I'm cooking nearly everything and avoiding processed food. The biggest difference is not drinking though. I went from having a couple beers a night and/or some bourbon to hardly drinking at all. The reasons are two fold. One is that I'm much happier and less stressed since working out. Secondly, after a grueling afternoon workout, protein shake and healthy meal I feel like I'd be ruining all my effort by drinking. With that said it'll be hard to continue my new abstemious lifestyle come football season.

I've only done t25 cardio once when I subbed it for agility x. It was intense, I had to follow Tanya most of the time. It took a couple days for my calves to recover.