First Look at P90X2

          P90X revolutionized the workout industry.  Instead of people having to pay for gym memberships and find a gym to workout at, people could now get ripped in the comfort of their own house.  No monthly gym memberships or drives to the gym.  Even more, all that was needed to workout were the DVDs, dumbbells or bands, and a pullup bar. Very simple equipment for a very challenging and complex program.  P90X was first released 7 years ago, so a sequel has been long overdue.  P90X2, previously known as P90X MC2, has been announced to be released in late 2011.  With this release, many P90X graduates will be crying tears, as now they will have a whole new 90 day program to complete.  Now that you know what P90X2 is, let's get into what it contains.


           P90X works on the principle of muscle confusion. You don't do the same exercises every day and your body won't know what's coming next or what to expect.  With this principle, working out will never become easy and your body will never plateau.  P90X2 works the same exact way.  Except this time, there is much more muscle confusion and much more intense workouts.  Instead of a 6 day workout week, this time it is only 5 days.  With much more intense workouts, you need much more rest to recover.  Additionally, there are 3 phases in the new P90X2 workout: Foundation, Strength, and Performance. 


        The foundation phase focuses mostly on preparing you for the strength phase and is very similar to the original P90X workouts.  However, you will start to workout new muscles you did not in the original P90X.  As you can derive from its name, you will be building your foundation for the program and for the muscle gains you will be making. 


       The strength phase will be when you make most of your strength and flexibility gains.  These workouts will require a lot of energy and will leave you breathless by the time you are done with them.  Breathless, but definitely much more stronger.


       The performance phase  is definitely gonna leave you feeling the X from P90X2.  In these last 30 days, you will be taking everything you have learned and done so far and intensifying it.  The training in this phase is said to be similar to that of a professional athlete, so by the time you are done you will have the strength, speed, stamina and hops of a professional athlete.