P90X Workout Review

I have read a lot of comments and talked to people who have said they really want to do P90X but its just too expensive for them. I understand that the $120 price tag might seem like a lot for a home workout program at first but you really have to break down what you get to justify the cost of it.

When you buy the P90X workout program you get:

1. 12 one hour long workouts and two recently added bonus workouts. Its like buying 14 different movies. A new movie on DVD costs around $15. Since each P90X DVD isn't an hour and a half like a normal movie lets say each DVD is worth $10. So 12 workouts X $10 = $120. I'm not going to count the bonus workouts.

2. The 100 page P90X workout guide book shows you exactly what to do and more importantly how to do it. The Men's Health: Book of Muscle sells for about $23 on Amazon. Its a book about the different types of exercises you can do. I did not buy it but it looks very similar to the P90X workout guide except that its not program specific. So let's say the P90X guide book would sell for $20 on its own.

3. 114 page meal plan called the P90X 3 Phase Nutrition Plan. Its full of recipes and tells you what and when to eat. The closest book I could find to this was Eat Fit: Be Fit which sells for $26. I did not buy it but the description looks similar to the P90X Nutrition Plan. Let's say

ESPN reporter and Dancing With The Stars contestant Erin Andrews says she does the P90X workout to stay in shape when she's on the road. I came across the article in the US Magazine that my girlfriend has sent to our house. I can't stand the magazine because I feel dumber when I'm done reading it (more like flipping through the pages). Somehow I flipped to the exact page with her on it and P90X jumped out of the article at me. Its probably because I'm addicted to P90X. Here is what she said.

"I also did P90X [an exercise DVD set combining plyometrics, martial arts and yoga] with the ESPN guys on the road," adds the nondieter, who has even begun indulging in desserts and regular Coke ("because it has more calories!") to stop shrinking. "

She also said that all of the dancing has caused her to lose 10 pounds. Good luck with DWTS Erin. So that's one more celebrity type person doing P90X.