P90X

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.

-- Carl Daikeler, CEO of Beachbody

"For women that are afraid of looking like a bodybuilder or getting too bulky, don't worry. There are so many various routines you can tailor this program into whatever physique you are trying to get. I have been called a lot of things from couch potato and video game junkie to desk jockey but now I can be called Ripped and it is all thanks to P90X! I was an athlete in high school and college so I ate whatever I wanted and could burn it off in the game. But when I graduated with these awful eating habits I put on some weight. Then I saw the commercial for P90X. I figured why not try it. I was pretty skeptical but after the first workout I was a believer. The muscle confusion is great! You work different parts of the body, at different times so that you never plateau—something that was really missing from every other workout I tried. So give it a shot."

-- Amanda B.

Dropped 25 lbs. Body fat went down to 6%.

"I'm 42 years old, but feel like I'm in my 20s—my wife can't believe how young I look! The variety of exercises and hand positions really changes the game. My friends thought I was crazy when I told them I am going to do P90X and I am going to be ripped in 90 days. Now they are doing it, too. The weight that comes off and the way that you lean out is absolutely amazing. It has been life changing for me."

-- Brad E.

Lost 30% body fat. Cholesterol dropped 54 points in 90 days.

"I cut out another prescription."

-- David C.

"P90X Kicked our butts at the station. It has been the best decision I ever made."

-- Derek B., Firefighter, Texas

"As a law enforcement officer all this training comes into play with whatever I do."

-- Deryl W., Deputy Sheriff, Memphis, TN

Lost 40 lbs. Down to 6% body fat.

"You go through 90 days and become this Super fit Guy. As a professional athlete, I was a little bit snobby. I said okay lets find out what is wrong with this product. I couldn't find any problems. It all seems to make sense. Was it easy? I define easy as knowing there is a solution. P90X takes away all the questions and gives a guaranteed-bullet-proof program."

-- Doruk I., Rowing Champion, Turkey

"Yes, now I have a flat tummy, but I also have better blood pressure, better cholesterol I am in better shape. I got the all around package! Talking with other moms my age they said this 'post baby body' is what you have to live with, but now I know it is not true. I would be lying if I said I never thought of getting a tummy tuck. But this is so much better. When I think back to day 1, I was happy if I could hold myself up on the pull-up bar, but now I can do 48 Pull-ups and pop out 30 full push-ups easily. This has been tested, there is no guess work. Just do it!"

-- Jill W. — New Mom

"A week after P90X I started seeing results. Not bulky or like a bodybuilder, I just looked more toned. I still looked feminine, but I could see my muscles in my arms, now. On my wedding day I felt empowered like this is a day to celebrate. It was day 90, and my wedding day. I looked great and people kept complementing me. I loved it! I could flaunt my stuff and be the center of attention for this one day in my life."

-- Katie V. — Getting ready for wedding day

"With P90X I am getting more dramatic results than when I was in the Army doing physical fitness every day! When I started P90X I was three and a half months from turning 40 and I was in the worst shape of my life. Shocking because when I was younger, I was a ranger and paratrooper in the Army and back then being physically fit was the way of life. Where did that discipline go? I came across the P90X infomercial and I was very excited. I went through the first disc and thought this is rigorous and just awesome. As the week went on I would do yoga then Kenpo karate. About two weeks into it I honestly started to see results. My clothes started fitting better. My pants were loose. And this just motivated me to keep going after phase two. And that is where the whole muscle confusion started kicking in. Phase two had completely different discs and a new rotation than the phase 1. One of my friends was like, 'Hey Rod' your getting really lean and man you must be benching like 250 lbs. I remember telling him, 'No dude, all I got are two 25 lbs. dumbbells and I do these exercises right here in my living room.' I am getting better results than I ever got at my gym or ever got with a trainer. And I am getting more dramatic results than when I was in the Army and was doing physical fitness every day. If you are looking for a program that is challenging, and one that is proven to work, go to the phone right now and get P90X. You will have a ball with it!"

-- Rod M.

"On September 26th, 2007, I stood in front of the TV holding a P90X workout, desperately ready for my first step in a thousand-mile journey. In the summer of 2007, I married a woman who loved me regardless of my excess weight and constant fatigue. My brother-in-law attended our wedding as a sick and dying man. He was in end-stage kidney failure and I was determined to undergo living donor testing to save his life. I applied to donate and doctors advised my obesity was a problem. In order to donate a kidney, I needed to lose 60 pounds. After years of helping others, my life had come to this. I was too fat to save someone's life! My wife and brother-in-law deserved better than who I was. My entire life was spent overeating and overweight. As a child, I was 'husky.' As an offensive lineman and high school football coach, I took pride in being 'big.' As an adult, I entertained people with Chris Farley impressions. I socially identified myself as a 'big man' and never understood the serious health risks of being 5'7" and 273 pounds. My lifetime of obesity resulted in pre-hypertensive blood pressure and cholesterol over 230. After years of self-neglect, I found Beachbody and P90X.

I began doing P90X workouts and quickly wondered what I had gotten myself into. I couldn't do a single pull-up, was doing push-ups from my knees, and was physically tired after the seven- minute warm-up. But, I was determined and desperate. I refused to be the guy who died at 50 and had people standing around my casket saying, 'Tommy! What a great guy. Too bad he was fat!' That would not be my story! Clawing, fighting, and scratching my way through each rep of each set, I began seeing amazing changes in my body, mind, attitude, and life. In June 2008, after 8 months of doing P90X, I won the Million Dollar Body Transformation Contest! This proud moment served as a crossroads. Either I had made it to my destination or I could continue reaching higher and achieving more. With this Beachbody regimen of workouts, supplements, nutrition plans, and accountability, I've been able to lose 112 pounds. My body fat has dropped from 45% to 8%, my blood pressure is a normal 110/68, and my cholesterol has lowered to under 150. Medically, I have extended my life by decades through clean eating and working out. No pills or prescription medications, just a drastic change in lifestyle and a newfound passion for health and fitness. My workout numbers are staggering compared to when I won last June. I have attained physical levels unimaginable in the beginning, doing 20 pull-ups each set, hundreds of regular push-ups, and double workouts on strength days.

My greatest transformations, though, have been mental and social. I'm half the man physically, but twice the man in every other way. I now live confidently, no longer bound by mindset limitations and excuses for mediocrity. Socially, my changed identity affects me daily, with people seeing me in a whole new light. Others have witnessed my transformation and gained incredible respect for me, and most importantly, I have gained that same respect for myself. My success has also enabled me to benefit others in ways I couldn't before. My wife obtains a more energetic husband, my high school football players a more passionate coach, and my community a more active leader. Randy, who received a kidney transplant, gets a potential future donor. I've also inspired countless others to begin their own journeys toward a healthy lifestyle. With my help, our local recreation center has made P90X available to members, and I gladly volunteer my guidance to those beginning the program. There is no greater gift than spreading Beachbody's message in hopes others take their own first step of a thousand-mile journey. Without question, Beachbody has made me a better, stronger, more disciplined man. This company has completely changed my life."

-- Thomas M.

I started P90X with the rest of the P90Xplorers on March 1, 2004. I was one of the masses who followed every update on the P90X site, every bit of info on the test group, every golden nugget that Scott F.Watch my video clip! enticed us with in his journal, while chomping at the bit for it to be OUR turn!!! And then Carl created the Xplorer thread. We checked in daily, sometimes multiple times a day, reading up on how everyone was preparing for the X. We nearly went insane waiting for "the call" from Beachbody. Some of us canceled plans in an effort to not miss "the call." Some of us left extremely detailed instructions on the outgoing messages of our answering machines so that Beachbody could get ahold of us no matter where we were! And then the call came, and the insanity rose as we awaited our FedEx delivery. I can still remember the excitement as I went to bed that Friday night, knowing that the BIG DAY was to follow.

I woke up early, knowing that our home is situated at the beginning of our local FedEx route. People say, "Where were you when President Kennedy was shot?" Xplorers say, "Where were you when you saw the FedEx truck?" I was doing the dishes when I saw the truck round the corner . . . in it was MY TREASURE, waiting for me to open it up, smell it, feel the glossy covers, admire this extreme home gym in a box, see Tony's autograph there, calling me in shiny silver ink to "BRING IT"! I read the detailed instructions cover to cover. I watched the "How to Bring It" video and only a bit of the Chest & Back routine (I wanted the workouts to be a surprise). I read Carl's Xplorers welcome letter with excitement and spent much of the weekend on the Message Boards, reading about everyone's response to this AMAZING program. We were venturing into uncharted territory, this group, and the anticipation was almost more than we could handle. "X houses" were going up at a rapid rate in the new "X neighborhood" on the Message Boards, as people posted their Fit Test results and "before" pictures. It was like nothing I had ever been a part of. And then Monday finally came. Our journey had begun. MY journey had begun.

Twelve amazing, physically and mentally challenging, sweat-inducing, muscle-and-strength-building workouts all rolled into one program. My competitive nature came out. I wanted so badly to compete with those people BRINGIN' IT in the videos! I wanted to push my body to see what it could do. When I fell short, I just kept giving it my all, pushing myself to the limit, "doing my best, forgetting the rest." It was so fun to wake up each day and head out to the garage to see if I could improve my numbers from the week before. And just when my body would settle into the routine, BOOM! It was a recovery week, with a whole new order of routines, working the muscles a little bit differently than the phase before. If you think my muscles were confused, so was my brain! I RELIED on the guidebook to tell me what I needed to do that day. I think I was most challenged by Yoga X. The mental challenge to be calm and hold those poses was almost more than I could bear. But I'd made the commitment to "BRING IT," so every Thursday I did my Yoga X. And no matter how much I complained about the time or the calm it required, never once was I sorry I'd done it. With the muscle fatigue that came from the other workouts, Yoga X just massaged away the aches and stiffness, and prepared my body for another week of lifting, jumping, pulling, pushing.

Ab Ripper X was another challenge. Tony is so right when he says "I hate it, but I love it." Those were my feelings exactly. It's not just a bunch of crunches, but an extreme set of the most ab-defining exercises I have ever done. In a GOOD way. Every move works your abdominal muscles till you are just spent and whooped, but the payoff is amazing. Those muscles are just carved out and RIPPED in the end. Just look at all the pics of my fellow Xplorers—in the days of old, people would be knocking down their doors to do laundry on those washboard stomachs!!! ;o) My biggest surprise was the progress I made in the pull-ups! I had never been able to do a pull-up, I could only get about halfway up before I started Power 90. So imagine my surprise when I took my "before" Fit Test and found I could do 5! SHOCK!! And by the end of P90X, I could do 8 on my best day, and also chin-ups, corn cobs, and all the other wacky pull-ups in the same workout! I saw HUGE changes in my strength from the pull-ups. It was so encouraging to be a part of the Xplorers group on the Message Boards. Just when you were having a lazy-feeling day, you'd read how someone else had BROUGHT IT like never before, and suddenly you were energized to head out to BRING IT too! Seeing people's results, hearing how they were giving it their all every day, looking at the pictures—what a great way to go through something so eXtreme!! And then came WOWY, where we could actually leave notes for one another and work out with friends all over the country (and Canada!). There is just something that inspires you to BRING IT when you log on and see that you're working out with Carl, or "Xrayman," or "Absmom," or whoever happens to be BRINGIN' IT at the same time, all the way across the country! I LOVE WOWY!!!!

So there you have it. I'm hooked. I love the new Hortonisms, the music, and the workouts. I love the results that P90X brought, and I love seeing my body pushed to the point of exhaustion, but still able to function throughout the rest of the day. With energy! And I LOVE giving myself the reward of the P90X Peak Recovery Formula drink!! The reason I was able to get through my workouts some days—for the reward of that liquid gold!! Delicious, refreshing, and the perfect ending to a good, hard workout! Lastly, I just want to share the excitement of taking this renewed body out to see what it can do now! My soccer game has improved INCREDIBLY, my dribbling and ball-handling skills have improved greatly, without a doubt thanks to my favorite workout: PLYOMETRICS!! I'm able to run five miles and THEN work out with weights, and STILL feel strong. I'm able to go hiking at a much faster pace. It is amazing when you plug your body into a sport and find incredible improvement! It is invigorating and exciting! Then someone says, "WOW! You're in really good shape, where do you work out?" and I get to share about this awesome eXtreme fitness program called P90X. I feel privileged to have been a part of the Xplorers, and now that the initial 90 days is behind me I've continued on with the workouts, as well as "taking it outside" for a run, a game, just living life with energy! It has been an amazing journey, and one that continues even beyond...for a lifetime! BRUNG IT!!!

-- Traci M.