If you haven't guessed from the title, the workout consists of a series of "sets" comprising of 30 pushups and 15 pullups. It's titled UBM which stands for Upper Body Massacre, which is quite an accurate description.
The pushup sets are: basic, military, wide, diamond, staggered, regular to chattarunga.
The pullup sets are: wide, lever, close grip, chin ups, switch grip, mason.
So you perform a set of pushups, listen to some banter and advice from Tony and then move onto the pull up move for that set. You do 2 rounds of each set for a total of 12 sets. If you're already a veteran of the P90X system and pretty good at pullups I would highly recommend using a weighted vest for this workout to add an extra degree of difficulty.
To get the most out of this workout you will need some deep pushup bars, obviously top of the list is the original metal powerstands sold by Beachbody. Unfortunately if you havent bought these already, the metal ones have been discontinued and have been replaced by some made from hard plastic, which I'm told are still very sturdy and good enough for the job at hand. However, although I thought £40 was a bit steep but worth it for the metal ones, I'm not sure I would fork out £40 for plastic pushup stands, when reasonable metal ones made by Gold's Gym can be purchased for a third of the cost.
You will also need a decent pull-up bar. I have the P90X one and the original Powerbar. I use the Powerbar every time. The P90X one from Beachbody is a very sturdy bar and has multiple hand position points, however I dont think it sits high enough on the doorframe. I'm 5ft 6 and I can put my toes on the floor with straight legs, but cant with the Powerbar. The downside to the Powerbar is the fact it wrecks the wall above the doorframe where the support legs dig in. However they have released a Powerbar 2 which addresses this issue by adding little rubber feet protectors that are supposed to prevent this. I don't have the version 2 so can't confirm if this is the case.
So a quick summary. This is a replacement workout for P90X chest and back and is a real grueller. It will test how good you think you are at pushups and pullups. The first few times you do ths workout you will be sore. It is one if the best workouts I've ever done, regardless who its made by. It will test your endurance and cardio strength and push you to your mental limit. I highly recommend it.
