how are you with carbs? It’s really good that you are avoiding sugars. The amount of carbs you eat can really effect your results. Even if they are the whole grain healthier type, calories from carbs are much harder to burn off if you taking in too much. If you don’t want to follow the nutrition plan, use it as a guideline. It will tell you how many servings of each food group and how many calories you should be eating to maximize your results. For a man average height and weigh, two servings of carbs per day should be the limit.

Depending on what you are eating, you results could come a little later than they would if you were eating more like the Nutrition plan would suggest. Some people who do follow the diet might not see results until week 8, so you still have some time!

-Mike

if you play football, I think you can “tackle” this program…….ok, that was a bad joke! I would first take the fitness test to be sure.

http://www.extremebodyworkout.com/pdf/p90x-fit-test.pdf

If you can pass the test, you can handle the workouts. If not, you might want to start out with Power 90 or you can try P90X with modifications. In general, this program isn’t for those new to fitness, but as an athlete, you should have a good foundation to start.

-Mike

the thing is, you will be sore at first. Really sore! But it will get better! Can you bear to be sore at work for a week to reap the benefits of this program? I think you will be happy if you did! Even if you do it every other day, it’s the individual workouts that might make your muscles sore. That is to be expected with every workout that is new to you. Be sure to get the P90X recovery formula. This helps with muscle soreness and restores your energy levels after your workout.

http://www.extremebodyworkout.com/p90x-products/p90x-peak-recovery-formula.php

-Mike

I am sorry to hear about your brother. It can be tough to motivate to do anything after and even like that occurs in your life.

P90X might be just the thing you need. If you have hit a plateau, this program will break right through that. I have done this program a few times, in different ways to experiment a little, and I can tell you that this program will break down any fitness walls that have been built up. It’s very motivating in itself because you have Tony talking your ear off the entire time…lol…a progress calendar, ways to measure your success, and a whole world of people out there that are also doing this program that you can feed off of and discuss your workout with. Take weekly pictures and keep a journal to keep yourself motivated.

In my P90X experiments, I found that doing the P90X and following the diet gives far greater results than not following the diet. FAR GREATER! If you can’t follow it exactly, use it as a guide line.

Good luck!

-Mike

You don’t need a huge room, but enough space to do two lunges in all directions. The exercises that uses the most room are the lunges and you usually do two then turn around. Even if you can do two lunges the length of the room and not with width, that still might work.

Men and women use the same P90X. It does seem like it’s geared towards men, but women can use the program in the same way and still get a great fit and feminine body.

-Mike