Comments on: P90X Training Review http://www.saez.org/fitness/p90x/p90x-review-and-final-thoughts Fitness Tips, Workout, Personal Training, Health, Exercise, Life, Passion, Purpose Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:32:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: osaez http://www.saez.org/fitness/p90x/p90x-review-and-final-thoughts#comment-203 osaez Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:11:12 +0000 http://saez.org/blog/?p=62#comment-203 I agree with Chris. P90X is a well rounded foundation fitness program. This is, it's a great prep program for athletic training. You need to dominate your body before you can do serious athletic development. This said, the arms and shoulders exercises are decent for good ripped tone. Core area exercises are strong for any sports training program. I highly recommend core video and yoga, period! Chest, legs and back in particular are not sufficient for growth or specific sports training. You need heavy weights as Chris suggest. If you want size, then start with P90x and then move to a weight training program. Starting with P90x will give you the endurance and muscle capacity to drive strength. I agree with Chris. P90X is a well rounded foundation fitness program. This is, it’s a great prep program for athletic training. You need to dominate your body before you can do serious athletic development. This said, the arms and shoulders exercises are decent for good ripped tone. Core area exercises are strong for any sports training program. I highly recommend core video and yoga, period! Chest, legs and back in particular are not sufficient for growth or specific sports training. You need heavy weights as Chris suggest. If you want size, then start with P90x and then move to a weight training program. Starting with P90x will give you the endurance and muscle capacity to drive strength.

]]> By: Chris http://www.saez.org/fitness/p90x/p90x-review-and-final-thoughts#comment-202 Chris Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:10:57 +0000 http://saez.org/blog/?p=62#comment-202 Kyle, by making such an ambiguous statement as " P90x isnt that good", you are being misleading. P90x isn't good for YOU. Nobody, especially Tony Horton or anyone on P90x says that this program is for MAXIMAL strength. It is for overall fitness. I am 20 years old, and played football throughout high school and let me tell you, I would not do p90x when I am training for football. I need WEIGHT. When I trained for a sport so physically demanding, where pure strength is the difference between a sack and a td pass (was a defensive end), I would not be doing max pushups and body weight exercises for my legs. I would be squatting serious weight, power clean and presses, heavy deadlifts, farmers walks with serious weight, benching HEAVY weight, ANYTHING I could do to get that explosive power to knock somebodies block off. That being said, P90x has its merit for athletic training. Increased cardiovascular and muscular endurance are definitely side effects of p90x, and you definitely lean out. Since you play football though, and I am sure you are doing some gruelling cardio during practice (especially if your last game was a loss, even worse a loss with a lot of penalties) then you are already getting the cardio and endurance training. While I agree that P90x is not the ideal program to attain the strength,power and explosiveness needed for competitive football, but don't say p90x isn't that good. P.S Your coach had good intentions, but he needs to reevaluate his training plan... Kyle, by making such an ambiguous statement as ” P90x isnt that good”, you are being misleading.

P90x isn’t good for YOU. Nobody, especially Tony Horton or anyone on P90x says that this program is for MAXIMAL strength. It is for overall fitness.

I am 20 years old, and played football throughout high school and let me tell you, I would not do p90x when I am training for football. I need WEIGHT. When I trained for a sport so physically demanding, where pure strength is the difference between a sack and a td pass (was a defensive end), I would not be doing max pushups and body weight exercises for my legs. I would be squatting serious weight, power clean and presses, heavy deadlifts, farmers walks with serious weight, benching HEAVY weight, ANYTHING I could do to get that explosive power to knock somebodies block off.

That being said, P90x has its merit for athletic training. Increased cardiovascular and muscular endurance are definitely side effects of p90x, and you definitely lean out. Since you play football though, and I am sure you are doing some gruelling cardio during practice (especially if your last game was a loss, even worse a loss with a lot of penalties) then you are already getting the cardio and endurance training.

While I agree that P90x is not the ideal program to attain the strength,power and explosiveness needed for competitive football, but don’t say p90x isn’t that good.

P.S Your coach had good intentions, but he needs to reevaluate his training plan…

]]> By: Kyle http://www.saez.org/fitness/p90x/p90x-review-and-final-thoughts#comment-201 Kyle Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:56:38 +0000 http://saez.org/blog/?p=62#comment-201 P90X isn't that good, I'm sorry to say. Our football coach is a fan of it, so he decided to try and use it for our strength training program. The majority of our players have become weaker. They may have lost a few pounds, but all of their lifts have lost more than just a few pounds. I take protein powder after all my workouts, and that still has not done anything for me. The P90X workout may be good for trying to lose weight and stay in shape, but for strength building, it is definitely not the right workout program. P90X isn’t that good, I’m sorry to say. Our football coach is a fan of it, so he decided to try and use it for our strength training program. The majority of our players have become weaker. They may have lost a few pounds, but all of their lifts have lost more than just a few pounds. I take protein powder after all my workouts, and that still has not done anything for me. The P90X workout may be good for trying to lose weight and stay in shape, but for strength building, it is definitely not the right workout program.

]]> By: Brad G http://www.saez.org/fitness/p90x/p90x-review-and-final-thoughts#comment-200 Brad G Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:25:47 +0000 http://saez.org/blog/?p=62#comment-200 Have to agree with you about how awesome P90X is. I wish I would have been doing these kind of workouts back in high school and college. I have been doing P90X for 9 months while adding in other exercises like swimming and running. I still have been able to get more chin ups and pull ups after all of that time. Have to agree with you about how awesome P90X is. I wish I would have been doing these kind of workouts back in high school and college. I have been doing P90X for 9 months while adding in other exercises like swimming and running. I still have been able to get more chin ups and pull ups after all of that time.

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