I got my copy of P90X2 in the mail today so I will go to work on a new calendar tonight.
The P90X2 calendar is going to be a bit of a challenge because the changes from phase to phase are less defined – it’s more about when you feel like you’re ready to move on. So I don’t know whether I should do the calendar as I did the original P90X calendar and just hard-code the phases in there anyway, or whether I should try to figure out a way to make it a dynamic calendar. But a dynamic calendar defeats the purpose of having a calendar you can print and hang on the wall and refer to. Another option would be to simply put all the workouts in a dropdown list for every day and let you figure out when you want to do which workout. Or maybe I’ll do both.
I also have in mind to do a Beachbody super calendar where I include workouts from all the P90 routines (P90, P90 Master Series, P90X, P90X+, P90X One on One, an P90X2) Insanity, RevAbs and whatever else and let you all customize to your hearts’ content.
If anyone has any ideas how you think the P90X2 calendar should look to be most helpful, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment.
I had a request to create a printable Slim in 6 calendar. My wife has the Slim in 6 DVDs so this seemed like a pretty good idea. I used the color schemes from the disk and to some extent I copied the calendar that came with the DVDs. Hope you like it.
Slim in 6 Printable Calendar.xls
And here is a Google docs version of the calendar. The only difference is the Google docs version doesn’t have the little checkboxes next to the supplemental daily workouts. Slim in 6 Calendar on Google docs.
See all my calendars on the Downloads page.
This may not be strictly fitness related, but David RM’s The Journal is still a valuable addition to your fitness toolbox. Some of The Journal’s features are:
- Highly customizable, with hundreds of skins to choose from.
- Make new entries easily.
- Review past entries with just a click on the calendar.
- Runs on nearly all versions of Windows.
- Have multiple nested categories.
- Easily print entries for binding, sharing, or scrapbooking.
- Easily import images, spreadsheets, audio files…. pretty much anything.
- Can run on a USB stick.
- Password protected.
- Can have multiple users and multiple journal volumes for each user.
- Powerful search capability.
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- Post entries to your blog!
- Also functions as a calendar/datebook.
I’ve been using The Journal for several years and it is without doubt the most comprehensive journaling software you will find.
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Several people have asked me if I could do a calendar for the original Power90 and I finally got off my lazy arse and did it. I actually made two versions. Version 1 has drop down options similar to my ‘build your own workout’ calendars where you can choose whether you do the 1-2 or 3-4 series each day. Problem is, with Power90 there is no clear-cut day where you make the swich from 1-2 to 3-4, it’s more of a “when you feel you’re ready” thing. The way I set up the calendar it switches from 1-2 to 3-4 on day 42, which is the rest day in week 6 and unless you’re going to for sure make the switch on that day, or you know for sure 
which day you’re going to make the switch, you will end up printing two calendars. So I created a second version of the calendar where it doesn’t differentiate between 1-2 and 3-4: cardio days just say “Cardio/Abs” and circuit days say “Circuit Training.” You can click on the pictures to the right to see larger versions of what each calender looks like and decide which you’d like to download. Or download both. You can download the calendars at the end of this post or by visiting the Download Page.
The other thing I think I’m going to start trying to do is to create Google Documents versions of the calendars so that people who don’t have Excel can use them as well. I’m going to use the Power90 calendars as an experiment. Let me know what you think.
Google Documents Calendar version 1 (drop down choices)
Google Documents Calendar version 2 (no drop downs, generic)
Download Excel Calendar version 1
Download Excel Calendar version 2
