Best Home Workout Videos and DVDs
P90 Master is the program between Power 90 and P90X. Power 90 Master came out after P90X and you can tell it’s almost P90X. There are no pull-ups in the Master Series but there are a lot of push-up, weights and cardio.
There are tons of reviews and people trying P90X. Even though P90X is now the flagship home exercise video DVD for Beachbody, for those not quite at the P90X level should seriously look at P90 Master Series. The P90X precursor has many of the same moves and routines but without the pull-ups. P90X goes nuts with pull-ups and if you can’t do pull-ups either because of strength issues or the doorway pull-up bars don’t fit in your doorway and you don’t want to spend up to over $200 for a stand alone unit just yet, P90 Master is a great routine to work your way up to P90X.
If P90X is too hard to get through the first week, the P90 Master Series may be a better step down then the regular Power 90 Home Boot Camp. It’s a little more advanced and you begin to get into Beachbody’s Muscle Confusion technique, a fancy marketing term that puts variety in your workout. Where Power 90 is alternating weights and cardio every day with one rest day, Power 90 Master is three weeks of alternating weight and cardio with one week of cardio, plyo and Upper Middle Lower (UML).
Power 90 Master Series begins with a warm-up before stretching. There is still a little yoga, but no entire DVD of yoga. There are also two cardio routines, Core Cardio, Cardio Intervals and Sweat 5-6. Routines become longer than Power 90, most are almost 50 minutes with Cardio Intervals at 56 minutes.
Every routine begins with a short warm up of running in place, jumping jacks or something similar followed by stretching before the main workout.
Throughout each workout, there is a modified version, if you’re having problems because of an injury or any other reason. P90 Master Series is different from Power 90 because many of the routines are done with multiple sets, just like P90X.
P90 Master Series seems like it was done before P90X, but there are posters on the back wall of the gym that clearly say P90X. Either way it is a great set of routines that can prepare you for your next P90X attempt or is a perfectly good program all by itself.
There isn’t as much documentation with the Master Series as you would think. There is also no calendar and even though there are two versions of the schedule, it’s only published in the forums. There is a Lean version and the Classic version and just like P90X the Lean version is heavy on cardio with weight routines only two days a week. Both Lean and Classic have a “recovery week” where there is more focus on cardio and non weight routines.
For those that are unable to get the most out of P90X because of lack of pull-ups or lack of initial conditioning, this is a great program with plenty of variety to keep your workouts interesting. The music is low key and you don’t really hear it. Tony is his same, sometimes funny or even goofy, but encouraging.
You can buy the entire Power 90 Master Series or you can buy individual Power 90 Master DVDs to augment your Power 90 Home Boot Camp or P90X programs.
Want a discount on Power 90 Master Series? See how on our Discounts page or check out the Power 90 Master Series page at Beachbody.com or purchase the Power 90 Master Series DVDs individually.
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P90 Power 90 In Home Bootcamp is the precursor to the now famous P90x. If you bought P90X only to find out you couldn’t pass the fitness test or couldn’t make it past the warm-up, the original Power 90 is a good place to start.
P90 is more basic – push-ups, dumbbells, (no pull-ups), squats, cardio and abs routines every other day. All you need for P90 is a chair, dumbbells or bands, towel and water. Tony Horton looks a lot younger in these videos which is fine. If you want a workout that goes back to basics and will prepare you for P90X, do Power 90 for the 90 days and you will be able to keep up with P90X a lot better, especially in the push-up and cardio sections.
There are 7 routines: Sculpting, cardio, abs and a bonus routine showing Tony with a bunch of people in Hawaii. The sculpting routines are split between beginner 1-2 and more advanced 3-4 routines. The difference between 1-2 and 3-4 is 3-4 has more routines, more reps and different push-ups. The sculpting routines are basic military press, 3 different sets of curls and other arm routines, basic stuff, but a good start if you haven’t had any sort of intense workout in awhile.
The two cardio routines are also split between 1-2 and 3-4, beginning and more advanced. Both cardio DVDs start with a warm up, some yoga, hi impact (jumping with both feet), low impact, along with basic punching and kicking. Cardio 3-4 has more sets and is longer. Each Cardio DVD has the Ab routines on the same workout, but also the ab routines have their own DVDs as well.
Ab routines are 100 and 200. Ten sets of ten, one hundred crunches and leg lifts of some sort, then the same routine, but with ten sets of twenty – 200 reps.
This is a great basic workout alternating between lifting weights and cardio every other day. Power 90 is the perfect place to start if your older or haven’t worked out regularly in more than a few years. The weightlifting is only as hard as the weights you use. Start light and work your way up, slowly.
The Power 90 In Home Boot Camp includes bands which can be upgraded to heavier resistance if you’re a guy, the DVDs a bonus workout, meal plans, calendar, measuring tape, manual to get the most out of Power 90 and a bonus 6-Day fat burning express plan to jump start your weight loss.
If you follow the program correctly and consistently, including the diet, you will lose weight and gain muscle. The only bad part is that I’ve found after about halfway through, it’s a little boring. The same routines are done from 1-2 and 3-4 is the same and adding a few more. If you already bought P90X and it is sitting on the shelf, break out the Kenpo or Cardio routines to break up the cardio days and try a P90X weight routine to break up the weight routines.
Power 90 is a straight 90 days of alternating weight and cardio routines, which adds to the boredom factor but the Power 90 Master Series and P90X and P90X+ have changed to three weeks of weight routines then take a week off from the weights, not resting, just not lifting weights for a week while still doing cardio, Kenpo and Yoga. You can probably modify Power 90 the same way, especially if you already have P90X or one of the other P90 series. Or you can buy Power 90 Master Series individually to add some variety to your Power 90 Boot Camp routines.
Want a discount on Power 90 In Home Boot Camp? See how on our Discounts page or check out the Power 90 page at Beachbody.com
TOTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION IN 90 DAYS – GUARANTEED with Tony Horton’s Power90 Boot Camp