Beachbody's New P90: The Revamped Power 90.

Before P90X, there was Power 90. It was sweet and innocent, Tony Horton was young and adorable, and life was uncomplicated. It was a program that was broken down into bite-size pieces so it didn't seem like you were undertaking a long workout, but the burn was so good.

The only problem was that Power 90 was a bit dated. Here are crappy copies of a couple of the DVDs on YouTube so you can see what I mean:

Power 90: Sweat 1-2
Power 90: Sculpt 1-2

There were also more advanced Sweat and Sculpt 3-4 DVDs included in the package, but when I got to that level it was too long, or the sun was out, I dunno, something happened and I gave up.

Now that I'm under 160lbs, I'm terrified that I will stall and start gaining if I don't get some muscle on this fiiiiine frame. As I was looking up forums on reddit, I found ye olde r/P90 subreddit and happened upon the news of the update. It seems that with the success of the P90(X, 2, 3), Beachbody decided to revamp the original Power 90 and call it P90.

Being the Horton fangirl that I am, after squealing for about 20 minutes, I pulled out my well-used card and ordered that bright and shiny toy right up! 3 different phases (a different phase per month), a Saturday Special DVD, 3 powerful bonus tools (ZOMG!!!), and 4 free bonus gifts!!! *screaming while eyes melting* And if I finish, I could get a P90 "I Hit It" t-shirt. Oh the special-ness!! All for only two easy payments of $39.99!!!

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!! If I acted now (or then, as the case was), I could get the DELUXE package which included another deluxe DVD with exercises, TWO more bands, some Shakeology and a yoga mat. For only $79.90 more!!!! What a deal!!!!!

*sigh* I bought it. I bought it all. In total, this thing is going to cost me $174.18 ($159.80 + $14.38 in taxes). Sweet Jaysus, that sounds a lot more horrible than 2 easy payments of $39.99. *eye twitch* I can try to justify it all I want, but that's a shit-load of money for a revamp of a workout that I already have. But, I'm only on day one... and if this new thing actually gets me off of my ass and building muscle, I will gladly pay that (and I also have the fail-safe, which is to return everything and just pay the s&h).

Goddamn it, Tony, you'd better make this worth my while.