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P90X Workouts - Does P90X Work?

Jaye and I have been doing the P90X Workouts for a while now.

Well let me just say that this is the best home workout system available! Hands down, this is the winner. Within a week of doing this workout at home, Jaye and I canceled our gym membership and we haven’t looked back! It is SO much fun, and SO effective.

P90X consists of 12 DVD's that you do in different sequences according to three phases. Each phase is 3 weeks followed by a recovery week.

The P90X workouts are as follows:

Chest and Back
Plyometrics
Shoulders and Arms
Yoga X
Cardio X
Kenpo X
Legs and Back
Chest, Shoulders and Triceps
Back and Biceps>
Core Synergistics
Ab Ripper X
X Stretch

You work out 7 days a week doing a specific sequence of P90X workouts according to the phase you’re in.

There are also three variations that you can choose from. There is the classic P90X (which we do), the P90X lean and P90X Doubles.

Lean is for those who are perhaps not as strong or who do not want to build up as much lean muscle mass and want to focus a little more on weight loss. The classic version is the standard version and doubles is for the nutters who want to add extra cardio in on top of their daily, insane, standard workout.

The P90X workouts are NOT for the faint-hearted

This is hard core folks. This is not for anyone who is just starting to work out. This is for people who are already fit, already strong, but want to really take it to the next level.

Phase One of the P90X workouts for the classic version go as follows:

Week 1-3

Day 1 - Chest and Back, Ab Ripper X
Day 2 - Plyometrics
Day 3 - Shoulders and Arms, Ab Ripper X
Day 4 - Yoga X
Day 5 - Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X
Day 6 - Kenpo X
Day 7 - X Stretch

Then in week 4 you have a recovery week (which doesn’t mean you rest, not a chance) where you do Core Synergistics twice, Cardio X once, Yoga X twice and X Stretch twice.

Then you move onto the second phase where Chest and Back becomes Chest, Shoulders and Triceps, and Shoulders and arms becomes Back and Biceps.

The second phase is another 3 weeks, followed by a recovery week which is the same as week 4. Then onto phase 3 where you switch between phase 1 and 2 workouts for the full four week period and then you can start over at the beginning again!

Good times, good times. We have been having SO much fun with this. Jaye and I are working out hard together and we just love it. It is the first time we have really been able to work out together, usually if we were in the gym we would be following different programs. The fact that we can do this together is really awesome.

There is no way you could ever get TOO fit for this program!

The fitter and stronger you get, the more you are able to do, that is all. It is designed to be able to challenge you powerfully no matter how high a level you have already achieved.

This is the ultimate workout

I am SO happy that I have found a workout program that I cannot see myself ever getting tired of. It is so varied, so challenging and just so much damn fun.

The only one of the P90X workouts I don’t like so much is the Kenpo X. I have seen P90X reviews where others say this is their favorite, so definitely don’t take my word on this. Both Jaye and I have just found it a little boring. So instead we do the Cardio X workout on Kenpo X days and that suits us both very well.

The first time you do the P90X workouts you will just be laughing and shaking your head and exclaiming how INSANE it is!

One armed pushups with jumps and claps and all sorts of crazy things I had certainly never done before!

The plyometrics will have you seeing stars and breaking your record for the highest heart rate ever. This is totally crazy, but enormously fun. As I get fitter I jump higher, squat lower and my legs are so wonderfully toned these days you’ll barely see me in anything except short shorts or micro minis!!! The legs and back workout is killer too!

Don’t think you’re in for an easy time on the yoga!

This is Yoga X as Tony Horton says, no dogging it allowed. It is a power sweat session that will keep your heart rate fully in ‘the zone’ with no trouble whatsoever. The only ‘easy’ workout is X-Stretch which comes at the end of a hectic week and is JUST what you need, and leaves you feeling simply amazing.

It is inspiring, highly motivating, and most of all, it is effective as heck and a shedload of fun!

And of course, no need to follow their nutritional advice if you’re a low fat raw vegan, just get those fruit carbs in and watch your muscles grow.

So go for it!

If you were deliberating and wondering - Does P90X work? - then the answer is Hell YES!

I actually couldn’t recommend it highly enough!