Posted at January 18, 2010 @ 12:41 pm by in Weight Gainer, Muscle Builder and Equipment
P90X Workout
P90X Workout is a 13-week fitness programme that guarantees results thru an exercise session and diet plan. The workout plan takes you thru 3 phases, each lasting a month, revolving thru a collection of twelve DVD-based exercise programs. According to www.beachbody.com, P90X Workout is reliant on the postulate of “muscle confusion” by the arrival of new moves and changing muscle collection focus. P90X is challenging and is designed for folks with at least a moderate fitness level before beginning the program.
Step one: Complete the fit test. To make sure that you are fit enough to finish P90X successfully, take the fit test before you start. The fit test will run you thru a collection of exercises to be sure that you can reach the suggested minimum threshold.
Step two: choose which adaptation of P90X you wish to follow.
The Classic schedule is a mixture of fat burning and muscle building exercises. The Lean program contains more cardiovascular exercise programmes, and is centered toward women who need to get fit, and not bulk up. The Doubles schedule follows the Classic schedule, but adds a second cardio workout 3 times a week in phase 2 and four times per week in phase 3.
Step three: Follow the workout plan. There are twelve exercise programmes in the P90X Workout system : Chest & Back, Plyometrics, Shoulders & Arms, Yoga, Legs & Back, Kempo X, X Stretch, Core Synergistics, Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Back & Biceps and Ab Ripper X.
The 1st 2 phases have 4 weeks and phase three has 5 weeks. The Classic and Doubles schedule both have 3 days every week of strength coaching that also encompasses the Ab Ripper workout and one day of yoga, one day of Kempo and a 7th day that’s either a rest day or a stretching workout. The last week of each phase is a rest week that concentrates on yoga and core work.
Step four: Log your exercise programmes. The workout plan has a log to record what weights you use and how many repetitions you do. It’s also a great idea to log your other work-outs and how you were feeling in the exercise programs.