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