Today I decided to do the P90X+ Plus routine called the Upper Body Plus workout with Tony Horton, Traci Morrow, and Mark Briggs. As you may already know, P90X+ (P90X Plus) is a program that Tony Horton put together for people that have already graduated and finished the 90 days of P90X. The reason that he came up with another mini-series of workouts is so that people could get more variation if they felt like they were hitting a plateau in P90X, or in the words of Tony: “To defy the plateau phenomenon.” Part of the reason that I always mix up my routines is because I want to be fit in a lot of different areas at the same time. My philosophy is similar to that of CrossFit – you want to be as fit as possible in as many different aspects of physical fitness as possible, all at the same time.
Pump up yo arms...
Lately I have been focusing on strength, but I still generally do at least two workouts that involve heavy cardio per week such as Insanity. Yesterday I did the Crossfit Severin workout and it tired me out to the point that I fell asleep before midnight (which is pretty rare for me). Anyways, today I decided to do this P90X+ routine that I had only done about 5 times or so within the past year. When I started it up, I honestly had no idea what to expect because I had literally forgotten all of the P90X+ routines and the types of exercises that they included.
What I really liked was that this workout took me by total surprise and really forced me to work my upper body hard – just like the title implied. Although Tony kind of hypes up the P90X+ workouts like they are meant to be harder than P90X, I don’t really think that’s necessarily the case. The original P90X Chest and Back workout is definitely harder than this one and I’d also say that the Upper Body Massacre is the most hardcore upper body routine that Tony has released to date. However, this routine still features some very tough moves and by the time I was done, my arms felt like they had been pumped full of muscle.
P90X+ Plus: Upper Body Plus Review
In comparison to traditional P90X workouts, the one thing that is different is the fact that Tony Horton got two of his big time fitness pals Mark Briggs and Traci Morrow. Both Mark and Traci are in elite physical shape and are incredibly ripped. I personally think that I like having these two instructors as opposed to random people from the test groups just because they use such good form and know exactly what they are doing on each of the exercises. Additionally since they are friends with Tony, I think he seems a little bit more relaxed and playful with his jokes during “The Big UP” workout.
There is certainly some debate as to whether this routine will be harder or easier than traditional P90X workouts. In my experience, it is neither harder nor easier – it is just different and has different moves. The only thing that I think is probably easier is the fact that it is shorter than most of the originals. I will say though that some of the exercises are more “advanced” than ones you will see in the regular P90X series. However, just like any workout it comes down to whether you chose a heavy enough weight to challenge yourself and whether you pushed yourself as hard as possible. If you push yourself hard for the entire time and fight through the burn, you are going to get great results.
The Upper Body Plus routine is divided up into a total of 4 rounds, with each round containing 5 different exercises – in other words, this routine has a total of 20 different exercises. As is recommended by Tony Horton – you should highly consider ordering a set of Bowflex Selecttech Dumbbells and push up stands. Additionally, you will want to make sure that you have a pull up bar as well as two chairs of even height. Finally before you start this workout, make sure that you go print out the Upper Body Plus worksheets and get a pen so that you can keep track of your reps and weights used. Taking note of whether the weight is too light, too heavy, or just right is what you should always do if you want to continue to improve your level of fitness.
P90X+: Upper Body Plus Exercises
In the words of Tony Horton, “We’re talking about muscle confusion, oh my God you’re gonna become Spiderman, Superman, and Wonderwoman all wrapped up into one when you get done with this upper body blaster!”
Warm Up
The warm up in this routine is pretty brief, but you shouldn’t really need anything more. You aren’t doing Insanity here or any intense cardio. You just need to make sure that you feel good and ready to go for the Big UP. The exercises below are what Tony had us doing for a brief period of time before the stretch.
- Jumping – You start out jumping lightly on your toes and shaking out your arms.
- Running in Place – You also do a little bit of running or jogging in place with your knees up.
- Twisters – You then do some twisters which involve you hopping and twisting your hips from side to side in the opposite direction of your arms.
- Jumping Jacks – Tony spins around during the jacks to show you that he can do them while spinning front, back, and side to side kind of like a UGK sample.
Stretch
- Wide Chest Stretch – This involves inhaling as you raise your arms overhead, and then as you exhale, you bring your elbows down while pulling wide. You want to imagine scraping the wall behind you with your elbows to help get the full range of motion on the stretch.
- Topas Stretch – This is another throwback stretch which involves bringing your hands center to “prayer” and then opening your chest up by reaching to the back of the room. When you inhale you reach back, and when you exhale, you come back to prayer.
- Side Stretch – You reach your arms up overhead, and then kick your hips out to the left and bring your right hand down to your right leg. Keep your left arm extending straight out to your right side and look up at the elbow. You should feel a huge pull from your fingertips to your hips. You then do the exact same thing on the other side of your body – so your left hand goes down to your left leg and your right arm extends overhead to the left.
- Palm to Palm Shoulder Stretch – This is another stretch that should be familiar and may make your shoulders “pop.” I think at one point Traci’s shoulder popped and he called her a “Lucky winner, winner of the pop contest” which had her laughing…haha. Anyways to do this stretch, you flip your hands (right hand on left side / left hand on right side) and put your palms together while pushing your shoulders together. After you have gotten a good stretch in the front, you lock your fingers behind your back and press your palms together so that you loosen up your shoulders.
- Cross Arm Stretch – You hold your arm straight across your body and then pull on your arm with the opposite hand so that you feel a stretch in your shoulder and triceps. You repeat this stretch with both arms so that they both get the proper stretch. While doing this stretch, Tony walks over to Mark and wacks him with his extended arm and says, “Don’t do this to your neighbor” – that definitely had me laughing.
- Elbow Pulls – For this stretch you reach behind your back with one hand like you are scratching your back, while keeping the elbow bent. The hand that is free pulls on the elbow so that you get a stretch. Eventually you will switch sides and pull on your other elbow so that you stretch out both arms.
- Arm Circles – You do some forward arm circles, reverse arm circles, and bigger arm circles both forward and backwards. Unlike most workouts with Tony, for this set of arm circles they demonstrate keeping your fingertips pointed upwards. Normally I think he goes overboard with these arm circles anyways, so it was good to see him shorten these up – you don’t need a big burn in the shoulders like he emphasizes in some other routines.
- Reachers / Arm Swings – You reach both arms straight up in the air so you feel a stretch, and then let your arms fall down and swing back and forth a few times before reaching up again. So if you know how to do “reachers” these are the same, except you let your arms swing on the way down instead of stretching back. Oh and Tony makes you commit to saying “Swing swing swing” when you do the swings. Haha, I was laughing and playing along.
- Huggers – For these you basically “love yourself” by hugging yourself. With each hug you alternate your top and bottom arm so that they switch each time.
- Chicken Wing Neck Stretch – You grab your left wrist with your right hand behind your back so that your right elbow pops out to the side like a chicken wing. Then you drop your neck to the side of the chicken wing for the stretch. Tony has you “look up” and then “look down” so that you get a little bit different pull. After you have done one side, you switch sides by grabbing the right wrist with your left hand and doing the same thing on the opposite side. Tony also drops another “pop” joke by saying, “You’re poppin all over the place, my god you’re like a breakfast cereal over there” which had me laughing again (but not quite as hard as Traci).
Round #1: Dips, Dead Legs, Circle Flys, Lunge Curls, Hammers
Double Dip’ll Do Ya
Tony calls this move the “double double dip’ll do ya” and it is actually pretty wicked; definitely a great way to start out Upper Plus. So how do you do it? You basically take two chairs of even height and put one hand on each chair in the center. After your hands are on the chair, you do 2 push ups, and then keeping your hands on the chairs, you jump through the center gap (you leave a space between the chairs) and do 2 dips. After you’ve done your 2 dips, you hop back and do 2 push ups, and the cycle continues until the time is up. Your goal should be to survive for the entire countdown timer without taking a break. I ended up finishing 42 reps by the time the timer was through with the 90 seconds; I definitely felt good about my numbers here. Although you can also use push up stands for this exercise, I wouldn’t recommend it at all. Not only is it easier to use the push up stands, but I think you might have a tough time making the jumps through. Plus the chairs offer deeper range of motion due to the fact that they are higher elevated off the ground.
Dumbbells, push up stands, pull up bar, 2 chairs
Dead Leg Switch Pull Ups
These are different than the typical types of pull ups that you had done in P90X. To do these Dead Leg Switch Pull Ups, you do as many pull ups and chin ups (alternating every rep) as you can in a full minute while keeping your legs hanging completely straight and still. If your pull up bar is not high enough, I guess you could keep your legs locked out straight so that they are off the ground. It is critical that you avoid kipping and swinging your legs here, your legs should be completely straight and locked – hence “dead.” I ended up doing a total of 15 reps here despite the fact that my arms were tired from the double dipped previous move. If you want to make these more challenging, try to switch your hands without your feet touching the ground.
Two Direction Circle Flys
For these circle flys, you grab a dumbbell in each hand and do arm circles with good form. The weight should be heavy enough that it induces a wicked burn by the last 15 seconds. You are expected to maintain the circles for a full minute and you alternate between forward circles and backward circles every 15 seconds. You want to make medium sized circles or circles that are “just right like porridge” according to Tony…haha. You don’t want your arms to go above your ears on these. My arms were burning hardcore by the last 15 seconds and I was only using 7.5 lbs. in each hand. I actually counted how many circles I was able to do in the full minute and I did a total of 40 (10 forward, 10 backwards, 10 forward, 10 backwards).
Lunge Curls
To do these curls, you go down into a lunge position with one foot out in front (bent knee) and the other leg straight back with full extension. If your right knee is out in front, you place your right elbow on the right knee and you curl your dumbbell with the left hand. To do this move properly, you also make a fist and put the fist behind your left arm (tricep) to hold it in position while it is curling. Tony also instructs that you should do a supination type curl like Mark and Traci during this move. To get the supination, you go down like you would for a hammer curl, and as you curl up, you straighten it out like you would for a normal curl. You do pretty much the exact same move in the P90X Back and Biceps routine, but in that workout the move is named “One Arm Concentration Curls.” You go for 30 seconds with each arm and you should feel a major burn the last 10 seconds. I did 10 reps on each side at 35 lbs. which ended up being the perfect weight for me.
Hammer Kick Back
To do the hammer kick back, you go into lunge position like the previous move, except this time you put your fingertips of one hand on the floor for balance. With the other hand, you grab a dumbbell of challenging weight and you kick it back so that you are basically doing triceps kick backs. The only thing you really need to remember is to keep the dumbbell in “hammer grip” position the entire time. So keep the dumbbell vertical (or parallel) to your body instead of perpendicular to it. The kick back is done on each side for 30 seconds – I chose to use 30 lbs. and was able to do 10 reps on each side to achieve a good burn.
Water Break – After the first set of 5 exercises, you get a short 30 second break to shake out your arms, towel off, and get a quick sip of water.
Round #2: Frogs, L Chin Ups, Fly Blast, Lean Back, Bridge Dips
Frog Push Ups
I really had a lot of fun doing these Frog Push Ups because they were challenging and I felt like I was getting my heart rate up a little bit. To do these, I used my push up stands and you basically drop down, do a push up, and when you come up, you hop like a frog so that your feet come up next to your stands. Since we were only doing these for a minute, I was trying to do as many reps as possible, but these can tire you out pretty quick if you are going extra fast. I counted the number that I was able to do and I ended up with a total of 23 reps – a number that I felt pretty good about.
Selecttechs get a lot of hype... mostly cuz they deserve it
L Chin Ups
The “L” Chin Ups are one of my favorite exercises in this routine as well. The “L” Chin Ups involve doing regular chin ups, except you keep your legs locked straight out so that your body looks like an “L.” My guess is that unless you are really strong, you are going to look kind of like Traci on these – and there’s nothing wrong with that. It is better to admit that you can’t do them than to try to tough them out with bad form. For me these were crazy and it was honestly very tough to sustain the locked “L” position while doing these, but I did manage to do 8 reps – a number that I was very happy with. I remember the first time that I did this routine about a year ago; I couldn’t even do a single rep and had to use a chair like Traci. Do not feel bad if you struggle with these – they are probably the most advanced exercise in this entire workout.
Fly Blast (The Blaster)
The Fly Blast is another pretty tough exercise so make sure that you don’t choose a very heavy weight. To do this move, you first raise one leg off of the floor and you grab dumbbells in each hand. You then do a shoulder fly to lift the dumbbells up straight out to the side at the same time (i.e. a side shoulder fly). When they are out to the side, you then bring them front and center while maintaining equal height in the front of your shoulders (like you would for a chest shoulder fly). Then you take them back out to the sides and drop them down. After you have done this for 30 seconds, you repeat the same thing for 30 seconds while balancing on the other leg. If you want more of a challenge, you can even straighten your leg which really engages the core. I counted my reps and did 9 reps for the first 30 seconds and 8 reps for the next 30 seconds all with 10 lb. dumbbells.
Lean Back Curls
These are just like regular bicep curls, except you lean back so that it feels like you are pushing forward with your hip flexors. You want to keep the pressure on your core, but while you curl, your elbows should not swing forward. Make sure that your elbows are locked back behind your chest the entire time to properly do these curls. Since you have to do them for a full 60 seconds, you will want to choose a lighter weight than you would for standard curls. My arms were dead tired from doing 19 reps at 20 lbs.
One Legged Bridge Dips
For this move, Tony wants you to use power stands (push up stands) and to do dips with a leg raised up in the air. You switch the leg that is raised every 4 reps so that you get an even burn. I have done this in the past with the power stands and they really don’t give a very deep range of motion. Instead what I would recommend is that you actually use your two chairs from the first exercise (double dips) and do chair dips with a leg raised alternating every 4 reps. I did chair dips here and ended up doing a total of 30 reps. I probably could have done well over 40 reps if I would have been using the power stands, but the burn wouldn’t have been very good. You are expected to do these for a full minute – so if you are more advanced and find these too easy, try doing chair dips with the leg raise next time and see if you can intensify the burn.
Water Break – Although you’re probably not super winded like you would be for a cardio workout, my guess is that you’ll definitely want to get a sip of water and towel off. This is really the perfect time for a break so shake it out and get ready for a couple more rounds.
Round #3: Spiderman, 7 Point Pull Ups, Warrior Swim, Pumpers, Hammers
Spiderman Push Ups
These are basically the same thing as doing “stacked hands / staggered foot push ups” except you switch hands and feet every single rep. You do this exercise for a full minute so you need to be ready to rock and roll. If you have never done these before, you basically bring one hand to the side of your chest and the other in front of your head. You bring one leg close to the hand near your chest and keep the other leg back as you do a push up. The elbow of the hand in front of your head bends out to the side, and the elbow of the hand near your chest bends straight back like a military push up. Anyways I ended up being able to do 18 reps in the minute to represent for Spiderman.
7 Point Pull Ups
In my opinion, this type of pull up is pretty unnecessary, but at least Tony keeps mixing it up. I am fortunate that I can do all 7 variations of pull ups on my door mount pull up bar, but I honestly think that most people would get a better burn if they didn’t touch their feet to the ground every single rep. I go from wide grip pull ups, to wide hammer pull ups, to chin ups, to regular pull ups, to regular hammer pull ups, to close grip chin ups, to close grip pull ups to make all 7 points. However, what I recommend is that you try to do at least 2 to 4 reps with each grip before making your switches. Your feet will inevitably have to hit the ground as you switch your grips so at least make yourself work hard before you touch down. I ended up doing a total of 20 reps on thes 7 point pull ups which I thought was pretty solid.
Warrior Swim
Remember the good ole Warrior 1, Warrior 2, and Warrior 3 from Yoga X? Well for this exercise Tony has you get into Warrior 3 except you use dumbbells in each hand. To do this move you balance on one leg, keep the other leg extended straight back and your chest bent so that you look like a tabletop. With the exception of the leg that is balancing on the ground, your body and leg should be in line and nearly parallel with the floor. To do the “swim” you basically do a slow swing of your arms forward and back (holding them briefly at the front and back before doing another rep). You should feel a burn in your core, legs, and shoulders. If you chose a weight that was too heavy here, you are going to get owned and will have to stop early. For me using 7.5 lbs. in each hand was literally perfect – I did 14 reps while balancing on each leg for 30 seconds. If I would have done 10 lbs. in each hand I don’t think I would have been able to survive for the full amount of time – make sure you are smart on this exercise and don’t let your ego convince you to use a heavy weight. If you choose a weight that’s too heavy, you’re going to wobble, shake, you won’t be able to maintain good balance, and you won’t get the full range of motion.
Pumper Curls
To do pumper curls, you do 4 bicep curls while only letting your arms drop halfway down. Not only are these pumper curls essentially “half curls” but they are quicker so you want to basically “pump up your arms.” After you have done 4 of the pumper curls, you do 4 standard bicep curls, and then alternate between 4 pumper curls and 4 standard bicep curls for the full minute. Since I kept track of what I did, I’ll let you know that I did 35 reps with 17.5 pound dumbbells in each hand – this was the perfect weight for me.
Side Hammer Kicks
To do these Side Hammer Kicks, you get into the same position that you were in for the Hammer Kick Backs that you did in round one. However, instead of kicking the weight straight back, you kick your arm straight out to the side. If you watch closely, Tony has Traci show you the difference between the Hammer Kick Backs (the move you did earlier) and the Side Hammer Kicks. You work one arm for 30 seconds and then you switch the lunge and work the other arm for 30 seconds – you should feel a burn in your triceps by the time you finish. I knocked out 12 reps on each side at 15 lbs. and the weight was perfect for me at this point in the routine.
Water Break – This is the last water break before the routine is over so take a couple sips, towel off any sweat, and shake it out as usual. Tony also suggests that you may want to take a couple sips of your recovery drink here or have “trace amounts of Creatine” which had me laughing…haha.
Round #4: Iso Climbers, Clean to Negative, Shoulders, Biceps, Combat
Iso Climber Push Ups
To start out the final round, Tony had us doing what are called “Iso Climber Push Ups.” This move involves doing regular push ups, but with each rep, you bring a knee into your forehead to engage your core muscles. You alternate the knee that is brought towards your head with every rep until the full minute has elapsed. Since these are “isometric” you will want to make sure you are doing an “iso hold” at the top and of the push ups as well as when you bring your knee in. So you don’t do these for speed, you do these for the isometric holds because they work your muscles differently.
Always keep track of reps and weights
Clean to Negative Pull Ups
The goal of this move is to do as many normal pull ups as you possibly can. Doing normal standard pull ups are the “clean” pull ups. When your arms get tired, you shake it out and do some “negative” pull ups. The negative pull ups aren’t really too much different than the clean pull ups, except your goal is to lower yourself as slowly as possible on the way down. So to do negatives, you bring your chin above the pull up bar, and then you lower yourself as slowly as you can. The clean pull up on the other hand involves dropping down quickly and pulling up quickly. If you watch Traci and Mark, they are both doing chin ups instead of pull ups – which is perfectly fine. Tony says you can use whatever hand position you want for these and they happened to choose a chin up – I went with pull ups. I was able to do a total of 14 clean pull ups and 4 negatives.
The Shoulder Everything
To do this move, you need to realize that it’s a total of 6 moves in one. To do the first set, you bend over at the waist so that your back is flat and you do 2 regular shoulder flys so that you look like the letter “T” at the top of your reps. Then you do 2 more flys (still bent over) but this time you make the letter “W” with your flys instead of a “T.” Lastly after you are done doing the 2 flys to make the “W” you finish with 2 flys to make a “V” motion – your hands come straight out. After you have done the “T” the “W” and the “V” bent over, you do the same cycle of 2 reps each while standing straight up. You alternate between being bent over and standing up every 6 reps total. Since you will be doing these for a full 90 seconds, you do not need a very heavy weight to feel the burn near the end of the exercise. I used 7.5 lb. dumbbells in each hand and I was struggling to finish – this was seriously plenty of weight. If you have been working hard the entire time up to this point, your arms will already be pretty tired and you probably shouldn’t need more than 10 lbs. per hand.
The Bicep Everything
This is another wicked exercise that really will knock your biceps out of commission if you choose the right weight. You want to choose a weight so that you can survive a full 90 seconds, but you want that last 20 to 30 seconds to be a hardcore fight. You do 2 side curls, then 2 regular curls, then 2 supination curls, and finally 2 hammer curls. I counted doing one of those cycles as a rep when I kept track. I was able to do 5 rounds of “the bicep everything” while using 17.5 lbs. in each hand and it was tough. I honestly don’t think I could have handled any more weight while maintaining good form; there was plenty of burn here.
Combat Push Ups
Aww yeah, the final exercise of the Upper Plus workout has arrived. For a full 90 seconds you do military push ups, but as you hit the bottom of each rep, you go into chaturanga and move both feet to the right of your body, then step back to the center, then step both feet to the left of your body, and then step back to center – after all of that stepping and movement in chaturanga, you do a military push up back up. If you are doing this move properly, you should feel the blood rush to your biceps and arms when you are at the bottom of each rep in chaturanga position. The goal isn’t necessarily to see how fast you can do this exercise so make sure that you hold chaturanga almost like an isometric move so that you feel the maximum amount of burn. I counted and I was able to finish this move with a total of 11 reps – which was solid. When you finish this move, I love the way that Tony says “nice” because it sounds like Adam DeVine saying “niiiiice” on the show Workaholics…haha.
Cool Down Stretch
- Shake it Out – You jump around lightly while shaking out your arms and legs.
- Huggers – Love yourself some more just to shake out your arms during the cool down.
- Kick and Flick – Do some light kicks with your feet while flicking your arms at the same time.
- Wide Chest Stretch – Just like you did in the warm up, reach up, plug your fingers in, and spread your elbows wide to loosen up.
- Topas Stretch – This is the same stretch that you did during the warm up, but good to do again just to open things up and loosen up your arms.
- Palm to Palm Shoulder Stretch – Once again you put your palms together in the front of your body and then behind your back in order to help your shoulders cool down.
- Cross Arm Stretch – To stretch out your triceps you extend your arm across your body and pull on it with the other arm just you did earlier in the warm up.
- Elbow Pulls – You can bend a little bit and drive your lats to the side for more of a stretch. You pull your elbow so that you feel your lats and triceps get a stretch.
- Cat Stretch – You inhale and exhale while synchronizing movement with the breathing as you’re down on all fours. As you inhale you roll your back up and tuck your chin, and as you exhale, you raise your head and straighten the back.
- Child’s Pose – As you get down in child’s pose you do a couple of side arm stretches and then the routine is finally over! On this final stretch Tony asks, “Who’s your friend?” and Traci responds, “You are” and Tony responds to her comment with, “Thanks, the check’s in the mail”…haha.
P90X+: Upper Body Plus Review (Conclusion)
I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this workout and highly recommend it if you are bored with the traditional P90X routines or just need something new. I can say that you may find that this routine is wickedly challenging because most of the moves you are expected to do reps for the full amount of time. Unlike other workouts where Tony tells you to shoot for 8 to 10 reps if you want size or 10 to 15 if you want toning, in this routine he wants you to go for the full time limit. I definitely had to lighten up my weights in order to survive doing exercises like Pumper Curls for the full time length (this ended up being 35 reps which was crazy).
Variation of exercises and advanced moves
There is a nice variation of different exercises targeted to specifically work your upper body and work it hard. There are different types of pull ups such as: 7 Point Pull Ups, Dead Leg Switch Pull Ups, and “L” Chin Ups which are designed to be more advanced than standard pull ups. Additionally there are some crazy types of push ups including: Frog Push Ups, Spiderman Push Ups, Iso Climber Push Ups, and the Combat Push Ups, which will give you some nice variety. Some of these may be more challenging types of exercises than you are used to, but with a little practice you should be able to get them down. The toughest move for me to do was probably the “L” Chin Ups, because keeping my legs locked straight out was just killer on my core.
Could’ve been one round longer
I don’t really have any criticisms of this routine other than I would have liked it if Tony would have included one more round of exercises. I got a good burn from everything, but I think doing 5 rounds instead of 4 would have pushed things to the perfect time limit and would have been the perfect climax to a phenomenal routine. I really liked how we ended with the Combat Push Ups, but I would have liked to have done one more set of moves. Maybe next time I will do the final round twice or something just to see how it goes.
Doing Ab Ripper X afterwards
I think that since this routine is shorter than most, I would highly recommend doing either Ab Ripper X, Killer Abs, Abs Core Plus, or Insane Abs afterwards. I ended up doing Ab Ripper X after this Upper Body Plus routine and it worked out great. My arms were really tired before going into Ab Ripper X and my core got worked hard by some of the moves in the UP workout, but it felt right for me to keep working today. Whenever I feel really good and like I wished that the workout would have been longer, I usually make it longer by doing the Ab Ripper X DVD. If you feel really tired from Upper Plus, you don’t need to do anything else – the main reason that I added on abs at the end was because I felt good today and because I know that if I would have done an original P90X routine, I would have had to do it anyways.
Tony delivers yet another great upper body workout
Overall, I would say that this routine is a very high quality upper body workout. It will really make your muscles work hard and most of the exercises will be different than what you have done in P90X. I am definitely going to keep this DVD in my upper body arsenal because it’s a phenomenal workout and is actually a lot of fun. I like how there are three built-in water breaks and I also really enjoy doing different types of curls, pull ups, and push ups. If you want to keep mixing up your workouts and find a new upper body routine that offers an assortment of fun and muscle pumping exercises, this will seem like just what the doctor ordered.