P90x

Two work buddies used p90x with good results. Honestly man check this book out. It's life-changing. Don't worry you can still have steak and ribs! :-) It's the Paleo diet that crossfit uses and bageland recommended above.

http://www.amazon.com/Paleo-Solution...5751634&sr=8-1

IMHO, CrossFit is a great workout, but the program may be dangerous unless you are already well versed in olympic weightlifting and are in decent shape. They make you take an intro class series, but honestly you are so ill-prepared for the WODs after that, and many noobs come away with injuries. That being said, every crossfit gym is different, but there are many ways to get good results w/o the risk. Some of the crossfit stuff is straight up unsafe unless you are a real athlete/military, etc. For example a work out recently consisted of 20 GHD sit-ups (which make you dizzy as all heck) and then 5 or 10 clean and jerk variants. 5 rounds of that for TIME, so as fast as you can. Not safe to be doing c&j in a hurry while dizzy. Best of luck!

full disclosure - one of said noobs is myself.

[Bageland2000]

Originally Posted by KingJaffeJoffer

Two work buddies used p90x with good results. Honestly man check this book out. It's life-changing. Don't worry you can still have steak and ribs! :-) It's the Paleo diet that crossfit uses and bageland recommended above.

http://www.amazon.com/Paleo-Solution...5751634&sr=8-1

IMHO, CrossFit is a great workout, but the program may be dangerous unless you are already well versed in olympic weightlifting and are in decent shape. They make you take an intro class series, but honestly you are so ill-prepared for the WODs after that, and many noobs come away with injuries. That being said, every crossfit gym is different, but there are many ways to get good results w/o the risk. Some of the crossfit stuff is straight up unsafe unless you are a real athlete/military, etc. For example a work out recently consisted of 20 GHD sit-ups (which make you dizzy as all heck) and then 5 or 10 clean and jerk variants. 5 rounds of that for TIME, so as fast as you can. Not safe to be doing c&j in a hurry while dizzy. Best of luck!

full disclosure - one of said noobs is myself.

There have been concerns about safety with CF, but IMO, if you start slow, scale to WODs to a "do-able" level and read about how to do things properly (i.e. how to do glute-hamstring sit ups without getting dizzy) then it's the best (again IMHO) But as king said and I will 100% back up- Oly lifts can be dangerous if you don't respect them. But they're a necessary part of gaining all-around fitness. Either way, definitely check it out for yourself and decide!

[jcruse64]

I think, from what I've read over the last couple of years, that X-Fit really wants you in their gyms, under their tutelage, and not working off of video plans, though there is a lot of stuff out there on YouTube. X-Fit kinda comes off as a religion, based on conversations I've had with folks that were directly involved with the gym setups, web presence, and seminars. But they have some trainees that are in FANTASTIC shape! I've watched some videos of women and men, doing things from overhead squats to pullups, to sequences of exercises, and they do kick butt.

[Bageland2000]

Originally Posted by jcruse64

I think, from what I've read over the last couple of years, that X-Fit really wants you in their gyms, under their tutelage, and not working off of video plans, though there is a lot of stuff out there on YouTube. X-Fit kinda comes off as a religion, based on conversations I've had with folks that were directly involved with the gym setups, web presence, and seminars. But they have some trainees that are in FANTASTIC shape! I've watched some videos of women and men, doing things from overhead squats to pullups, to sequences of exercises, and they do kick butt.

PLEASE don't buy into that "crossfit is a cult" thing And it is completely possible to follow it w/o becoming part of an affiliate. Thousands of people do it everyday!