I’ve had a lot of people have asked me, since my blog post where I talked about my 28 Day Results with P90X Lean,“Okay Tim, I’m familiar with P90X, but what is P90X Lean?” or “Is P90X Lean a different program and if so, what does is cost to buy it from you?” and the other top question is, “Why did you choose to start with the Lean version of P90X?”

Well, let’s start with answering with is P90X Lean?

There are 3 variants of P90X workouts that can be done with the 12 DVD P90X Extreme Fitness Workout. The “Classic” version of P90X that most people are familiar with. The “Doubles” P90X is geared around 2 a day workouts. Super intense. P90X Lean is for those people who want a more cardio-based and slightly less intensive program. Make no mistake, P90X Lean is the real deal and definitely no picnic. In fact, you may sweat even more than P90X. What you sacrifice in overall gains in strength and speed, you’ll make up for with positive changes in lean body mass.

During this period your body is going to become accustomed to the rigors and demands of P90X by forming engrams, or neuromuscular patterns that allow you to turn new movements into routines.  Your aim should be able to finish each workout and perfect each movement, as opposed to focusing on weight and repetition. As your body gets used to the exercises, it will do them more efficiently and the amount of weight you can use will greatly increase. You should begin to see this skyrocket towards the end of week three.

The reason why I started with P90X Lean instead of the Classic version of P90X is because of the complete inactivity for nearly 10 months because of the car accident in January. No cardio. No lifting anything. Many days locked in bed with headaches. I became a body full of pudding. I was winded walking upstairs in our loft. I could BARELY make the physical fitness standard to start P90X. I had swelled to 30% bodyfat by the time I began P90X Lean. That is 60 pounds of fat that was hanging off my body and belly!

I knew I needed to rebuild my body. I knew I wanted to shed all the fat on my body. Get as lean as possible and find my flat stomach once again. So for me, a P90X version that focused more on getting cardio in was perfect for me.

Two months later, I’m down 8 pounds on the scale! But more important and more exciting to me is that even though I still can’t complete a single workout of P90X Lean, I have LOST 20 POUNDS of FAT and have gained 12 pounds of lean muscle! I am seeing results!

So for me, P90X Lean was going to be the beginning of several 90 day rounds of working out. I may do one more round of P90X Lean, then do P90X Classic, take another week or two off and do P90X Doubles. That is the fitness plan for 2009 for me.

This is a lifestyle. Not some new diet fad, or the hottest new pill to take. This is a commitment to live a life designed around being in the best physical condition that I can be. To live as healthy of a life that I can through this Beachbody Revolution lifestyle. I Commit to fitness.

What about you? What is your lifestyle?

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