P90X Chest, Back & Balls is the first DVD of Volume 3 in the P90X One on One series. Unlike P90X One on One Volumes 1 and 2, which can be thought of as an extension of the P90X, Tony Horton takes a different approach in Volume Three. Tony is developing P90X:MC2, the next P90X fitness program. Volume 3 is being used as his test kitchen. If you purchase all 12 of P90X volume 3 you also get a 50 percent discount on P90X:MC2 when it’s released in late 2011.
P90X One On One Chest, Back & Balls is the most challenging of all the One On One workouts. These workouts consist mainly of push-ups and pull-ups. The pull-ups range from what is performed along the running paths in any town, to what seems to be a pull-up using the same motion used to build momentum on a swing, swinging yourself up and forward. For someone like me, who feels that pull-ups are old hat, the extra challenge of performing the extra movements in the swinging pull-ups was a real treat and made me feel as if I was doing my first pull-up ever!
I’m a big pushup fan, but have been looking for a challenge other than just trying to increase my maximum reps. I found it in Chest, Back, and Balls. By using a basketball, a balance ball, and a medicine ball, Tony turns a basic upper body strength movement into an maddening difficult exercise in total body strength and balance. While performing my sets I could feel my chest muscles being forced to focus, push and stretch in ways I never though or hoped I could achieve outside of a gym with thousands of dollars in equipment.
In my first few attempts at Tony’s pushups, I failed miserably. By my third try with P90X One On One DVD, I was able to achieve what I like to call the “Tony Horton Stamp of Approval.”
Unlike most of Tony Horton’s other workouts, to complete this workout to the same level, you will need to have 3 or 4 medicine balls, one core balance ball and a fixed in place pull-up bar. I was disappointed in the extra cost of these items and was surprised by the fact that my P90X pull-up bar was not able to securely stay in place for up to a third of Tony’s pull-up exercises. Also anyone that substitutes a resistance band will be unable to perform the vast majority of the pull-up sets.
Despite the added cost of the extra equipment, I have come to enjoy this workout for what it is : an upper body strength and balance workout that complements its lower body counter part from Volume 2, One on One, On One Leg.
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- P90X One on One – Fountain of Youth – Tony’s favorite yoga moves in less time. Perfect for when you don’t have the time to complete Yoga X.
- P90X One on One Mammoth ULM – Tony’s ultimate Upper-Middle-Lower workout. Great for when you’re on the road.
