My P90X Results

I decided it was about time that I put up some of my photos for the people that need some evidence that P90X works. A little background on me before you look at the photos. Before I started doing P90X I had been doing a lot of running and was in pretty good shape as it was. I usually ran about 15 miles a week and would and would do about 50 push ups and chair dips after a run with 100 sit ups. A year before I did P90X I completed the Detroit Marathon. I was in good cardio shape but did not have a lot of muscle because running shreds muscle away. A friend of mine who was training for the Marines introduced P90X to me and the rest is history. I did not take all of the necessary photos and poses but you can see where I made improvements.

P90X Photos Of Day 1, 60, and 90

(Forgot to take a Day 30 photo)

I can see from these photos that my upper body got bigger. From day 1 to day 60 I can see the V shape coming from my shoulders to waist. My forearms look bigger too.

P90X Front Photos Of Day 1 And Day 90

I forgot to take day 30 and 60 here but I can tell that my upper body filled out.

P90X Back Photos Of Day 1, 60, and 90

I can definitely see that my back, shoulders and arms got bigger and there is some definition now. I contribute a lot of this to doing chin ups and pull ups. When I started P90X I could do 2 chin ups at one time. At Day 30 I could do 6. Day 60 was 9. When I finished P90X I could do 15 chin ups at one time. Read about my personal chin up record. The P90X legs and back workout is what helped me get there. I went from 15 total chin ups/pull ups when I started that workout to 77 at the end.

P90X Side Photos Day 1 and 90 

Either I had a little gut and no chest muscles when I started or I lost the gut and now have chest muscles. My arms and shoulders look bigger now too.

P90X Side Angle Photos Day 1, 60, and 90

My Day 1 photo of P90X looks like I am posing. What was I thinking. Anyways, these are my side angle photos. As you can see from when I started I was skinny with little muscle definition. At Day 60 my arms, chest, and shoulders started to take shape. It was easy for me to see right off the bat where my improvements have been since Day 1 of P90X. My chest and stomach look a little more defined even from this side angle photo. My arms and shoulders look almost twice as large and even more ripped (my opinion).

From looking at all of my photos I know that I did not get extremely ripped from doing P90X. The only reasons why I am not more ripped is because I did not follow the P90X 3 Phase Nutrition Plan. Its not that I do not eat healthy, its just that to get 6 pack abs you really need to watch what you eat. My problem is that when the weekends come around I let myself have a couple Diet Pepsi’s, maybe go out to dinner, eat past 9pm and indulge in a couple high calorie drinks.

Moving forward from here I know what I need to do to maintain my fitness levels and achieve my next goal. I have almost sold myself on the idea of doing a triathlon. P90X will be apart of it. I will need to cut back on the upper body workouts like the P90X Chest Shoulders Triceps Workout and focus more on the leg workouts. There is no way that I am going to stop doing pull ups and chin ups. I never knew how much you got out of doing those. I guess it makes sense now why they look so intimidating to do, its because they are hard. I have put on 10 pounds of muscle from doing the P90X workouts. It has helped every sport or activity that I play and I highly suggest for anybody looking to get into shape that they buy the P90X DVDs and start kicking some butt.

***Big Time Update***

1/5/2009

I have found where you can buy the P90X DVDs with a 10% discount at the Beachbody site (they make P90X). When you buy it and sign up to be apart of their forum (free to do) you will be entered into raffles for cash (up to $1,000 a day) and prizes like a iPod. They also have a $250k end of year raffle. If you are ready to get into awesome shape with P90X you can CLICK HERE to go to the store or click on the image below. When you are at the store you can pick up the P90X DVDs, resistance bands, and the P90X Pull Up Bar all with the 10% discount.