P90X: Cardio X

Tony Horton
Year Released: 2004

Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance


This is the perfect workout for those of us with short attention spans because you do a mix of all the power 90x cardio styles. It's very basic, simple choreography and lasts about 45 minutes, including the warmup and cool down. You start with a traditional warmup with running in places, etc. and some stretches. Then, you do about 10 minutes of power yoga where you mostly do sun salutations. After that, you move onto the kenpo routine with basic, athletic style kickboxing. Then, you hit the more challenging part of the workout with plyo x routines, including running heisman and a simulation of tire jumps that high school athletes do in training. The cardio section of the workout concludes with core synergistics moves, including dreya rolls, which I just can't do completely, and the really fun superman/banana where you alternate between a superman on your stomach and a move called the banana where you're on your back with your arms and legs elevated, forming a sort of banana-like shape with your body. Like all beachbody workouts (I think), the workout has as countdown on the bottom both for the remaining time in the whole workout and for the time remaining on each individual move. I find this feature motivating, but I know other people hate it. Overall, I think this is a fun, short workout for when you don't have the focus to do any one thing. In fact, I see myself doing this one a lot on days when I just don't want to work out at all.

Instructor Comments:
I love Tony. He's goofy and tries to be super-masculine, but he's funny and motivating to me. Frankly, he cracks me up, and I love how he talks about how fit he is at 45. I hope to be like that when I hit 45, too.

mbt

02/12/2005