Kristie Alley

Creator of P90x, Tony Horton will be appearing On Kristie Alley’s reality show, Big Life, on May 2 on A&E.  It is the season premier of the Kristie’s show, which I have not seen yet but I have heard that it is pretty. I will be tuning in to see what Tony Horton is going to be involved in. My guess is that Tony will be providing Kristie Alley with tips on exercise and nutrition, he may even put her on P90x.

I’ll update this post after I watch the show and write about what happened…

I watched Kristie Alley’s show last night. It was kind of funny. She has a friend on the show with her, a chubby guy named Jim, I’m not sure who is he is or what he does, but on this episode he had a bunch of weight loss products that he ordered from infomercials and he was testing them out. Kristie Alley was watching the P90x infomercial and told her friend Jim that they we’re going to do it. Jim replied with, “that looks too hard”.

Kristie got in touch with Tony Horton who stopped by and led them in a workout. The chubby guy Jim had six pack abs airbrushed on his stomach to try to impress Tony. Tony was at a loss of words.

Here is the clip from the show:

I found this great interview at www.AskMen.com that I wanted to share. In this article Tony Horton talks about P90x in depth and explains how and why it works. Tony explains that P90x is not a weight loss product, it is a lifestyle changing product. The editor of the article actually tested P90x out and had great results, he lost 25 pounds.

Here is the actual article:

Everyone is skeptical when it comes to fitness trends, especially those presented on late-night infomercials, especially ones that claim to be (and are) the No. 1 infomercial in the country. When something is so popular, AskMen feels obligated to put the product through the wringer. So, for the 90 days required to complete P90X we put our nose to the grindstone for your benefit, which is to report the truth to men.

Does Tony Horton’s P90X work? Honestly, that’s your decision, but this editor lost a total of 25 pounds, 4.5 inches off my waist and 10% body fat. Did I have the weight to lose? Hell yes I did. But I still had doubts as to whether or not I was the “ideal” candidate for P90X since it wasn’t developed as a weight-loss program — “it’s a lifestyle-shifting program.” When I expressed my doubts to Tony Horton and told him about my minimal activity and poor eating habits prior to P90X, he expressed to me that P90X is a “50-50 equation” where activity and nutrition are concerned. “P90X works for anybody really.”

P90X comes with explicit instructions about your training, an in-depth nutrition plan that can get pretty expensive, and there are hidden costs behind just the DVDs you order (you have to buy home gym equipment and optional protein powder and bars). While doing P90X some questions came up, some of which Tony answered for us.

TONY HORTON ON P90X SKEPTICS

I think there’s skepticism because it’s a philosophy that is atypical. When it comes to approaching fitness, people want to master something and so this amount a variety typically is not a mentality that a lot of professional fitness folks take. They like to stick to the same old thing: Do cardio a certain way and get good at it, do yoga and get really good at it. I’m trying to avoid boredom, plateaus and injuries. We have different demographics [doing P90X]: We have people who are not in shape and we have ex-athletes that are looking to become better athletes, and oddly enough the combination of different types of exercises seems to work for both. Jerry Stackhouse just came out of retirement and he was doing P90X to get ready — and he’s knocking people over with how fit he is. How can you be skeptical about that? If you’re skeptical, you’re not very bright.

TONY HORTON ON P90X AND COMPARABLE PRODUCTS

[P90X] is relatively hard, there’s an excitement about it, it brings out the best in people, it brings out their deep desires to want to be better because of a combination of things, [like] muscle confusion and new movements. A piece of machine, like a Total Gym or something, is probably very effective if you do what they tell you to do, but it doesn’t have any personality, there’s not a camaraderie there that you feel when you’re watching people who are working hard on the screen in front of you.

TONY HORTON ON MUSCLE CONFUSION

If you go up and down a ladder a bunch of times, you’ll get some exercise from that, but if you climb a rock wall, you’re gonna get a lot more. The nuances in muscle confusion [is that] it’s multidimensional. In P90X there’s a strong emphasis on flexibility, there’s a strong emphasis on resistance exercises, there’s a strong emphasis on core, there’s a strong emphasis on cardiovascular strength, there’s plyometrics in there for fast-twitch work. The idea is to work on your strengths and weaknesses, and that’s what muscle confusion does. Muscle confusion is a plateau-buster because you’re constantly challenging different aspects of your fitness.

TONY HORTON ON RECOVERY DURING P90X

Great fitness comes from a smart strategy and the proper recovery time. It’s about stress management and getting enough sleep. People don’t talk about that because it’s not as exciting as muscle confusion, but it’s as important as proper diet and variety in exercise. Sometimes you have to do nothing so that you can do something.

TONY HORTON ON THE KEY TO P90X

With P90X we made sure that we created a product for a society that is extremely overweight, so that’s really the key. The key is to try to give everybody the opportunity to get fit and healthy. But we all have different starting points and that’s why there are so many modifications in P90X.

TONY HORTON ON PREPARING FOR P90X

There are really two different groups of people who come and ask me that question, and I say that you have to figure out which of these you are:

If you’re not athletic with a bunch of weight to lose and you jump into P90X, plan on having a really hard time for the first 45 to 60 days, where you’re not going to be able to do maybe half the routines, half of the exercises. But while everybody else is doing pull-ups and you’re toast, you’re marching in place and you come back another day and do an extra pull-up, an extra push-up. You have to modify the hell out of the program, but each time you come back, you might be able to do a rep or two more because you’re focused, you’re consistent, you’re eating right, [and] the weight’s coming off.

For other people, I say go get P90; the workouts are half as long, they’re half as intense, but it’s still working, it’s still six days a week and it’s still a diet program.

TONY HORTON ON WHY PEOPLE FAIL OR SUCCEED

I think people fail because their reasons for doing it aren’t very good. Usually we get caught up in the desire to look differently in the future, but you have no idea how you’re going to look in the future. It all becomes about ego and aesthetics. Typically that’s the reason why everybody buys into theses short-term products that help them lose weight. P90X is not a weight-loss product; people will lose weight, but it’s a health and fitness product, it’s a lifestyle-shifting program.

The people who succeed are the ones that go: “I want a new life; I want to feel good; I want to be healthier; I want to be fitter; I want to do things that’ll make me less vulnerable to being hurt and getting sick.”

If your priorities are in order and your reasons why are based more on being a better person as opposed to looking good in front of people who could care less, that’s huge and that’s really the difference between the two.

TONY HORTON ON QUITTING P90X BECAUSE OF TIME ISSUES

If you exercise today and eat better today and follow along the best you can based on whatever you’re dealing with (busy schedule, kids, traveling, bio rhythms, etc.), do your best, and forget the rest. If you want to be healthy today, you work out today. If you want to be fit today, you work out today. If you want to improve the quality of your life, you work out today. Twenty minutes or more a day is going to change your quality of life, give you enthusiasm and energy, help cognition and memory improve; that is a universal truth. That happens for everybody.

TONY HORTON ON TRAINING & EATING TIMES

There’s no universal truth there [to the best time of day to train and eat]. You’re a victim of your reality, and your reality dictated that that was the best thing for you to do so you could show up every day. You had what you had so you did what you did. When people ask me if it’s better to train in the morning or night, my answer is: “Well, if you’re rich and don’t have a job, you have options.” But who has that?

TONY HORTON ON BEING FULL OR HUNGRY

At camp this week, I got two different questions from two different people. One was: “I’m starving all the time. I feel like I’m balking. I’m following the diet guide to a T. What do I do?” I just said: “Eat more.” It’s a general guide, not a bible. You have to focus on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats. Just eat more calories. Then the opposite happened. I had a question that was about “I can’t eat all of this food.” I said: “Then don’t eat it.” Eat when you’re hungry; just make sure that what you’re eating is clean.

TONY HORTON ON PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS

In theory, bodybuilders think you need a gram of protein for every pound that you weigh. I think it’s more like half that, but if you’re gonna work really hard and lift big, protein is the one that will help your muscles grow. P90X has three different versions (the classic, the lean and doubles), so if you’re doing doubles, obviously you’re going to need a little bit more protein than somebody who’s doing the lean version.

TONY HORTON ON PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS

In theory, bodybuilders think you need a gram of protein for every pound that you weigh. I think it’s more like half that, but if you’re gonna work really hard and lift big, protein is the one that will help your muscles grow. P90X has three different versions (the classic, the lean and doubles), so if you’re doing doubles, obviously you’re going to need a little bit more protein than somebody who’s doing the lean version.

TONY HORTON ON CHEAT DAYS

A cheat day is really going to set you back. Think of all the excess calories, the excess salt, fats, sugar. If you’re eating a whole day of that stuff, the next day is going to be a disaster. Have a cheat meal or snack; that’s what I do. I like chocolate chip cookies. I like a small bite of ice cream. I don’t eat candy or donuts [because] I don’t eat white flour.

TONY HORTON ON LIFE AFTER  P90X

Get out and see what your new body can do; find a hobby; find a sport.

TONY HORTON ON HIS MOTIVATION

It makes me happier. It helps my confidence. It’s fun to be super fit at 51 and I would never want to lose that. I love challenging myself. I love skiing faster, skiing steeper.

Buddy Does The Downward Dog Yoga Pose

Recently while doing the P90x Yoga x workout I noticed my dog Buddy watching me. Not long after he was joining right in. In the photo to the right I was able to get a picture of him performing a perfect downward dog yoga pose. I guess he figured that if the pose was name after his species he should be able to do it correctly. Great job Buddy! Now lets see how he does with the balance postures…

It is Great to that the CEO of Beachbody, Carl Daikeler uses and believes in his company’s products. Carl used P90x and had great results. It would be pretty bad to see a CEO of a fitness company who was fat and out of shape.

This is what Carl had to say, “As the CEO of Beachbody, the maker of P90X, I can tell you from my own experience that it’s possible to completely transform your body in just 90 days. Now at the age of 41, it’s no exaggeration to say that I look and feel 20 years younger and I’m fitter than I’ve ever been. Even my mother wondered whose body my head was stuck on after looking at these pictures.”

“P90X is the time machine that brought on this transformation, and without a doubt, it’s the most amazing in-home boot camp Beachbody has ever created. With 12 (yes, 12!) extreme routines, P90X is fitness taken to a completely new level. With celebrity trainer Tony Horton as my guide, I lost my love handles, chiseled out an 8-pack, and in general, got ripped all over—and I did it in just 90 days.

The one piece of wisdom I’ve learned in my 41 years (and I’ve only just learned this), is that it’s never too late to hit your peak. Let P90X and Beachbody help you hit yours.”

One of the latest in the fitness industry, Slim in 6 workouts from Beachbody is a DVD series that gives you fitness success in 6 weeks. It’s meant for those individuals looking for effective workout programs while on a diet plan to change eating habits.

Screenshot Of The Facebook Fan Page

The P90x facebook fan page has reached 100,000 fans!

I can remember about 6 months back there was only about 22,000 fans. The P90x workout program is becoming extremely popular for one reason…It Works!

As  a Beachbody Coach this is great, there are 100,000 fans of a product that I sell. I am able to connect with them to answer any questions they might have about P90x, I can let them know about the P90x recovery drink, p90x protein bars, and also the beachbody business opportunity.

Lets compare P90x to some other facebook  fan pages:

• Diet Coke-152,820 fans
• Slim Fast-813 fans
• Paula Abdul’s Cardio Cheer Workout DVD -314
• Avon-20,400

Make Money With P90x

There is an incredible opportunity to be able to make money with P90x, the hottest workout program on the market. The P90x exercise program has been given the credits for getting professional athletes, celebrities, police officers, firemen, teenagers, and retired men and women. The list could go on and on but I think you get the point, P90x is for everyone and the best thing about the P90x workout program is that works. You have to look pretty hard to be able to find any negative feedback on P90x, which is pretty rare for any product.

There is a great way to make money with P90x, as well with other great workouts. Many people don’t know that the company that distributes P90x, Beachbody, has opened up a direct selling opportunity that is available to anyone who wants to make some extra money from home.

The Beachbody business is a very simple and popular concept. There is a very low start up cost, and once you join Beachbody gives you your own online Beachbody store website where you’ll make a 25% commission on all sales made through your website. Several highlights of Beachbody’s business opportunity is that you’re not required to buy any inventory, don’t have to worry about shipping the products or billing the customers, Beachbody does all of that for you. All you have to do is cash a check.

The Beachbody business opportunity also gives you the opportunity to build a team of other Beachbody business owners (Coaches) and earn team volume cycle bonuses. Building a team of Beachbody Coaches is where the income potential is virtually unlimited.

Beachbody was a successful and profitable company for 8 years before the launched their business opportunity. The opportunity was initially offered to customers as a trial basis, after having great success with the trials they opened it up to everyone. With such great products, Beachbody’s business opportunity is definitely something every entreprenuer should take a look at.

First celebrities, the professional athletes, now cartoon characters! P90x is really becoming a household name. I’ve been informed that Homer Simpson has completed his first round of P90x and had had great success.

Homer's P90x Results

Below is Homer’s P90x transformation video. It really changed his life, a truly inspiring story.

Tony Horton

Improvement and change occur when you do things often. Stopping and starting all the time will kill any momentum you need to succeed. You must find ways to stay in the game. Moderate forms of exercise, done consistently, provide far better results than the occasional full-body pummeling. A lifestyle that includes multiple forms of exercise five to six days a week guarantees results.

There are certain things that rise to the surface when it comes to staying consistent. One of them is staying motivated. How does anyone sustain anything without motivation? You bought one of my programs because you’re committed to making huge changes in your life. Being consistent is critical. Sustaining it and staying motivated at times can be difficult. It’s easy to create reasons not to do Power 90®, especially when you’re feeling weak and puny, and my jokes aren’t funny anymore. We travel, get sick, get tired, and often get discouraged. We work too hard, we under-sleep, and get stressed out. So what do we do about it? It can be overwhelming. What about the people who don’t quit? Who are they? Are they super-android-robots from a galaxy far, far away? What the hell makes them so special? Why are these robot-people consistent and others not? The answer is that successful, consistent, and motivated folk have tricks . . . Aha! They have found a way to do it anyway.

Here’s my list of tricks that will help you stay motivated and consistent.

• Stop beating yourself up if you can’t sustain and/or maintain your “perfect” plan. It’s okay to miss a workout once in a while. It doesn’t mean that your process has gone to hell in a handcart. It doesn’t mean you have to start over. Life happens. Priorities shift. So what? Big deal. Just start up where you left off. If you’re doing Power 90 or P90X®, just add the missed days to the back end. I decree the burden lifted! Of course you must recognize the difference between a missed workout or two and a missed week or two. If you miss two weeks of exercise, it will take at least that long to get back where you left off. If you miss one workout once in a while, you lose nothing. The extra day off can even do the body good.

• Don’t freak out if you don’t see results in the first 45 days. “What?! No results in the first month and a half?!” See, I knew you’d freak out. The reality is that we all have different starting points. The 90 in Power 90 and P90X stands for 90 days, not 90 minutes. Some folks will see results the first week—bastards! Others will have to wait a little longer, based on age, body weight, how out of shape they are when they start the program, flexibility, balance, athletic background, etc.—this is normal. The variety of workouts in P90X purposely plays into your strengths and weaknesses. Both programs were created to have a 30-to-50-day “adaptive phase.” This phase is shorter for some and longer for others. Be patient. Your body will adapt, and you will be amazed at how you look and feel.

-Tony Horton

I am into the second recovery week of P90x. My days are are screwed up though because I extended the phase between weeks 5-7. So I did an extra week worth of workouts before the second recovery week. I added this extra week because I screwed up my schedule. I somehow looked at the P90x lean schedule and was going off that for 2 weeks. I somehow only ended up 4 days behind schedule even with adding an extra week.

So the past 4 days were the start of the second recovery week. Although it is a recovery week, it is still pretty tough, yoga 2 times this week, ouch. Day 53 was yoga x. Yoga is still very hard for me but for some reason I like this workout, it’s challenging and different.

Day 54 of P90x was core synergistics. Core Synergistics is a total body workout that focuses on strengthening the lumbar spine and trunk muscles. It is made up up a wide variety of all different kinds of moves and exercises.

Day 55 of P90x was Kenpo X. I skipped this workout and substituted it with my Muay Thai kickboxing class. These classes can be very exhausting and is probably harder than the Kenpo workout, so I don’t feel guilty for skipping the Kenpo X workout.

Day 56 of my P90x workout was the stretching routine. This is just a relaxing hour of stretching out the entire body. I feel great after this workout is over.