Hoff's P90Xperience

Progress Pics: Day 90

Here's Day 0: 176 184 pounds, 22% bodyfat... (176 was @ Day 11)
  
Here's Day 21:

Here's Day 39:

Here's Day 52:
 
Here's Day 90: 161 pounds, 8% bodyfat...20+ pounds more muscle

I'm really disappointed with these pictures. No matter what I do, I can't get the lighting right (it was better in day 52) to show my ab definition -- I actually have a 6 pack though it doesn't show..

Updated: I took a different pic/angle to prove my point -- same room, different angle, much better :)

Ah well...the last month was really about adding mass.  My lats are bigger (although the left is bigger than the right) and my arms are much bigger.  My legs are no longer chicken sticks! ;)

The rest week is goofy -- I lose a ton of definition and gain a bunch of water weight.

Regardless, I'm very happy with the difference between day 0 and now.

/Hoff

Progress Pics: Day 52

Here we go as I enter Phase III.  From day 0 to day 52 (today, the first day of Phase III...)

Here's Day 0:
 
Here's Day 21:

Here's Day 39:

Here's Day 52:

The lighting (again) sucks, but just like in Texas, everything's bigger.

This is after the rest week, so I lost a bunch of definition from the week prior, believe it or not.

I'm pretty happy with how things are coming along.  Those things that look like love handles are actually oblique muscles, believe it or not...I kept thinking that the damned spare tire was just hanging on forever but for once it went in my favor.

By the time I'm done with Phase III, the ab pack ought to be complete with the middle and lower ab definition where I want it.  Chest is actually better than it looks, though I need to work on the outer pecs...more chest routine intensity.

Well, there we go folks...baring my "soul" for all to see.  Hopefully it's motivation.  It is for me.

/Hoff

Progress Pics: Day 39

Alright, time for embarrassing picture time.  This is a couple of days shy of day 44, which was my intended date, but I've got a bunch of people wondering if I've made any progress...that and they want to make Christmas cards of me 1/2 naked as gag gifts for the office...

Here's Day 0:
 
Here's Day 21:

Here's Day 39:

These are lousy pictures because of the sucky light.  What they don't show very well is the loads of muscle mass I've packed onto my core.  These pictures aren't as "transformational" as some of the ones you'll see, but trust me, my entire body is entirely different from day 0.

Yes, P90X grows beards, too!  Hey, it's my winter coat.  Leave the old man alone, willya?

Progress Pics: Day 0 and Day 21...

Alright, here's where the rubber meets the road.  People want to know if the P90X works.  The best way for me to answer this question since I'm recommending the program is to lay it out there and show you the results. 

I'm not Arnold, but I'm making progress that I'm really, really happy with.  For me, if this represents 3 weeks of progress, I can't wait to see what I look like at the end of week 12.

Some vitals: 38 yrs old, 5'9.5".  I started at 175 pounds.  I'm now 168.5.  I started at 24% bodyfat.  I'm now at 19%   YMMV.

So here goes. Talk about putting yourself out there, but it would be disingenuous to recommend something to people, tell them it works and then not prove it.

Against my better judgment...Amrit, back away from the photoshop, please... ;)

These pics are at Day0 and Day21 (12/4/08)

 I don't know if the differences are that apparent to you.  They are to me and I sure as hell feel them.

Hope this helps motivate some of you to get off the couch.  I'll be posting more details regarding the routines, my experiences with them, weights/reps., etc. shortly.

/Hoff