Reviews, Health, and Other Stuff

Here you will find things about fitness and nutrition, mainly (but not exclusively) in relation to the Beachbody programs like P90x and Insanity. And, I will start adding reviews for Books, DVDs and Blu-Rays, and other products. All views and opinions on this blog are my own.

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Start of Week 3 and updated stats

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I started week 3 of P90x2 today. I did the X2 core workout again. Really nothing new to report on that one. I am still making progress wi...

Knee or leg pain during plyometrics? It is probably the shoes

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Hey everyone, I just wanted to do a quick post because I see all the time on the team beachbody message boards about people doing Insanity a...
Friday, March 30, 2012

week 2 of X2 done

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Just finished my last workout of week 2, Balance and Power. I got better at most of the exercises. Some of the stability ball ones were st...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Second attempt at yoga x2

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Hey everyone. I am getting toward the end of my second week with P90x2. I just did the yoga workout for the second time, and I still maint...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Week 2 day 4 of X2

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Hey everyone, I did the total body workout for the second time today. I am getting better at the moves, but still have to modify some of th...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

P90x2, plyocide round 2

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Hey everyone, I just finished my second go around with plyocide. Like the core workout I felt overall I got a little better having done the...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

Week 1 of P90x2 is in the books

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Hey everyone. I just started on week 2 of P90x. I did X2 core for the second time today. I am getting better at the moves and am definitel...
Friday, March 23, 2012

P90x2, balance and power...week one done

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I just finished the Balance and Power workout. Like most of the others in Phase one, there is not a lot of explosive movements, but what ar...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

P90x2 Yoga

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Today was my 4th workout for P90x2, the yoga workout. I loved it. It is much much better than P90x yoga. As I said in a previous post, th...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

P90x2 Total Body

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Hey everyone. I just finished with the total body workout. Let me tell you there was a LOT of swearing going on. Most of the moves involv...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

P90x2 Day2 Plyocide

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Today was the second day of my P90x2 journey. The X2 version of plyometrics. The best description of it is a cross between P90x Plyo and a...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Day 1 of P90X2

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Hey everyone I just finished with X2 core a little while ago. I love that workout. I found it to be very challenging in spots. And for th...
Friday, March 16, 2012

P90x2 Fit Test

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I just finished the fit test for P90x2. I had already worked out today, so some of the numbers may be a little off, but here they are: Pul...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

How to succeed with working out...foundation, foundation foundation

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As I was tutoring math today, I thought of a nice analogy to working out. I had a student taking a survey of calculus class who was horribl...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Why I love Plyometrics

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I just finished doing my last #p90x plyo session for at least a while, and I wanted to do a short post on why I love plyo workouts. Simply ...

When is the best time to start?

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Most people who are into fitness and working out will say the best time to start is now. Or there is no perfect or best time to start worki...
Monday, March 12, 2012

P90X Kenpo too easy? Here are some options

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For those of you doing P90x, one thing that I hear a lot is that the Kenpo program is easy, sometimes too easy. Again this will be one of t...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Less than a week until P90x2

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I am in the home stretch finishing up an abbreviated round of P90x. I will be starting P90x2 on the 17th. I am starting on a Saturday to w...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

You Can't Always Trust Your Scale

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One thing that invariably happens when people start a workout program is that they focus in like a laser on their weight and see that as the...
Friday, March 9, 2012

The I don't have time to work out excuse

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We live in a world of instant gratification. People wants what they want, now, without ever having to do much work to get it. This may wor...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Importance of Yoga

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If you open a book on fitness, kinesiology (which is the study of human movement), personal training etc, most of them will stress the impor...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Which Beachbody Program is the best?

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It is obviously a question with no real answer...at least an answer that is not totally subjective. The best program is always the one you ...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

More on Nutrition

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One question that seems to get asked a lot when people start a fitness program like P90X is do I have to follow the nutrition plan? I think...
Monday, March 5, 2012

The Anatomy of A Cheat Day

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One thing that is usually brought up in conversation is whether or not to have a cheat day when doing a program like P90x, Insanity or any o...
Sunday, March 4, 2012

P90X and nutrition. How important is it?

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It seems that people often ask do they really need to follow the nutrition guide to get results on P90x. The quick answer it depends. It d...
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