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When I saw the infomercials for P90X on television, I thought if someone wanted to lose weight and get fit, he could do it by running and eating a few more salads. Well, I was in for an attitude adjustment. Our weight room supervisor John Ochs told me that he used P90X, and by the looks of him, I knew that this would be a pretty good workout. He told me how sticking to the program made a huge difference in his muscular build. I was still cocky about it, though. I thought, “Well, I’m a football player who is in pretty good shape. If he can do it, I should be able too.” I was able to borrow the P90X plyometrics workout, which Ochs said was the hardest one. My confidence level was brought down when I saw the demonstrator doing the workout with ease, especially since he had a prosthetic leg. My heart rate was already up during the warm-up, and the sweat soon followed. After the first cycle of the workout, I started paying a lot more attention to how much time was left in the hour workout and dreaming of looking like the after pictures on the infomercials and not like a stereotypical lineman in high school. After the second cycle and a minute of Rockstar Jumps, I didn’t know how much longer I was going to be able to put up with the pain. But I thought back to the cocky kid who thought, “Ah, I’ll be able to do it with ease,” and I knew I had to finish. When the workout was over, my one hand immediately dropped to my knee while the other reached for my water bottle. After the cool down, I knew that P90X was the best workout I had ever done. This is not for the faint of heart; this is a back-busting workout program that will challenge me as I strive to finish all 90 days and become the newest member of the after club. ]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:53:13 GMT