P90X Shoulders and Arms is one of 12 exercise DVDs included with Tony Horton’s P90X 90-day fitness program. The shoulders and arms workout is 60 minutes of a potent combination of curling, pressing, and fly exercise movements that will do get your deltoids (shoulders), biceps, and triceps looking amazing.
You will need weights or bands, and a chair to do P90X shoulders and arms.
With P90X Shoulders and Arms, you superset the muscle groups to exhaustion. You will definitely be feeling it when the shoulders and arms workout is finished.
Tony Horton begins the P90X Shoulders and Arms workout with a light cardio and stretch warm-up that feels great! Do not skip this! Stretching will help prevent injuries.
P90X Shoulders and Arms is a challenging array of exercises like Deep Swimmers Press, Chair Dips, and Flip-Grip Triceps Kickbacks. The shoulders and arms workout consists of 15 different exercises that you perform in sets of three. When you complete the sequence, you repeat it before moving on to the next sequence of P90X shoulder and arms exercises. The final three exercises make up the “bonus round”.
Results? My arms were noticeably toned and well built looking when I completed P90X. The shoulders and arms workout was extremely challenging. I was able to hit my workout goals and progress to heavier weights through the 90 days.
Whether you are a man or woman, if you want some well built, sexy looking shoulders and arms, P90X is the best workout!
Power 90 is a 90-day at home fitness program by Tony Horton designed to tone your body, trim fat, and increase your strength. Sculpt 1 – 2 is one of six workout routines included with Power 90 and part of the Pase 1 – 2 Circuit. Power 90 is divided into 4 phases and is designed to give you a good fitness base so you can progress through each phase.
Who should do Power 90? If you are willing to make a commitment for 90 days, then Power 90 is a good choice for you. It is aimed at someone who is just starting an exercise program or those with some experience. If you are at an advanced fitness level, then Power 90 is not for you and P90X may be more suitable. Power 90 is also the perfect 90-day fitness program to get you in shape to do a more extreme program like P90X.
You’ll need some equipment to get the most out of Power 90:
- Dumbbells or resistance bands: Each exercise is demonstrated with both options. When you place your Power 90 order through Team Beachbody, you get one B-LINES® Resistance Band for FREE (and low cost shippng).
- Push up stands: optional. Push up stands are helpful if you want to intensify the pushup workouts.
- Floor mat: optional. Used for situps and floor work.
- Heart rate monitor: optional. Helps you keep a close eye on your intensity level to ensure you are getting the right level of intensity for each workout.
- Chair: Used for chair dips that work your triceps.
The Power 90 Sculpt DVD is structured as a circuit workout and takes 30 minutes to complete. Who doesn’t have 30 minutes to set aside for exercise! This means that you do three rounds of exercises. Tony Horton starts out Power 90 Sculpt with nearly 6 minutes of stretching. The stretching routine is very comprehensive and covers all the parts of your body: neck, shoulders, chest, arms, lower back, waist, and legs. The stretching feels greats, will be welcome relief for your body, and prepares your body for the exercises. Tony shows you how to stay in your stretching comfort zone or go a little bit further.
Before starting each exercise, you are shown exactly how to do the exercise by 2 demonstrators. So don’t worry if you never did a particular exercise before. During the exercises, Tony shows you again how to perform each exercise and gives you tips throughout the routine. He always stresses the important of good form so pay attention! Tony knows exactly what he is talking about. You can also take a break if needed by hitting the pause button on your DVD player.
You will be doing exercises like pushups, simple standard bicep curls, military press for shoulders, lunges and squats, tricep kickbacks, shoulder flies, and much more.
The exercises are straightforward and you can do the number of reps that feels comfortable for you, especially if you are just starting out. A timer displays on-screen indicating how much time is left for the entire fitness DVD as well as each exercise.
Tony is enthusiastic and inspiring. Even though Power 90 is a 90-day fitness program, most people see results within 21 days or so. Power 90 Sculpt Circuit is very structured and gives you an overall body workout. Tony also teaches you good body mechanics so when you are finished with Power 90, you can easily transition to a more intense workout like P90X if you want to.
Power 90 is a great at-home fitness program that will get you results! If you are ready for YOUR new body, click the link below to get started.
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Slim in 6 is a body-slimming at-home fitness program that takes you through three phases of intensity. This exercise method tones your body and trims away the fat, while increasing your strength, endurance, and energy. When you do Slim in 6, a 6 week fitness program, for 6 days per week you can reshape your body!
Ramp It Up is the second fitness workout DVD in Debbie Sieber’s Slim in 6 fitness and weight loss program. You move on to the Ramp It Up exercises once you have mastered the exercises in Phase 1, Start It Up.
Slim in 6 Ramp It Up really kicks the exercise up a notch, with nearly 48 minutes of fitness that begin with a 4.5 minute warm up. During the warmup, Debbie Siebers takes you through moves like reaching up and over, reaching across the body, half squats with arm movements, and step touch with hands on the hips. Debbie Siebers does a great job of showing you how to do the exercises and is very easy to follow. She also lets you know exactly how many repetitions remain for every exercise.
After the warmup, you will be toning up your body with moves like step-back lunges, medium stance squats, and standing bent leg exercises. Debbie is encouraging and lets you know which muscle group you are working. With Slim in 6 Ramp It Up, focusing on proper form for all exercises is more important then the quantity of exercises you perform. If you cannot perform a particular exercise, don’t worry! Debbie Siebers always suggests alternative moves that you can do until you master it!
Nearly halfway through Slim in 6 Ramp It Up, Debbie switches to exercises that use resistance bands. You stand on the band and pull the handles in a criss-cross manner across your lower body to launch into a series of back exercises. Debbie Siebers then moves you through shoulder exercises. She gives great instruction on how to increase and decrease the resistance on the resistance bands.
The final few minutes of the Ramp It Up consists of stretching yoga exercises, an excellent way to end any workout! You muscles really need a nice stretch after a challenging workout.
Slim in 6 is perfect for beginners that have never exercised, or for someone who has not exercised in a very long time. Slim in 6 is not for intermediate or advanced fitness people – it would not be challenging enough for the advanced fitness person.
Take your time to understand the purpose of each exercise and use body awareness. If you stick with Slim in 6 and a proper nutrition program, you should see significant physical changes in your body!
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The Thin Kitchen Recipe Book provides you with the building blocks you need to stop “dieting” and start living a happy, healthy lifestyle. You cannot purchase the Beachbody Thin Kitchen Recipe Book! The Thin Kitchen Cookbook is a FREE gift when you join Team Beachbody as a Club member. Even if you later cancel your Team Beachbody Club membership, the Thin Kitchen Book, valued at $20.00, is yours to keep just for trying.
The Thin Kitchen Recipe Book includes an array of mouth-watering, healthy, yet low-calories recipes designed to keep you motivated and on YOUR fitness journey.
This recipe book is 79 pages of a total 39 recipes that range from “Morning Boosters” and “Shape Friendly Shakes”, to “Poultry Favorites” and “Sweet Temptations”. Included are favorite recipes from Danny Teeson, Tony Horton (P90X), Steve Edwards, Chalene Johnson (Turbo Jam), Kathy Smith (Project YOU), Debbie Siebers (Slim in 6), Shaun T. (Insanity), and Gillian Marloth (Yoga Booty Ballet).
Each recipe provides nutritional facts so you know exactly how the healthy dish fits into your nutrition plan:
- Serving size
- Calories
- Fat total
- Saturated fat
- Carbs
- Fiber
- Protein
The Thin Kitchen Recipe Book is a tastebud adventure with tastey treats like Tony Horton’s Sticky Bar, an energy filled and protein rich powerhouse snack! And Gillian Marloth’s Zen Salmon is a perfect balance of taste, simplicity, and health. There are summer smoothies to choose from and yummy Thai chicken pizza.
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Achieving tight, toned abs may seem like an insurmountable task, but this goal can be accomplished by following either P90X Ab Ripper X or INSANITY Insane Abs. Ab Ripper X is included with Tony Horton’s P90X fitness DVDs and Insane Abs is included with Shaun T’s INSANITY Deluxe fitness DVDs.
Awesome abs are not impossible, anyone can get them, it just takes commitment, know-how, and a good fitness program to follow.
So which one should you do to get great looking abs? Both Ab Ripper X and Insane Abs will push you hard, make you sweat, and feel like torture! For both fitness programs, your abs will burn and you may not even be able to complete each exercise when you first get started. But if you stick with either program, you will feel great and love your new set of abs!
Read my reviews of Ab Ripper X and Insane Abs.
Let’s take a look at the difference between Ab Ripper X and Insane Abs.
Ab Ripper X
P90X Ab Ripper X is 15 minutes of intense abdominal exercises. On starting, you launch right into “In and Outs”, the first of 11 abdominal exercises at 25 repetitions each. Each exercise is performed on a mat and there are NO breaks.
With Ab Ripper X, you will do ab exercises that are most likely familiar to you, like Seated Bicycle, Crossed Leg Wide Leg Sit Up, Fifer Scissor, and Oblique V-Ups. Tony Horton saved one of the hardest exercises for last, Mason Twist. So after feeling your abs burn like crazy and wishing you were finished, you get to do 40 more repetitions!
The time goes fast, Tony explains each exercise and is easy to follow. He also makes it fun and is motivating.
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Insane Abs
INSANITY Insane Abs is 33 minutes of taking your abs to new levels that you never knew existed! On starting, you launch into a standing up warm up that will test your physical abilities! You can expect a full 5 minutes of cardio such as running in place with high knees and adding an upper body twist, and plyometric moves. If that is not enough to tire you out, Shaun T. introduces Tuck Jumps, Power Jumps, and T-Kicks.
The next set of exercises are performed on the floor and there is NO laying down .Can you balance on your buttocks with legs raised out in front and upper body at an angle (chest and head up)! That is the base position for the remaining exercises. You do exercises that are probably not familiar to you like Power Abs. Balance on your buttocks with legs bent and wide, upper body off the floor at a high angle. Now, bring your knees towards your chest and keep your hands in the air!
Insane Abs core exercises will do you in. And it does not end there. Shaun completes the routine with Oblique Rotations and Low Plank Hops from plank position.
Focusing hard on achieving each exercises makes the time go fast. Shaun T. explains and shows you how to do each exercise and is very motivating.
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Power 90 is a 90-day at home fitness program created by Tony Horton. You may have heard of Tony Horton from P90X, an extreme fitness program that can transform your body from fit to extremely ripped in 90 days!
Power 90 uses a technique called Sectional Progression. Each move that you do works a specific muscle group. This guarantees muscle growth and fat loss throughout your entire body, one area at a time. The Power 90 In Home Boot Camp workouts are 35 – 45 minutes each. They don’t take much time so you can work fitness into your busy schedule. You do the Power 90 fitness program 6 days per week.
Does Power 90 by Beachbody really work? Like any fitness program, you get out of it what you put into it. If you stick to the Power 90 program, actually do it 6 days a week and follow the nutritional plan, you can get great results.
Power 90 In Home Boot Camp is aimed at people who are just getting started with a fitness program. Power 90 will make you sweat and leave you a little sore the next day! Tony Horton makes the workout intense. He is a great trainer and very motivating.
What equipment do you need? To do Power 90, you will need at least a resistance band. You can also use dumbbells for the sculpting workout that is part of the program. Power 90 comes with one FREE resistance band!
The workout routines consists of 3 circuits. Each circuit is 35 – 40 minutes. It is challenging to go through the circuits! You also get 2 Ab Ripper routines. Take a look at Ab Ripper 100. It is good for beginners and easy to learn. Ab Ripper 100 is also effective at working your abs in a systematic way for maximum effectiveness. The exercises are familiar ones and you do 10 ab exercises for 10 repetitions each.
Many people who want to do P90X do Power 90 instead. P90X is a very extreme fitness program and if you are just starting out, I do not advise that you do it. If you are considering P90X, I recommend you do Power 90 to prepare for it.
If you are just getting started with a fitness program, P90 In Home Fitness program is a good choice for you. If your fitness level is intermediate to advanced, then Power 90 is not the fitness program for you. Try P90X or INSANITY.
Power 90 comes with:
- Sculpt Circuit 1–2. Easy moves that work to tone, firm, and strengthen your entire body. (29 minutes)
- Sweat Cardio 1–2. Fun, innovative cardio moves, kickboxing, Pilates, and more to burn fat and shed inches fast! (36 minutes)
- Sculpt Circuit 3–4. Next level for sculpting long, lean muscles! (38 minutes)
- Sweat Cardio 3–4. Accelerated fat and calorie blasting. (42 minutes)
- Ab Ripper 100 & 200. Get two 6-minute ab routines guaranteed to give you the flat, sexy six-pack abs you’ve always want
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- Program Guide. show you exactly what to do day to day and how to track your results so there’s no more guesswork!
- 90-day calendar A great tool to track your progress and stay motivated.
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Insanity by Shaun T. is a 60-day cardio-based total body conditioning program. It is the most intense workout every put on DVD. Insane Abs is an extreme workout DVD that only comes with either the Shaun T Insanity Deluxe or Insanity Deluxe Recovery package.
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Insane Abs is 33 minutes of taking your abs to new levels that you never knew existed! Shaun T. is an excellent fitness instructor. He explains how to do the moves before you start the exercise and continues to explain as you do them. Shaun also gives you excellent tips about breathing. Best of all, he is very motivating. The exercises are harder than any exercise you may have done and sometimes you may feel like you cannot continue, but Shaun motivates you to keep going.
Insane Abs starts with a warm up that just may tire you out! Shaun takes you through 5 minutes of different types of running in place and plyo moves. You do exercises like running in place with high knees and adding a twist in the upper body- that really warms up your core! Next, you learn how to do focused Tuck Jumps, Power Jumps, and T-Kicks in Shaun T. style. If that is not enough, you do another round of the same warm up, just faster. This is when the real fun starts!
You perform the next set of exercises on the floor. There is NO laying down with these floor exercises. The position is balancing on your buttocks, with legs raised out in front and upper body at an angle (chest and head up). This really makes you focus on the core. Shaun is excellent about keeping you focused and keeping you informed of how many more seconds you stay in any position.
Once you go through one set of ab exercises, you do it again, just faster! I thought I knew all the ab exercises but no! Shaun showed me moves I never saw like power abs. You start power abs by balancing on your buttocks with legs bent and wide and your upper body off the floor at a high angle. You bring the knees towards your chest. You keep your hands on the floor for balance but put your hands in the air for round 2. Shaun gets you going on core adduction exercises that will do you in.
The floor exercises require serious control and mental strength. You will also do moves like Low Plank Hops and Oblique Rotations from a plank position. Just when you think you had enough, Shaun throws another crazy exercise at you!
I had a tough time getting through Insane Abs but pushed my way through it. I really don’t think I could have done it without Shaun’s motivation to keep me focused mentally when my body said, “no more!”. I felt great when I finished the workout, a real sense of accomplishment.
Insane Abs is not for everyone but if you can keep up, you will have the best abs ever.
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The P90X Legs and Back workout with Tony Horton is 59 minutes of highly effective exercises that work your upper body and develop your glutes, quads, hamstrings, and calves. The first time I did P90X Legs and Back, my legs and glutes were burning like crazy! I just breathed my way through it, determined to keep up! The great thing about the back exercises is that your legs get a much deserved break while you work the upper body.
Although the legs and back P90X DVD is low impact, be aware that you will put stress on your joints. If you have pain in your joints or bad knees, proceed with caution or see your doctor.
Tony starts off the P90X legs and back routine with a great warm up routine and stretch, where you will be running in place, doing jumping jacks, and going through a series of stretches. Don’t skip the warm up and stretch! You need to prepare your body for what is coming next.
Then the real fun starts. The very first exercise is a balance lunge, where the top of your foot is on a chair and you lunge outward with the other leg. Now, deep lunge 25 times. Right then, I knew I was in trouble!
You get a leg rest every third exercise. The pattern followed is two leg exercises followed by one upper body exercise.
If the Super Skater and Side Lunges don’t get you, the single wall squat will. You squat with one leg only, the other leg straight out in front and then alternate every ten seconds. This exercise requires lots of mental discipline to get the job done! You should reward your body with the P90X Results and Recovery formula after your workout to help reduce your muscle soreness!
It is tough but if you get through these exercises successfully, your legs and glutes will be stronger and better than ever. I learned to love the wall squats because they are a great challenge and I conquered it!
The upper body exercises are a unique series of pullups. Although they are difficult on their own, they seemed easy after the P90X leg exercises and I was thankful for them!
Be sure to stick around for the stretches at the end. After a killer lower body workout, you need to stretch out those calves, quads, and hamstrings!
For the upper body exercises, you will need either a pull-up bar or resistance bands. For the lower body exercises, you will need weights or bands and one wall.
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Volume 2 of One on One with Tony Horton has some changes compared to Volume 1. The workouts are more compact and condensed, you get chapter skips so you can skip ahead, an on-screen countdown clock, and the wide angle lens ensures that you can see all the action better!
Use the One on One DVDs in a variety of ways: rotate them into your P90X or P90X Plus workouts, or get the entire set and create a unique workout program with your personal trainer, Tony Horton.
The first DVD in One on One Volume 2 is Cardio Intervals. It’s a 40-minute X-style workout packed with 2 rounds of exercises at 30 seconds each. Tony Horton starts out with warmup that includes yoga sun salutations. He moves on to other heart pounding exercises like hop twists – great for the abs and legs, lateral leaps twists – leaping from side-to-side with twist on the landing, and plyo lunge twists.
My personal favorite is the jumping side kicks where you get your cardio workout, along with working on balance and kicking.
Overall you’ll experience a great mixture of plyometrics, kenpo, and other Tony Horton style unique moves that will keep your heart pumping and have you dripping in some sweat.
I like this Cardio Interval DVD because it is compact in time but gets the job done. Some of the moves took a little practice but I was able to conquer them after a couple of times doing the Cardio Intervals DVD.
If you are a P90Xer who is craving a little variety and new workouts, then Tony Horton’s One on One is for you!
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Slim in 6 by Debbie Siebers is a full-body slimming and toning fitness program focused on your abs, thighs, buns, and hips. Slim in 6 includes three phases that take six weeks to complete:
- Start It Up
- Ramp It Up
- Burn It Up
You also get these DVDs: Slim in 6 Pack and Slim & Limber
And, a resistance band.
Slim in 6 Start It Up is the first workout in this series and takes just 25 minutes to complete. The time goes by very fast! The movements in Start It Up are very easy and effective. Debbie Siebers gives you a straight-forward workout without fancy dance steps or moves. In Slim in 6, you also get great reminders from Debbie Siebers on form and breathing. The repetitions are high too and very effective for firming and toning without bulk!
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In the complete 6-week program, you do Slim in 6 Start It Up until you master the moves. This takes a week or less. Then you move on to Phase 2, Ramp It Up.
Start It Up Phase 1 keeps you moving on your feet for 90% of the time, doing various moves that work all your body parts. The last 10% consists of ab work, performed on the floor.
The standing moves consist of marching in place, squat and arm combinations, and leg lunges. You are always in motion. If you cannot do the full movement, Debbie gives you alternative movements you can do instead. This is very helpful because it may take you a few days to master these movements.
Start It Up will definitely get your heart rate up! You will feel it the next day and the most important thing you can is to workout again!
Slim in 6 is a very effective fitness program that can give you results in 6 weeks when you stick with it!
I recommend Slim in 6 for anyone who is just starting a fitness program. I have recommended Slim in 6 to two friends who did not exercise. Slim in 6 was a challenge for them but already they are seeing the results of their hard work. The key is making the commitment and sticking with it!
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