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Hey, why the p90x hate? P90x is not the most hypertrophy inducing workout in the world by a long shot, but for fat loss, some muscle increases, vaso-dialation which will help when you go heavy again, and flexibility, it's one of my favorite "all around" programs.

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P90X is a perfectly fine workout. His gripe was the boot lieutenant dipshit who sees it on TV, gets the DVD, and decides that he's going to "revolutionize" the unit's PT program. Add in a bunch of moto-jargon and self-righteousness, and you get hilarity.

Yut

"Well see here, lance corporal, I know that you're in great shape and have 40+ points on my PFT score, but this Crossfit workout is gonna take you to the next level. Plus, I went to college. I know what I'm doing."

That being said, I've also worked with a lieutenant who could do a 14-minute 3-mile. Dude probably couldn't do 135 on the bench press, but he could definitely run.

Never got better than 19 minutes when I was in the corps, but at 37 I can still do a 25 minute 3-mile, so I call that a win.

Fast run and pullups all that matters anyway

No hate about p90x, I honestly barely register any knowledge of it on my radar. I just remember when it hit big and my military friends spent every waking moment talking about it. When Crossfit started entering my personal sphere, I actually thought it was just some new rev of p90x because it pervaded my social circle in the same way, except it never stopped and became a magnitude more annoying.

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