P90X3 DVD Workout Base Kit - Tony Horton

Everything you need to get started...Great Instuctor..Guys you will do pilates and yoga...Its challenging give it a shotThings you will need:•Pull up bar (can substitute using bands included)•Weights from 5-12lbs and 15-35lbs (can substitute using bands included)•Yoga Mat or something of the sort I guess you can go with carpet if your in the living•Enough room to move around I would say 360° about 7ft unless your taller also you will move laterally (left & right) so I would say about 12ft but that's just me also depends how big your steps and your height but keep in mind you need the space•30 mins a day and ambitioun to work hard and get it done it a short amount of time a dayYou will not need a pull up bar...i think its better to have one but it comes with a band and a loop so you can attach to a door hinge and substitute the pull up bar...you don't exactly need weights but you will get better results weights from 5-12lbs and 15-35lbs whatever your comfortable with again you can substitute the weight by just using bands...there are modifiers in the video also Tony (the instructor) does not push you to hurt yourself or make you do it perfect but he does want you to work and use adequate (good) form also he says if you need time to finish with a move he says you can pause then resume when your done(does not mean you can be lazy and don't rest for a while either get it done so you can progress through video and get rresultsI personally think everything about this product is great and I'm having awesome results if you didn't like it or there is a bad review they just have excuses and didn't put in work to get results what more could you want its convenient 30 mins a day your in your own home no gym needed no one is watching you get it done and get results I reccomend to any fitness level because weather your fitness level is beginner or expert you'll have a great time with this programIt doesn't just stop after 90 days either you can choose to do it again or there is a Lean,Bulk, and doubles option as well which uses the same workouts just in a certain order to achieve what you've chosen to do...hope all this helps!!!"Clear Your Mind Of Can't"

First the good. I have done the original P90X, T25, and now P90X3. This is easily my favorite. I feel like the original was an overall better series but finding an hour every day was not always possible so I tried T25. I did that entire 3 month program and probably only missed a couple days. The 25 - 30 minute routines are definitely easier to fit in every day but I didn't care for the workouts in T25. To me they felt like they had a lot of repetition. Not necessarily in the movements but in that it was the same muscle groups for the entire routine. By the 1/2 way point my muscles were burnt out and each move was becoming less effective. P90X3 is the best blend of both. You have the convenient 30 minute routines but with enough variety that you don't burn a muscle group out and can finish the entire routine strong. That is not to say that the routines are easy, I actually feel I get a much better workout overall and I don't find myself watching the clock counting down to the finish.The workout schedule is broken into 3 week blocks with a transition schedule in between. Each schedule contains routines focused on upper body or lower body strength, cardio, or flexibility. Each successive 3 week block picks up the intensity so just as you feel like the workouts are becoming comfortable he steps it up! If you continue to push yourself in each workout you won't hit hit that dreaded plateau you can with some programs.The one minor complaint I have is with the cheap exercise band that is included. Pretty much every routine I have used it in the band has popped out of the handle at some point and I've had to stop and reattach it. I used a fine grit sandpaper (200g) to rough up the inside beveled surface of each handle so that the bands wouldn't pop out so easily and that helped. If you try that just don't get too aggressive with the sand paper or you can enlarge the hole making the problem worse.

I have done P90X previously and I like Tony. I have also done Insanity, T25 and many other workout programs and I am in pretty good shape. My husband and I are both busy and the idea of a shorter version of P90X sounded great. And it is - I really like the workouts and the concept behind it. To compare it to P90X - there is more focus on full-body workouts than on just working 1-2 muscle groups at a time. We have just completed the first month and it's going great - no major body changes, but we are both just trying to maintain so we are happy with it.My complaint and 1-star deduction is because Tony talks SO MUCH. It's only 30 minutes - there is no time for chit-chat. In comparison to T25 where Shaun T has you moving the whole time - with p90x3 you are stopping after every single exercise so Tony can remind you again that it's only 30 minutes, or that you don't need a gym or that's it hard or whatever - it makes me crazy. YES - you can get a good workout in 30 minutes, but not if you are stopping every 30-60 seconds to talk. Or high-five - that kills me too. Why are the back-up dancers/exercisers high-fiving after every exercise? Come on, now - save the self-congratulatory high fives for after the 30 minutes, not because you just did some pushups or high knees for 30 seconds. After the first week of this, I just started jogging in place or continuing the exercise we just finished or starting the next one, so you can work around it, but it gets annoying.Anyway - overall, a good workout and I would recommend it!