Beachbody P90X: Tony Horton's 90-Day Extreme Home Fitness Workout DVD Programme

In february 2010 I weighed 20 stone.I decided enough was enough and ordered Insanity, a product from Beachbody a bit like p90x only more focused on cardio, bodyweight exercises and interval training. I found Insanity very challenging indeed. The workouts are deadly and it was 4 months before I could even attempt one of the Max Insanity workouts and 8 months before I could hit one of the routines with full intensity and survive. let me say again, insanity is hard as hell!But I lost 3 and 1/2 stone and turned my fitness right around. I went from being a guy who used to eat all the crap of the day and who used to joke about going to the gym and was referred to as 'the athelete' in work in cruel jest to a guy who was accepted by the gym-goers as 'one of there own' even though I never set foot in the gym! People still, 10 months later, comment on how much weight I lost.But this is a P90x review... 10 months ago I was seriously overweight and unfit. I could not have handled a P90x workout 10 months ago. P90x is the real deal as far as getting ripped and pumped is concerned. It has a much more muscular/ripping/bulking out aspect to it than insanity, (however you will NOT turn into a stumpy excessively chunked body builder on this). I was very close to buying a budget copy of P90x of any retailer who could give me it for less than the asking price of £106. However I took the hit and bought it off Amazon and got a genuine copy. I am very glad I did. When I bought insanity I got it for around £45 from some random retailer. The manuals were not complete and were full of typos, and most importantly all the bonus disks were faulty and would not play properly. The genuine copy you get from here is worth EVERY PENNY. it will work, it has all the content and if its faulty you can return it!! When you consider your grocery shop for a week could hit £100, and you put £70 of fuel in your car this week, it is not much to ask for £100 for P90x which (if you do as it says) will turn your life around! It includes all the workouts, online motivation and diet plans that you need to succeed.Compared to insanity, the diet plan is better. it contains much more info and several options to suit you, including a 'portion plan option' for people like me who just wanna grab some food and go - a cup of veg, a half cup of chicken, couple ounces of cheese etc or a more complex 'meal plan' approach for folks who like to plan everything and eat exactly what the plan says.The workouts are intense and challenging. P90x is designed around getting maximum results using supplements. you can do P90x without supplements, but you will suffer more and get slightly less results. I did not use the P90x supplements as you cant get them in the UK yet. I used Berocca for vitamin and S.I.S. REGO for post-workout recovery. I also used For Goodness Shakes for post-workout. These are not essential but do help to cut down on the pain and recovery time for your muscles. I didnt use pure protein supplements as I have a body type that gains muscle well naturally and I have never needed additional protein. You know your own body, go with what you know.The amazing thing about P90x is IF YOU DO WHAT IS SAYS you will get absolutely amazing results. you will get ripped in 90 days. This will not happen for everybody. Mainly because many people will look at the advised diet and go, 'no, I know better'. Maybe you do... all I can say is if you stick to 90% of the advised meals, 90% of the time you will progress rapidly. P90x achieves half its results by bulking up your body, and half its results by ripping the fat off you. if you dont follow a good diet you will get fitter and stronger, but noone will know coz you'll still be fat!!Finally I would say consider what your immediate goals are before choosing this over Insanity. Insanity will get you 'fitter' (cardiovascularly,endurance-wise and I think you will lose more weight on Insanity. P90x will turn you into a machine, giving you muscle growth and ripping you right down to the pure, sexy muscle. For a fat guy like me (20 stone) Insanity, then P90x was the way to go. Good luck and stick with it.

Get ready, to get in shape!!I would say i'm fit and healthy, running around 9-10 miles 3 times a week and weight traing 3-4 times a week!! So when i saw P90-X i thought it's just another over-hyped american fitness money making scam. But! after reading reviews and watching peoples real life changes on Youtube through the P90-X programe, i decided to take the plunge and buy it. It does get a bit boring doing the same exercise routine, day in, day out and i liked the idea of muscle confussion which Tony uses in the P90-X programe.I've just completed the first week and this is the real deal! I am able to keep up with most of the exercises, but not easily as i'm having to push my body in so many different ways with so many different moves which include, pull-ups, push-ups, weights or bands, jumps, squats, punches, kicks, yoga, insane ab routines etc, etc. It's all very well thought out and by the end of each DVD you realy feel it. I evan feel guilty as i had to miss the last 10 mins of the Plyometrics DVD one night! I'm addicted to this, as it's not boring and you feel great afterwrds.If your level of fitness is not that great, don't be put off by the level of intensity as if you just do what you can, you will slowly build up to keeping up with Tony and soon notice the difference to your body.The only problem i found was that the introduction DVD would not work, as it was still in US configuration!The two books that come with it are helpful, one with diet tips, recipes etc and the other with the exercise routines and week by week exercise plan.You will need some basic equipment in order to do some of the exercises and you can find out what you need an the beachbody website.This is one of the best buys i've made in a long time and you should buy it to!!