Top 12 P90X Exercises Exposed… (1 of 12)
For everyone out there who’s still on the fence about the P90X Exercise System, I wanted to write this next series of posts to give you a closer look at some of the finer details. Lets take a peak behind the curtain and look at some of the actual P90X Exercises themselves. We’ll be exploring what are in my opinion the top moves from the 12 unique, P90X exercise DVDs that are part of the system. We’ll be looking at the good the bad and the UGLY! That’s right some of these moves are downright beasts. The First P90X exercise in the line up comes form Disc #1 Chest & Back:
The Dive Bomber Push-Up
For me this is one of THE most intense P90X Exercises in the Chest & Back line up. Here’s how it’s done:
You’re going to start off in what’s called a “Downward Dog” Position as per the first pic above. You’ll want to make sure your hands and feet are set wide. You will then move into the “Upward Dog” position. As you’re doing this Tony Horton (the personal trainer who guides you through the P90X exercises) likes to have you think of this as going under a fence. To do so correctly and with good form, you want the entire motion to be very fluid in the transition. Once you go under in a forward motion you then go under the fence in reverse to return to the Downward Dog position. Seems easy but it’s one heck of an exercise! I do about 6-8 with good form so far. It really seems to engage a lot of muscles. You’re definitely working the chest, arms and even the legs to some degree to maintain balance and form.
Stay tuned for tomorrow’s top P90X exercise as we dig into Disc #2, Plyometrics and take look at a killer move called Jump Knee Tuck!
