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I'm a 52 year old male who has done many things in the course of life; most of them geared towards destroying my health. Not that I wanted that particular outcome. I was just too busy having what I thought was a good time to ever consider the long term effects of too many cigarettes, a couple hundred barrels of Jack Daniel's and the Wall Street insanity that was the eighties (and all of the "pick

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I'm a 52 year old male who has done many things in the course of life; most of them geared towards destroying my health. Not that I wanted that particular outcome. I was just too busy having what I thought was a good time to ever consider the long term effects of too many cigarettes, a couple hundred barrels of Jack Daniel's and the Wall Street insanity that was the eighties (and all of the "pick me ups" that went with it). Interestingly enough, although I have been diagnosed with CO PD (that's Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder; it means you have a hard time breathing....) I have managed to remain in relatively good health. Go figure. Maybe it had something to do with always having been an athlete or maybe is was some strange force of nature. Who knows? But about 6 years ago I saw a picture of myself and remembered thinking, "That's not who I am and that's not how I remember myself looking. I have to do something about this."

Having been an athlete, I started doing all of the things that ex-football players do: push ups, sit ups, running. Did it help? Of course it did. But I was frustrated by the fact that although I was feeling a bit better (no small accomplishment), I did not SEE the the results. I wasn't seeing any definition in my muscles. I wasn't losing the weight I expected to lose. I was putting in the work but not seeing the result.

Then it happened. As I channel surfed one sleepless night, I saw an advertisement for an exercise program called Power 90 created by a company called Beachbody. Although I'm skeptical by nature, I took the plunge, purchased the package and started working out with their plan. Slowly but surely, the workouts got easier. I completed the 90 day program on schedule and the results were amazing! 22 pounds lost, increased energy and stamina. Definition. Abs! I went ahead and purchased Beachbody's advanced workout system, P90X and completed that as well. The outcome? Even better results!

As fate would have it, while I was moving into a new apartment, I hurt my back moving a television (oh, how I wish flat screens were around back then....). I was unable to work out at all. All of the progress was gone in a matter of a few months. I had lost the discipline. I had lost the mindset. For two years, I fell back into the bad habits (minus the chemicals......). Which brings me to the point of this missive.

I have undertaken another journey into the world of Beachbody and P90X and I'd like to share my experiences with whomever might be interested in hearing about them. I don't possess any "special" qualities that some of turbo charged workout fiends have. I'm not particularly disciplined. I struggle everyday to make the right food choices. Some days I just don't feel like it. But I do the best I can on that particular day.

This is for all of the fifty somethings that think that it's too late. This is for all of us who think it's too hard. This is for all of us who feel they can't. This is for all of us who sit and wish we could be anything like our former selves. Join me. Let's see what happens.

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