| Imagine a cage fight between the two masters of | | | | strength. |
| extreme fitness. Nobody out there right now is | | | | So who would win in a fight? Hard to say. Tony's got |
| pushing the fitness envelope like these two men. | | | | that Kempo action working for him, a combination of |
| Nobody has accrued the kind of reputations that | | | | strikes and blows that with his power would be |
| Tony and Shaun have. If you ask anybody about | | | | devastating if they landed. However, Shaun T has |
| what exercise program will push them beyond their | | | | that ability to launch a flurry of blows so fast that |
| max, inevitably you'll be told either P90X or | | | | they eye can't track them. Check out his moves in |
| INSANITY. There really is nobody else when it comes | | | | any of his Max exercises for the second half of his |
| to that level of extremity. So take the two paragons | | | | INSANITY workout and you'll see what I mean. He |
| of ultimate fitness, the two masters of pain and | | | | gets down into those squats so you just know his |
| determination, drop them in a cage fight, and ask | | | | thighs are killing him, screaming and snarling in white |
| yourself-who would win? | | | | hot pain, and then unleashes his punches, whether its |
| Let's examine their strengths. Tony Horton is the | | | | jabs or hooks, and they come so fast that you |
| King of P90X. He's dominated the infomercial channels | | | | know you wouldn't be able to block them. |
| since forever due to one simple reason: his P90X | | | | Tony Horton and his P90X system develop your |
| works. It gets you extreme results, from definition | | | | power and strength. Shaun T and his INSANITY |
| to enhanced mass, muscle size and power. Combining | | | | workout develop your cardio engine and staying |
| free weights and intense workout sessions for three | | | | power. If Tony failed to drop Shaun quick, I think |
| months, tempered by yoga, kempo, stretching and | | | | he'd get overpowered. Shaun would be able to |
| extreme core work means he's one ripped and | | | | sustain such a high level of intensity, such a barrage |
| powerful dude. He's got both strength and power, | | | | of nonstop blows that I think Tony would get |
| which is the ability to generate force at explosive | | | | overwhelmed. The key to Tony's success would be |
| speeds. In a word: lethal. | | | | to strike fast and hard and drop Shaun before he |
| But what of Shaun T? While his INSANITY workout | | | | could even get warmed up. |
| does not include free weights, it involves truly | | | | Now, in reality, we know that both of these |
| punishing levels of high level cardio. He can go forever | | | | gentlemen are incredibly generous, caring |
| at what would be unsustainable levels of activity for | | | | trainers-there's no aggression in either of them, other |
| anybody except a Green Beret. He can perform | | | | than that iron determination to see each workout |
| absurd amounts of plyometrics and calisthenics, | | | | through to its painful ending. The thought of them |
| maintaining a high burn that would shatter lesser | | | | fighting is ridiculous when you consider how |
| individuals. And seriously, check out those abs. They | | | | professional, respectful and positive they both are. If |
| belong on some sort of primordial reptile, not a | | | | anything, they'd get into a competition to see who |
| normal human. His core is corrugated iron, it's almost | | | | could do the most push-ups. And who would win |
| ridiculously sculpted and ripped. If there's one thing | | | | that? Man, would I love to know! |
| this man has, it's staying power, flexibility and inner | | | | |