P90X Workout Review

I recently finished a P90X & Insanity hybrid workout that I put together. My goal was to combine the hardest workouts of both and really challenge myself. What I did was the normal P90X workouts and switched in the cardio days with Insanity and only did Yoga X once a month instead of every week.

The reason why I made this workout was I enjoyed the P90X results I had by gaining 10 pounds of muscle along with my Insanity results where I toned it up and gained a lot of cardio strength. After finishing Insanity I felt like I lost a little bit of strength because you don't use any weights besides your body weight. The pull up bar was missing with Insanity as P90X got me addicted to it.

When I started the P90X / Insanity hybrid workout my pull ups and chin ups dropped to 48 reps in the P90X Legs and Back workout from my high of 82. This means I lost almost half of my pull up strength during the couple of months of Insanity. At the end of the hybrid workout I was able to get back up to 64. This is pretty good seeing that I was not doing P90X Legs and back every week.

Push up totals went up by 12% as compared to my time with P90X. You do so many push ups with Insanity and P90X that its like you do them everyday with the hybrid workout. With all of these push ups I put .5 inch on my chest.

My arms look bigger in the side photo and I've had people tell me it looks like I've put some muscle on again. I do see a 4 pack in my ab area but no 6 pack and my obliques are not as defined. I was doing the workout over the holidays and ate a ton of food and drank a lot of beer. Neither of which help show off the abs. To me, the biggest gain came in the definition of my back muscles. I can clearly see a lot more bumps and lines in my back, shoulders, and lats.

My weight was at 175 when I started and is now at 180 pounds. I'm guessing its a combo of muscle and weight gain from all the shit I ate and drank over November and December. Plus, I've been drinking one Whey Protein shake almost every day which is adding to my size.

So after starting P90X almost two years ago and signing up to be a Beachbody Coach I have put on almost 15 pounds of muscle. Body fat percentage hovers in the 8.5% - 9.5% range. It would probably be lower if I could cut back on how much I eat at meals. I eat very well but portion control is a problem of mine. Then there's that partying thing. I don't rage out of control during the week but on the weekend anything is game.

If you've been thinking about doing P90X or Insanity and live your life the way I do already then these are results you can assume to get (assuming your a guy). I followed the Insanity Elite Nutrition Plan about 50% and use most of the P90X Supplements along with some of the nutrition products. If you can do better than me in regards to the eating portion you can expect 6 pack abs and more definition. Both P90X and Insanity work its just how hard do you want to make it work. I would grade my effort with the workouts at 100% and eating at 75%, so a 87.5% grade or B+.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do next but I'm think about getting P90X Plus and the Insanity Deluxe workouts and doing them over the next 60 days. In the mean time I think I've got about just all I've could out of P90X and Insanity for at least the next year.

I just completed my second Insanity Fit Test and I am very pleased. Here is a comparison of my first Insanity Fit Test results with this time.

                                       Fit Test # 1                  Fit Test # 2                   Fit Test Goals

Switch Kicks                        125                               134                                     150

Power Jacks                         45                                  53                                      54

Power Knees                        84                                  95                                      100

Power Jumps                      31                                   38                                      37

Globe Jumps                        8                                   10                                       10

Suicide Jumps                   13                                   16                                        16

Push-Up Jacks                   25                                  32                                       30

Low Plank Oblique              50                                 64                                        60

There are two very positive things that have happened here. I did not get worse at any of them for one. The other is that I already hit my goals for 5 out of the 8 exercises. Did I set them too low? Is Insanity such a awesome workout program that the results came quicker? We will find out in the next 30 days when I take my last fit test. I was so close to hitting the goals for the other ones.

I have been putting in the effort with Insanity. Not only am I doing the workouts, I am also following the Insanity Elite Nutrition Plan. Doing these two has helped my drop my body fat percentage from 10% to 8% in only 30 days. That is pretty crazy. For the first time ever I can see my oblique muscles. Who knows, maybe I'll have ripped 6 pack abs in 30 days. I took a video of myself doing the Insanity Fit Test again.

Insanity Fit Test # 2

Insanity Fit Test # 1

(Yes, the room was painted to a ligher color in the last 30 days)