Supreme 90 Day

[Howie]

I've seen this program at Fry's electronics and Walmart several times and pick it up out of morbid curiosity every time, look at it, than put it back assuming that it's gotta be utter crap or a direct rip off of P90X.
I have a copy of it now and am currently reviewing the program as I write this. I have to admit that what I see is so far is actually impressive enough to have me sold on giving the workouts a go.
Most of the videos are are a little shorter in time that I'd like to see with most around 40-45min. The workout lengths may not be all that bad if they can be performed at a level that drives the HR up (This is assuming calorie burn is a goal of yours). Even if the cardio aspect of the videos are not intense enough and length is what's needed to get the level of burn you need I see that there is a video called "Core Dynamics" that is 24min if you cut out the warm up (28min if you leave the warm up in) that could be added to any workout to add some additional workout time.
There are a lot of moves in these videos that you have seen before if you've done P90X & Insanity so nothing is going to feel totally unfamiliar. The good part about that is that these workouts seem like they could be inserted into any of the your calendars seamlessly. While the moves are the same (or similar) I have noticed that the use of dumbels have been added to many of the moves. This is an additional feature that I think I really like because it adds an additional level of intensity that can be adjusted.
I'll give these a test run to see how they actually work my body and also note calorie burn as well so I can compare the intensity level in both resistance training and cardio training.
Stay tuned.

PS. in the future I plan to shorten this workout to "S90D"

[Howie]

So I did S90D Back & Biceps last night and actually really liked it.
I added Ab Ripper X in after (as I had scheduled) and burned around 653 calories total. This puts the calorie burn right on par with most of the P90X weight lifting workouts.
I'll point out some of the things I found "Cheap" about the program right off the bat.
1. The warm up is exactly the same on EVERY workout. It was filmed once than inserted in front of each workout. Not a really big deal but I do like to warm up and stretch in a manner that is helpful to the particular workout at hand.
2. If you watch the group in the videos you can see that a lot of their form is actually not very good. This is once again no big deal for me because I've been taught through all the Beach Body programs I've done what good form should be maintained, but it is a bad thing for those less informed.
3. No stretching before the workouts. This again seems like bad form.
4. The videos move at a really fast pace! It was hard for me to change weights and than get into position for the next set in time. All the people in the group are all moving at their own pace doing different things and different times so watching them get's a tiny bit confusing some times when you're looking to them for reference.

All the above are just little gripes and none of them really bothered me much at all.
The moves in Back & Biceps are all familiar with a few new balance ball moves tossed in. The program focuses on biceps and forearms significantly, shoulders get a pretty good burn too, but the back seems to just get touched upon from time-to-time. When the back is addressed it is really in the lower back. This isn't really a bad thing, just something to know when adding this workout into a series of workouts so that you can make sure you target that back another time with a different workout.

I'll report back as I try out more.

[wardjf79]

How much did it run pricewise?

[Howie]

it's $19.95! Hahaha

[Howie]

I did "Tabata Inferno" last night and once again was not let down. The only part that sucked about it is rather than have an actual ab workout video S90D incorporates ab stuff into each workout. That's fine and all but I did ARX the day before and the ab stuff was a rugged addition last night and I'm really paying for it today (Probably a good thing).
I didn't burn a massive amount of calories but enough to be on par with my standards (640-ish). This is not bad at all considering the workout was only 48min long than I added Asylum's Relief on the end so a total of 70min, 22 of which was just stretch and recovery.
The workout was good, moved fast, and had me pushing hard. Tabata interval training is a new type of training that seemed to push me.
If I am to pick apart that workout it would be that in a lot of the "New Circuits" you end up doing some of the same moves you did in other circuits. Not a big deal but if I'm going to be picky I'd like to see different moved to help keep things interesting and also diversify the way I'm working muscles.

This program is definitely not better than P90X but it is with out a doubt worth the $20 price tag. Add it to your workout library and swap in a new workout from time-to-time just to keep things fresh and keep your body guessing a bit. I'm sore right now and that speaks volumes to me!