May 16, 2008

2 Weeks into the Journey – An Initial Review of P90X

One of the things that you don’t get when you see the P90X infomercial is an inside look on what it is truly like living the P90X lifestyle. Everything looks exciting and awesome on TV, but is it really that great once you get it home? To answer that question, here is my initial review of P90X after spending 2 straight weeks sweating it out in my living room! Link to Full Story

April 2008 $10,000 Winner lost 63 pounds!

One of the great things about being a member of the Million Dollar Body Club is that every week they update the video library of real-life success stories, and the April 2008 winner of the $10,000 prize should be an inspiration to women and men everywhere! Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 7, Stretch X

Flexibility is such an under-rated component of physical fitness, and in a program as intense as P90X®, it might seem like a stretching for an hour is a joke compared to the intensity of the other workouts. Is it far less intense? Yes. Should you just skip it then? Absolutely not! Link to Full Story

Women, Heart Disease, and How to stick to your Workouts

1 in 3 women in the U.S. die from heart disease, making it the #1 killer of women in America. Learn how to stave off heart disease by sticking to your exercise program, even in the beginning when it is the most difficult. Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 6, Kenpo X

Kenpo X is one of the most enjoyable workouts in the P90X program! Even though it is an hour long, the hour goes by very quickly, and you get a great workout - almost without even realizing it! Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 6, Kenpo X

Kenpo X is one of the most enjoyable workouts in the P90X program! Even though it is an hour long, the hour goes by very quickly, and you get a great workout - almost without even realizing it! Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 5, Legs and Back

Day 5 of the P90X® programs brings back several great workouts, including Ab Ripper X and several exercises from the back routine first done on Day 1. In addition, however, Tony Horton and the gang bring on some leg exercises that don't look like much, until you try to DO them! Link to Full Story

8 Ways to Know If You’re Fit

With a national obesity rate of nearly 30 percent, we know that we're overweight. But if thin isn't the indicator of fitness, and you can't be large and fit, how are we supposed to tell if we're healthy? Let's decipher what these studies indicate and sort through the murkiness about what it really means to be fit. Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 4, Yoga X

OK, for all of you people who think that yoga is for wimps, I challenge you to try the P90X version - Yoga X! Not only is it incredibly challenging, but rather than just perverting yoga into some mindlessly intense workout, Yoga X actually flows in a manner that is both extremely effective, as well as executed in a manner that is true to the yoga lifestyle and philosophies. Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 3, Shoulders and Arms

Finally - a P90X workout that didn't leave me wanting to curl up into the fetal position and cry for Momma! That being said, the P90X® Shoulder and Arm routine is no joke, and is every bit as effective as every other P90X workout that I have been through. Link to Full Story

Visualize Effectively by Skipping the Unnecessary Details

Concepts such as visualization and affirmations were popular long before the term "law of attraction" became mainstream, and long before the success of movies like The Secret. The reason for that is because those methods work. However, like any success method, you have to do it right in order to get the results. Link to Full Story

Finding your Cheese at the Center of the Success Maze

If you wanted to go from the east side of town to the west side of town, there would be a defined route to get there, right? In fact, most people would take that route because it is probably the easiest, fastest, most convenient way to get to that side of town. What do you do when that route is blocked, however? Link to Full Story

Lifestyle Changes don’t use Turn Signals

Wouldn't it be nice if when it came time to make changes in our lives, we could just look up ahead and see a bright, blinking arrow that would point us in the right direction to go? Well, life doesn't work that way, so it falls to us to recognize the signs, and to then take appropriate action. Link to Full Story

May 4, 2008

P90X Review Day 2, Plyometrics

How many ways can I say "OUCH!"? When you park it in front of your TV for the P90X® Plyometrics workout, be prepared to leave your pride on the floor - along with a huge puddle of your own sweat. Link to Full Story

90 DAYS OF PAIN! in a little bitty box…

It's not the size of your success plan that matters, but rather what you DO with it! Link to Full Story

P90X Review Day 1, Chest and Back and Ab Ripper X

The P90X chest and back workout is no joke! It is as intense as they claim it is, and at the same time it is fun, and radically effective! Link to Full Story

April 29, 2008

How to Save the Day on a Tight Budget

If you are of the belief that the product or service that you offer can be truly beneficial to other people, then finding a way to get that product or service in front of your audience is the most immediate challenge. Link to Full Story

A Review of WOWY and the Million Dollar Body Club

Beachbody's online WOWY workout community and their Million Dollar Body Club are truly extraordinary in the opportunities they represent for someone who wants to lose weight or get in shape. Beachbody's offering gives new meaning to the term "over-deliver," and a quick look at this list of goodies will prove that conclusively. Link to Full Story

Are you a Skinny Fat Person?

Despite a startling amount of scientific research and real-world examples, there is still a grossly inaccurate belief that the key to weight loss is starving yourself. Not only is that an exceptionally false statement, but starving yourself actually causes your body to store body fat, and it also deprives your body of much needed energy and nutrients, which in turn makes your health decline - regardless of what the scale says. Link to Full Story

Rave Reviews of P90X and the Discipline to Win

In all of my years as a personal trainer and a personal development writer, I have never been more convinced about a program's ability to help people take control over their lives more than the P90X Extreme Training System®. Link to Full Story

How to Get out of Your Own Way

One of the biggest problems that people face (if not THE biggest), is that they stand in their own way when it comes to getting what they want out of life in general, or even out of any given situation. Link to Full Story

6 Reasons to Eat Your Vegetables

Research shows that the more veggies you consume daily, the better off you'll be, in terms of overall health and body weight. Aim for five to nine or even 13 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Here are six reasons why. Link to Full Story

You can't Quit if you don't Try

No one likes to be called a quitter, and it's pretty easy to not end up with that title, because in truth, very few people actually make enough of a true effort at something to even honestly say that they tried in the first place. Link to Full Story

How to Lose Weight by Dancing

People have been sweating it out on the dance floor for years now, and the fact that it is a great workout is pretty well understood. However, like any workout, there are ways to get the most out of it, or ways to minimize the benefits that you'll get. Link to Full Story

Personal Development for Stupid People has Launched!

Personal Development for Stupid People is available in both eBook and Audio download format, and a printed version is also available for people who want to curl up with the book and study it while away from their computer. Link to Full Story

How to Lose Weight with Muscle Confusion

If you want to get the most out of your exercise and weight loss program in the shortest amount of time, there are two words that you should become very familiar with - muscle confusion. Link to Full Story

Personal Development as a result of Ignoring the Rules

Almost from the cradle, people are conditioned to strive not for what they actually want, but rather for whatever their local culture believes is possible for them. What kind of self-replicating, culturally limiting crap is that? Link to Full Story

Will Low Fat and Fat Free foods help you Lose Weight?

If low fat and fat free foods were the key to weight loss, why are there still so many overweight people in the world? Link to Full Story

April 5, 2008

Review of The Million Dollar Mindset by James Arthur Ray

An in-depth and very specific review of the entire Million Dollar Mindset program, a 6-CD audio set produced by James Arthur Ray. Link to Full Story

April 4, 2008

Personal Development for Stupid People & Million Dollar Body

Updates on the Personal Development for Stupid People eBook and audio book, and also a teaser about the upcoming Million Dollar Body Challenge!Updates on the Personal Development for Stupid People eBook and audio book, and also a teaser about the upcoming Million Dollar Body Challenge! Link to Full Story

March 28, 2008

Review of The Million Dollar Mindset by James Arthur Ray

An in-depth and very specific review of the entire Million Dollar Mindset program, a 6-CD audio set produced by James Arthur Ray. Link to Full Story

March 19, 2008

Prelaunch of Personal Development for Stupid People

Have you ever just had it with all of the self improvement dogma that is happily running rampant all over the Internet these days? Does the term "information overload," or the question "Where did all of these 'alleged' experts come from?" ever cross your mind? Link to Full Story

January 17, 2008

It’s Not Your Fault You are Fat!

Whose fault is it REALLY that you are fat? I mean, it couldn't possibly be your own, right? Link to Full Story

Top 10 Productivity Practices that Destroy Productivity

Are your productivity practices actually increasing your productivity, or are they eating up your valuable time and mental capital instead? Link to Full Story

Interview at The Next 45 Years about Personal Development Partners

If you are wondering what personal development resources you should consider on your path of personal growth and success, be sure to check out this interview about the Personal Development Partners website. Link to Full Story

January 16, 2008

3 Ways to Determine if you Need to Call Merlin

Even the most efficient and confident people can sometimes benefit from a well-timed helping hand. What about you? Are your plans for world domination right on schedule? Link to Full Story

5 Ways Powerful Paperless Proactivity Provides Personal Progress

Do you have a paperless office, or have many trees sacrificed themselves in the course of you doing your business every day? If you'd like to "go paperless," then check out some of these tips for doing just that! Link to Full Story

Can I work with you in 2008?

There is an old saying that "no man is an island," and I have found over the years that rarely can a man or woman accomplish anything of note without some help from other people. Link to Full Story

January 8, 2008

4 Great Places to Build a Personal Development Network

Personal Development is just like anything else in the world - in order to get the most out of it, you'll need people to help you along the way. The trick is to find the right type of people who will help you attain your goals without bogging you down in the process. Link to Full Story

Time for Another Year in the Cage

So, are you ready for another year of claiming that you are going to do a bunch of great stuff, but then not actually doing it? Link to Full Story

January 7, 2008

3 Ways to Accomplish Anything by Writing it Down

Do you want to take advantage of a simple and free method of attaining your goals, or are you going to insist on doing it the hard way? Link to Full Story

How to Grow a Life by Writing a Eulogy

Ever written your own eulogy? You should try it - it is an amazing personal growth experience! Link to Full Story

The Fast and Easy way to Build an Empire

You've got grand plans to build an empire of happiness and success in your life, right? Do you know the fast and easy way to do that, or are you taking the long road? Link to Full Story