That my friends is the question. At 48 years old I can not / will not keep up the full P90X pace. But I have committed to working out 5 or 6 days a week. Those workouts vary between a P90X resistance workout which I probably do at about a 70-80% intensity (or length) and some sort of cardio. If I play tennis that is obviously a cardio (and legs) day. I then try to do two days of strength unless I get an opportunity to play tennis which always wins out over “working out”. And when I get in the mood or life gets in the way I skip a day (sometimes 2) per week.
Diet? Definitely eating much better than pre P90X but certainly not the full P90X diet. Again, probably 75% good stuff but I do really watch how much I eat.
I like that I took pictures along the way because it allows (forces?) me to step back and see if I’m slipping, making progress or holding my own.
The gallery below shows my “Just finished P90X” pics versus my pics from today which is approx 16 months later. All in all I’d say I am holding my own. My weight has gone up about two pounds from my P90X finish and is basically where it was when I started P90X. Weight loss was never my goal. It was more a desire to replace about 5 pounds of fat with 5 pounds of muscle.
Well there you have it. I am pretty happy with my long-term results. So..how have you fared since ending your initial P90X experience?
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