Workout programs that chisel your body for an amazing lifestyle

After turning 47 this month I did a Power Blast Podcast on how P90X really took my health to new levels. It was really apparent when we attended the state fair and all of it’s temptation nightmares, when people approached me and asked if P90X really worked. How validating and what a compliment. Not only to me, but to the effectiveness of P90X and the results it can take a person. Especially a person who took the “dreaded 40s” decade and made it to be the best decade yet.

So, I stepped back the other day after a hard workouts and it hit me. Over the past decade, it wasn’t just P90X that got me in stellar shape. It was an entire line of Beachbody workout programs, products and support systems that has chiseled the body and created the lifestyle I have today. I just disciplined myself to show up, do the work and take advantage of all of the amazing tools. It truly has become a Beachbody lifestyle of fitness, health, nutrition, support, friendships and so much more! Their workout programs are the only ones I have done over the past decade. Pretty impressive with all of the options that have popped up over the past few years.

No matter what health and fitness program you choose, you need to recognize that commitment starts with the small things. Those things you need to do daily. That’s what will bring you success. Show up each day! It’s never too late!

So, let me break this Beachbody decade down. It’s not to necessarily toot my own horn. It’s merely to point out the fact that these workouts and nutrition tools work well, provide variety, and are complete systems to get you results, as evidenced by the chiseled guy writing this article.

2002

• Bought Power 90. Tried it, was hard. Quit doing it. Put it on the shelf. Got fatter.

2003

• Tired of getting fat
• Power 90 – round 1, committed to 90 days, hoping it would work.
• Lost 20 pounds and 3 belt loop notches
• Bought Power Half Hour (to workout in less time), sporadically worked outt, you guessed it…started to get fatter
• Recommitted to Power 90 and got back on track
• Lost my wife, Terri, in a car accident and stood at a crossroads..depression or continue to improve and use her inspiration to push myself

2004

• P90X released and scared to death, but dove in head first
• Lost 18 pounds and started getting definition I never knew possible
• Repeated P90X
• Submitted video results and was a September Success Story with Beachbody (won $500)

2005

• P90X to start the year!
• Met my good friend and coach, Ronda Hendrix
• Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis.. what a pain!
• Online Chat with Debbie Siebers got me to eating vegetables (check out her Attack of the Saddlebag Videos!)
• Slim in Six Slim Series
• Featured in the first run of the P90X infomercial… what an honor!
• Turbo Jam – Um… all over the place!
• Collapsed on the floor and couldn’t walk …would later discover a degenerative

2006

• Started the year with modified Slim Series to work thru the pain of my lower back (L4 & L5 discs if you know what I mean)
• Lots of Physical Therapy & Chiropractic treatments
• P90X workouts modified and have given up on lifting heavy weights or resistance. Too much on the back. Working mostly on Core strength and stability.
• Recorded one of my first YouTube videos on a Core Strength Test.
• 10,000 pushups in a month challenge.. did it in 3 weeks!
• P90X finished the year with a little Turbo and Slim Series mixed in

2007

• Became a Team Beachbody Coach
• January Million Dollar Body Game Winner – $1000 woo hoo!
• Won $300 in WOWY
• Launched Power Blast Podcast
• Hip Hop Abs – I was all over the place and recorded an online video called Ha Ha Abs
• P90X doubles routine to lean out for the final MDB Game entry

2008

• Submitted my final entry for the Million Dollar Body Game at a weight of 151.
  I looked good, but it wasn’t sustainable for me.
• P90X Plus
• Ten Minute Trainer (also tried Rockin’ Body by Shaun T, but not for me!)
• P90X

2009

• ChaLean Extreme – I really love this program. Very complete and the audio CD is a gem! Thanks Chalene!
• Began Shakeology and have not stopped. Boy life is grand now!
• Insanity – even did this on vacation. Try it at an elevation of 8,000 feet!
• P90X

2010

• Brazil Butt Lift / Rev Abs – Did these as doubles. I was quickly humbled and switched to Rev Abs only after a month
• P90X Plus
• P90X
• Mixed in Tony Horton One on Ones
• P90X Plus – I really “heavied” up the weights and went low reps instead of timed routines. Great results here.

2011

• Insanity – I really worked on form over speed this time and really got great results and leaned down from the holidays!
• Tony Horton One on Ones
• Insanity The Asylum – Did 2 rounds. Love this program. So much fun!
• P90X (I’m back!)

2012

• P90X2

I do not publish this chronology to gloat (although I am rather impressed LOL!). I publish this to show that Beachbody produces a variety of body-transforming, life-changing workout programs. All a person needs to do is decide why they want to get in shape, commit to following a program as designed and get the support they need, and over time, the healthy lifestyle becomes… well, a lifestyle.

Come join me on this continuous journey. I’ll coach you. As you can see, I have lots of experience! 🙂