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Today was the P90X strength workout, shoulders and arms. As I begun the workout I quickly remembered that I threw away my 40 lb. stretch band the day before and would be forced to complete this P90X workout with the 30 lb and 50 lb bands. When I started doing the shoulder presses and deep swimmers presses with the 50 lb. band I didn’t think that I was gonna make it. I managed to complete each of the exercises with at least 8 reps each. I am quite sur that my shoulders are gonna be really sor tomoorw.

I was also forced to use the 30 lb. band for all of the tricep extension exercises. The only one that gave my trouble was the flip-grip twist kickback. That was a little tough with the 30. In my first round of P90X I always used the 20lb. band for this exercise.

Afterwards I completed the entire Ab Ripper wordout. My abs were still feeling ripped from the previous workout but I managed to power through this wourkout ny doing at least 20 reps of each exercise. Tomorrow I am goona man up and do the Insanity Workout fit test. If it goes the same way the first time I did it, I should be really tired tomorrow night.

Today was a cario workout for the P90X. I had the option of doing Kenpo X or running on the treadmill.  I opted to run 2.5 miles on the treadmill. I don’t mind Kenpo X but it is not easy to do with a toddler running around. Tonight was daddy daycare because mommy was working late. I managed to burn almost 300 calories in just over 20 minutes of jogging. My abs are not too sore from the ab workout yesterday. Tomorrow when I have my second strength workout of the week  I will shoot for getting between 20 and 25 reps in of each of the ab exercises.

You should buy the P90X workout system because it is an extremely well built, well-designed workout system that guarantees results. Beachbody offers a 90 day guarantee on the P90X! You will get a ripped body from this!
Most companies would go out of business if they placed these types of guarantees on their products, not Beachbody.  Beachbody knows that their products are the best and they treat them accordingly.
What makes the P90X the best home workout system? Simply answered, its design makes it the best. The P90X was not “thrown” together. It was researched and designed by a team of individuals that included the well-known personal trainer Tony Horton.
First off, the muscles are grouped together and organized throughout the workout. Each muscle group is workout out at least once each week over the 90-day period. There are three strength and three conditioning workouts each week. They alternate so that you never do two strength or two conditioning workouts in a row. After each strength workout comes the Ab Ripper. The Ab Ripper is a 15 minutes ab workout that will leave your midsection, well, ripped up. It is the best ab workout that I have EVER done.

This next paragraph may be surprising to you. The second piece that makes the P90X the best workout is the detailed diet that comes with it. The P90X comes with an extremely detailed diet that tells you exactly what to eat. The goal of this P90X is to get your body’s metabolism going and to start burning up all that stored fat. The diet has you eating 5 meals a day. Each day, there are three main meals eaten at their normal times broken up by two small snacks.

The comprehensive diet also helps you determine how much you should be eating. Depending upon factors that include you age, height, weight, and activity level, the P90X also comes along with information that helps you determine how many calories you should be consuming each day to carefully and slowly lose weight.

This may sound too good to be true but I guarantee you that it isn’t. Team Beachbody thought of everything when they put together the P90X. If you are serious about working out, this home workout system is for you. After completing the 90-day P90X program your body will not look the same. You will be a much improved version of yourself.

If you are not sure about the P90X’a $119.85 price tag, I would strongly urge you to sign-up to be a Beachbody Coach. Being a coach will give you 25% off of everything Beachbody sells. Upon signing up to be a coach, the initial fee of $39.95 will be waived if you purchase a workout system at the same time. After that it is just $15 a month. I used my discount to purchase protein bars and such at a discount.

Does the P90X or Insanity home workout system best meet your needs? There are distinct differences in each of the workout systems and in this article I will be discussing and examining each of them.

We will begin with one of the more important factors: cost. The initial cost of each workout system is the same, $119.85. The P90X however has added costs that come along with it. These added costs should not be a deterrent because the P90X is designed to target different parts of your body and give you different results than the Insanity program.

The P90X is a program that is designed to improve both your cardiovascular health and your strength. There are 6 workouts a week. Three of them are strength workouts and the other three are cardiovascular workouts. When I completed the P90X I lost more than 20 lbs. of fat and put on around 7-10 lbs. of muscle.

The added costs that come along with the P90X involves purchasing stretch bands/dumbbells and a pull-up bar. Some may have dumbbells lying around their home so this cost will not be an issue for them. I didn’t have any lying around so I purchased some stretch bands from Beachbody for around $30. I can confidently say that the bands that Beachbody sells are close to, if not, the best on the market. Don’t buy the Gold’s Gym bands at Walmart because they slip out of their groves and snap when stretched to their max. The Beachbody bands NEVER snapped once on me. I have used dumbbells plenty of times before and the bands gave me just as good as a workout as the dumbbells would.

The next cost associated with the P90X is a pull-up bar. It is probably safe to say that nobody has a pull-up bar lying around their home. I purchased a pull-up bar from Beachbody for 39.95. The pull-up bar installs very easily. It actually took me more time to put it together than it did to put up in a doorway. The pull-up bar is designed to be put up and taken down in any doorway. It is extremely safe and will not damage the trim in your doorway.

Finally, each P90X workout is at least an hour long. As stated earlier, three days a week you will be doing strength workouts. After each of these workouts you will do the Ab Ripper. The Ab Ripper is 15 minutes added onto your initial workouts. Both workouts end up being just over an hour long. The remaining cardio workouts are about 50 minutes each.

If you would still like to purchase the P90X I would recommend purchasing the P90X Peak Results Package. This comes with the P90X, a pull-up bar, stretch bands, and a months supply of recovery drink. The recovery drink is taken after each workout. It taste and works great!

With the Insanity workout, what you see is what you get. There is no added cost for additional equipment. The Insanity workout system does not focus on strength training too much. I feel that most of the people that you see in the testimonials who are really ripped already had those muscles underneath their fat and just needed some help toning them up. Don’t get me wrong, your muscle mass will increase a bit with Insanity, but not as much as it would with the P90X.

The Insanity workout system is perfect for people who just want to lose a lot of weight, are not too concerned about putting on muscle, and who love a tough cardio workout. Depending on how hard you go, you can plan on burning between 600-800 calories per Insanity workout. Some who go “crazy” during the workouts will burn close to 1000 calories.

The Insanity workouts on average are around 40 minutes long. They are shorter than the P90X workouts but you will burn more calories with Insanity. Before my first Insanity workout I refused to believe that I would burn more calories with Insanity. I knew the workouts were shorter so it just didn’t make sense to me. It was about 10 minutes into my first workout when I became a believer. I couldn’t remember having worked so hard and sweat so much.

Insanity is created on the “Max Interval Training” technique. If you have no idea what that means don’t feel bad, I had no idea what it meant the first time I heard it either. Basically, it means that you work your butt off for 40 minutes with three or four 30 second water breaks placed in there. He (Shawn-T) will bring your heart rate up to around 160 bpm and hold it there for a bit. He will then give you a break to bring it back down to around 125 bpm. Do this 3-4 times and there is your workout.

The Insanity workout program will get you into great cardio shape. I wrestled in high school and during the season considered myself to be in top-notch condition. I could wrestle for 6 minutes straight without stopping. After completing the 60-day Insanity program I honestly felt that I was close to being back in “wrestling shape”.

Insanity is perfect for people who love a tough cardio workout. People that love to run and who are training for a road race, Insanity is perfect for you. Insanity will allow you to change up your mundane workout routine without your lungs and heart missing out on the needed training.

Depending upon your needs will determine what program to go with. If you are looking to improve both your cardiovascular health and increase your muscle mass than the P90X is for you. In the end the P90X with stretch bands and a pull-up bar will cost you around $190.00. If you are just looking to melt some fat off of your body and like short, intense workouts than Insanity is for you. Plan on spending $119.85 for the Insanity workout system.

Today’s workout was the Insanity Max Cardio workout! This has go to be one of the toughest Insanity workouts yet! This one is about 10 minutes longer than the rest of the Insanity workouts and is much more intense. There are only two water breaks and one of them is after the stretching piece.  This workout also had many new kinds of movements. The one that really made both my abs and chest burn was towards the end. I have no idea what Shawn T calls them put you get in a plank push-up position and hold it. Meanwhile you bring your right leg up to the side and touch your right elbow. Return your leg to the floor and then do the same with the other side. I think I did about 23 of these before my arms gave out. It hurt a ton but it was a good feeling to be challenged.  Tomorrow I am back to the P90X and I believe it is the Chest and Back workout. See you tomorrow!

Breakfast:

2 bowls of raisin bran with skim milk: 500 Calories
Beachbody Vitamins

Snack: Beachbody Protein Bar: 240 Calories

Lunch: Chocolate Shakeology: 140 Calories

Ritz Snack Pack: 100 Calories

1 Red Apple: 150 Calories

Dinner: Grilled salmon and brown rice: 400 Calories

Post Workout: Beachbody Recovery Drink: 240 Calories

Total Calories Consumed: 1770