Tony Horton himself described that exercise as “ doing push ups during an earthquake“. I also won’t attempt to do the push-ups balancing my body in four medicine balls as the top photo shows. They need to be challenged to their limits. One should keep in mind that Tony targets a broad audience including extremely fit men, who want to bulk up. I simply will not do a pull-up and then curl my body up into a ball going over the bar. Some exercises of X2 are so incredibly hard that I was forced to adapt them to my level. In fact, I don’t even bother with it anymore, the original version is my default routine. Ab-RipperX is actually harder (and I think more efficient) than the Ab-RipperX2. Second, the abdominal workout from the original series. I was afraid of what 90X2 yoga would be like, but it is shorter (you are done in 1 hour instead of 90 minutes), and the exercises are at the same overall level of difficulty of the original series. Surprisingly, two routines of the new system are actually easier. But, as Tony would put it: “ it’s good for you” 😉 Somehow the body struggles harder when demanded to constantly change gears.
It was a bit shocking to realize that doing 52 minutes of aerobics ( original Plyometrics-90X) is not as hard as 40 minutes of a mixture of aerobics with strength-training ( the Plyocide-90X2 routine). They require balance, flexibility, and core strength all at the same time.Īnother aspect of P90X2 is a mixture of aerobics and strength training in the same routine. The bottom line is, in P90X2, you will see a lot more combined exercises that target many muscle groups simultaneously. While in Warrior III or Half-Moon you will be doing bicep curls, triceps kick-backs, abdominal crunches (yes, abdominal crunches while in standing splits), and other weight-bearing moves. 😉 Fast forward to P90X2, and you will see the Warrior III and the Half-Moon poses showing up not only in the yoga routine, but in the middle of strength-training and aerobic exercises as well. You will be standing on one leg for almost 3 minutes, balancing, twisting, breathing hard, wishing Tony Horton had never been born.
#P90x workout example series
One example: Yoga-X ends the standing series with a sequence of Warrior III, Half-Moon, and Twisted Half-Moon. I would not start with the X2, as right from the get-go it involves exercises that are close to the top level of difficulty in the original program. I will instead simply summarize the differences between the two programs.Ī common question: is P90X2 harder than P90X? Yes. However, I found a wonderful review online that saved me all the work. I wrote a very detailed article about the original program, and hoped to do the same for the X2. Similarly to my experience with the original system, it took me longer than 90 days to wrap it up, but I did it. P90X was perfect in that sense, so when I heard that Tony Horton was launching the P90X2 ( December 2011), I had to try it. The only way I can keep my exercise routine going is by adding variety to it. Each month for the past 15 years I strive to exercise more than 50% of the days. Disclaimer: This is a post exclusively about exercise.Īs I mentioned before, I’ve been keeping exercise records since January 1998.
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