Tony Horton – One on One – Volume III – The Making of P90X: MC2

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Tony Horton – One on One – Volume III – The Making of P90X: MC2

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DISK 1: CHEST, BACK and BALLS

This is obviously meant to go toe to toe with the original P90X Chest and Back.  Only this time stability and medicine balls are added to the mix.  As it is, I consider the original to be a routine I already have a hard time surviving through without seeing little white spots in my vision!  So what about CB&B?   If CB is hard, then CB&B is at least on par in terms of overall difficulty.

This one works your core also as balance is required with pushups on the balls.  A catch is that for some moves as many as 4 balls are used, so unless your home gym is well stocked you’ll have to modify.

No weights are involved in any exercise for this one. If this is any indication of how difficult things are going to be, then Vol. 3 is going to be harder than Vol. 2 which in many ways was somewhat of a disappointment.  Personally, my back and balls were busted…but my chest still had more due to not being completely isolated.

Disk 2: AB RIPPER X2

What you will notice immediately is the time…around 45 minutes.  In what thankfully wasn’t the actual time in the X2 version, Tony adds a whole new level of crunches.  It’s 20 moves at 20 reps a pop with the odd move that goes for more.  Unfortunately, only one move utilizes a medicine ball.  While the workout will leave your gut sufficiently bused, there is a lot, and I do mean a lot of downtimes.

 I had my remote handy to fast-forward past the breaks where Tony was writing stuff down while my abs were cooling off.  The final version in X2 is a rocking killer, but this one felt as if it was made up on the fly.  I understand the need for experimentation, but at the same time, people buy workout videos to have a workout.  Barely gets a 3 out of 5.

Disk 3: Shoulder and Arms MC2

I loved this one from start to finish because it’s old school iron-pumping at its best!  6 sets with 3 moves done 3 times.  The stability ball is only used once for Triceps french presses,  but you could just as easily use a bench.  Shoulders get a burn, triceps focus on weak spots, and biceps pump some good heavyweight.  3 sets of Crazy Eights…no better way to end a workout!  This is right up there with my personal favorite of “Just Arms” from Volume One, so it gets an easy 5 stars!

Disk 4: Base and Back

Ten moves, done twice with alternating pull-ups and leg work.  You would think this should be a cut and dried workout, but in truth, it will push you.  Neither the leg work nor upper work is killer on its own, but this particular combo will leave you very, very worn out by the end.  This is a total body killer, and even Tony has to dig deeper to get it done.  But unlike the original P90X, there are no weights used.

Disk 5: YOGA MC2

I had to do this DVD twice before I could really give a review as in many ways it is a repeat of precious yoga routines from Tony.  It’s 63 minutes in length and spends the first half doing the usual sun-salutations, vinyasas and warrior poses.  There’s some new stuff but not terribly much.

The last bit has more advanced postures that will require some prior exposure to P90X Yoga or similar.  Tony doesn’t queue much, and that gets very frustrating sometimes when you can’t see what’s going on.  He’s also quite mellow in this and Mason the director barely talks at all.  All in all it is a very good routine that will probably have to wait until the finished X2 product to truly blossom.

Disk 6: PLYOCIDE MC2

It’s unfortunately inevitable that any Plyo routine will be compared to Shaun T’s Insanity given the intensity of that program.  But I’m happy to say that Plyocide delivers…bigtime.

It runs just over 1 hour in length and for the most part includes all new moves that make use of a medicine ball, jump rope, and even some weights.  While the heart-rate does not go to Insanity levels, the beating on your legs most certainly will and then some.  I cannot wait for the final version of this as it will be absolute kick-ass. 

Disk 7: STRETCH an RECOVERY

You’re probably thinking the same thing I was…is it going to be another yoga routine with sun salutations?  While there is some of that, there is not much.  This has entirely new stretching moves and is written down in advance so Mason helps queue Tony resulting in no downtime.

Tony gets his stride in this workout because he’s working at some of his weak spots and not trying to hide the fact that he does.  Especially during a move called “Mad Cow” where I certainly shared his pain!  He also seems very real, very genuine in this DVD.  The routine lasts an hour but time moves fast so its a full on winner!

Disk 8: V SCULPT

Up until now “Just Arms” was my favorite.  No longer.  This routine is a 6 out of 5 if ever there was one.  It’s 12 moves done twice, but they are randomly pulled from a hat.  It’s alternating back and biceps that makes good use of bands as well as weights.  The pull ups in this are absolute killer due to biceps also being a big part of the strength needed to get up.  ESPECIALLY the 21’s.  Yes, pull-up 21’s.

 If anyone out there actually does two rounds of these let me know so I can come over to your house and punch you in the face.  The routine also ends appropriately with a second round of strip set curls.  Sheer fitness poetry that would bring tears to an opera critic!