If you have any interest in burning fat and getting into shape, then you’ve probably heard of P90X. I’m going to explain why this workout and diet program is perfect for anyone who wants to lose 30 pounds (or 40, 60, or even 80 pounds). If you’re looking to lose more than 80 pounds, you’re going to need to build up to the workouts that this program provides.

So, first let me tell you what P90X is. P90X is:

• Hard Work
• Fat Loss
• Conditioning
• Strength Training
• Flexibility
• Nutrition and Diet Coaching
• Easy

Let me explain these a bit further:

• Hard Work – Make no mistake, P90X (like any good workout program) is hard work. When performing the workouts honestly, you’ll be breathing heavy and sweating well. You’ll get tired (but it’s a good tired), and you’ll get sore (but it’s a great sore)
• Fat Loss – We try to not say “weight loss” around here, because that refers to loss of fat and muscle. That is done by restricting calories and not exercising (or not exercising correctly). With these workouts (which are not body-building workouts), you can be sure that you’ll only be losing fat, while at least maintaining your current muscle. When you chisel away that fat of yours, you’ll be left with those nice muscles that have been hiding underneath.
• Conditioning – These aren’t endurance exercises. You’re not going to to be performing the same, boring routines. That type of exercise is good for the heart, for sure, but P90X workouts train and prepare your whole body for extended activities. You’ll have more stamina regardless of the sport or activity you do.
• Strength Training – This is a total body strength training program – you will get stronger. However, as I’ve already said, this is not a body-building program. While you may gain some size, it’s the additional strength, torque, and definition that really pops.
• Flexibility – From the stretching and yoga (yes, yoga), you’ll become more flexible. With that flexibility come few lifetime injuries. That’s just how it is.
• Nutrition and Diet Coaching – The program tells you what to eat (with variations), how much, and when. It also tailors your diet to your situation and needs. It basically teaches you how to eat properly during the program, for which you can take with you for the rest of your life.
• Easy – Yup. I said it. P90X is easy. I know that I said earlier that it was hard, but I was referring to the intensity and effort. It’s easy in the sense that anyone can do it, the exercises are not complicated, and you need very little equipment

Now, let me tell you what P90X is NOT. P90X is not Willpower. That’s it. That’s the only thing holding you back. That’s the only thing preventing your success.

Well guess what? The P90X program explains everything to you to make it easy – to help you with your willpower. There’s detailed information about your diet, but not so much that you get lost in it. You have several videos showing you real people doing the exercises. There are record sheets for you to record you repetitions, weights – all so that you can gauge your progress. Also, there’s online help and support like you wouldn’t believe.

You can burn fat and get into shape a number of ways, using a number of different programs, but there’s still that problem of willpower with most of them. I have to say that P90X helps with that willpower problem like no other, just because they make everything else so easy.

THIS IS THE ONLY PROGRAM I RECOMMEND. I wanted to lose 30 pounds, and this is the only thing that has worked for me. Everyone’s different, and may respond to different diet/exercise programs differently, but this is the only program that has worked for me.

For the P90X Extreme program, the only things you need are the

• P90X Extreme ($139.80 new, and I’ve seen it as cheap as $77.00 used)
• A pull-up bar (around $30.00)
• and a couple of dumbbells

I’d order the program and pull-up bar from Amazon, and get your dumbbells from WalMart (that’s the cheapest way that I’ve seen). I recommend the Iron Gym pull-up bar. There is a P90X Peak Results package, but that’s too much money in my opinion. You just don’t need that extra stuff.