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The Asylum By Shaun T

Oh yeah, one of my favorite trainers, Shaun T has another awesome workout for the hardcore fitness enthusiasts entitled Insanity The Asylum geared towards sport performance. Once again using my favorite type of exercises both bodyweight and jump roping. It does not get much better than this to take your fitness to the next level. Check out the video preview below:

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The Beachbody Solution

This is a quick tour of Beachbody and the entire family of health and fitness products. Log on to Team Beachbody for more details on how to get fit for life both physically and financially.

America's Fittest Cities

The American College of Sports Medicine Fitness Rankings

The American College of Sports Medicine ACSM recently released their fitness rankings for major metropololitan areas. Listed here are the top 10 cities see the article source at the bottom for ACSM's website for the full list. Baltimore made it in the top 20 and NYC was right behind Baltimore ranked at no. 21. Philly was ranked at no. 26. The rankings are based on obesity rates and activity levels of residences and accessiblity of things such as parks, recreational faclilities, and farmers markets to mention a few.

America's 10 Fittest Cities

The American College of Sports Medicine's annual fitness index ranks the 50 largest metropolitan areas on a 100-point scale that combines 30 fitness indicators, including acres of park land, death rate from cardiovascular disease, the number of primary care physicians per capita and the percentage of residents who bicycle or walk to work. Other important indicators include the obesity rate and the exercise rate, defined as the percentage of the population that reports having exercised in the last 30 days. The Wellpoint Foundation, a nonprofit arm of the insurer WellPoint, sponsors the list. Here are this year's 10 fittest cities.

No. 1: Washington, D.C.
Score: 73.5
Obesity Rate: 22.6%
Exercise Rate: 80.1%
America's fittest city is Washington D.C. It scores high on almost every measure of fitness, whether it's bicycling commuters, farmers' markets or recreation centers.

No. 2: Boston, Mass.
Score: 72.6
Obesity Rate: 19.9%
Exercise Rate: 78.6%
Boston's relatively affluent population avoids cigarettes and stays trim. The state also mandates that all its residents have health insurance.

No. 3: Minneapolis, Minn.
Score: 71.7
Obesity Rate: 23.9%
Exercise Rate: 84.3%
A penchant for exercise offsets slightly above-average obesity rates in the Twin Cities.

No. 4: Seattle, Wash.
Score: 70.5
Obesity Rate: 22.8%
Exercise Rate: 81.9%
The Pacific Northwest either produces or attracts healthy citizens. Seattle scores high by providing physical education classes for kids and tennis courts for adults.

No. 5: Portland, Ore.
Score: 70.4
Obesity Rate: 23.9%
Exercise Rate: 82.3%
Portland is dotted with dog parks, doctors' offices and "no smoking" signs--which add up to impressive health stats.

No. 6: Denver, Colo.
Score: 69.9
Obesity Rate: 19.3%
Exercise Rate: 83%
The Mile High City has low rates of disability and heart disease.

No. 7: Sacramento, Calif.
Score: 65.8
Obesity Rate: 21.4%
Exercise Rate: 82.3%
With a high percentage of people reporting they walk or bike to work, Sacramento exercises more than its western peer San Francisco.

No. 8: San Francisco, Calif.
Score: 64.7
Obesity Rate: 18.4%
Exercise Rate: 81.5%
Low poverty rates in the Bay Area go hand in hand with lower rates of diabetes, smoking and obesity.

No. 9: Hartford, Conn.
Score: 64.4
Obesity Rate: 21.1%
Exercise Rate: 77.2%

Hartford denizens enjoy a disproportionate number of farmers' markets, baseball diamonds and golf courses--and eat lots of fruits and vegetables.

No. 10: Austin, Texas
Overall score: 63.9
Obesity Rate: 22.5%
Exercise Rate: 78.4%
Austin has a high number of parks and pools per capita--and low rates of asthma and heart disease.

Article Source:
http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/21/fittest-cities-washington-lifestyle-health-exercise-obesity-fit_slide.html

http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=ACSM_News_Releases&CONTENTID=14704&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm

P90X from the Perspective of People Like You and Me

Beachbody.com markets some of the best home fitness programs on the market today. I myself like P90x and Insanity simply because they incorporate old school exercises that we use to do in PE class in school. Some of those same exercises I still incorporate in my regular routines even prior to my knowledge of the P90x program or the other Beachbody products. I used P90X myself 2 years ago and got magnificent results. Now as I focus my career entirely on the fitness industry I wanted another challenge so now I am currently evaluating Shaun T's Insanity workout. I will provide my personal results at the end of 60 days.

I am sure some of you have seen the infomercials on TV for both P90X and Insanity. And they usually provide you with testimonials of users of the program. Well my goal in this post today is to provide you with some actual real everyday folks who posted their progression with P90X on Youtube. Listed here are some great transformations from the You Tube community check them out:

This one is my personal favorite because of the fact that she demonstrated some of the exercises and how she modified them which is OK because the main thing with all of these programs is that you may not be able to keep up with these fitness gurus in the beginning and you do not want to risk injury.