P90X Reviews: A Complete Review on the P90X Workout System

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As anybody who either plays or watches the sport of tennis knows, over the last decade the game has become increasingly athletic in nature. Being able to volley and strategically place the ball in the court is still as important as ever, but players like Nadal and the Williams sisters have made the power serve and the power baseline stroke (as well as the volley smash) critical elements of the game that require significant strength (not to mention agility). If you’re looking to improve your game and become a stronger, more powerful tennis player, P90X has benefits to tennis players that can result in significant improvements to your strength game. Read the rest of this entry »

Golf is one of America’s most beloved sports, both on a spectator and participant level. Even before America’s now most infamous golfer made the sport into the media darling event that it is today, golfers like Phil Mickelson and Jack Nicklaus made casual golfers everywhere envious of their perfect swings and seemingly endless power and precision. Whether it’s your competitive nature or your love of a day spent outdoors perfecting a skill that draws you to golf, everybody wants to be a better golfer. One way to achieve that goal is by getting into amazing shape. And, of course, P90X can get you into shape with some benefits that are unique to golfers. Read the rest of this entry »

America’s favorite pastime is in full swing. Around the country, summer evenings are ending with local baseball games and families and friends alike are enjoying regular trips to the MLB ballpark. As baseball cleans itself up from its recent steroid scandals, it’s more important than ever that baseball players get their edge from good solid workout and nutrition programs like P90X. In fact, P90X is such a good conditioning routine for baseball players that it’s endorsed by Barry Zito and Jo Jo Reyes. Here are just a few of the reasons that P90X is an ideal workout plan for those who love the pinewood. Read the rest of this entry »

Alternative or X-Sports have never been more popular in America than they are today. Skateboarding, in particular, has gone from being a recreational activity that bored teenage boys do to a competitive sport for both genders in which athletes accomplish feats on both half pipes and stylized courses that we could have never imagined previously. It can feel like watching an animation or a video game, but these are highly optimized athletes performing dangerous and challenging feats of physicality. How do you become the best competitive skateboarder possible? Well, of course the answer is practice. However, for an extreme sport like skateboarding, and extreme home workout like P90X has many benefits as well. Read the rest of this entry »

People who undertake the P90X challenge have one thing in common: They are choosing extreme home fitness, and once they’ve mastered the challenge they are in ripped up, incredibly amazing shape. They’ve also, usually, become a little bit extreme themselves and ready to take on new challenges. In our never ending quest to find new ways for you to show off your great new, post-P90X body as well as to give you a reason to get that body and, as a bonus, a way to master a new challenge after you’ve brought out your inner-extreme athlete, we’re going to discuss how P90X can help you master the Spartan Race. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s the heart of summer, and the heat wave finally hit! If you’re lucky enough to live somewhere with an ocean coast, that means that you either got to enjoy the view of masses of fit, tan surfers hitting the waves or, better yet, you got to join them in their enjoyment of the ultimate summer pastime. Whether you are a surfer, aspire to be a surfer or just want to look like a surfer, P90X is the ideal workout for surfing fitness. After all, there’s a reason that P90X is used and endorsed by champion professional surfer Kelly Slater. It’s because the nature of the workout gives surfers advantages in areas that they need. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the years, cheerleading has gone from being just girls in skirts cheering on their male counterpart athletes to a competitive sport in its own right that involves both young men and young women. We’ve all seen “Bring It On”, and chances are great that even if you haven’t seen that movie (or won’t admit that you’ve seen that movie), you’ve kept the channel on when the National Cheerleading Championships are on ESPN. Cheerleading the current day and age requires a level of strength, flexibility and commitment that matches that of any other competitive sport (and in some cases exceeds it). With fall just around the corner and cheerleading camps across the nation about to start, we though we’d point out how incorporating the P90X program into their fitness routine can help a competitive cheerleader become an even better competitive cheerleader! Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a soccer time of year. The World Cup is heading into its final big week, and, simultaneously, kids across the nation are getting ready for fall soccer season in school. Can P90X make a good soccer player into a great soccer player and a great soccer player into the next World Cup goal scorer? Maybe not! However, including P90X in your regimen before soccer season starts or during your fall soccer training can make you a better soccer player. Here are the key benefits of the P90X program for soccer players. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s almost time. In just a few short weeks, high school and college football camps will begin.  For that matter, NFL players will start to report for training. However, for most football players, it’s time to start getting into shape for the season now. P90X is a perfect solution for getting into the best football shape of your athletic life, whether you’re playing with your friends in a rec league or competitively on high school or college team. In fact, a significant number of current and past NFL players including Emmit Smith, Ray Lewis, David Akers, Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook, and the old guy himself Brett Favre all use P90X as part of their workout routines. So why is P90X so good for getting you into football playing shape? Read the rest of this entry »

How hard core is P90X? It’s so hard core that dozens of professional athletes, both active and retired, incorporate it into their fitness routine. If there’s one thing that we know for sure, it’s that somebody who makes their living playing sports, or who dedicated their life to playing sports and are now looking for a workout as intense as the ones they used when they were professional athletes, isn’t going to pick a workout that doesn’t yield amazing results while pushing limits. Who are the professional athletes who are on record as using Tony Horton’s P90X to optimize their athletic performance? Read the rest of this entry »