A little over 120 days ago I started Power 90. Sure it’s a 90 day workout, but I restarted
after 30 days to join a challenge group, which was one of the better workout decisions
I made. I wanted to take this opportunity
to share with you my thoughts of Power 90 as many people ask me if I would recommend
it. The simple answer is yes, I would recommend,
but probably not to everyone and not for everything. Let me explain.
When I started Power 90 in June I weighed about 315
pounds by the mid way mark in June I weighed 303 pounds. I was pretty excited
about such dramatic weightless in only 2 weeks and was having visions of 250 by
the end of my 90 days. These dreams were quickly dashed as over the next
month I worked my butt off for another 3 pounds. Putting me at 300 at day 45. From then on out I was stuck for the next 75
days (Well 70 days I sort of let things go fair week from both temptation and
depression). So as far as weight loss
goes this wasn’t the most amazing program, I lost 15 pounds in 4 months. So for weight loss, I give it a C.
Another area of measurement would be for
inches. Honestly, I did not drop
multiple pant or shirt sizes over the course of the 90 days. Basically, I started at a 46 and dropped to a
44. I’d let you know some of the
official measurements but I lost my measurement sheet in the first 30 days
(Next time I should keep those someplace other then the coffee table.) So officially I can’t show a full “inches”
count so I will give it a NA.
In the area of strength though, I think this program
shined. When I started day 1 I could barely
do 1 regular pushup (off of my knees); by day 90, I was doing 3 sets of
10. On day 1, I could only do about 40
Crunches in 5 minutes. By day 90, I was
doing 180 in 7 minutes. When I started
the program I used 10 pound weights dropping down to 5’s for the harder
exercises. I finished using 15’s jumping
up to 25’s for the least difficult exercises.
For gained strength, I personally would give this program a B.
The final category I would like to grade Power 90 in
is confidence. I chose Power 90 because
I didn’t believe I could do something with the difficulty level of P90X. I now look over the Beach Body site and get excited
about all the programs I want to do in the future. So in
confidence, I would give the program an A.
Final thoughts on Power 90, I like it, and would do
it again. Its true doing the same 4
video’s every day for 90 days got a little repetitive over time, but so did the
McDoubles I’d eaten for the last 5 years.
And yes, Tony Horton will start to get on your nerves by day 45
(especially with all the times he reminds you he is only working half as hard
as you.) And yes, the production value
is very 1980’s. That being said, I lost
some weight, some size, and am a lot stronger then I was 4 months ago. So it works, and ultimately that is what is
important.
What’s next you ask? I am leaning towards Power 90
Master Series. Although I really want do
P90x, as well as Les Mills Pump. So I
guess we will have to see, whatever the case I will probably do a combination
of Power 90 and some other less expensive videos until the first of the year as
finances are tight around the holidays.
On a separate note, I started my weight today for
this one month push, and it was 299.8 so back under 300 for this pre vacation
push, and I am continuing on my 1200 calorie a day diet. I’ll be back tomorrow, till then……
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