Sometimes its not life that gets us offtrack, sometimes its doubters and people projecting their problems. I have heard, more than once, that “P90X is a scam” or “how can you get in shape from a infomercial?”. The reality is, P90X works and those people have issues of their own. This reminds me of a quote from Franklink D. Roosevelt:

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

Basically, don’t let those watching from the sideline have an impact on what you are trying to do….they aren’t even in the arena!

Keep at it, keep pressing play and keep ignoring the critics!

This weeks product spotlight is the Bodylastic Resistance Bands. The resistance bands made by Bodylastics are above and beyond the best on the market. Your entire P90X workout regiment (sans Yoga X) can be administered by the Bodylastic Resistance Bands. They are strong enough to be used as a pullup bar replacement, and they hold up for all of the arm workouts.

One aspect of a good product is durability. I have used many resistance bands and time after time, they begin to weaken over time. I have now had my Bodylastic bands for quite some time and they are still as resistant as when I first bought them. This is the ultimate sign of quality and a product that I feel good about recommending.

Please click on the image below to get more information on this amazing product. As you can see, the Bodylastic bands are promoted by Terrell Owens. Now, you may not be a big fan of T.O., but he is in amazing shape. There are several videos out there that detail his workout using the bands.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment and I will respond. Trust me, you will take your P90X workout to the next level with the Bodylastic Resistance Bands.

The people who know it only by the infomercial will almost never give it a try or listen as you try to explain it becase “how can an infomercial ever be for real?” I don’t waste my time with these people, becasue they probably don’t work out to begin with and aren’t open to changing their bad habits.

The people who know nothing about it are the people that I love to talk to. They are usually stuck in the same routine of going to the gym and working out with no purpose. They are usually openminded and looking for a regiment that works. They usually will listen.

The people that have worked out with P90X understand its power. They get it, they really understand what its about. They understand that not only does it change their lives from a fitness perspective, but it can change their lives from a life perspective. 

BeachBody, the creators of P90X, have created an entire industry around P90X. Hundreds of people are employeed via the coaching opportunity, while others have become personal trainers inspired by amazing transformation from P90X. When you enter the world of P90X, you are given every support tool possible to be successful. 

You can sign up to have a BeachBody coach assigned to you, for free. You also have access to the forums that have thousands of people on hand to give you support and answer any questions you have. There are numerous videos on YouTube of people giving their weekly updates. 

What I am trying to get at is that the only way you can fail at P90X is within yourself. If you give to it, it will give back tenfold. You are given all the tools and support that you will ever need. Its out there for you to take………..go get it!

In comes my iPod!

I took my P90X DVD’s and ripped them to my computer using Handbrake. I then put the ripped video on my iPod and now I have Tony Horton in the gym with me. I love doing my P90X workouts at the gym!

Eat five to eight fresh fruits and vegetables every day
The P90X philosophy is: Don’t ever hold yourself back from enjoying all the fresh fruits and veggies you want!

Enjoy whole-grain carbs
Ditch white breads, bagels, doughnuts, cookies and the like. Tear into a hunk of all-natural whole-grain bread instead with gusto! You don’t have to eat carbs at every meal, but you should have at least one serving of carbs every day. That’s because your brain relies solely on carbs for its energy source. Sure, you’ll be trim if you don’t eat any carbs, but you’ll come across as a ditz! Your protein serving should always be larger than your carb serving to prevent your blood sugar from spiking, then plummeting. The last thing you want is to feel weak and shaky during your P90X workout!

Enjoy good fats
Good fats are monounsaturated and polyunsaturated; some sources include avocados, olive oil, fish and nuts. The P90X fitness system recommends fish as the most lean source of protein and as the best source of omega 3 oils. Wild Alaskan salmon is best. Saturated and trans fats are bad; some sources include meat, dairy products and hydrogenated oils.

Drink at least six to ten 8oz glasses of water every day.
Water flushes away excess fat. That’s a good thing, because you’re going to crave tons of water after your P90X Cardio X, Plyometrics and Kenpo X workouts!

Avoid these items at all costs:
fast food burgers and fries; hydrogenated oils and high-fructose corn syrup. When you follow the P90X fitness mindset, you don’t even regard them as food. Think of them as poisonous artery-clogging and liver-taxing toxins.

Never, ever skip meals or starve yourself.
This will only slow down your metabolism anyway. You are going to need plenty of energy for your P90X workouts! Never leave the table hungry, and never leave the table miserably stuffed. Eat until you are full, but not overloaded.

Ingredient-wise, this is cola’s get-out-of-jail-free card. Carbonated water—water injected with carbon dioxide gas—has received a bad rap over the years, but current studies suggest there’s little wrong with it. The idea that the phosphorus (the “fizz”) in bubbly water drains calcium from bones was shown to be untrue in a 2001 study by the Creighton University Osteoporosis Research Center in Nebraska. So if you give up the soda and stick to the soda water, you’ll be in good shape.

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)

For the uninitiated, HFCS is corn syrup that has gone through enzymatic processing to increase its fructose level. It’s then mixed with un-enzymatic processed corn syrup to make a combo of fructose and glucose that can be used as a sweetener. Due to the massive amount of corn our country produces, HFCS is cheaper than white cane sugar and, therefore, the sweetener of choice for just about every American junk food you can think of.

There have been all kinds of theories and studies over the years claiming that HFCS is worse for you than other sugars. Conversely, the Corn Refiners Association has gone to great lengths to dispute this information, but it’s a losing battle. They have yet to comment on the latest studies, one published in Environmental Health and another from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, both showing that HFCS can contain mercury.

Whomever you believe, this stuff just isn’t good for you. One 12-ounce can (and who drinks just a can anymore?) contains 39 grams of simple carbohydrates, all from HFCS. With no fat, no protein, and no fiber, it’s 140 calories of blood-sugar-spiking sweetness. It’s like eating 9 teaspoons of table sugar. So no matter what you call it, what vegetable it’s derived from, or how you process it, it’s bad for you.

Caramel color

Also known as caramel coloring, this is just sugar heated until it turns brown. However, the heating process to make class IV sulfite ammonia caramel coloring, the kind they put in soft drinks, requires ammonia. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this doesn’t affect the toxicological properties. A joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization expert committee on food additives wasn’t quite as sure and suggested a 0 to 200 milligram per kilogram of body weight limit on the stuff. Most colas don’t appear to publish the amount of caramel color they use, so we have no idea how much you’ll find in a Big Gulp.

Either way, in the U.S., guess what kind of sugar this stuff is made of? Yes, corn syrup (see: High Fructose Corn Syrup [HFCS]).

Phosphoric acid

Phosphoric acid is a chemical that gives colas their “tangy taste.” It’s much cheaper to use than more natural ingredients. The belief that phosphoric acid lowers bone density is contentious. While it’s true that a 2006 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that women who consume cola daily have lower bone density, that could also be because those soda drinkers were less inclined to drink calcium-rich beverages such as milk. Furthermore, the Creighton University study (see: Carbonated water) suggests that it wasn’t the phosphoric acid causing the problem—rather, it was the caffeine.

Regardless, phosphoric acid makes an excellent rust remover for iron and steel. So think about that the next time you have a hankering for a cola.

Natural flavors

Most people believe the word “natural” means that these flavors are the good stuff. Nothing could be further from the truth. Eric Schlosser, in his amazing book Fast Food Nation, sums it up best. Basically, just because a flavor is “natural” doesn’t mean it’s healthier than an “artificial” flavor. In fact, sometimes the opposite can be true. The example Schlosser brings up is almond flavoring. “When almond flavor is derived from natural sources,” he writes, “such as peach and apricot pits, it contains traces of hydrogen cyanide, a deadly poison.”

Conversely, artificial almond flavor “derived through a different process (by mixing oil of clove and the banana flavor, amyl acetate) does not contain any cyanide.”

Most colas’ secret recipes are safely hidden in their natural ingredients. Given that it’s one of the best-kept secrets in industrial history, props to you if you can figure out what you’re drinking.

Caffeine

Considering that some of our supplements contain caffeine, it would be downright hypocritical to trash it here. The simple fact is that in small amounts caffeine is fine. In fact, it’s an ergogenic aid, meaning that it can increase the capacity for mental or physical labor. However, if you get too carried away, it can lead to everything from peptic ulcers to sleep disorders to the above-mentioned bone density loss.

So if you’re at risk for osteoporosis, you’re probably going to want to pass on caffeine. Otherwise, you’ll want to drink it in moderation.

How does this bode badly for soda? Simple. Pretty much every other source of caffeine around has some kind of benefit. Supplements have myriad benefits. Coffee and tea contain antioxidants. Even chocolate, in moderation, is said to be beneficial, with its antioxidants, flavonoids, and phenylethylamine—a mild mood enhancer. Why get it drinking soda, a beverage without a single other beneficial quality yet several detrimental ones?

What I liked about Cardio X
I really enjoyed the fact that the workout was not borning. Cardio X mixes in exercises of all different sorts: Yoga, Plyo, Kenpo, Ab Ripper etc. This workout really kept my attention and the workout seemed to fly by.

What I didn’t like about Cardio X
This workout was not as intense as Plyo or Kenpo X. While Kenpo X isn’t as intensive as Plyo, it is much more instensive than Cardio X.

I think Cardio X is a really great workout, but I htink its a better substitute for your Rest or Stretch X day than it is for Plyo or Kenpo X. To me, Plyo is the greatest workout in the P90X program due to its intensity.

Studies have shown that in several groups of people who were given a diet that was low in calories, the group that was given the most protein to eat, lost the least amount of muscle mass overall. When trying to lose fat by dieting, you want to make sure that you keep as much of your muscle mass as possible. This keeps your metabolism from slowing down too much. It is for this reason that you shouldn’t take part in any kind of diet that asks you to give up all or most of the protein from your diet.

Muscles burn fat because they need calories for maintenance. You will burn more calories for the more muscle you have on your body. People who frequently use crash diets tend to lose lots of muscle mass. When these people return to normal eating habits, their metabolism will actually work slower from the lost muscle mass. They will tend to put on even more weight than they initially lost from dieting and losing weight becomes even harder and frustrating.

Protein is a word that literally means “of prime importance”. It’s a vital nutrient and is used primarlity to build the body structures, especially muscle. It’s also used to build organs, hair, hormones, nails and many more body parts. The human body cannot operate or survive without adequate protein. Those who have weight issues are found to consume less protein than they actually need. If you exercise or are very active mentally, your protein needs are actually much higher.

Protein is an excellent tool for aiding weight loss, and one way it helps is in it’s thermic value. Of all types of foods, it is protein that possesses the greatest thermic value and is also the hardest of foods to digest which means it burns up more calories. Taking longer to digest, it will leave you feeling satisfied for a longer period of time. It also doesn’t cause your blood sugar level to spike too quickly.

One important fact about protein is that it’s constructed of smaller amino acids. There are actually 12 essential amino acids that the body is unable to produce by itself and has to acquire them from external food sources. The majority of people are deficient in certain amino acids. This is either because they simply don’t consume enough, or that they don’t eat foods that have high quality protein within them that the body can easily assimilate. Eggs and yogurt contain protein of high biological value. This means that our body can utilize this protein much easier than other sources. Isolated whey powder is another excellent source.

If the food you regularly like to eat is not nutrient dense, you will need to eat more food and you will be hungrier more often. This is because it needs to eat a lot to get those nutrients that it needs. If on the other hand, you started to eat nutrient-dense foods, the body will need less food and only need food when it needs calories for energy. This is one of the main reasons why so many people fail on fad or starvation type diets. They feel intense hunger when depriving their body from what it really needs.

I should mention at this point that cooking protein destoys some of the amino acids which can leave you with only partial and incomplete protein. As protein is sensitive to cooking and heat, it would be a great idea to eat some raw source of protein daily. These can include nuts, seeds, whey, yogurt, cheese, and fruit and vegetables that haven’t been cooked. This will provide you with all 12 of those essential amino acids that the body craves. It can then produce the other acids from the initial 12.

Other great ways to preserve your lean muscle tissue is to perform regular training with weights or exercise. If your body needs it’s muscle for frequent motion, it will tend not to use them as fuel. It will use it’s fat stores instead to feed the cells and muscles of the body.

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HIIT consists of alternating high intensity “work intervals” with low to moderate intensity “recovery intervals” over a 15-20 minute time period. For example, you sprint 40 yards and then walk 40 yards, and then continue to alternate these work and recovery intervals. Or you run for one minute and then jog for three minutes, and then continue to alternate these work and recovery intervals. You can also perform HIIT on almost any piece of aerobic exercise equipment by adjusting the speed, incline or resistance level up and down during your workout. There are many different ways to structure a HIIT workout.

Here are the primary benefits of high intensity interval training:

HIIT burns a lot of calories during the workout and it also causes your metabolic rate to be elevated for up to 24 hours after the workout is over. A higher metabolic rate causes your body to burn more calories, even when you’re at rest. And the more calories you burn, the more body fat you’ll lose. The increase in metabolic rate from HIIT is much higher than the increase from traditional aerobic exercise.

HIIT is just as effective at improving cardiovascular fitness as traditional aerobic exercise, but it requires less time.

HIIT helps prevent burnout, repetitive injury and aerobic adaptation. Many people do the same aerobic exercise routine month after month, which can lead to burnout, repetitive injury or aerobic adaptation. Aerobic adaptation is where your body adapts to a particular aerobic exercise routine, and it can cause fat loss to come to a stop. HIIT is a great way to add variety to your aerobic exercise routine and help prevent burnout, repetitive injury and aerobic adaptation.

HIIT will improve athletic performance and help prevent injury. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a serious athlete, HIIT will improve your speed, power and explosiveness, which will improve your athletic performance and help prevent injury.

As you can see, high intensity interval training has several impressive benefits, but it’s not for everyone. Even though a HIIT workout doesn’t last that long, HIIT is demanding. It’s not appropriate for those who have never exercised before, or those who are just starting to exercise after a long layoff, or those with cardiovascular problems. You need to have good cardiovascular fitness before attempting HIIT.

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When human beings gain weight, their bodies accumulate fat in different body areas. Generally, for males, fat accumulates in the stomach area first. For women, on the other hand, extra weight manifests in the butt and thigh areas. Contrary to what some people say, there are no specific exercises that can effectively reduce fat in a particular body area. Before you can melt the fats in your tummy area, there should be weight loss occurring in all body areas. Muscles in some body parts must also be exercised regularly for a leaner and more chiseled appearance.

A change in one’s diet will promote weight loss and may stimulate the body to have a firmer look. Oily and fried food, as well as junk food, should be avoided and should be replaced with healthy alternatives, like fruits and vegetables. Moreover, to get rid of those unwanted fat fast, make sure to engage in physical activities regularly. Exercises need not be complicated and strenuous though. Even a 30-minute walk done regularly will do wonders for you. When you exercise, your metabolism works faster in delivering food to the cells to produce needed energy for physical activities.

When coming up with an exercise plan, remember that it is impossible to spot reduce fat. So, when you happen to see advertisements that compel you to buy something that will particularly remove tummy fat fast, think twice about buying it. This way, you will not be brainwashed into buying something that does not really work. Working out your abs every day is not the solution to your problem. It might work for a few, but most people just end up frustrated after having subscribed to the spot reduce myth.

As previously mentioned, the combination of a healthy diet and regular exercise will help you get rid of excess body weight. To make these even more effective, make sure to drink 10 to 12 glasses of water every day and refrain from eating at least two hours before you sleep. By following these tips, you will surely be able to lose your tummy fat fast.

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