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P90X: P is for pain. 90 is for days, x is for 'x'treme
as in amount of pain you will be in
by John Climer
Managing Editor
I recently began a very arduous
undertaking - to complete
the popular P90X workout
regimen.
The program cycles 12
different DVD workout
routines over a 90 day
period to produce what it
calls “extreme” results.
The program goes as
follows: month one - three
weeks of “adaptive &
mastery phase” of the first
month routine, followed
by a week-long “recovery”
phase. Month two - complete another
three week “adaptive and mastery phase”
of the second month routine, followed by
another week-long “recovery” phase. The
third and final month marks the begiiming
of a “ballistic” training regimen, wherein
routines are alternated at random and
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haphazardly to keep the body constantly
guessing, thereby producing the “extreme”
results.
The program functions off of what its
developer calls “muscle confusion;” this
promotes muscular growth and endurance,
while simultaneously
preventing the user from
reaching a state of muscle
plateau during the 90 day
process. As a current user
of this program, I can most
assuredly inform you that my
muscles are confused. And
sore.
The routines found on the
DVD’s range from “Chest and
Back” to “Yoga X” to “Ab
Ripper X.” The “ab ripper”
lasts only 15 minutes, but
contains the most sadistic, yet effective
things a human being could ever possibly
conjure up to exercise the abdominal and
core muscle groups.
In spite of being difficult, all routines
in the P90 catalog require very little
equipment; users only need a place to
do pull-ups, a chair and dumbbells or
resistance bands to complete the various
routines they will encounter during their
90 day experience.
The routines, although difficult and
intense, will produce the promised results
when adhered to; the key words in this
sentence being “adhered to.” Due to the
hyper-intensive nature of the work-outs, it
is very easy to get burned out quickly and
very easy to skip the routines that provide
users with the most difficulty (for example,
the “Yoga X” DVD is currently the bane of
my existence), however, if you work hard
and stick with the routines, it is very likely
that you will see your overall fitness level
increase dramatically.
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