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P90X Nutrition: Tips on Eating Out

p90x nutrition and eating outIf you’re doing P90X and following the P90X Nutrition plan, then you know that you’re not just making changes for the next ninety-days while you complete the program. You’re making changes that you’ll want to keep forever, because once you experience the healthiest version of you that you can be, you won’t want to lose that. That’s part of why P90X Nutrition doesn’t tell you what you can’t eat, but instead teaches you how to eat the foods that you love in a way that supports your workout and health goals. So, because P90X Nutrition is so realistic, we thought that today on the Finish Well Fitness Blog we’d address a realistic diet challenge that you’ll have: eating out. Read the rest of this entry »

P90X Advice: Ways to Correct Your Posture

p90x and perfect postureWe’ve previously discussed on the Finish Well Fitness blog how important it is to workout with good posture, particularly when doing a workout that emphasizes strength training and isometric exercises like P90X does. However, while we gave you advice on ways to improve your posture while you’re working out in that blog entry, working on your posture in your day-to-day life can have huge benefits on not only your workout technique but also on your overall core, muscle, pulmonary, circulatory and spinal health. Here are some tips on improving your posture for both daily and workout improvements! Read the rest of this entry »

P90X Review: Real Summer Blockbuster Heroes

the super heroes of p90xSummer means that it’s blockbuster movie season. Whether your hero of the summer is a ripped member of the A-Team, a certain werewolf with now legendary abs or Iron Man in his “enhancing” superhero suit, the truth is that having a body that’s as in-shape as any summer blockbuster hero isn’t entirely out of the question. All you need is real dedication on your part and a healthy dose of P90X. In fact, many of the celebrities we mentioned above, and specifically Taylor Lautner of Twilight fame, used P90X to get in shape for their roles. Read the rest of this entry »

P90X Review: Post Workout Headaches

p90x and post workout headachesAre you one of the unfortunate people who regularly suffer headaches after a workout? If so, you may be hesitant to undertake the P90X challenge. After all, why would you want to subject yourself to the pain of extreme home fitness and then have a throbbing headache on top of it? In fact, fitness can actually reduce your overall headache count and, on top of that, there are a number of strategies for reducing the chance that you’ll have a post-workout headache by taking some basic precautionary measures. Today on the Finish Well Fitness Blog, we’ll discuss post workout headaches and how to avoid them. Read the rest of this entry »

P90X Reviews: Are You Hooked on the Pain?

There are many things that people love about doing P90X. They love the weight loss. They love the muscle toning. They love the way that they end up healthier and therefore more active. They even love the way that a regular workout routine reduces their stress level overall and leads to a happier lifestyle. However, for some people, what they love most about P90X is the pain. Yes, that’s right. There are those out there (and even some of us on the Finish Well Fitness Blog staff) who are just a little bit addicted to the pain. Read the rest of this entry »

P90X Weight Loss: Stretch Pants are Back in Fashion this Fall

p90x and stretch pant fashionLadies, this entry is for you! And here you thought that after their unfortunate rise to popularity in the nineteen eighties, you’d never have to deal with the trend of stretch pants again. Oh no! All of the fashion that’s being shown for the upcoming fall season is heavy on the inclusion of stretch pants, and not just being worn under large tops that hide all of your flaws. If, right now, you’re in a panic about what to do in order to pull off this admittedly challenging fashion trend, we suggest you order P90X immediately. Nothing will get you into shape for stretch pants like extreme home fitness with Tony Horton.
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P90X for Baseball Players

p90x for baseball playersAmerica’s favorite pastime is in full swing. Around the country, summer evenings are ending with local baseball games and families and friends alike are enjoying regular trips to the MLB ballpark. As baseball cleans itself up from its recent steroid scandals, it’s more important than ever that baseball players get their edge from good solid workout and nutrition programs like P90X. In fact, P90X is such a good conditioning routine for baseball players that it’s endorsed by Barry Zito and Jo Jo Reyes. Here are just a few of the reasons that P90X is an ideal workout plan for those who love the pinewood. Read the rest of this entry »

P90X Nutrition: Sugar Alternatives

p90x diet and sugar alternativesWe’ve written previously about the importance of reducing sugar in your diet when doing P90X. It’s actually not that sugar’s caloric count is incredibly bad. A teaspoon of sugar has sixteen calories. However, most of us crave sweets and intake entirely too much sugar on a daily basis. For some, the solution to this dilemma lays in using artificial sweeteners. But if you’re uncomfortable with the chemicals used in artificial sweeteners, here are some natural alternatives to sugar that you can use in your P90X nutrition plan: Read the rest of this entry »

P90X and Aging: Lean Body Mass

It’s an undeniable fact that, as we age and leave middle-age behind, we begin to lose our lean body mass and replace it with fatty body mass. This, surprisingly, mostly has to do with hormones. Hormones, as well as the neurotransmitters that send messages from your hormones to your brain, regulate all of the functions that help keep our body fit and healthy. They regulate appetite, digestion, energy production, and repair, rebuilding and growth. As we age, the “youth hormones” that send the messages that we want in order to keep our body fit are replaced by more and more stress related hormones, called cortisol, and our body tends to begin to change. Read the rest of this entry »

Do You Know Somebody Doing P90X?

p90x support systemsWhether or not you yourself are taking  the P90X challenge with its ninety days of extreme home workouts, it’s almost certain that you know somebody who is doing P90X. After all, hundreds of thousands have stepped up and taken the challenge (and many of them have succeeded!). If you do know somebody who’s doing P90X, but you don’t want to undertake the workouts yourself, you can still contribute to the P90X vision of creating a thinner, healthier America. All you need to do is to be supportive and encouraging. Here are some tips on how. Read the rest of this entry »