I am sure you have all seen the infomercial for P90X; I think it is a great program. I personally tried it out! But when I was done with the program, I thought there are a few things I would have done different.
First I am not putting down the program, I think is great for the average person who wants to look great1 but if you are already in great shape and want to get that extra edge , I would implement actual weight training to it rather than body weight exercises!
P90X works because it essentially uses high intensity interval training! You are always moving using free body weights and dumbbells! But know that you will never get big defined muscles with body weight exercises like you would with weight training exercises. Body weight exercises will make you look lean and toned but they will not give you big nice muscles- the kind you see on fitness models etc
But this is what I did to P90X workouts and added my own twists to it!
Rather than push ups, I use incline barbell presses on the smith machine and rather than do jumping jacks I use the treadmill incline barbell presses are key because nothing will give you that nice chest look like incline barbell presses and the treadmill will get your heart rate up fast!
Of course you should expect the weights you use on the barbell press to decrease as you progress through the workout.
Here is how a typical “Beyond P90X Chest workout would look like
You don’t need my word on this, if you did a regular P90X chest workout and measured your calories burned with a heart rate monitor and did this version, you would see that my version or twist will burn about a quarter more calories than P90X – helps in getting you shredded and lean faster.
Here is just a 12-15 minute version of my beyond P90X program
Incline barbell press taken to positive failure (70% of my maximum 8-10 reps)
* Make sure you keep the incline bench angle at 25-35 degree incline and no more!
Super set with 2 minutes running on the treadmill without rest and then jump back to the
incline barbell press taken to positive failure superset this with
2 minutes running on the treadmill
Do this for 10 turns and see how powerful and effective it is! If you did this for 40 minutes and did this with different body parts you would see the fat slide off your body…provided of course that you kept calories low and eat good wholesome food!
This workout will also give your Pecs a mean definition and you will have a chest that most guys would kill for!
Try it and see
rob maraby
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