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Tony Horton P90X X Stretch - Thoughts

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X Stretch clocks in at 57 & 1/2 minutes.  While not my favorite stretch workout, it is a decent one.  The workout included some atypical stretches, that I appreciated, but it also included a lot of the traditional yoga stuff. In fact I wish there was a more vigorous warm up than the typical sun salutations that Tony included. There are over 30 stretch exercises and you are holding the stretches for a minimum of at least 30 seconds but some stretches are held for a much longer time. Tony walks around coaching the class participants after he has demonstrated the stretch.   3 & 1/2 stars
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Tony Horton P90X Yoga X - Thoughts

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It's long. Yoga X clocks in at 92 minutes and 24 seconds.  This is my first P90X workout and I schedule it for a day I was off work so that I would have enough time to complete the whole workout. The first 45 minutes or so of the workout are Vinyasas.  Lots of them. You are executing other Yoga moves as well but the transition to get you into that yoga move is the Vinyasa. The second half of the work is Balance Postures and Floor Work. I like this section the best. Most postures and stretches you are holding for 30 to 60 seconds. Although a couple are held for up to 90 seconds. The last segment of the workout concentrates on the abs and relaxing postures to include the Lotus Meditation Pose. Besides Tony, there are 4 other cast members.  Tony will start the exercise and then he would stop to coach - walking around to the different cast members. A mat and yoga block are used in this workout. Other than being too long, I thought this workout was okay. 3 & ...
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The Pro-Form 600 LT Treadmill - Thoughts

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The Pro-Form 600 LT Treadmill is HSN and Pro-Form 2011 model treadmill. Each year HSN brings out a new Pro-Form model to sale. On the HSN website the treadmill is called Pro-Form Step Up Personal Trainer Treadmill. The price of this treadmill is $699.95 and the Shipping & Handling is free. I have had this treadmill since May. Assembly is required. It took me and another about an hour, maybe a little less to put it together. The instructions are fairly detail and everything went together as it should. I had the 2007 model of this treadmill, but I like the advertised upgrades so much I decided to get this one. Pre-Program Work outs The 2011 model comes with 16 Pre-program workouts. Of the 16, 4 are distance, 5 are timed, and 7 are calorie burned workouts. The distance workouts are 1 mile, 5K, 10K, and 1/2 Marathon. The time workouts are 20 min, 25 min, 30 min, 45 min The calorie workouts that are broken down by time are 20 min, 25 min, 30 min, 40 min, 45 min, and two 60 min ...
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