Tony Horton Helping the Military

On this Memorial Day Weekend, we gave thanks to all of the men and women in the military who are serving or have served and to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Tony Horton has made a commitment to the military, too.  He’s made some inroads with the military trying to get the services to incorporate his routines and update how they view fitness. To Tony P90X is calls “functional fitness,” and it’s qualitatively different from how fast you can run two miles, or how many sit-ups and push-ups you can do, which is how the military measures fitness.

The stats show that military fitness has deteriorated along with that of the general population. In April, a panel of retired military officers issued a report titled “Too Fat to Fight,” which called the trend a threat to national security. It found that too many extra pounds are the leading medical reason that 40 percent of 18-to-24-year-olds in 39 states had been rejected for military service. A decade ago, only one state, Kentucky, reached that dismal threshold. Each year, over 10,000 servicemen and women are mustered out of the military before the one-year mark because they are overweight or obese, meaning their body mass index is too high or they fail routine physical training tests.

Tony knows he can help the military shape up with his special blend of exercises that don’t require a lot of room or fancy equipment, just some exercise bands and a pull-up bar.

If you are active military, you can get P90X for 25% off when you take advantage of the Beachbody special offer to active military.  You are also ready to start making some extra income sharing this offer with other active military and building a business for when you retire.

When active duty members of the Military enroll as a Team Beachbody Coach, the cost of your business starter kit ($39.95) and your monthly business fees ($14.95) are waived (FREE) during the time of your active duty orders!

This is a great opportunity for you to get 25% off Beachbody products like P90X, Insanity, Shakeology, P90X Results and Recovery Formula, P90X Bars and much, much more! Team Beachbody  ships to APO/FPO!

Your first step is to get a free Team Beachbody membership by going to my Team Beachbody coach page, clicking on Join Team Beachbody and selecting the free membership option.  Once you have signed up, simply contact me by email or by phone at 1 505 688-7057 and I will send you the Active Military sign up form and the fax cover sheet to fax your application and a copy of your active duty orders or any suitable verification of your status, such as a copy of your military ID or your BIR.  Then you are all set to begin taking advantage of this token of gratitude and thanks from Team Beachbody!

Tony Horton Answers the Question, “How Do I keep Going?”

Here’s a question people ask me: “I’m finding that my exercise routine is very intense and I’m seeing the benefits on day 1, so what can I do to stay motivated and keep going?”

Most folks struggle with motivation every day. I’m one of them. Motivation can be broken down into a few subcategories. My Ninth Law of Health and Fitness is “Loving It.” Progress and motivation are possible if you look forward to your workouts. They have to be challenging and interesting to you. If you despise them before you start them, you’re not going to survive them for very long. If your reasons why are meaningful to you, then staying motivated is easier. I’m always promoting health, fitness, quality of life, and feeling good as reasons to get and stay motivated. Not to say that a person’s goal to lose weight or fit into smaller clothes isn’t motivating—it’s just that when these goals are obtained then new ones need to come into play.

When the numbers on your scale and measuring tape are low enough to make you happy then it’s important to start to explore some new numbers. I’m talking about numbers that relate to ability, improvement, and achievement. Your physical appearance will improve at a more rapid rate if you can start to exercise with your focus on power, speed, and strength. This mind set applies to both men and women. This means that your motivation comes from your desire to “Bring It” during exercise at home and out in the world. Let your P90X® or Power 90® workouts trigger something new and bigger than anything you’ve done before. For me it’s skiing and gymnastics. For you it could be anything that pushes you beyond the confines of repeating the same workouts the same way, day after day.

Sizzle in the South

It’s awesome when the physical transformations that Team Beachbody Coaches and customers achieve are recognized by the media.

No doubt, P90X standout and Team Beachbody Coach Demi Bean has turned a lot of heads since her transformation was revealed in our infomercial in 2007. Now it looks like it’s going to turn some pages as well.

Demi was featured recently in the Atlanta, GA based South Magazine, as a winner of their “South’s Greatest Bodies” contest.

Demi discovered Team Beachbody and P90X after the birth of her second child.

“Everything was smushy,” she said. Being a former U.S. Marine, Demi was no stranger to hard work. She quickly adopted the “X” mentality and transformed her body back into shape… and then some.

Her routine now consists of combinations of P90X, P90X+, P90X:2, Insanity-The Asylum, TurboFire, and RevAbs. She also eats strictly vegan with 50% of her diet coming from raw foods.

Demi was chosen as one of five female winners from hundreds of submissions.

Congratulations Demi and Team Beachbody for reaping the rewards of all that hard work!

You can find more about Demi and the other winners here – www.southmagazine.com

Posted April 10th, 2012 on Carl Daikeler’s blog

Being the Fat Kid Was All He Knew

Seth Epley said, “My entire life being the fat kid was the only thing I knew. Every action I took, every insecurity I had, was a result of my weight. People that haven’t been in this kind of situation don’t know how difficult life can be. Not just from a physical standpoint, but mentally as well. One day I simply decided enough was enough. I was 20 years old and straight up not enjoying life. It didn’t seem right to me. It was time to finally make a change – one I had wanted to make for as long as I could remember.“

What did Seth do? He ordered P90X and on March 3, 2010, started his first workout.

“From that first day I knew I was in for a lot of hard work. I honestly had doubts I would stick it out, but pushed them out of my head and told myself quitting wasn’t an option. It was incredibly tough at first. I was overwhelmed, but the fact that it was so hard for me is what pushed me. It turned out I had a competitive side I didn’t know existed. I wanted to prove to myself and others I could reach my goals – and surpass them.“

Seth obliterated his goals. After 90 days he lost 50 pounds! From there he moved to Insanity, then did a hybrid of P90X and Insanity, completed The Asylum and most recently is busting through P90X2

“As far as I’m concerned there’s no limit to what I’m capable of. My life motto has become, “mind over all”. It’s more than words, it’s a lifestyle.”

P90X2 A Slam Dunk?

Steve Edwards in his Straight Dope blog has a great post about Jeremy Evans who won the NBA slam dunk competition on All Star Weekend.  Steve says, “In this video of Evans training at P3 you’ll see him doing a lot of the same movements we do in P90X2, including the exact same PAP movements (step-up convicts to split squats).

Melissa, Now That’s Success!

When Melissa’s boyfriend Craig came to her with P90X and asked if she wanted to join him in a workout, she was apprehensive. She knew she needed to make a lifestyle change, but P90x – that’s insane!  He reassured her and suggested they support each other and hold one another accountable until they completed the program (people helping people!).

That was one year ago. P90X turned out to be so insane – insanely good – Melissa has since completed three rounds and recently hit her 60-day mark for P90X:2.

“It’s like Core Synergistics on crack,” she says about P90X:2. (Careful Melissa, Tony may steal that line.)

Talking to Melissa about her journey was inspirational, you can just hear the confidence resonating with every word. Plus, she has some great tips for staying motivated… check it out, in her own words.

When I started I couldn’t do a lot of the things I can now. I couldn’t do Ab-Ripper X. I would have to modify it and lean over to the side. I put my feet under the couch to help. I struggled a lot in the first 30 days and didn’t lose a lot of weight. But I stuck with it. I really adhered to everything – the nutrition plan, the full workouts, even if I could barely move by the end, I finished them. I had a chalkboard before we started and I wrote a big 90 on the board. Every day I finished a workout I would go and erase that number. It was one thing that really kept me going. 

I am so proud of what I’ve accomplished with P90x and Beachbody. I am feeling healthier than I have in my entire life. I even bought a bathing suit this year – I don’t think I bought a bathing suit in my entire 20s! I don’t plan on ever going back and living the way I was before P90x. This is going to be a long-term thing for me.

 

Melissa is another real-life example of our great programs being combined with hard work and dedication. She is now paying it forward as a Team Beachbody Coach and helping people see results the way she has.

If you have a P90X success story and want to share it with us, email us at howtobefit@aol.com.  If you want to pay it forward like Melissa did, let’s talk about how you can do that as a Team Beachbody Coach.  Click here to learn more.

Tony Horton Bloopers

Tony Horton’s long time director/pal Mason Bendewald made this blooper reel after shooting video for Tony’s follow up eBook to BRING IT.  Enjoy!

 

P90X Creator Tony Horton ‘Brings It’ to Utah

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah—Tony Horton, the creator of home fitness program P90X, was at Hill Air Force Base Thursday to conduct fitness classes for Hill personnel.

“Our men and women in uniform play a special role in protecting and serving our country,” Horton said in a statement sent to FOX 13 News. “My goal is to help the folks at Hill Air Force Base really understand the importance of consistent exercise, healthy eating and how it relates to better performance and improves their quality of life.”  Continued…

Save Money on P90X – Start the New Year Right!

So you spent a lot of money at Christmas and over the holidays and you can’t afford the gym membership that you really need to take off all of the pounds that you put on in the last month, plus the ones that you already had to lose.

You can buy P90X and get one of the most effective workout DVD’s ever created.  That would be my first solution.  But what if you want to save a little money and get something even more effective than P90X?  The answer – a Challenge Pack that includes P90X, a months supply of Shakeology – the best replacement drink and meal replacement all in one that was ever created – plus a full month’s membership in the Team Beachbody Club.

You can get all 3 and save $54.00.  There is no better way to start the new year and start a new workout program than to have the fuel that you body needs to succeed and the energy that your body needs to get through the workout and recover to do it again the next day.  Add to that all of the information, resources, tools, support and accountability that you get from your Team Beachbody Club membership and you have just reached the promised land of health and fitness.

Want to learn more about the Challenge Pack that includes P90X, Shakeology and the free month of the Club membership?  Just click here, enter The Beachbody Challenge and purchase your ticket to fitness success!

P90X2 is the New Standard of Xtreme Fitness

P90X2 is no ordinary sequel. It is the result of two years of R&D conducted by a team of the most qualified experts in fitness.  It is training so cutting edge, so outrageously effective, you’ll be blown away by your visible results. AND your performance.

P90X^® is based on Muscle Confusion to break through normal 30-day training plateaus so you get results fast. P90X2 ups the ante with a training technique developed by professional sports trainers for world class results: P.A.P., or Post-Activation Potentiation. Don’t try to remember the word, just remember that it works. Like crazy.

With P90X2, you get 12 groundbreaking workouts focused on chiseling your body while building your balance, agility, core strength, and athleticism. It includes new customization with an all-new, highly flexible Nutrition Guide to help you excel.

THIS, is training. Better training than most pro athletes get. The kind of cross-training that separates posers from performers.  And with emphasis on your abs/core, powerful athletic function, and lightning-bolt agility, it’ll help you blast through your plateaus.

P90X2 is available for purchase from any of the coaches pictured at right.  You can also join one of their Beachbody Challenge groups to maximize the effectiveness of your workouts.

P90X2 includes these 12 groundbreaking workouts:
X2 CORE The cornerstone of P90X2: Master this core workout and see all your movement patterns improve. (approx. 57 min.) PLYOCIDE Combine explosive movements with mind and body coordination, and watch performance go through the roof. (approx. 57 min.) X2 RECOVERY + MOBILITY Take rest and turn it into total body  realignment. The key: an effective technique called foam rolling . . . (approx. 58 min.) X2 TOTAL BODY Instability plus resistance equals pure muscle-building efficiency with every rep. (approx. 64 min.) X2 YOGA Increase isometric power, improve your range of motion, and strengthen your stabilizer muscles. (approx. 68 min.) X2 BALANCE + POWER Fortify the link between balance and power, and your core has no choice but to get stronger. (approx. 63 min.)	CHEST + BACK + BALANCE Work out from unstable platforms and gain strength and balance at a rate that can’t be matched by traditional weight training. (approx. 60 min.) X2 SHOULDERS + ARMS Keep shoulders and arms strong and in balance. And look great in sleeveless shirts. (approx. 53 min.) BASE + BACK Cutting-edge science sculpts your two largest muscle groups in this pull-up and plyo extravaganza. (approx. 56 min.) P.A.P. LOWER This revolutionary sports training technique helps translate fitness into pro-level performance. (approx. 63 min.) P.A.P. UPPER Many of the world’s fittest athletes have been destroyed (and fired up) by these seemingly straightforward moves. See what they do for you. (approx. 53 min.) X2 AB RIPPER That solid core you’re looking for? Find it in this, the next generation ab-ripping workout. (approx. 17 min.)
P90X2 tools for optimal results:
P90X2 Nutrition Guide. New, easily customizable, and geared for athletic performance. Flexible daily menus let you pick the balance of foods that works for YOUR body. P90X2 Fitness Guide. Your go-to book for getting the most out of doing the program. Includes prepping for P90X2, how it works, how to use it, a breakdown of workouts, and much more. How to Bring It Again. Prepare for the program with this complete video overview of the entire P90X2 system that tells you everything you need to know.	P90X2 Workout Calendar. Stay on track. This specially-designed calendar helps you plan and schedule workouts, as well as recovery time. Online Support. Get access to fitness experts, peer support, and extra motivation.