Weider X-Factor First Impressions
My Weider X-Factor just arrived last night after waiting for about a week or two to have it delivered. I was very anxious to finally receive the X-Factor, but I did order it over the Christmas/New Years holiday, so of course it took longer than it probably would normally to get it shipped out. If you order the Weider X-Factor, you should know that it will probably be at least a week to ship to your house, possibly two.
The equipment ships in the same kind of box you’ll find in stores probably later this month or year anyway. It’s exactly what you would expect it to be. It’s the two sets of 3 resistance bands attached to pulleys and the door anchors. It has the leg straps as well as the handles to use both arms or legs with the X-Factor.
The three included DVD’s seem to be pretty good quality. Last night I watched the Explosion Workout DVD. If you compare it to P90X, it’s not as intense of a workout tempo. That’s not to say that you won’t get a great workout doing it. It’s just that the pace of the workout is more designed to teach you how to do the exercises. For beginners or people who haven’t used the X-Factor before, this is awesome and a great place to start.
The exercise chart is huge. Seriously, this thing is massive, which I love because it really gives you a ton of great ideas for what you can do with the X-Factor. Just looking at everything you can do with the X-Factor my mind started reeling with the possibilities. I just had to attach it to a door and try it.
I live in a very old house with old doors that aren’t always the standard size. That being said, the Weider X-Factor was incredibly easy to setup. They aren’t joking when they say it attaches to the door in about a minute. You literally just attach it to the bottom corner and then pull up to place it on the opposite corner of the door. It’s just about idiot proof.
The only problem I encountered thus far is that when you take the X-Factor off the door sometimes the resistance bands can get twisted a bit, but it’s very easy to fix. Not a big deal.
Now, on to the real question. Can you get a great workout with the Weider X-Factor?
Yes, you can.
This machine is awesome. As I said, I watched the Explosion training DVD last night and so this morning my workout was based around the moves I saw in DVD. I used my Timex watch to setup a 1 minute timer for each exercise.
Holy moley, this thing is a workout. Admittedly, I’m not in any kind of “peak physical condition”, but I’ve done my share of Football and distance running training and let me tell you, this thing is a great workout.
What I would suggest is picking a 4 or 5 exercise circuit and do 1 minute for each exercise with a little break in-between. This is similar to what you would do for P90X. In fact, I might just have to try using the X-Factor for some of the P90X workouts instead of free weights.
Anyway, doing 3 or 4 circuits would give you a straight up awesome workout in probably 20-30 minutes. A lot of te exercises work both your upper body, lower body, and core all at the same time, so you don’t have to spend a lot of extra time targeting specific muscle groups unless you want to.
So, after one day do I think that it was $100 well spent?
100% yes. For sure.
The Weider X-Factor is a great piece of equipment. It’s super duper versitile and it really works. My muslces are tired and I feel great. It’s definately something I’m going to be using on a regular basis, and even when I travel to visit family, I’ll probably take it with me just because it’s so convenient.
So those are my first impressions of the Weider X-Factor. I’ll probably wait a few weeks before I give it a “full review” because I want to try the other workouts as well as just to see what kind of weight loss/fitness benefits even a month of training with the X-Factor will bring.
This is going to be fun.
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I would Like some info on the 8 week diet that comes with it. Would you mind giviing some feed back on that? Your review has been very helpful. I have ordered one. thank