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P90X Does It Work?
I’m going to start this little story by telling you where I was at almost 1 year ago, I was 30 years old, 5ft 9inches tall and 195lbs. I’m not saying I was fat, I’m not saying I was obese, but one this is for sure, I definitely wasn’t where I wanted to be, and found myself to be sadly out of shape, and had taken on the infamous pear shape. My problem was I forgot I was getting older, I continued to eat like I was a active teenager and not a thirty year old man who spent alot of time sitting. So I awful eating habits, drinking any where between 10-15 soft drinks per day, raiding the local buffets. To top it all off my only form of exercise was… well…there was none. I owned a business, and a father, I had very little time to myself and the time I did have I did not want to exercise.
So one night I was sitting around watching tv, with what I’m sure was a big bowl of chips, and a 2 liter of Dr. Pepper close with in reach, and probably some ice cream in the freezer when the P90X commercial came on. I remember watching this commercial laughing at these idiots on the tv, because in my infinite wisdom I was positive that there was no way it was possible to get those kind of results in 90 days. Before long, for what ever reason, found myself asking if I believed what I just saw, and it wasn’t long after that found myself wondering if this program could actually work? So I figured “What the heck, I’ll give it a try”, Surely I could devote an hour a day for 90 days, besideswhat have I got to lose other than a few extra pounds, and let’s be honest who doesn’t want to be ripped. So I made the call and waited for my new exercise program to arrive in the mail, I was ready to start losing the flab, burning some fat and building lean muscle or at least I thought I was.
In the past I’ve made several un successful attempts at some other exercise programs, and for some odd reason I always fell short of my goal. AHHH who am I kidding I didn’t even make it any where near my goal, most of the time the video’s never even make it out of the box, mainly because I’m lazy, and un motivated. For what ever reason these were different, maybe it was because they weren’t super cheap, or maybe it’s because I was just tired of going down hill who knows why, bottom line I was determine to make a go it. So I patiently waited for my video’s to arrive, all the while convincing myself that in just 90 short days I was going to be a lean mean fighting machine. Yes I know, I’m gullable and I believe in little fairies that fly around and grant people wishes.
In a short 7 days my wait was over and my video’s arrived, I tore open the package not quite sure what to expect, what I saw staring back at me was a bit un-nerving, between bands, dvd’s literature, and pull ups.I was starting to think that this could be a little more than what I bargained for(and it only took about 10 mins of the first P90X video for me to KNOW this was more than I bargained for).That evening I decided to give the nutrition guide a read, mid way through I was getting really disappointed that I was going to have to give up my soft drinks, pizza’s and candy bars, to get the most out of the system. But hey, I spent money on this, so I at least need to be half way committed, so that’s exactly what I did, gave up all the junk, and followed the nutrition guide as closely as possible.
So I sat back and read the nutrition guide and found myself getting pretty disappointed that I was going to have to give up my soft drinks, pizza’s and candy bars, to get the most out of the system. But hey, I spent money on this, so I at least need to be half way committed, so that’s exactly what I did, gave up all the junk, and followed the nutrition guide as closely as possible.
At the same time I started the P90X workouts, the very first day I thought I was going to pass out, I can never remember working so hard, even when I was in the military and doing push ups and what not everyday, I found myself more winded doing these work outs. It was truly grueling, but I got through it, and thought to myself how glad I was to have that over, only to wake up the next morning to find muscles I didn’t even know I had were sore. Don’t get me wrong even though I was in pain, it felt good in a strange way, I knew I had accomplished something and was on my way to a better me. Let’s fast forward 10 months later. I’m now in the best shape of my life, I continue to do P90X 6 days a week, I feel better, have more energy, and am definitely in the best shape of my life from following through with this program.
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John writes articles focusing on the workout program P90x.
P90X Does It Work?
I’m going to start this little story by telling you where I was at almost 1 year ago, I was 30 years old, 5ft 9inches tall and 195lbs. I’m not saying I was fat, I’m not saying I was obese, but one this is for sure, I definitely wasn’t where I wanted to be, and found myself to be sadly out of shape, and had taken on the infamous pear shape. My problem was I forgot I was getting older, I continued to eat like I was a active teenager and not a thirty year old man who spent alot of time sitting. So I awful eating habits, drinking any where between 10-15 soft drinks per day, raiding the local buffets. To top it all off my only form of exercise was… well…there was none. I owned a business, and a father, I had very little time to myself and the time I did have I did not want to exercise.
So one night I was sitting around watching tv, with what I’m sure was a big bowl of chips, and a 2 liter of Dr. Pepper close with in reach, and probably some ice cream in the freezer when the P90X commercial came on. I remember watching this commercial laughing at these idiots on the tv, because in my infinite wisdom I was positive that there was no way it was possible to get those kind of results in 90 days. Before long, for what ever reason, found myself asking if I believed what I just saw, and it wasn’t long after that found myself wondering if this program could actually work? So I figured “What the heck, I’ll give it a try”, Surely I could devote an hour a day for 90 days, besideswhat have I got to lose other than a few extra pounds, and let’s be honest who doesn’t want to be ripped. So I made the call and waited for my new exercise program to arrive in the mail, I was ready to start losing the flab, burning some fat and building lean muscle or at least I thought I was.
In the past I’ve made several un successful attempts at some other exercise programs, and for some odd reason I always fell short of my goal. AHHH who am I kidding I didn’t even make it any where near my goal, most of the time the video’s never even make it out of the box, mainly because I’m lazy, and un motivated. For what ever reason these were different, maybe it was because they weren’t super cheap, or maybe it’s because I was just tired of going down hill who knows why, bottom line I was determine to make a go it. So I patiently waited for my video’s to arrive, all the while convincing myself that in just 90 short days I was going to be a lean mean fighting machine. Yes I know, I’m gullable and I believe in little fairies that fly around and grant people wishes.
In a short 7 days my wait was over and my video’s arrived, I tore open the package not quite sure what to expect, what I saw staring back at me was a bit un-nerving, between bands, dvd’s literature, and pull ups.I was starting to think that this could be a little more than what I bargained for(and it only took about 10 mins of the first P90X video for me to KNOW this was more than I bargained for).That evening I decided to give the nutrition guide a read, mid way through I was getting really disappointed that I was going to have to give up my soft drinks, pizza’s and candy bars, to get the most out of the system. But hey, I spent money on this, so I at least need to be half way committed, so that’s exactly what I did, gave up all the junk, and followed the nutrition guide as closely as possible.
So I sat back and read the nutrition guide and found myself getting pretty disappointed that I was going to have to give up my soft drinks, pizza’s and candy bars, to get the most out of the system. But hey, I spent money on this, so I at least need to be half way committed, so that’s exactly what I did, gave up all the junk, and followed the nutrition guide as closely as possible.
At the same time I started the P90X workouts, the very first day I thought I was going to pass out, I can never remember working so hard, even when I was in the military and doing push ups and what not everyday, I found myself more winded doing these work outs. It was truly grueling, but I got through it, and thought to myself how glad I was to have that over, only to wake up the next morning to find muscles I didn’t even know I had were sore. Don’t get me wrong even though I was in pain, it felt good in a strange way, I knew I had accomplished something and was on my way to a better me. Let’s fast forward 10 months later. I’m now in the best shape of my life, I continue to do P90X 6 days a week, I feel better, have more energy, and am definitely in the best shape of my life from following through with this program.
