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Post by glen76 on Jan 18, 2010 8:56:31 GMT -7
Thought I'd start my own thread here... hope you don't mind Hippie.... Ok a lil run down for me... I'm a 33 year old former Marine who hasn't seriously worked out since I got out in 97.... I'm 6'3" and a SHOCKING 263 LOL... So that leads to my first question, I was at 215 4 years ago so I know I can get back to it, should my first round of p90x be lean since I have SO much to lose? and then do classic after it?
I should have all my "materials" by the end of the week... I have ordered the program, resistance bands, the recovery drink, some protein bars, my house will not hold a chin up bar so I have ordered the door kit for the bands, I have a heart rate monitor, and a mat, is there anything else I should have?
I am starting the "diet" portion of the work out this week along with a little exercising to get me eased in a little for next week.
I'm a single dad of 3 kids and will have to do my workouts early morning, I will be getting up around 5 to get started, I have read that you should have an energy drink or something 20 to 30 mins prior to working out but that would require me to get up around 4:30. What is your suggestion on this?
Again I want to thank you for your time and look forward to sharing my experience with you all. I know we can keep each other motivated.
Glen
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Post by Greg(Hippie) on Jan 18, 2010 10:00:52 GMT -7
"I'm 6'3" and a SHOCKING 263"
That puts your BMI at 32.9 and I will guess that will run your body fat % around 38%-40%.
If you were looking to bulk up or using weights I'd say go with the classic, but as you are going to be using the bands either one would be fine. Cardio is what burns fat so give 110% on the cardio days! Dont over do it but if you have or can get a used exercise bike or treadmill (or jump rope) do an additional 20 minutes at night, while watching the news or a sitcom, that will drop another 200 calories there, but won't kill you phisicaly.
I find that the pre workout supplements help when lifting heavy but currentley I only use it before my 5k ever Saturday morning. Unless you feel real tired or can't seem to "BRING IT" you wont need Jack3d.
Having gone through a major transformation over the past 5 months now, being able to help others is was keeps me motivated to stay at it myself. Thanks for hanging out here with us and I'm sure we all will benifit from the others experiences.
Have a great week!
Greg
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Post by glen76 on Jan 18, 2010 12:14:36 GMT -7
Yeah I didn't expect that I was gonna weight that much and haven't stepped on a scale in 2 years.... Your right on with the body fat, really was an eye opener alone when I checked it this weekend.... I was planning on going with the classic with an extra cardio at night, so you have confirmed what I was thinking... I'm hoping that this time next year I will be BELOW 200....
Hope your ready for a long journey my friend
Glen
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Post by Greg(Hippie) on Jan 18, 2010 13:03:10 GMT -7
Dial in hte diet and push play, the rest will take care of itself. Your gonna own this program at the end of 90 days!
;D
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Post by glen76 on Jan 21, 2010 12:11:17 GMT -7
OK hippie, I have seen you in another forum and can see you really know what your talking about, I have another question for you and yeah I do feel like an idiot but maybe I have just taken in way too much info over the last few days from all the forums I've been reading....
I plan on doing my workouts EARLY morning, getting up at 4:30 or 5 am to start, then having my recovery drink IMMEDIATELY after I finish, so somewhere around 6:30 depending on my start time.... I have to leave my house by 7:15 for work, my question is when do I eat breakfast? I would prefer to eat it not long after the recovery drink but want to ensure I don't mess anything up.
I'm psyched about starting on monday but want to ensure I have it all straight before hand....
Glen
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Post by Greg(Hippie) on Jan 21, 2010 16:07:05 GMT -7
The best thing to do after a work out is eat, but with a one hour window for recovery you would be hard prest to digest and transport the food fast enough, now somw experts say the window is up to 2 hours personally I take my recovery drink asap then fix my breakfast, takes maybe 15 min then eat it straight away. The recovery drink hits the recovery fast and the food sustains it into the two hour mark....works for me.
I'm psyched for you! Bring it on Monday!
Greg
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Post by glen76 on Jan 25, 2010 7:31:10 GMT -7
OK so today was day 1....
Chest & Back and Ab Ripper.... Surprisingly I did better than I expected, The divebombers are a bit of a pain though.... couldn't do too many of them... ab ripper was extremely rough on my lower back as I have a bulging disk and have to take it easy, that program will take me some time to ease into but I did as many of each as I could without hurting myself... I found my legs were giving out on me before I was REALLY burning.... Also as I don't have a door way that I can use a chin up bar with I was forced to use bands and am really not happy with them... They say to use the middle of your door but how can you achieve a pull down when the band is practically straight in front of you.... I think I will try using the upper hinge instead or I have seen some make shift holders that go over the top of the door instead... either way I'll find a way to make it work....
I think I have my diet straight but gonna plug it into spark now to see how it works out...I am using the portion approach and trying to stay around 3000 calories
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Post by Greg(Hippie) on Jan 25, 2010 8:07:38 GMT -7
Put your band through a roll of duct tape, put the duct tape roll on the back side of the door with the bands over the top of the door into the room where you will be, close the door, the duct tape roll will keep the bands secured from the back of the door. Kneel down while doing the pull downs. I can get you a alternate ab work out, if this one is to much for your back let me know.
I think you will be happy with the tools sparkpeople has, it really takes the guess work out...
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Post by glen76 on Jan 25, 2010 8:19:02 GMT -7
What do you insert as the Body Fortress Whey Protein into Spark?? Also should I be doing 2 scoops of protein or 1?
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Post by glen76 on Jan 25, 2010 8:45:55 GMT -7
never mind I figured out how to custimize fitdays instead.... that spark program is a bit annoying to me... it wants to suggest my meals lol
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Post by Greg(Hippie) on Jan 25, 2010 9:25:38 GMT -7
No it lets you program food aswell...pick add food, then pick add food not listed..
1 or 2 depends on you. I use it to fill in my protein requirements so I use 1, the creatine and glutamine are iceing on the cake.
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Post by steelersfan on Jan 25, 2010 10:36:51 GMT -7
You can also turn off the suggested meals on Sparkpeople
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Post by glen76 on Jan 25, 2010 11:01:17 GMT -7
I'm using it as a protein requirement as well.... I'm Lvl III so I need 9 proteins a day so I need help getting to that level LOL.... I have today all planned out but some days its hard for me to get that "fat" dosage... I don't like avocado's or olives.... any suggestions?
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Post by Greg(Hippie) on Jan 25, 2010 11:07:36 GMT -7
piece of cheese, cottage chesse, lite mayo...? Hard to dial in unless I know your complete meal plan..How many calories are you aiming for?
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Post by glen76 on Jan 25, 2010 11:41:02 GMT -7
I have a perfect 30/50/20 for today but I mean in the portion approach, can I ignore that fat option cuz I'm getting fats from my dressings and cheeses I eat through the day
I'm try to be around 3000 calories a day for now
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