It’s more than a exercise program. 12 workouts combined in a planned order with a diet designed to help you shred fat and get your body in the best shape of your life.

If you are looking to get ripped or just have a great body P90X can do both.

It’s all about eating the correct amount of calories, protein and carbohydrates and keeping the sugar and salt to a minimum. You will find the food choices both flavorful and fulfilling.

Supplements are also part of the system. Studies have shown that you can not get all the nutrients and vitamins from the food we eat. The suggested supplements are designed to go hand in hand with the P90X program.

There is scientific evidence that shows that the body is in the precise setting to received a boost of vitamins and nutrients. This is available for 1 hour after the workout. For this reason P90X suggests a recovery drink.

I have tested this myself and it is true. When not using the recovery drink you will be tired and worn out plus you will be much sorer the next day. When taking the supplemental vitamin packs you have more energy, be more alert and regular.

There are three phases to both the diet and the workouts. These both go hand in hand. The workout phases cause what is called muscle confusion and gets rid of the plateaus common in most workouts. With the diet the phases are designed to first shed fat then fuel the body to work hard and then to build muscle. Ladies don’t worry about muscle.

The Diet:

The first phase is called the Fat Shredder it is a high-protein diet which will help you build muscle and shred fat.

Phase one consists of 50% Protein, 30% Carbohydrates and 20% Fat.

In the second phase (The Energy Booster) you will mix carbohydrates and protein with lower fat. This will give you more energy so that you can push hard and get bigger gains.

In Phase two you will have 40% Protein, 40% Carbohydrates and 20% Fat.

Phase three, the Endurance Maximizer. An athletic diet of complex carbohydrates, lean proteins, and lower fat with the emphasis on more carbohydrates. You will need this combination of foods as fuel to get the most out of your final few weeks of the program.

Your phase three diet consists of 20% Protein, 60% Carbohydrates and 20% Fat.

The Workouts:

The P90X workouts allows for options. You can use weights or bands they both work very well.

Phase One:

Day One starts with Chest and Back followed by Ab-Ripper X.

Using a series of push-ups, pull-ups and other exercises to work the muscle groups on this day. You may use a combination of dumbbells or bands.

Ab-Ripper X is a series of abdominal exercises (over 300 reps) and will follow each strength training exercise set. Your Abs don’t need to be worked every day so you don’t do them on cardio, yoga or stretch days.

Plyometrics is Day Two. This is jump training. This routine will have you jumping in all kinds of directions. You will need to use soft landings and wear a heart rate monitor.

Day Three is Shoulders and Arms followed by Ab-Ripper X. This routine is full of free weight dumbbell exercise or you can use your bands. Exercises consist of curls, presses, rows and kickbacks.

Day Four – Yoga X. This is a set of moving positions followed by balance postures and stretching. It looks easy but it’s not it will require a lot of muscular stamina. You will need to hold the weight of your body with your arms with many repetitions.

Very Hard!

Day Five – Legs & Back, Ab-Ripper X. This is squats, lunges, calf raises and a combination of pull-ups.

Day 6 my favorite Kempo X. Kempo X for those who like Karate has a series of blocking, punching and kicking. It’s fast paced and the time flies by so fast. The next thing you know you are standing there in a pool of sweat. This is a cardio workout and you should use a heart rate monitor.

Day 7 is optional but recommended. It’s called X-Stretch. It will loosen all those tight muscles and leave you feeling like a million bucks. I do it for two reasons. It keeps me in the routine of exercise every day and it takes away the soreness from the prior day workout.

If you are sore you will find that by the time you get through the warm up the soreness will be gone. So don’t use that as an excuse to not workout.

In each phase you repeat a set of exercises for three weeks and on the fourth week you will do a week of more cardio, core, yoga and stretching. This is a week that allows the little tears in the muscles to heal then you go back at it hard in the next phase.

The following Phases are each a little different and as I said before is designed to cause muscle confusion.

The X in P90X stands for Extreme. You will be sore but not to bad. The results in 90 days will surprise you.

Don’t let extreme send you running. Even if you can’t pass the fit test (I couldn’t) you can improvise and still do the routines. Then come back with a second round and knock em dead.

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