P90X Extreme Home Fitness - Legs and Back Routine

P90X Workout for Legs and Back

You may think that you’re getting enough of a workout in your legs and back just by doing the P90X plyometrics workout followed by the many, many upper body workouts. However, you haven’t experienced a leg and back workout until you’ve done the workout in the P90X series that’s dedicated to these body parts. Today, we’ll be discussing the fifth P90X workout: Legs and Back

In this workout, you’ll do the standard Ab Ripper X workout that makes its appearance throughout the P90X videos. You’ll also find yourself doing some of the same back exercises that you did in the very first workout. What makes this workout different and brings a whole new level of challenge to it is that you’ll also be introduced to Tony Horton’s P90X leg workout. One thing we can say for sure is that you will not feel like jogging or even standing up any time soon after you finish this workout!

The leg portion of this workout isn’t done in the two-section format that you find on most of the P90X workouts. You’ll cluster all of your leg workouts together in one section. You’ll be squatting, jumping and lunging until you feel as though your legs are about to fall off. Then you’ll squat, lunge and jump some more! The exercises in this workout for legs include:

-         Balance Lunges

-         Calf-Raise Squats

-         Super Skaters

-         Wall Squats

-         Step Back Lunges

-         Alternating Side Lunges

-         Single Leg Wall Squats

-         Deadlift Squats

-         Three-Way Lunge with a Two-Kick Option

-         Sneaky Lunges

-         Chair Salutations

-         Toe Roll Iso-Lunges

-         Groucho Walk

-         Calf Raisers

-         80/20 Speed Squats

Just a little hint – that Groucho walk is very fun (and also hard)! One thing that is impressive about this workout, if you’re already a fitness fan and have done leg workouts in the gym, is that it manages to give you an effective, difficult leg workout without the use of weights. You’ll be surprised how much muscle definition you’ll have at the end of the ninety days just from this well designed workout that’s mostly weight-free. You can read more about the details by researching some of our P90X reviews at Finish Well Fitness.

Because your leg muscles are such large muscles, you’ll need to be sure to replenish yourself after this workout. Treat yourself to some P90X Results and Recovery Formula to make sure you get everything that you need to fuel your body for the next day of workouts!

P90X Extreme Home Fitness - Shoulders and Arms

First off, I love the P90X Shoulders and Arms workout. It is probably one of my favorites. As a woman, having a strong upper body is fantastic: 1) It gives you more of an hourglass figure if you have curvy hips and a smaller waist, and 2) Strong, lean muscles always are sexy (at least in my book).

I’m going to apologize right off the bat on something about the video: I look very serious and dramatic. In short, I don’t look happy. I’ll work on that. I am much happier and am enjoying the workout much more than it appears, so in the future, smiles will be a bit more front and center. Another disclaimer: I’m 5′ – 2″ and 125ish pounds. I’ve always felt that I resemble more of a Labrador than a Greyhound and part of me feels that the video makes me look a little beefy. I may actually look beefy in real life, but I’ve been told that isn’t true. Depending on who you want to believe, I don’t think I’m really as beefy as I may look on the workout video.

Again, remember that the video cuts out the warm up, stretching, intermittent cardio breaks, and the cool down that is part of this workout. Further, the P90X Shoulders and Arms workout repeats and I haven’t shown that either. Here is the P90X Shoulders and Arms workout video for your enjoyment:

I realize I didn’t list out the shoulder exercises and arm exercises last time, so here they are for reference. Again, this workout repeats each group twice:

Group 1
Alternating Shoulder Press
In & Out Bicep Curl
Two-Arm Triceps Kickback

Group 2
Deep Swimmer’s Press
Full Supination Concentration Curl
Chair Dip

Group 3
Upright Row
Static Arm Curl
Flip-Grip Twist Tricpes Kickback

Group 4
Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Fly
Crouching Cohen Curl
Lying-Down Triceps Extension

Group 5
In & Out Straight-Arm Shoulder Fly
Congdon Curl
Side Tri-Rise

What do you think? Do you like what you see?

P90x Plyometrics Workout Exercises

The first thing that is always asked when it comes to plyometrics is what is it? It's a fairly new term in the fitness community and this is because the concept of it is new as well; in fact it was relatively unheard of a couple decades ago. But since it went, in a mix of words,'viral' it has become one of the most popular workouts around.

And rightly so.

Plyometrics calls into action all parts of the human body - core strength, legs, feet, mental toughness, and even a few more - and it doesn't stop there; it will push you to your limits, will you to a new level of power that you never thought possible. it will make sweat; it will make you burn; it will make you wish you were doing some more cardio. Seriously.

Are you surprised then that Tony Horton, the leader in home fitness, decided to incorporate a whole program dedicated to plyometrics? Probably not.

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Some of the best plyometric training occurs in water.

Many sports require what the plyometrics training will teach you.

P90x Plyometrics

Plyometrics is also known as `jump` training or, as I like to call it, the most intense leg workout you can do. It's also very dynamic; this means it activates many body parts and thus is good training for any sport. Tony Horton, who runs P90x Plyometrics, is a big believer that you need to to train muscles exactly the way you will use them in the real world. This means that if your muscles are meant for specific procedures, then train them that way; and if, like in P90x plyometrics, the muscles are supposed to take a beating then train them in that same way.

Have you ever wondered why knee injuries are such a common occurrence? It's because the muscles around the knee, as well as the cartilage, hasn't been trained for it. Sure - many athletes who have knee injuries have been working out their entire lives - but they never truly train the knees for wear and tear. That's what Tony Horton, and the P90x plyometrics program, want to do: it's hardcore enough that your muscles will take a beating, and specific enough that you won't hurt them in the process, so that when you go out in the real world, or play sports, they will be ready for any strenuous activity.

With that in mind be prepared to do a lot of jump training; find a big enough space where you can move around - there will be some cardio - as well as jump around. Make sure you have water, and make sure you have enough energy to complete the program. It will push you to the limit.

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You won't exactly do this, but leapfrog is an exercise is p90x plyometrics.

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P90x Plyometrics Workout Guide

The workout starts out easy and simple enough. You'll begin with a few jump squats; these are when you jump as high as you can, and then coming down, bending the knees - like a squat - and touching the ground, You'll do this in a few different variations in sets of four; in other words, yes, you will be burning after just fifteen minutes.

Next is lunges. These are sort of a cool down from the squats, but, if it's your first time, you will still feel the burn. In fact it actually works more muscle groups then the squats so you may even feel more burn while doing these. Mostly you will feel the burn in your quads and calfs.

After that you'll do many unique plyometric exercises which focus on jumping into the air, and then landing with strong balance. Some of my favorite are sets which include jumping over an invisible bit, as well as doing 360's and 180's. Cool.

Here is a list of the workouts you will be doing in the P90x Plyometrics workout:

• Jump Squat
• Run Stance Squat
• Airborne Heisman
• Swing Kick
• Squat Reach Jump
• Circle Run
• Jump Knee Tuck
• Jumping Lunge
• Twist Combo
• Rock Star Hop
• Gap Jump
• Military March
• Lateral Leapfrog
• Hot Foot

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