The Ten Commandments of P90X ten minute trainer success

P90X Ten Minute Trainer is the Beachbody.com equivalent of the old TV mini-series. Basically they line up the best actors and take a really popular story and try to boil it down to maximize the results for the viewer in the shortest possible amount of time.

Beachbody will always be measured against P90X in whatever they do going forward. Much like how the Cadillac was once synonymous with the General Motors family.   You have many other great cars in the family, but when you think of the very best, you think of one name first.

The pressure to perform is even higher when you take a workout and you borrow not only the core concepts of the workout but the actual trainer. Then you are clear that you can take the approximately one hour or so workouts from P90X and boil them down to 10 minutes and still achieve some super results not unlike P90X.

Finally, you have price points for the P90X Ten Minute Trainer which are not much lower than P90X. So you are asking a user to pay the same for less quantity promising that the expertise will make up for the smaller volume.

Sure Beachbody and Tony Horton have this starting and marketing a workout process down really well. Still, everyone could use a hand now and again. Here are some suggestions for the user picked up from friends who have successfully and unsuccessfully used P90X Ten Minute Trainer.

Rule 10. Do at least one workout in the morning before work. This speeds up your metabolism for the day and has you feeling mentally great. Plus it gives you a great foundation for that second workout later in the day.

Rule 9. Do that first workout on a totally empty stomach. These are high intensity workouts and they are quick. You are best not to have recently eaten because it can inhibit progress.

Rule 8. Have clear written goals for everything you want to accomplish and by when.

Rule 7. Watch each workout before you attempt them and jot down a few notes about how difficult you believe each will be. This lays the groundwork for effective modifications.

Rule 6. Lower your consumption of processed foods and eat more clean foods like fruits, vegetables and  nuts.

Rule 5. No getting down about falling off the wagon on your nutrition plan. You are looking for 80% compliance to start out and grow from there. I actually hear from people that you could run the risk of quitting for good if you try to do too much extreme change too quickly. Slow and steady wins the race.

Rule 4. Go as hard as possible your first time through the workouts. This allows you to gauge future modifications for best results.

Rule 3. Be prepared to do multiple workouts in a day if you want the serious results. They don’t have to be consecutively.

Rule 2. Going hard doesn’t mean allowing mechanics to get shoddy. Think form first and master that. Sometimes we think an exercise is too hard or too easy but in actuality a small adjustment in form will increase effectiveness and results.

Rule 1. Make great use of the Beachbody support forums and website. The P90X Ten Minute Workout isn’t the greatest workout ever devised but it is far from the worst. Use that site to meet people in a similar fitness situation to yourself. It really helps you stay on focus.