Posts Tagged ‘review’
After documenting my workout on Teambeachbody.com today, my post workout message was, “Not a bad plyo workout, but if I was Shaun T, I’d be PISSED!”
For a beginner/intermediate level plyo workout, P90X2 Plyocide is not a bad thing to do. (If you really push yourself, it will be tough for intermediate/advanced people) None of the moves are very high impact, and it will get you sweating and your heart rate up. Though it DOES NOT COMPARE to any of the INSANITY workouts. Shaun T (I question his shelf life with BeachBody at this point. Just my feeling/opinion. No fact.) is the Video King of Cardio Hell workouts in my book. That guy kicks my ass with all his extreme fitness workouts. (And yes, I know there are only so many way the human body moves but more than 1/2 of the Plyocide movements seemed to be “inspired” by techniques featured in INSANITY and ASYLUM. I’m just say’n.)
Well, all that being said, Tony continues his love affair with his Beach Body stability ball and foam roller. It’s fine. I’d recommend doing your own warm up for this video. By the time the warm up was complete, I was anything but warm, and I could have used more stretching. They seem to be keeping the video times down, who knows, maybe people were complaining about the length of the videos.
As for the rest of the workout, it was fine. Nothing earth shattering. As I mentioned (and if you follow the blog you know), I have done INSANITY and ASYLUM. I really like both programs, and this whole video was like one long Shaun T warm up. It never really got out of first gear.
A personal issue I had with this video; I really don’t like his supporting cast in this one. They try hard enough on camera, but really have no charisma and don’t play off of Tony well. I will be replacing so I don’t have to see them, and get irked. (AND because I want a real cardio workout once a week. HELLO SHAUN T! Be seeing you next week on Tuesday. Heh.)
If I were to give this one a grade, it would be a solid C. Not bad, not good. And if you know what you are doing you can do better yourself.
Screw that…The more I write this (think about it) the more I am convincing myself that it does not hold up to P90X. It is more like an unfinished P90X+ workout, and all those were pretty mediocre.
So yeah, replace this one with a Shaun T INSANITY/ASYLUM workout.
-Rob
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I am watching the the 2011 Tour de France, and the commercial that came up was RipFire. So, for the fun of it, I went to their website, and guess what I didn’t find. ANY WAY TO CONTACT THE PEOPLE WHO SELL THIS BULLSHIT! If you are one of the idiots who spend their hard earned money on this product, you are screwed. If you are questioning your sanity and are considering buying this shit, DON’T.
When there is an “As seen for TV” product out there, that has a website and NO WAY TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER, STOP!!!!!
Are you kidding me? There are very few ways to get into shape. All of them have to do with eating right and training. Bullshit in a bottle won’t do a thing for you.
And hey, RipFire asshats. If you have issue with me, come on by and prove your product works. Your crappy edited photos do nothing for me. Or anyone with a brain for that matter.
For the record, I’ll hurt you for fun. (and the fact that you are lying to the general public!)
-FitLifeSFRob
Just for the record, the Cardio Resistance Workout (Which only uses body weight) also lives up to the INSANITY name. Holy Crap!
Week 1 down and the only mishap was me not getting Yoga X in. I was thrashed on Thursday after working on a work project all day (until 10:30pm, I know, Crazy!) the rest of the week was just as I planned it out. P90X classic augmented with Sambo on Sunday instead of Saturdays Kenpo X. (Which totally sucks!)
This week, I will hopefully be adding another Sambo work out on Thursday, which means either I do Yoga when I get home late in the evening, or I do Yoga on Daturday. This will eliminate a full recovery day, but I can use it more as a stretching workout than a hard core day. (And yes, yoga can and will kick your ass if you work it right!)
Today was Back and chest again with Ab Ripper X thrown in. I improved on all my reps, and even Ab Ripper X was easier to do. Woo Hoo! If this keeps up, I may have to change out for the ultimate ab work out. The Tony Horton One on One Abs workout. (It looks BRUTAL!)
