p90x plyometrics x review part 2, please forgive me Tony Horton
BySo awhile back I had hired a business coach to help me brand my business and one of the things that he asked me was “Why is it that people listen to you? What type of people do you attract online?” Well to be honest I didn’t really have an answer. I just kind of do what I do and say what’s on my mind, and some people follow me. So I asked some questions to find out.
Probably the most common response was that people were tired of the lies and gimmicks that run rampant in the fitness industry and that they saw me as an honest guy that happened to know what I’m talking about that genuinely wants to help people and had an entertaining writing style.
Awhile back I did an unfavorable write up on p90x plyometrics X and recently it’s caught a lot of people’s attention many of which I guess I hurt their feelings.
Personal attacks began which to me demonstrates the depth of their intelligence or lack thereof. I guess they didn’t read that I had said that p90x actually does get some pretty good and legit before and after pics. In a day and age where on a bag of peanuts you have to put the disclaimer of “Caution, may contain peanuts” I shouldn’t have been that surprised.
It better contain peanuts, or I'll be upset
So let’s set the record straight in as basic terms as I can come up with…
p90x plyometrics x is not real plyometrics
neither is p90x yoga x
or kenpo x
The results from p90x aren’t from the muscle confusion marketing gimmick…they are from…wait for it…hard exercise + nutrition…the hallmark of any halfway decent fat loss program.
not real plyos, but it's better then the "Situation Workout"
Now…why would I do unfavorable review about p90x plyometrics x?
Well first I am an honest guy and that was an honest review even though it wasn’t what a lot of people want to hear.
Second, p90x gets 2,240,000 monthly searches with low keyword competition and it made it low hanging fruit for me to piggy back traffic off of p90x’s notoriety and present some alternatives.
Third, it’s a bit of fun for me to ruffle your feathers and a lot of people played right into it (owned!).
Fourth was to sneak in a way to educate people that might be interested on what true plyos really are and explain it which just happened to be very different then what p90x plyometrics x is. Note…plyos are heavily abused and there are a lot worse offenders then air guitar squats and some other things on the plyometrics x dvd and in general there are a lot worse programs out there that people could make the mistake of following. Jillian Micheals and Bob Harper…yes that was a dig towards you.
oh and I think p90x is a better program then insanity for the record…because it balances the pushing movements with pulling ones.
A short time ago I was interviewed for Garage Gym online and was asked about my stance in p90x and if you had read it you might have recalled me saying “If the worst thing people did was p90x then the industry is still a lot better off then people trying to take acai berry extracts and doing Hip Hop Abs (another Beach Body product).”
So because p90x actually does help people, even if it’s not real plyos, or yoga, or kenpo, and because p90x does not have over 200 cases and counting of exercise induced rhabdomyalsis and because an unfavorable review might prevent someone from buying p90x and mislead them into buying some BS kettlebell program like KettleWorx, Kettlenetics or the Situation Workout (I’m saving a review for them later) they probably wouldn’t have the attention to detail to learn safe technique anyways, and because a girl I’ve become friendly with said “please” in a way that makes it hard to say “no”. I am going to plead to Tony Horton who probably won’t read either post to please forgive me anyways.
Tony, if you can hear me, I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings even though I doubt you read my post. Please forgive me and keep “bringing it”.
And please cease the attacks on this “worthless nobody”, my narcissistic ego can’t possibly take it anymore. Sticks and stones may break my bones but comments on my blog from someone without a face will make me cry myself to sleep. Maybe I should go bend some spikes or roll up a frying pan or something to make me feel better.
Eric Moss
Thanks for being awesome…or forgiving…which is divine and all that stuff.
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2 Comments
January 25th, 2012 at 12:32 am
Keep telling the truth. Consumers should be aware of it. I am hoping to be on tv here in the next week or so to blast tv fat loss shows as indicative of how consumers should seek to lose weight. As you say – sensible nutrition+ exercise = better body. No need to scream, shout or humiliate.
January 25th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Andrew I appreciate the support and coming from someone who trains Olympians, well it’s cool
Let me know when you are on tv. I’d love to watch it.