Bring a friend; fantastic for motivation. Especially bring someone who knows what they're doing. My younger brother was like workout obsessed (he kinda got me into it) and he made my beginner noob days a lot easier. He understood form, knew what to eat, and all that stuff. Plus whenever I struggled he made it fun for me by joking around. He'd say dumb things like "get on my level, son" or if you didn't finish a set and were pretended to be done (say you only did 7 reps), he'd go "I saw that, remember Michael, the only person you're cheating is yourself." Funny thing was sometimes I'd be spotting him and I'd count. Maybe for weighted dips he might only get 9 reps, so i'd be like "you're only cheating yourself." He'd avoid the question, make his fat face then he'd go "get on my level son, then we'll talk"
which one? rippetoes starting strength?
Hehe easier said than done, most of my friends live really far away from me and my neighbours refuse to talk to me. My uncle used to help me out a lot with the motivation thing, He said the same things your little brother said , but he's a busy guy, of course with summer coming up, I'll be making another attempt to get of my lazy ass, I've a good feeling about this time though, of course I say this every time, but whatever maybe a girl will come along to motivate me or something(Now that's a good one)
If I could afford it, and if I had enough space in my house, and if I had a pair of matching dumbbells, and if I had a pull up bar, I would do the P90X. But I'm going to a university this fall, I'll see what I can do then.
if you're gonna try and build mass/strength and you're a beginner try Rippetoes starting strength. p90x is pretty expensive for a university student like $120. If you have an on-campus gym, I'd recommend that over p90x. Cause p90x seems more like a cutting routine than a bulking routine. If you want muscle mass, heavy resistance training all the way. Actually, if you're looking for muscle mass try Hypertrophy Specific Training (HST), hypertrophy is just making your muscles look bigger =P. But usually when there's hypertrophy there's strength gains.
most programs are good old fashioned way. they're just different routines. like rippetoes starting strength is focused on deadlifting, squatting and benching. good ole normal resistance training.i work out all the time and i think just good old fashioned free weights get the job done 8)