Most of you already know a lot about P90X — most of you are doing it! And there is so much buzz right now about The Next P90X (rightfully so — it will be the MOTHER of all workouts!!).
But since The Next P90X won’t come out until late 2011, what are some choices for folks who will graduate from P90X before then? Well, of course you can do another round of the X. Or you can try Insanity. Or you can do a hybrid.
But another choice is P90X Plus, which was designed for P90X Grads. So let me give you some tips about P90X Plus so you can decide if it’s something you want to do, either as a stand-alone program or as a way to supplement and add variety to a future round of the X.
First, I must say that P90X is by far my favorite stand-alone program. If you are going to do 1 and just 1 program, I think it MUST be P90X. That has it all (lifting, cardio, nutrition, and is repeatable indefinitely). However, that doesn’t mean I don’t like these other programs. I just don’t feel that they are the whole package that P90X is.
Compared to P90X, P90X Plus workouts are shorter (45 minutes or so), and the exercises are more synergistic (meaning they involve mutiple muscle groups). The lifts are all for time rather than reps, so it’s not as good for bulk muscle building as the classic P90X. With P90X Plus, my heart rate gets real high and I get a big calorie burn while still pushing the muscles with the lifts. It’s a great change-up to the classic P90X style.
There are 5 workouts. Upper Body Plus and Total Body Plus are the lift workouts. I like both of these very much and use them regularly in my Hybrid Workouts. I use the Upper Body Plus as one of my 3 lift days, and I use Total Body Plus as a recovery week workout (it’s like an advanced version of Core Synergistics).
The Abs / Core Plus is a great Ab workout, but is much more technically difficult than Ab Ripper X. All exercises target the abs, but you rotate between hanging (using the pullup bar), standing, plank, and on the ground. They really burn the core and abs! I use this workout regularly as well.
The Interval X is a really fun HIIT workout, in which you go through a series of 1 minute excercises at 3 different speeds (slow, medium, fast). It’s a great, Insanity-type, cardio workout. Again, this workout is one that I do on a regular basis.
The only workout I don’t care for is Kenpo Cardio Plus. I’m not a big fan of the original P90X Kenpo either. I just don’t feel like punching and kicking the air gives me as good of a workout as the interval training of Interval X or the Insanity workouts. However, if you are a fan of the P90X Kenpo, you’ll really like the Kenpo Cardio Plus.
In conclusion, I use all of the P90X Plus workouts (except Kenpo) in my Hybrid workouts, but I don’t do a stand-alone P90X Plus routine. They are a great way to supplement and customize your P90X routine. There is no nutrition guide. It’s assumed that users of this program are already very familiar with the P90X nutrition guide. The workouts are GREAT though, and very different from the classic P90X.
To learn more, click the P90X picture at the left, or the link below:
P90X Plus
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