P90X2 Chest Back and Balance Review
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by: Ben Jensen
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If you are looking to get the most out of a chest and back workout with just pushups and pull-ups this is the one. The P90X2 Chest, Back, and Balance workout has become one of my favorites. It gets me to muscle pump quick and boy do I wish my chest looked like that all the time!
As with the other workouts in the P90X2 program P90X2 Chest, Back, and Balance starts off with the same warm up with the stability ball (side twists, squats, side stretch, lunges, and atlas). Then you go through the foam roller and stretch sequence. Off to the workout.
This workout consists of 20 moves, rotating every other with a pull-up and a pushup exercise. The difficulty of the pull-up exercises has definitely been increased since P90X. If you happen to have bought the One on One with Tony Horton you have already seen the majority of exercises. The pull-ups range from several switch grip pull-ups, two towel pull-ups, "L" pull-ups, and the notorious lever pull-ups. The pushups are, not surprisingly, done with some type of balance included in them. Each set of pushups are performed either on medicine balls, or a stability ball. The one exception is the impossible pushup, which is performed using a stability ball for the feet and one medicine ball for the hands. The impossible part is merely trying to get in position. Once in position it is still a demanding pushup, however not "impossible". With the impossible pushup, don't give up... you'll get it. After you understand how to get in position, you won't forget. It's kind of like riding a bike. After completing the 20 exercises you go through another stretch sequence. If you follow this program outline it's time to start the X2 Ab Ripper.
With doing the X2 Ab Ripper after the Chest, Back, and Balance my core gets spent. During the pushups you have to keep your core engaged or you will be all over the place. Which means your core has already had a workout before you even start the X2 Ab Ripper. I have been able to finish it every time, but my lower back is fatigued the whole time. I imagine that is my week point and it will fade eventually as my lower back strength increases.
When I finish this workout, my muscles were pumped and I discover I had muscle twitch for longer than normal. Given the extra energy that is placed into stabilizing during the course of the pushups, I hit failure in every set. In P90X, I got to the point that my reps were so high, I started using resistance bands to get to failure. I like this workout and will definitely keep this one as my staple chest and back routine for the other rounds of P90X/P90X2 that I will do. In my opinion the added balance/core stabilizing to these workouts makes this a more real world beneficial workout by helping to minimize injury.
Independent Beachbody Coach
Ben Jensen
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Source: Ben Jensen is an Independent Beachbody Coach, who received great results and success with Beachbody products. He also belongs to Team Beachbody a FREE on-line Gym to help support others on their fitness journey. To find out more visit=>www.properfitness1.com
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