P90X

I would LOVE to do the P90x program, but until they come out with a version for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis and completely fused joints, I am SOL. As someone stated before, there is so much high-impact activity going on in this program, that my joints can't take it. Geez, I suffered a fall in the front yard and am now looking at knee surgery, so P90x is so out of the equation. As for the debate about losing weight and swimming, well, it hasn't worked for me. Since really getting serious about my swimming in January, utilizing a HRM, maintaining a reduced-calorie diet by tracking calories in vs. calories out, and still trying to keep my RA at bay, I have lost about 5 lbs this YEAR! I swim 2500-3000 meters with 25-30 minutes of ab/core work done in the pool 5 days a week. I also use the pool dumb bells for strength training. I'm an IM swimmer, so everyday I focus on different strokes. Plus, I suffer from pool ADD, so I HAVE to have variety in my workout. All in all, with all of that swimming, 5 lbs in one year is highly depressing. I have about 40lbs to lose. Yet, I hear DAILY from people that say "with all that swimming, you should be skinny". Not so. I know I would probably lose more weight if I could incorporate other forms of cardio and/or weight lifting into my workout, but I have problems lifting pots and pans in the kitchen, much less lifting dumb bells in the gym! So, let the debate rage on as to how some people can shed pounds so quickly with swimming and others, i.e. ME, can still stay overweight.

I would LOVE to do the P90x program, but until they come out with a version for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis and completely fused joints, I am SOL. As someone stated before, there is so much high-impact activity going on in this program, that my joints can't take it. Geez, I suffered a fall in the front yard and am now looking at knee surgery, so P90x is so out of the equation. As for the debate about losing weight and swimming, well, it hasn't worked for me. Since really getting serious about my swimming in January, utilizing a HRM, maintaining a reduced-calorie diet by tracking calories in vs. calories out, and still trying to keep my RA at bay, I have lost about 5 lbs this YEAR! I swim 2500-3000 meters with 25-30 minutes of ab/core work done in the pool 5 days a week. I also use the pool dumb bells for strength training. I'm an IM swimmer, so everyday I focus on different strokes. Plus, I suffer from pool ADD, so I HAVE to have variety in my workout. All in all, with all of that swimming, 5 lbs in one year is highly depressing. I have about 40lbs to lose. Yet, I hear DAILY from people that say "with all that swimming, you should be skinny". Not so. I know I would probably lose more weight if I could incorporate other forms of cardio and/or weight lifting into my workout, but I have problems lifting pots and pans in the kitchen, much less lifting dumb bells in the gym! So, let the debate rage on as to how some people can shed pounds so quickly with swimming and others, i.e. ME, can still stay overweight.