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Hey guys. I was bitten by the exercise bug 8 days ago, I dont really know what happened. Anyway I have been training with kettlebells everyday since then using the Art of Strength DVD's. Im quite interested in P90x after I get up to using 24kg kettlebells. Do you need to use dumbells with P90X or can you just use kettlebells? I really dont like dumbells anymore.

Is P90X more for building muscle than just getting cut and improving fitness? Im quite a muscular guy anyway. I may just stick with AOS Providence then move onto AOS Newport before I invest any money in more equipment or DVD packs.

thanks man! im starting to feel a tad better as im going into this. but i still mostly feel like im doing the stuff poorly, but practice makes perfect

Karma, you can use the kettlebells in p90x. So far they are just used for triceps and back exercises like heavy pants or back-flies. So, anything you can hold as weight would work.

As far as building muscle, I'm not sure yet. I am pretty overweight so I have been shedding pounds like crazy and losing inches. However, I can tell that my chest, back and biceps are feeling much stronger. I just can't tell about gaining size yet. I did take measurements at the beginning so I will know at the end.

If you don't want to gain size, there is a lean version that has more cardio. If you are really hardcore there is the doubles program with two workouts per day. It looks like pure madness.

Cheers for the reply. Im not hardcore by any means, Ive always had trouble coming up with decent routines...mainly because I am lazy and have been like "ah that will do for today", but these follow along DVD's have me hooked.

I have been looking at peoples blogs and before and after photos and they dont seem to bulk up like crazy. I think I will give the P90X a shot when I move out of home to do my MSc. I also read an article by an RKC instructor basically shooting down the Insanity workout and saying P90X is a much better alternative.

How much fat/weight have you lost anyway? I am carrying a fair bit of weight around and am looking to drop about 30lbs. Im not going to weigh myself until the end of the month...Im bad enough with my HEM graph and my KD ratio on COD already.

I was 275 two weeks ago. I am 258 today. The diet is hard to get use to but it works. I did the shoulders and arms workout tonight and I was thinking it might be hard to do all those curls and tricep extensions with kettlebells. I am sure it can be done or the bands are pretty cheap.

did you guys buy all the equipment?

I am skimming through the P90x, and I dont have a bar, I dont have pull ups.

I just got a cheap pull up bar from walmart that goes right in a door frame, like 20 or 25 bucks. I was interested if anyone's started P90X2 yet, I was wondering if the medicine balls were just used for balance, or if they're also used for other things. Basically do I need actual weighted medicine balls, or can I just dig out some old basketballs and use those

3 year old thread bump!

I did a month of Insanity years ago. I did some P90X off and on for the last 6 months. Now I'm actually making it a goal to do the entire workout and do it legit. Today is day 3 for me.

Anyone else doing P90X or Insanity or any other Beachbody program right now?