Tony Horton and Shaun T are the new genre of ‘workout at home’ exercise programs. P90X designed and developed by Tony Horton that produces incredible results through the ‘muscle confusion’ technique has been the most sought after workout schedule across the world and more recently a new addition to this sphere of industry was the ‘Insanity Workout’ program a brain child of Shaun T. They are widely viewed as rival products that compete for that edge in the market.

Both of these ‘workout at home’ programs have their own inherent benefits taking into consideration the varied approach they embark on towards ensuring total body fitness.

P90X is a program designed for 90 days in three 30-day phases of intensive cardiovascular, strength training and stretching work with a diet plan each of the phase is systematically succeeded by the other as one progress from one stage to the other. It aims at preventing plateaus in achieving goals as the body could adapt to one particular form of exercise and might inhibit effective and perceptible results.

The entire program is combined with pull-ups and push-ups, jump training for lower body exertion, body weight exercise as well as yoga and kenpo for that eluding ideal physique.

Shaun T Insanity workout on the other hand is designed towards total body transformation in 60 days timeframe. Less than an hour a day the workout to begin with demands a strong determination to last through the entire program which can be very exhaustive and arduous for most.

The secret mantra under this program is the Max Interval Training which only provides brief respite in between extreme max effort exercises that are grueling and challenging which is a paradigm shift from the more traditional interval training methods for workouts. Shaun T’s Insanity workout emphasizes on Plyometrics for lower body definition, Core and Cardio vascular training.

Insanity workout is harder and exhaustive because it keeps that participants on the move all the time and prods them to excel and raise their own bars of performance.

All said each of these programs have a specific goal to achieve while P90X will produce more strength and muscle size Insanity workout can produce a leaner ripped look. The benefit of this program lies in what you aspire to be like and the approach you chose towards total body fitness.