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

I started at 216

How hard is this on your knees? Have eased back into working out after 2 knee surgeries and have done Tonys 10 minute trainer for the past year dropped 15 but am bored.

You can get a good mat from any sports store or Walmart. I use it on my tile floor and have no trouble.

Barry! X3 sounds like murder!

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Did the challenge week 2 last night and upped my numbers to 24/12.

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Are you already in decent shape? I can do 5 pull ups on the first set, then maybe 5 on the second. After that, only 1 per set, if that. How you're doing 12 for all the set boggles my mind

Push-ups are way easier for me, although I do have to do the last set or two with serious improper form.

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Please explain this workout to me.

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Tony has you pick a number of pull ups and a number of push ups that you think you can do. You alternate between different styles of pull ups and push ups for the 30 minute workout.

Your goal is to reach your number, each and every set.

24/12 = 24 push ups per set and 12 pull ups per set (If I'm not mistaken)

Doesn't sound like much, but over the course of 30 minutes and all those sets, it starts to wear you down.

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Is that the whole workout? Are there no breaks?

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Yep, for that particular day.

Has the basic 2-3 minute warm up session at the beginning, then the little 10-15 seconds you get when switching from push up to pull ups and then 3 (I think) 60 second breaks throughout the workout.

Then there's the 2 minute burnout at the end where you are going hardcore, non stop pull ups and push ups.

It's a killer. First time I did it, putting my jacket on in the mornings became a 10 minute ordeal

im finishing up week 2 of T25 right now. Doing it now because I didnt feel good yesterday. T25 is a lot better workout than I expected

I was out of town this week, so I did The Warrior on Thursday and will do The Challenge today. I am not looking forward to this.

Week 3 is about to be in the books!