Hockey Club

Why the inflated P90X price here on Amazon? (2008-09-06)
The same P90X product is more than $100 cheaper on the "official" beachbody website. This is the first time I've seen such a glaring price disparity on an Amazon product.

great for athletes (2008-09-05)
i consider myself fitter than most and needed a program that wasn't your run of the mill exercise videos. i definitely got what i paid for and more. i felt like i was actually burning calories and got quite strong. the routines are varied enough so that i didn't get bored. if you like doing pushups, pullups, and basic exercises that will kick your butt this is the workout for you.

Not as hard as Cathe Friedrich, but still difficult (2008-08-30)
I have done this program and find it to be very advanced, but in general, this is not as difficult as the majority of Cathe Friedrich's videos. Of course, Cathe is a tough act to follow!

P90X is NOT the workout for a person at even a medium intensity level of fitness.

You must bet VERY fit to do this workout and even then you will likely struggle with some of the moves. I know that I did.

My favorite of the series is the "Core Synergistics", followed by "Yoga X" and "Ab Ripper X".

I use the Cardio X, Kenpo X and Plyometrics on easy workout days. They are fun to do and basic. There is no complicated choreography, but Kenpo X must be done with precision to be truly effective.

I thought Yoga X would be easy -- WRONG! Tony brings it on in that video. He is in fantastic shape and has tremendous flexibility and his cast is remarkable.

Pros:

Tony is a great coach and a lot of fun.

I love his cast - they are such an inspiration. and they really work out hard and push themselves.

Many of his workouts are fresh and innovative. He also puts a twist on classical resistance training and I like that. I love the use of the tubing. It is harder and more intense than I thought it would be.

While the tubing is really tough to use, it packs nicely for travel. Try the tubing and if you practice good form, you will feel the burn.

Cons:

The supplements are a waste of money and I found the Millionaire's Club to be a money making scheme for Beach Body. This was a major turn off for me. I want to get fit, not get involved in some scheme and contest to make money for Beachbody.

There are really only 12 workouts, so selling the program as a 13 disk set is deceiving.

I wish the producers had informed Tony that a camera is a mirror image, so his left is your right and vice-versa. I find it to be annoying when he begins a routine and says begin on your right foot and his right is your left.

In closing if you are a very fit individual who wants to take your workouts to a new level, give P90X a try.

I am glad I did because I lost 10 lb during the first 3 weeks of the program.

Excellent! (2008-08-15)
I love this product, and look forward to starting this goal that I have set, it does look very advanced, which I am not yet, but I certainly look forward to the challenge!

This rocks... (2008-08-04)
Just throwing my two cents into the ring. I used to lift weights in my early 20s and then fell off the wagon. Stayed relatively thin and kept some semblance of fitness in a labor intensive job but wasn't in shape.

My wife is a personal trainer and exercise videos and infomercials abound in our home, all promising the same things. I just never got it. However, I had begun a small workout routine using body weight exercises (didn't want to have to hit the gym again) of push-ups, pull-ups and an ab routine for several weeks and then I saw the infomercial for this. I was captivated. So we got it.

It will radically transform you if you "bring it" as they repeat frequently. It's a 90 day program, about an hour a day (an hour and a half for the yoga), six days a week. It is time consuming and requires a commitment. But if you do this for those 90 days, even just one cycle, you will transform not only your body but your overall level of fitness and your mental state will be greatly improved by pushing you beyond what you thought you could accomplish.

With a great mixture of muscle building, cardio endurance and functional fitness, this is really a well-rounded program. I went through it once, did it loosely for several months and have jumped back in the ring for another round (P90X Plus is on the way). I am a changed man.

At 40 years old, my cardio stamina, my muscular ability and my flexibility are even better than when I was in my 20s. I could never touch my toes. Ever. Until now. I used to get winded riding my bike up the block to get air in the tire. Now I can ride around the city now barely breaking a sweat. I may not be able to whip off 50 pull-ups but I'm over 10 and can do over 30 push-ups with ease. Not bad for a guy who could barely do 2 pull-ups and 15 push-ups when starting. You may not see me on the cover of some men's magazine but I can honestly say I am in the best shape of my life.

This seems to be in every one of the reviews.

Most of the muscle building workouts use your bodyweight - didn't realize there were so many varieties of push-ups and pull-ups - and the rest use dumbbells. Each routine adds up to about 24 exercises in roughly 45 minutes along with about eight or nine minutes of stretching before and about three or four minutes of stretching after (which are a must). Some routines are 12 exercises repeated twice, others are 24 individual exercises, all done in rapid succession which fatigues the muscles quickly and brings the results.

The other exercise days mix it up, giving your muscles a little relief but giving your cardio and flexibility a boost. The Plyometric routine is brutal and will work your cardio system intensely but it will get you into shape if you push it. I got through about twenty minutes of it the first time. But then it was twenty-five, then thirty and finally I could finish. Now I look forward to it.

Though the Yoga routine is comparatively long (an hour and a half) and requires focus to do, I fell in love with it. It's not the stare at your navel kind of yoga. This is intense. Think you're strong? Wait 'til you have to do a Warrior Three and a half-moon after having moved for forty-five minutes straight without stopping. You will sweat hard even when it looks like you're not doing anything. The added benefits are flexibility and a great sense of well-being when finished.

The Kenpo routine is a lot of fun and is probably the lightest routine of the bunch but a nice way to end the week.

In the 'rest' week in between Phases is added a Core Synergism routine which didn't feel very fluid at first but I've begun to see the point of it and have begun to notice strength in my core. Also added is a Stretch routine which is a refreshing break. A Cardio routine is optional which can be done in place of Plyo or can be used in addition to the regular routine to really kick up the game. It takes elements of all the other workouts just listed above and really does a number on the cardio system. There is enough here to mix and match and keep you fit evey beyond the initial 90 days.

Tony Horton is a jovial guy, kind of annoying at first and something of a show-off, but in time I found him to be very motivational. He is 45 in this video and when you watch him rip off pull-ups like he is light as air and blasts out 20 push-ups with hands and feet leaving the ground, you'll be convinced. He stumbles on occasion (struggles with balance postures) and botches up some phrases ('hit the bause putton') but this makes it more real. He's a great coach and I know the scripts by heart which keeps it flowing. Tony is the man. "Do your best and forget the rest" is the mantra.

I cannot attest to the diet or the supplements and the equipment we use is a bar drilled into the rafters in my basements and a set of dumbbells. No need to get all fancy.

It's hard, it's work, it's intense and it requires serious commitment. But it's worth every penny and every minute.

P.S. Try Ab Ripper X without shoes first. When you get good at it, add the shoes.