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P90x Primal Style – Week 10

June 26th, 2010 Tyson

I really hate to admit this but I am done with P90x for awhile. Week 10 was a hard week to get through. I have done this workout so many times that I didn’t have the passion that I used to. The workouts became so mundane and I felt like I was just going through the motions rather than giving it my all. I was modifying the workouts to the point where I wasn’t even doing them right anymore. I was skipping plyometrics and swimming instead and I was doing Biggest Loser Yoga instead of YogaX. 

The biggest disappointment for me came in my body fat. If fluctuated a little bit up and down but never went on a continuous decline like I was hoping it would. This week I am going to start something new. I am not sure what that is going to be quite yet but you can bet that I will post it on this here blog.

Thank you to everyone that commented on my progress and continued to support me.

 

 

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  • http://blog.naturallyengineered.com David Csonka

    Personally, I think the P90x regimen is a little nuts, I don’t blame you for getting tired of it. I wonder if the lack of fat-loss was symptomatic of higher cortisol levels from working out too much? Some of those P90x routines sound like they go on for a while.

  • http://www.startbeingfit.com Tyson

    To be honest, I really enjoy P90x for the first few cycles but then it starts to really wear on me. I can’t honestly say if I have every fully completed a cycle with no “cheats”. I think you may be correct in the higher cortisol levels from the intense exercise. I wonder if it would be as severe if I was able to get my calorie count up though?

    I have noticed lately that I am having huge problems getting my calorie count above 2000 calories in a day. P90x preaches to fuel the fire with increased calorie intake but being Primal and staying away from grains, I have a hard time getting up there. The only thing I found to help is to constantly be eating and I cant really do that either.

    I think my metabolism has stalled and my body is actually storing fat because of the low calories. Any suggestions on overcoming this?

  • http://blog.naturallyengineered.com David Csonka

    Tyson, just a few thoughts-

    Elevated cortisol levels can come from several vectors, but over-training, poor sleep, chronic hypo-caloric diets, and lifestyle stress are general causes. And of course, elevated cortisol can cause body fat retention.

    I would look at sleep first, and make sure it is quality. The typical Robb Wolf mantra, make it like a cave – pitch black, and as long as you can get away with without losing your job. Avoid blue light before bedtime.

    Maybe consider dialing back your exercise program a little – I’m not sure how much you are doing, but maybe it is too much. Keep the resistance training, but maybe reduce the high intensity “cardio” type work to a few sprint-type sessions a week. If you are doing high intensity metcon work everyday, it might be wearing you down.

    As far as getting enough calories, maybe eat fattier cuts of meat? I tend to pick chicken thighs over breast meat, not just for taste but also for higher fat content. If your carb levels are low, you need to be eating lots of fat. Also keep your protein levels high, since your body will scavenge free protein for gluconeogenesis to make glucose for vital functions, in absence of sugars from carbs.

  • http://www.startbeingfit.com Tyson

    David – You pretty much nailed it with over-training, poor sleep, chronic hypo-caloric diet, and stress (job-related). I have been pushing myself even harder at the gym because of my lack of results. The thought process was I must not be working hard enough so I needed to push myself even more.

    I then dropped the calories even more by trying the leangains approach to fasting. The problem with that wasn’t the fasting but rather the trying to get enough calories in the remaining 8 hours to fuel my body. I wasn’t able to do that and I think my body started to store what I was giving it for energy later . I was also doing very intense cardio on the fasting days which some say can be detrimental to trying to lose fat as well. I am going to try and get my calorie count up, carbs low, fat high. I would like to do moderate low intensity cardio twice a week and maybe do some sprints on the weekend and maybe 1 day a week after weight training. I will keep doing the weigh training 3 days a week. I am currently doing compound moves and am getting a great full body workout from it.

    Hopefully this helps. Thanks as always for the advice. Its very much appreciated!

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