P90x

[Monkeydad]

I am interested in the P90X program.

Last year from January - May, I was killing with my workouts. I made huge gains in strength. In May, I broke my left arm at work and it required a plate and screws to fix. I'm just now getting to the point where I can carry reasonably-weighted things with that arm, but it's about half the size of my right arm now. I lost everything I gained and more. I was doing 100 consecutive pushups, sets of 25 weighted pullups (used canvas backpack with 30-40 lbs of weight plates in it...it BURNS), had added 60 pounds to my bench in that timeframe and my wife told me "there's a lot more of me to hold". I was really getting ripped. She also said I was "obsessed" with working out but that's another story.

So, now I'm looking for a great workout that doesn't involve heavy free weights (yet) or horse drugs like McGwire. I've been working my abs and lower body, but I need my upper back on track.

Would this be good? I know it's intense, which is fine with me, but would it put a lot of weight on my rehabbing arm? I'm probably not ready for it...don't want to snap it again.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Buster

Would this be good? I know it's intense, which is fine with me, but would it put a lot of weight on my rehabbing arm? I'm probably not ready for it...don't want to snap it again.

You can use resistance bands or weights, and the amount of weight/reps is really up to you.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

You can use resistance bands or weights, and the amount of weight/reps is really up to you.

Yeah, I have been using my wife's resistance bands from her Pilates crap to start rehabbing my arm. I want something more intense, but won't put a lot of weight on my arm yet.

Maybe I could just replace any of the weight-nearing exercises with resistance bands until I can get back to weights. I'd be toning more than building, but the intensity should still allow me to get my strength back. I can literally squeeze my left arm and feel bone. No bicep at all anymore either. My right one is still in good shape though. I look like I deflated on one side.

Seriously, I had to START rehabbing by curling a can of soup and it actually hurt. With this injury/surgery, I really had to start from scratch...literally no weight.

Hopefully in another year or two I'll get back to where I was before.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

You can use resistance bands or weights, and the amount of weight/reps is really up to you.

can you get away with only bands or do you think weights will be pretty important in the routine?

i was watching a couple youtube videos of power 90/p90x shocker there was a huge ad for mcdonalds nuggets while the video was playing

i'm just now getting back into shape, i'm using alli right now and doing cardio but i really want to start working muscles into my routine, i've lost about 20lbs in the first month with alli, it's all about cutting out fat in your diet, it's hard at first but once you get going for a while it's not too bad

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

can you get away with only bands or do you think weights will be pretty important in the routine?

My question as well.