P90X Plus - Workout DVD Immediately

I bought this product along with Insanity: The Ultimate Cardio Workout and Fitness DVD Program after I finished the classic P90X Extreme Home Fitness Workout Program - 13 DVDs, Nutrition Guide, Exercise Planner. It's a nice change of pace, and the workouts are effective, so overall I'd say I'm content with the purchase. However, the purchase is marred by a few frustrations.

First, the product placement is so shameless and repetitive it's almost comical, like an SNL sketch making fun of infomercials. I'm not talking about the mandatory "don't forget your recovery drink!" that appears once or twice in every P90X video. Tony hawks the Bowflex SelectTech dumbbells so pervasively it feels like this is an infomercial, which would bother me less if this were a free demo on YouTube, but becomes annoying very quickly when it's in a video set you paid $70 for. In one video, he plugs the product about half a dozen times - basically every time he reaches for the dumbbells. "Grab your Bowflex SelectTech adjustable dumbbells! . . . Thank you, Bowflex! I sure love these SelectTech adjustable dumbbells. . . . Don't forget your Bowflex SelectTech adjustable dumbbells!" These are already rushed DVDs, as they tried to pack each workout into a shorter package, and at times they're pretty short on explanation and tips. It would be nice to have that time spent on content instead of wasted repeatedly trying to get us to buy more stuff.

Second, one of the great things about the original P90X is the variety of content. You had 6 strength training routines plus the Ab workout (sort of half a workout) and 5 cardio/stretch routines, plus a lovely Nutrition Book and Fitness Guide packed with information and exercise descriptions. This box is more like something out of a bargain bin. Gone are the info-packed books; it just includes a little pamphlet with more product placement, a short exercise program suggestion, and instructions to go to the website to get workout sheets. Beyond that, it costs about half what P90X does, but contains less than half the content: 2 new strength training routines plus a new Ab workout and 2 new cardio routines. So you spend half the money you did for the first program, but you get 4.5 routines with bare-bones informational material instead of 11.5 routines with two material-packed books.

Despite the above, as I wrote at the outset, overall I'm content with the program, mostly because I like the new Kenpo workout, the Upper Body Plus workout is great, and I enjoyed the new Ab workout. I just wish I could give the product a whole-hearted 4 or 5 stars like Insanity and P90X instead of a hesitant 3.Get more detail about P90X Plus - Workout DVD.