This is the workout that made me love P90X. I should explain up front that I did not buy the whole system---the push-up heavy strength work did not interest me, so I split an order with a fellow VFer and got cardio, core synergistics and all the cardio ones. Kenpo X was too choreographed, Core Synergistics was not my thing, and I was about to give up whehn I gave Plyo X a try.

What a great workout! I wore a heart rate monitor and was at maximum the entire time. It is such a great structure for a routine: you do each exercise for just 30 seconds except every fourth one, which is a minute. generally I can't stand high impact, but at 30 seconds at a time, even I could manage this.

The exercises are grouped into rounds, and each round gets repeated once. The breakdown is as follows:

1) Jump squat, run stance squat, airborne heisman (lateral leaping), swing kick

2) Squat reach jump, run stance squat with direction switch, double airborne heisman, circle run

3) Jump knee tuck. jumping lunge, leapfrog squat, twist combo

4) Rock star hop, gap jump, squat jack, military march

5) Run squat with 180 jump, lateral leapfrog, monster truck tire, hot foot

6) Bonus round: pitch & catch, jump shot, football move (60 seconds each)

Some of my favourite moves were the run stance squat (squat low and pump your arms like you are running hard), the swing kick (swing your leg over a chair, I have seen this move in some of Wendilee's workouts), the moves where you jump to switch directions, the gap jump (imagine you are jumoing over a large gap) and the sports moves in the bonus round.

The fitness guide that comes with the series has a complete breakdown of every move in the workout. I usually keep it on the couch beside me when I work out, so I will always know what's left to do. The usual beachbody countdown clocks are also here, in a somewhat jazzier and mroe subdued form.

Overall, I give this workout VERY high marks. For someone like me who is klutzy with choreography and usually sticks to Leslie Sansone and the bike as a result, this workout was a giant step up intensity-wise and a very welcome change of pace. I am just thrilled with it and will probably do this workout many, many times.

Instructor Comments:

Joanna