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Well everyone, I figured it was time for me to give a real deal inside look at the P90X fitness program by Beach Body. As much as I would have liked, this blog post is not the one that will list my tremendous results that I have achieved over the last 90 days. Nope…this post will be my thoughts on the program about 200 days into it. Yes you read it correctly. But before I get started I will make this statement. The program does work!

I am currently on my 3^rd time of restarting the program. I had initially planned on being complete with my first round of P90X and about to complete my first round of Insanity…but it didn’t work out quite like that. P90X is without a doubt the most intense workout I have ever been involved with. It truly pushes you to ALL of your limits and that is a rare find in the thousands of exercise programs that are on the market today. Early this year, I had decided to become a coach with the company. Now you may be saying to yourself, “You haven’t finished it yet, why are you a coach?”  That is exactly my reasoning. I wanted to be able to inspire others while I am in the trenches with them. Here are the main reasons (not excuses) that I have not completed the program as of yet and I hope that these assist you with your fitness goals especially if you are considering or currently doing P90X.

 Enemies to P90X:

 1. Lack of proper rest. This program has taught me that I HAVE to get sleep. Your body will drain quickly if you don’t because of the amount of energy it takes to complete each workout.

 2. Scheduling conflicts. Doing this program has showed me how busy I actually am. This is something that you do 6 or 7 days a week which means you have to schedule time to fit in your workouts. It’s essential!!!

 3. FOOD FOOD FOOD.  Eating right is so key. It is easy to be on either end of the spectrum. On one end, you can eat ALL the wrong things. On the other end, you can skimp out on eating and then realize you have NO ENERGY and that means NO ENERGY TO WORKOUT. Diet is probably the biggest component to the p90X system.

 4. Taking breaks. I have not met anyone who has told me they did 90 days straight. Usually you will hear, I missed a day or two during any given week. However your body can quickly adjust to that and a couple of days turns into a couple of weeks. At that point you realize that you may not have the strength or energy to just jump back in where you left off.

 BFF’s of P90X:

 1. Plenty of rest.

2. A good clean diet: will help yield fast results

3. SHAKEOLOGY: OMG!!! This stuff is amazingly good. You won’t believe the nutritional value. I make a mean chocolate almond shake to live for!

4. A good support group: It’s always good to talk to people that are in there with you.

5. Goals: Why are you doing it? For me it was about: living healthy, being more fit so I have greater endurance on my motorcycle when I am racing, and of course I wanted to look fit.

Regardless of my setbacks I believe this is a truly amazing fitness program that yields amazing results. I have seen results even where I am now and I personally know others who have finished the program and look incredible! I am dedicated and determined to finish as well as move on to other programs offered through Beach Body. I also love supporting those who are on their fitness journey as well.

If you are looking for more information contact me as well as visit my Team Beach Body website: http://www.fitphotographer.com/ (shameless plug I know… whatever LOL)

Let’s all make a choice to live a healthy life. We owe it to ourselves and to the people that love us.

Oh yeah…because I know some are itching to see progress photos, I promise to post them when I finish. I will probably do the Day 1 and Day 90 photographs.