Below is my review of Tony Horton’s book titled “Go! The Revolutionary Fitness Plan for All Levels That Burns Fast, Builds Muscle, and Loses Inches.” The 304-page book shows readers how to create their own nutrition and fitness plans based on their individual lifestyle, preferences, and goals.

I am a multiple round graduate of Tony’s Power 90 and P90X training programs. I have nothing but praise for those programs as they were responsible for helping me with my own physical transformation. Since I’ve read the book and reviewed some of Tony’s DVD training programs, I wanted to explain what exactly is covered in the book, as well as some similarities and differences between the two.

Content of the book

The book is structured in four parts or chapters. They are the Principles, the Routines, the Movements and the Meal Plan.

In the Principles chapter, Tony discusses his philosophy on exercise and its benefits. Tony explains how to develop your own fitness strategy that he can modify over time to meet his fitness goals. To gauge what kind of fitness level you are at, Tony has included some tests for the reader to determine their fitness level and quotient. The Principle section ends with Tony explaining why most people fail and drop out of an exercise program, what to avoid doing, plus tips for being successful with a fitness program.

In the Workouts chapter, Tony lists three types of workouts based on your CF test score in Section 1. There’s the Beginners workout, the Fighters workout, and the Warriors workout. Each of the routines contains a weekly program that includes three days of resistance training, two days of cardio and one day of yoga. There are multiple examples of resistance training exercises, including how to properly warm up, stretch, and cool down. Resistance workouts are a full body circuit training style. For all three routines, he would say the overall structure is like a hybrid P90X, Power 90 Masters Series.

In the Movements chapter, Tony gives instructions that explain how to set up and perform all of the exercises listed in the Workouts chapter. The movements are divided into 5 parts; Cardio, Upper Body, Arms, Lower Body, Core, and Flexibility/Yoga. There are over 120 pages in this chapter covering around 128 moves. There’s nothing new for anyone who’s been through P90X, but for someone who hasn’t been through one of Tony’s shows, there’s plenty here.

In the Meal Plan chapter, Tony discusses his approach to nutrition. He says it’s a common-sense, simple, nutrition-focused approach to improving health and weight loss. He doesn’t subscribe to fads and emphasizes the benefits of healthy eating beyond weight control. He calls his plan a “flexitarian” approach, which means eating a mostly plant-based, whole-food-focused diet. This gives your body all the nutritional building blocks it needs. The meal plan includes complex carbohydrates rich in fiber; lean, healthy protein; shades of fruits and vegetables; and healthy fats. The eating plan is divided into three parts. The first part is cleaning. In this 30-day phase, you will gradually cleanse your body of all toxins. This is not a fast. It’s about taking out the bad and teaching your body the good. The second part is Nourish. In this phase, you will find listed and highly nutritious foods. The right kinds of vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, nuts, seeds, dairy products, organically produced proteins, and healthy fats. The third part is called Supplements. In this phase, Tony talks about using supplements, only when he has his actual diet up to date. He does not claim to replace everything in the nutrition phase.

The book ends with what Tony calls his “11 Laws of Health and Fitness” and over 20 pages of actual recipes.

my review

I am a huge fan of Tony and his fitness programs and as a P90X graduate I have found the book to be more of an inside look at how he organizes his programs and his philosophy on nutrition than the paint-by-numbers approach to your training on DVD. programs

Overall, I think this book is a good read. Someone new to fitness or looking for motivation and basics can get a lot out of the book. If you’ve completed P90X, don’t expect to learn any new moves. Chances are you already have an advanced level of fitness and I don’t think this book will take you to the next level. What you will get from the book, however, is a spike inside Tony’s head for a moment. If you think the book fails to be the next P90X, to be fair, I don’t think the book was designed for that, which is why Tony has his P90X One on One and MC:2 shows.

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