Tai Cheng

By Paul Atkins | Published January 25, 2012

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TAI CHENG – EASTERN MEDICINE MEETS WESTERN FITNESS

Tai Chi has been around a long time originating from the Chinese as an internal Chinese martial art. How is that relevant to a busy and hectic life nowadays? Tai Chi has repeatedly found its way onto the doormat of western culture because of its health benefits. Forget its origins. When you’re feeling down and out with aches and pains, the last thing you want to add is another pill to the daily regimen of heart medications on top of many others that creep in because of old age. Tai Chi adds a mental boost to moving around because it’s so simple and easy.

That appeal brings a lot to the table. The practice of Tai Chi show that there are favorable reports towards balance control, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness, and has shown to reduce the risk of falls in both healthy and the elderly, improve recovery from chronic stroke, heart failure, high blood pressure, heart attacks, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and fibromyalgia. Tai Chi brings low impact movements help burn calories.

Like any other practice, you have to keep at it. One round of Tai Chi isn’t going to change your life. The pattern of practice is what the body needs and the health benefits are numerous. Low impact exercise is easy to attain with a little effort. When you’re limited by an illness, small steps are where you begin. Tai Chi is a preventative and active measure you can do to help stem the tide of stress. What makes this different from yoga? Well yoga is probably a lot more bendy in flexibility. Tai Chi is a more patient and deliberate form of movement.

In one recent study in 2010, funded by the US government, showed that 21 of 33 random and non-randomized trials reported a significant reduction in stress, anxiety, depression in patients who were healthy and patients who had chronic ailments. In about one hour to one year, regular Tai Chi made a difference. The effect on mood and heart rate is positive across the board. The fact that Tai Chi has lasted through time as a beneficial factor across borders speaks volumes.

TAI CHENG Workout By Beachbody

Tai Cheng is Beachbody’s latest workout program set for your living room. Mr. Cheng brings Tai Chi for the everyday person looking to stem anxiety in their routine. This is something anyone can do. If you’re young, old, or even the professional athlete, this program is designed to help reduce stress that accumulates throughout the day. This program is meant to help add to your own personal fitness with a preventative measure with moves that improve balance and help relieve stress.

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By Paul Atkins | Published January 11, 2012

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What You Get When You order Les Mills Pump Beachbody Workout

You get it all with this program. It comes with the base DVD’s which are seven full length Les Mills workouts. The workouts are fully loaded with great music and enough exercise moves to keep you going for a very long time. You’ll also get the signature Les Mills PUMP equipment which includes two sets of plates (5lbs. & 10lbs.), and an easy to fold away barbell designed specifically for the workout.

In addition to the DVD’s and equipment (like all of Beachbody’s other workouts), you get a calendar to track your progress and tell you exactly which workout to do on any given day, a nutrition guide entitled “Get Lean” to help you build the prefect daily meal plan, and the exercise guide that walks you through every single exercise move.

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The P90X2 Equipment You Need

By Ben English | Published January 10, 2012

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A foam roller. A medicine ball. A stability ball. All of these tools are used in P90X2. What is the difference between the different tools? Let’s first begin with the medicine ball to see how it can affect your P90X2 exercise routine for the better.

A medicine ball helps in using your mind to help enforce balance. It’s something you do physically but it adds a slight mental element to the equation. A medicine ball is a weighted ball used in strength training and rehabilitation. What if you do not need a rehabilitating training session? Is it a worthy tool to add to your own fitness arsenal? In sports medicine, it is a common tool to be used because it improves in preventing injury and core strength. The ancient Greeks used it. The ancient Persians were known to use this method as a form of training. The P90X2 Medicine Balls Are Now For Sale.

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A stability ball is different. This piece of equipment is used to find better balance. How can someone train their balance without doing some sort of massive aerobic stint? The stability ball, also known as an exercise ball, adds to the focus on back and abdominal muscles. In the long term, this helps in preventing injury because the more you engage muscles and work with them, they don’t fail as much under great pressure. The P90X2 Stability Ball Is Now For Sale.

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A foam roller helps in inhibiting overactive muscles. This is to help the soft tissues and is more relaxing than a workout. If you are looking to add a useful tool to your workout routine, try the foam roller. Add it to your own stretching routine and you will be surprised at how life changing it can be. When you are relaxed and energized, it’s easier to take on life’s challenges.The P90X2 Foam Roller Is Now For Sale.

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The Foam Roller – Instant Back Pain Relief

By Paul Atkins | Published December 30, 2011

My Lower Back Pain…

P90X2 Foam RollerAlthough I consider myself a fairly healthy person, not over weight and relatively in good physical shape, I occasionally wake up with severe lower back pain that can last several days. This week was one of the worst, with my lower back being inflamed and sore every second of the day.

When the pain is at it’s worst I will begrudgingly take a muscle relaxer before I go to bed to hopefully stem the pain for the night. This week I took two.

With all that being said and my constant moaning about my pain sparked a relative of mine to notice my P90X2 Foam Roller sitting downstairs. She decided to take a look at the gear that came with it and was asking about the myofacial release foam roller pictured to the right and what it was used for. I explained that it was for the P90X2 Recovery & Mobility DVD. She asked why I wasn’t using it to roll the pain right out of my back? I replied “I guess I had never thought of it for that”. That is until today.

My Results Using The Foam Roller….

I used the foam roller 3 separate times throughout the day. The first time only for about 2 minutes focusing-on my lower back. The pain was relieved immediately to my complete surprise. The pain wasn’t completely gone, but a good 75% of it was. I slowly rolled myself over the foam roller starting mid way down my butt and moving upwards pass my tail bone to my lower back and all the way up to my neck. This first roll yielded me a nice steady stream of pops and cracks all the way up my spine, reminding me of someone cooking popcorn in a Jiffy Pop popper.

The next two times were almost the same. I was surprised how much my lower back responded to the foam roller. I have a feeling this is going to be an new addiction of mine. Maybe the makers of these foam rollers should put a warning label on them cautioning users of a risk of “dependency”. Dependency or not I’m a big fan, which is odd seeing as how just a couple of weeks ago I scoffed at the idea that the P90X2 Deluxe & P90X2 Ultimate kits would include a foam roller. I thought it was kind of a cheesy gimmick and not worth the extra money. My ignorance almost cost me missing out on a new favorite fitness accessory that’s far more usable then I ever imagined!

If you had a good experience using a foam roller, let us know by leaving a comment below. I’d love to hear about it.

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Les Mills Pump Workout By Beachbody

By Paul Atkins | Published December 13, 2011

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Think exciting. Think motivating. Think chart-topping music. Think cutting-edge choreography. Think PUMP.


Who Is Les Mills?

Les Mills is actually a 77 year old New Zealand born athlete that represented his home country for over 20 years. After becoming a gym owner and fitness instructor in 1968 he gave his name to Les Mills International founded by son Phillip Mills who created the PUMP series of group fitness-to-music classes which includes Body Pump.

What Is Les Mills Pump Workout?

As you can see from the video above Les Mills PUMP DVD workout is a bar-bell based group fitness program that’s fast paced and uses energized music for a full paced 60 minute burn. The Les Mills Body PUMP workout uses a training technique called THE REP EFFECT. This technique is based on lifting lighter weight combined with a changing musical pace and tempo that confuses your muscles to the point of failure without the risk of injury.

Body Pump is available in either a 45 minute or 60 minute workout that is choreographed exactly the same and then dispersed to over 14,000 fitness centers in 60 different gyms. This ensures a truly global consistency in format and style.

The Body Pump class boasts an average 530 calorie burn. This moderate to high intensity session tones and sharpens the most problematic areas of your body while at the same time improving your coordination.

Les Mills PUMP By Beachbody Release Date

The in home workout LES MILLS PUMP by Beachbody will be released in the USA only on 22 December, 2011.

What’s Included In The Beachbody Home Workout Edition?

In a few short weeks Beachbody will be bringing the Les Mills Pump class to your living room. The PUMP workout is based on the globally famous BODYPUMP® gym classes. A program that was only available at fitness centers and gyms packed full of people costing a monthly fee, will now be available to anyone, anytime, anywhere. The Beachbody PUMP workout is perfect for anyone who wants to try Les Mills Body Pump but prefers to work out at home and skip the gym, the crowds of people, and the monthly gym membership!

What do you get when you buy the Beachbody LES MILLS PUMP workout DVD program?

  • 12 fat-blasting, lean muscle-building workouts on 7 DVD’s
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  • Workout calendar
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    There will also be a Deluxe kit available that has 3 additional cardio workouts designed specifically to complement your strength training, and a height-adjustable Step that you can use as a weight bench, cardio-conditioning tool, and targeted sculpting platform. The Deluxe kit also includes extra weight plates so you can lift heavier weights as you get stronger.

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    Get Rockin Body by Shaun T For Just $19.95!

    By Paul Atkins | Published December 10, 2011

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    Rockin Body Price Slashed To $19.95

    Starting today and lasting through the end of the year, Rockin Body by Shaun T is now on sale for just $19.95. This represents a 65% price cut from the original $59.85 price. Most online retailers offer this program with a flat shipping rate and no sales tax as well.

    If you have heard about Shaun T from infomercials of his other workout programs like Insanity or Hip Hop Abs and have been reluctant to try them because of their price, this is a great opportunity to familiarize yourself with Shaun T without spending too much money.

    Rockin Body is not like traditional dance workouts. The music in particular is quite different. Rockin Body uses rock music as its back drop forgoing the traditional hip hop or pop music that most programs use as their music theme. If you tend to lean towards a rock based genre more so then hip hop or pop, Rockin Body might just be your ticket.

    Rockin Body comes with 5 workouts on two DVD’s as part of its base along with 2 bonus workouts (hard core abs and booty time) making the grand total 7 workouts that come in the program. In addition to the workouts you’re provided with a “Never Diet Again” nutrition plan, quick start guide, and party guide. All important features of the program that will help you lose weight and maintain your results. Click below for more program details as well as how to order without paying sales tax or an overinflated shipping charge.

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    P90X2 or Athlean-X | R U Kidding Me? There’s No Comparison

    By Paul Atkins | Published November 26, 2011

    I love it when fitness programs try to ride on the coattails of others success. For instance there’s a new workout system called Athlean X trying to leach off of the successes of P90X and now P90X2. It compares itself to them in hopes of picking off a few potential P90X customers that were turned on to P90X from a friend or positive review they read. This isn’t the first program to try and siphon off potential P90X customers. Last year it was the “Supreme 90 Day”, basically a “Supreme” p90X wanna be. This year it’s Athlean-X.

    The funny thing is the Athlean-X website has littered itself with charts, graphs, and just about every possible comparison to P90X and now P90X2. In fact if you search Google for P90X2, Atlean-X will pop up almost at the top. Why you might ask? Because they’re trying to tap into the P90X fan base by optimizing there website for keywords like “P90X2″ and “P90X”. It’s the oldest trick in the book!

    On the other hand if you do a search for Athlean-X on Google you won’t find a single user review out there from a real person. All the Athlean X reviews I found all have the same “To Buy Athlean X Click Here” sales pitch after the review. Biased much? P90X has something like 500 thousand facebook fans, 30,000 Youtube video success stories and literally millions of website pages from REAL people sharing their stories about how P90X got them into shape and changed their lives.

    My favorite quote from a “Review” site for Athlean-X was this “It has been around for almost a year now and is taking the fitness world by storm”. Been around for a whole year? WOW! So where are all the screaming fans??? There are none. Compare that to nearly 8 years of P90X history….not to mention the Real Celebs and Athletes who use it and preach it up. Who might they be?? Well according to the Athlean-X review site I scoped out they mentioned just one, Tom Petty. Are you freaking kidding me, Tom Petty was the only celebrity P90X user they could find? Well let’s see who actually uses P90X.

    1. Sheryl Crow  2. Ashton Kutcher 3. Demi Moorre 4. Usher 5. Ewan McGregger 6. Jenny Garth 7. Poppy Montgomery 8. Emmett Smith  9. Ray Lewis 10. David Akers 11. Donovan McNabb 12. Brian Westbrook 13. Matt Diaz 14. Kelly Slater 15. Barry Zito 16. Bryce Dallas Howard 17. Kenny Smith 18. Jo Jo Reyes 19. Brian Wilson 20. Pink 21. Joey Fatone 22. John Hartung ~ Local news and sports 23. Paul Ryan ~ Congressman – R
    24. Heath Schuler ~ Congressman – D 25. Ray Allen 26. Jason Scheff

    NFL PLayers That Use P90X?
    Emmit Smith,
    Ray Lewis,
    David Akers, Donovan McNabb,
    Brian Westbrook,
    Brett Favre,

    That’s right. All of those hardcore, NFL players we just listed,  all use P90X workouts as part of their off and in-season workout plan.

    Any MLB Players That Use P90X?
    Matt Diaz, Barry Zito, Jo Jo Reyes

    Any NBA Players Use P90X?
    Kenny Smith, Ray Allen, John Salley

    Most of these named above make millions of dollars, have personal assistants, nutritionist, fitness trainers and coaches. They have every tool at their disposal, yet what fitness program did they turn to to help them get in better shape? Not Athlean-X but rather an infomercial based “As Seen On TV” in home DVD workout program called P90X. It sounds cheesy, and almost unbelievable that people with so much at their finger tips would call an 800 number and order a fitness DVD program off an infomercial. But they did and then told the world about it.

    All of these celebrities have either tweeted, facebooked, or personally via radio or TV given a shout out to P90X as their workout of choice. Many of them did it live on air in an interview or just being asked why they looked so good on the red carpet and did it on the spot without any endorsement from the company. There’s no better testimony then one that comes from someone who isn’t getting paid to promote a product, but is rather promoting it because it worked.

    My objective in writing this was not to bad mouth Athlean-X. It very well may be a good product that works for some. My objective was to point out the methods behind the way it’s marketed. If you have a good product you shouldn’t need to go behind someone and ‘pick pocket’ from their hard earned and in this case much deserved reputation. Those behind Athlean X should listen up and stop bumming  a free ride off other peoples products. When you do it makes yours look cheap, ineffective, unprofessional, and down right desperate.

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    By Paul Atkins | Published November 20, 2011

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    P90X Recovery Drink Alternative

    By Paul Atkins | Published November 20, 2011

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    Ok, maybe awful or bad are not the right adjectives to use here, you could say the new P90X recovery drink is not what it used to be. I used to drink the P90X recovery drink all time, heck sometimes just for the fun of it because it tasted good. I probably was taking in way to many calories and sugar when I shouldn’t have, but who cares it tasted damn good. Now I feel like I have to hold my breathe and swallow in one big gulp to get it down.

    A commenter on a previous P90X recovery drink article I wrote several months ago echoed my same sentiment by stating that he wished he would have purchased years worth of the original formula. Too late now I guess. With so many people screaming about the taste of the recovery drink, and Beachbody making no indication that they will change back to the original formula, is there anything you can do to make the recovery drink taste better on your own?

    How To Make P90X Recovery Drink Taste Better

    Because the P90X Recovery Drink is a drink and not a shake or protein drink, there’s not really much you can add to it to improve the taste. Normally the recovery drink is mixed with water and that’s it, no blender needed. I have found that one of the best ways to get rid of that terrible artificial/chemical after taste is to add in a dash of Almond milk, and blend it all up with two ice cubes. This little trick turns the drink into a creamy orange cream-sickle tasting drink, something similar to what it used to taste like.

    With this little addition you don’t add in a dairy, or add in too many more calories or fat, yet add a great additive that covers over that after taste and gets it closer to that original yummy flavor. I find that after I add in a little almond milk and whip it up, I’m able to suck it down with no long pauses in between.

    Any Chance Beachbody Will Go Back To The Original Flavor?

    With the launch of P90X2 coming in just a few days, there’s going to be a huge potential of new customers looking for the P90X recovery drink. My gut tells me that there will be an initial increase in orders for the recovery drink of exercisers wanting it due to P90X2. More then likely though the flavor will cause many of those initial sales and autoships to stop. When Beachbody recognizes they are loosing substantial sales because of the flavor they will be forced to reevaluate the formula. Of course I could be totally off and we all could be stuck with the “New & Improved” flavor for a long time. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed.

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    Does P90X2 Live Up To All The Hype?

    By Paul Atkins | Published November 7, 2011

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    By now you’ve probably heard there’s a sequel to P90X the best selling in home workout of all time called P90X2. If you haven’t heard, it’s likely because news of it’s release has only been by word of mouth until mid 2012 when Beachbody begins to air infomercials for this new Tony Horton program.

    P90X2 like it’s older brother P90X makes big claims that almost anyone can attain even more dramatic results then those that came from using P90X.

    The big question is……does it live up to the hype?

    Most people consider DVD workouts to be scams, but P90X2 is not modeled after just any workout program, it’s modeled after P90X, the best selling and most talked about workout program in the history of in home fitness products. P90X2 does work, but only if you DO IT!

    Pros

    Cons

    The workouts work. Dramatic changes to your body can be achieved if you do these workouts—as prescribed.

    The exercises are simple doable for most people who have experience working out.

    Tony Horton is motivating even if he’s a little corny. For exercise this difficult, it helps to have a great motivator.

    Equipment is recommended but not necessary. In P90X2 they show you modified moves with not equipment

    The base kit of $119.85 pays for itself in the matter of months when compared to a gym membership.

    Again, if the program is done as prescribed – then this should do the job. No one knocks P90X or P90X2, even fitness trainers that get paid to help people lose weight and get fit only have the best to say about it.

    You still have to “eat right” to get As Seen On TV results. There’s no getting around it.

    X2 is a big time commitment. About an hour a day of exercise but 5 days a week verses 6 like P90X was.

    You’ll need extra gear like a pull-up bar, stability ball, and medicine balls for a lot of the sessions.

    Although not required, you should probably acquaint yourself with P90X before tackling P90X2.

    P90X2 can be a larger financial commitment than other programs. Ranging in price from $119.85 to over $300.


    The Investment

    P90X2 is no cheap program. It starts off as a base kit for $119.85 but goes up from there depending on the bells and whistles you want to tack on. You can get the base kit with the 2 advanced workouts called V-Sculpt and CST for a total of $179.85. From here you jump up to what’s called the Deluxe kit which comes with the advanced workouts, and also a foam roller, stability ball, and two medicine balls all at a price tag of $239.85. The most expensive kit is the P90X2 Ultimate kit which comes with everything the deluxe model offers plus some pushup stands and an upgraded foam roller for $299.85.

    P90X2 can definitely become costly, but if you think you can commit yourself to 90 days of psychotic exercise, don’t let the price tag stop you.

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    The Key to making P90X2 Work: The Meal Plan

    Each kit comes with the same nutrition guide. This P90X2 nutrition guide is often overlooked, but absolutely essential if you’re going to make P90X2 work for you. It covers all areas of eating and nutrition from the meals you eat, to the snacks in between, the supplements, when to incorporate recovery drinks, and protein shakes you use.

    It contains 27 mini meal plans all different from each other that can be used by any persona no matter how they eat. The vegans and vegetarians are covered, as well as ones who have food allergies and intolerant to certain types of ingredients.

    The truth is – if you do the workout portion of the program, but skip out on the diet you won’t see the results you should be getting.

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