Review of Power 90 In-Home Boot Camp DVD Workout Program
Power 90 is an at home, DVD workout program featuring the trainer Tony Horton. It’s Fat burning and total-body sculpting focused on abs, thighs, and upper body.
The program is broken down into two alternating routines, the ‘Sculpt’ which is a resistance based circuit training workout and the ‘Sweat’, which is a cardio/aerobic/abs workout. All the exercises are designed to be done at home with a minimum of equipment such as the included resistance bands. Through the entire program you are reminded to go at your own pace and hit pause when necessary. You will be better off going slow and completing each workout than pushing yourself too hard and burning out half way through and not finishing all the exercises.
Level 1-2 Sculpt is about 29 minutes. You start with a stretch based warm up followed by three sets of various resistance based exercises. These range from several different types of push-ups, upper body resistance band sets of overhead presses, curls, triceps extensions, etc. and lower body workouts such as lunges and squats.
Level 1-2 Sweat lasts around 36 minutes. After your warm up stretching it’s right into power yoga moves such as upward and downward dog, plank, warrior, etc. Then you start with 2 rounds of low impact aerobics followed by 2 rounds of higher intensity aerobics then some lateral X, boxing type foot work.. Now that your really starting to sweat its into a few rounds of Kenpo style kicking then a few rounds of punches. After a few minutes to cool down get comfortable on your back for 10 sets of 10 different crunches.
Halfway through the program or when your comfortable with the workouts you switch to the level 3-4 which ramps things up. Even though your still told to go at your own pace your subtly reminded that it’s level 3-4 and you should try to “Bring It”. The workouts are a little longer and you are either adding sets, doing harder variations of the exercises or just adding new exercises to target different muscle groups.
Also included are:
- Program Guide
- 90-day calendar
- New Fat Burning Express DVD
- Fat Burner Meal Plan
- 6-Day Fat Burning Express Plan
- Success measurement card and tape measure
- And a Power Sculpting Band FREE!
The program does not use any sort of fad diet or magic pill, just tried and true methods that work such as calorie deficit and resistance training. If you read the Beachbody web site you will notice it says “Fat Burning” and not “Weight loss”. There is an important difference, while you want to lose fat you don’t want to lose lean muscle along with it. That is just what will happen if you only diet without resistance training at least 3 times a week. It’s not just a DVD exercise program, it’s a way to start a new, healthier lifestyle.
If you have any questions about this or any other Beachbody workout PLEASE use the contact page on the top menu bar to email me, I really do want to help you on your journey. Beachbody has other DVD workout programs that might be a better fit for you depending on your goals, the style of workout you enjoy and how fit you are now. As a Beachbody coach I’m here to help you get the most out of your workout time. You can pay it forward when its time, there is nothing quite like the feeling you will get when you help someone reach their fitness goals.
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