P90X Newsletter -INSANITY® AND THE X! - Fitness, Nutrition, Diet, Weight Loss Official Web site

INSANITY® and the X By Steve Edwards Today we'll discuss Beachbody's new INSANITY program and how to approach it if you've already done P90X. The INSANITY guidebook is written for first-time Beachbody® customers. If you've already completed one or more of our programs, especially P90X, you're going to want to take a different approach. We'll also look at how to schedule INSANITY post-X and how to use it to improve your P90X results. All of our entry-level programs' diet guidebooks are written assuming weight loss is a primary concern. The P90X diet guidebook is not. Instead, its focus is on athletic performance, because the key to getting...

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How to Build a High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself-Tim Ferris

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To Bean Or Not To Bean, That Is The Question (Legumes, Lectins, and Human Health)

To Bean Or Not To Bean, That Is The Question (Legumes, Lectins, and Human Health) Posted on February 15, 2011 by J.D. Moyer With apologies to Shakespeare. These days, many people across the world are wondering if they should eat beans, or not. Right now, this very minute, there are two powerful, but opposing, dietary trends speeding towards a potentially explosive head-on collision. On the one side the paleolithic (or “Stone Age“) style of eating, a dietary/lifestyle system that eschews grains, legumes, sugar, and all processed foods in favor of quality meats, poultry, fish, vegetables, fruit, and healthful fats. This is the anti-bean...

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Sugar

How much Sugar should we consume? Sugar intake should be monitored as it affects your liver and turns to fat ( when consumed in excess)., Naturally occuring sugar from fruit and produce should not be counted for your RDA. The figure you see out there for RDA is 40 grams, I ve heard for elite athletes it should be 5% of your diet. I found this formula that works well: Take 10 % of your targeted calories and divide by 4(the number of grams of sugar in a tsb of sugar) So for an example: 1800 calories X 10 % equals 180 divide by 4  equals 45 grams of sugar /day! In other words we should not get more than 150 - 180 calories per day from pure sugars in our foo...

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Inspiration-The longer I live

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with...

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Plyometrics X -from P90 X

" Leap like a cat " In Video Tony Horton Eric (on one leg) Pam the blam Dominic Time of Video 58:36 Warmup & stretch 10 minutes Routine Jump Squats Run stance Air Born Heisman Swing kick Repeat Break Squat reach jumps Squat switch pickups Double Heisman Circle runs Repeat Water break Jump knee tucks Mary Katherines Leap frog quats Twist combo Repeat & break Rockstar Gap Jump Squat jacks Soldier Repeat & Break Run Squat 180Jumps Lateral leap frogs Monster truck tires Repeat Pitch and catch Jump shot FB run Stretch Done !! This is a good cardio workout for your leg strength, agility and balance. Eric on one leg is quite impressive...

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PALEO NUTRITION IMPROVED

Some more info to chew on..... If you start the article...Make sure to finish it for the pay off! PALEO NUTRITION IMPROVED by Nate Miyaki – 3/25/2011 "If it doesn't swim, run, or fly, or isn't green and grow in the ground, don't eat it." You are likely familiar with the above nutrition quote, popularized by coaches like Charles Poliquin, Christian Thibaudeau, and John Berardi, just to name a few. Or maybe you've heard the late, great Jack Lalanne's simple dietary prescription: "If man made it, don't eat it." Cumulatively, that basically sums up the practical application side of "traditional" caveman eating. My nutritional approach has been accurately described as a "Paleo-meets-sports nutrition" hybrid, so let's start by addressing the Paleo side first. The practical application strategy...

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P90X MC2- Its a Wrap!

Monday, March 21, 2011It’s A Wrap! The next great home training program is in the can, as they say in Hollywood even though it’s more like “on the hard drive” these days. So I’ll be shutting down my P90X mc2 preview while the editors do their magic turning a bunch of sweaty workouts into a TV show. Even without our usual advanced rehearsal time that a test group provides I can say, with some certainty, that we got the shots we need. It’s going to be a sequel worthy of the original. It wasn’t without its challenges, which is true of almost any shoot. Most coaches, trainers, and exercise scientists have no idea about what’s behind making...

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Added Sugar’ May Add to Weight Gain in U.S.

Added Sugar’ May Add to Weight Gain in U.S. Study Sees Link Between Weight Gain and Eating Foods With Sugar Added to Ingredients By Brenda Goodman WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD March 24, 2011 -- Researchers taking nutritional snapshots of the population around a major metropolitan area for more than 30 years say they’ve noticed something interesting: as consumption of added sugars has increased, so too, have body weights. Researchers parsing the myriad reasons for America’s collective growing girth have looked at the contributions of total calories and fat, experts say, but less is known about what role added sugars might...

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P90 X FOY Yoga review

Fountain of Youth ( FOY) Yoga Tony Horton –Star Trainer This is video is from the one on one series that was recorded in Tony Horton’s gym at his home in Santa Barbara California. It is low key and very up close and personal. It is just him and Mason ( the videographer and director) in the room. Tony does call a shout out to my up-line coach Lee Rotterman, yeah Lee!! AS most people know Yoga X is 90 minutes which is hard for people to fit into busy Thursdays. So this Video is supposed to be 40 minutes, but turns into 48 minutes not too bad… • As usual he starts with breathing Flat back and Namases • Then you go into Downward dogs and...

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Tonys 30 Day Challenge (Rant)

All: Here is Tony's 30 day Challenge: I, ____ hereby declare that I will follow the “Tony Horton food plan” for the next 30 days. The objective of this 30 day food plan is to create new and positive habits that expand beyond 30 days and carry these habits forward each and every day. 1. For the next 30 days I will no longer white bread or anything made with enriched flour or processed flour. SNICKERS BARS. DONE! OUT! GONE! BYE BYE! SEE YA LATER! NO MAS! SIANARA! GOT IT? GET IT? DO IT! 2. I will greatly reduce my dairy intake. GET IT? DO IT! NO MORE PIZZA WITH A TON OF CHEESE! NO MORE MILK! NO MORE ICE CREAM! GONE! OUT! GO BUY SOME ALMOND MILK OR RICE MILK. OR I'LL SMACK YA 3. No more carbonated beverages NO MORE PEPSI. NO MORE COKE. NO MORE 7 UP. NO MORE SPRITE. NO MORE DR. PEPPER. NO...

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P90X- Chest and Back Review

CHEST & BACK Here is the review for Chest and Back, Number 1 in the original P90X series Below is the list of Equipment required: Chest and Back 52:49 Total running time Warm-up 2:29 Stretch 6:30 Tip of the day; Do your best and forget the rest In Video: Scotty Pfeiffer Bobby Stevenson Lorraine Tony Horton Workout 43:31 Standard Pull-ups Wide Front Pull-ups Military Pull-ups Reverse Grip Chin-ups Wide Fly Push-ups Closed Grip Overhead Pull[ups Decline Push-ups Heavy Pants Diamond Push-ups Lawnmowers Dive Bomber Push-ups Back-Fly’s Cool down 3:40 Done - Celebrate!! I think this was the first workout recorded ( In P90X series) Tony...

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Diet -3 Tricks for Faster Fat Loss

Thought I would pass along some info...... 3 Tricks for Faster Fat Loss by Clay Hyght, DC – 3/16/2011 You're doing everything right: Banishing junk food, training hard, adding in some cardio – but none of it seems to touch that spare tire around your waist. Well, don't save up for lipo just yet. When everything in your regimen says you should have visible abs and yet you don't, try these tricks to get you ready for the shirtless days of summer. Trick 1: Dial-In Your Pre-Bed Meal What did you eat before bed last night? What are you going to eat before bed tonight? It's important, because what you eat in the two hours prior to bedtime...

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Silhouette of Runner and Tree Photographic Print at AllPosters.com

Silhouette of Runner and Tree Photographic Print at AllPosters....

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Our Highest Need

I loved George Sheehan as he took running very seriously for what he was able to recieve for his spitiuas sake. read his essays and books, they are incredible. I always have tributed to him my favorite saying, "The race is not for the swiftest, but for those who keep on running" I have this picture on my wall, my sister Debbie bought it for me .  I was one of those skinny guys many years ago until my knees went out. Now I work at Muscular strength and Cardio endurance. It is the complete package!  Remember we need stong muscular stuctures to hold those , knee and hip joints together. Do you Plyo and your Legs and Back , as Tony...

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