P90X Power 90 Extreme

P90x Review

P90X, or Power 90 Extreme, is a home exercise system developed by Tony Horton in conjunction with Beachbody, which aims for an improved physique in 90 days through rigorous interval training. The program emphasizes full-body fitness, and consists of cardiovascular, strength training, and stretching exercises divided into three 30-day phases, combined with a nutrition and optional supplementation plan. P90X is a revolutionary system of 12 sweat-inducing, muscle-pumping workouts, designed to transform your body from
regular to ripped in just 90 days.

P90X stresses the importance of “muscle confusion” (a term for adding variety through cross-training and periodization), so it switches the order of exercises and incorporates new movements during each phase. According to Horton, muscle confusion prevents the body from adapting to exercises over time, resulting in continual improvement without plateaus. Several professional athletes and celebrities including Matt Diaz, David Akers, Sheryl Crow, Pink, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have unofficially endorsed the product in various interviews and on social media sites, such as Twitter, when asked what type of training they used to get into shape.
Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Program overview
o 2.1 Exercise breakdown
o 2.2 Variations
o 2.3 Nutrition
* 3 Equipment
* 4 Usage and reception
* 5 See also
* 6 References

History

P90X is the current incarnation of several generations of interval training programs developed by Tony Horton with the Beachbody home fitness company.In 1998, Horton helped create his first home exercise product, called Great Body Guaranteed, as well as the original Power 90 interval and circuit-training home workout videos. The formula, marketed via infomercials and other broadcast media, began selling well, and in 2004 Horton debuted his “extreme” version.

P90X was created to perfect the ideas started in the original Power 90, with new and more intense exercise routines. Horton honed the program in his Santa Monica, California workout studio, eventually using successful graduates from his classes when shooting the final workout videos. In total, Horton has created four different 90-day programs associated with the Power 90 name: Power 90, Power 90 Master Series, P90X, and most recently P90X Plus, which is sold to P90X graduates wishing to push themselves even further. P90X continues to be Beachbody’s best-selling product after years of positive word of mouth and heavy infomercial advertisements.In April 2008, P90X became the best-selling infomercial of any type in the United States.

Program overview

P90X is an intensive 90-day home fitness program that combines a variety of exercise styles, including strength training, cardio, and stretching. The system also stresses overall fitness by including bodyweight exercises such as pull-ups and push-ups, as well as plyometrics (jump training), yoga, and kenp?. Most of the workouts are just under an hour in length, and feature Tony Horton as instructor and motivational leader along with 3 or 4 fellow exercisers as backup. For workouts that require weights, one of the backup exercisers will generally demonstrate the exercise using the alternative resistance bands. The backup exercisers also demonstrate some moves at lower levels of intensity for participants who aren’t as fit. With the exception of the Ab Ripper X routine, each workout generally begins with about 10 minutes of stretching (static and ballistic) and warm-up and ends with stretching and cool-down of 3–5 minutes.

Exercise breakdown

The “classic” version of the program requires 13 weeks of 6-day workouts with an optional stretch on the seventh day. On most of the weeks, Days 1, 3, and 5 of the workout are strength-training for various parts of the body including biceps, triceps, shoulders, back, and legs. On these days, a 16-minute abs session is included after the regular workouts. Days 2, 4, and 6 are for the cardio-related exercises: plyometrics, yoga, and kenp?, respectively.

The program begins with three weeks of the same six days of exercises repeated every week. Weeks 5 through 7 are similar to weeks 1 through 3 except that some of the strength training routines are different. Weeks 9-12 then alternate between the exercises from weeks 1-3 and 5-7. Weeks 4, 8, and 13 are designated “rest” weeks, which don’t include strength training but instead consist entirely of the cardio-related exercises along with core synergistics and stretching.

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