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I am a retired professional athlete who spent 11 years at my profession. I
had to retire because of injuries on my body over the years. I have had 4
back surgeries and 3 knee surgeries along with a wrist surgery. With my back
I have to walk a very fine line on how I take care of it. If I don't do anything
it's in danger of getting hurt and if I do too much it can go out on me also.
When I tell people this, it surprises them. Because it looks like I can still
play a bit. What I tell them is that I am like that used car on the lot. On the
outside it might have a nice body, but its missing some parts under the hood.
What is frustrating coming from an athletes mentality is that I am limited to
activities in my life. I can't go snow skiing with the family any more, golfing
is out of the question and so is running. The only thing I have been able to
do is really hit the weights in the garage and pilates that really helps my core
for my back. But my goal is to be able to complete the p90x routine with my
wife and also my friend who wants to do this. Watching the videos I am very
confident that I can accomplish this. I believe from seeing all the exercises
this will strengthen my back even more than what it is and help me have that
active quality of life I look forward to having.

I understand the importance of motivation and teamwork to get things
accomplished.

I'm looking forward to the challenge ahead.

My Progress

My fitness goal:

Transformation story

I will be starting my journey in the middle of August. Because of family travel
and commitments. So I will get back to you then.

The first couple of weeks have been mostly getting More ...

I will be starting my journey in the middle of August. Because of family travel
and commitments. So I will get back to you then.

The first couple of weeks have been mostly getting through the workouts and
not stopping the tape. I have been doing very well on the diet and have
notices a change starting already in my body. My back is getting stronger as
the weeks continue on, which is such a blessing. So I look forward to getting
back at the one month date.

It has been 30 days and what a transformation so far. It hasn't been easy, but I don't want to stop. I am looking forward to the next 30 days to see what happens. It has been a challenge to keep up the workouts more than the diets. I have not missed any training and my back hasn't felt this good in I don't know how long.

Day 60 is complete and my body feels like it is in the best shape I've been in since playing baseball. My back has been strengthened because of all the core sit-ups and stretching involved. There has been such good transformation that you don't want to push as hard the last month, but I need to keep it going and take my body to the next level. I really enjoy the thread that I am one, we encourage each other and keep each other going. See you at day 90.

Day 90 should of been here, but I had a set back with my back for about 10 days. The good news is that I'm able to get back into it again, only because of the training that I did already. It got me back into the gym (garage) quicker. So that means my P90X has turned into P100X for me. I am at week 12 at the moment and the light is at the end of the tunnel and I look forward to the rest and starting all over again.

Finally done with round 1 of P90X, it was a challenge and a blessing at the same time. It feels good to finish something you start and also to see results that count. My goal is not to stop here but to continue to do other workouts.

I had to start round #2 in July, and that is because I had a set back with my back. I had to have a disectomy on my back and I waited for 3 months for it to heal and with physical therapy and patience. The doctor gave me the clearance to do P90x again. To be honest I feel better now than I have felt in the past. My back feels better and doing what I can do with P90x helps my back's core stay strong. The pics don't lie.

Programs

Workout programs:

P90X® - primary program

INSANITY®

Gear:

Resistance Bands

Supplements:

ActiVit® Multi-Vitamins

Meal Replacement Shake

Whey Protein Powder

Joint Support Super Formula

P90X® Peak Results and Recovery Formula