Tony Horton
Tony Horton
Aug 22nd, 2009 | By Coach Nancy | Category: Beachbody Trainers
Tony Horton is a world class, world renowned trainer and the Master of Motivation behind P90X®, the #1 fitness infomercial in America. Over the last 20 years, Tony has acquired and perfected his fitness expertise, which he’s shared with countless individuals across the country. Tony initiated his journey of fitness when he moved out to California to pursue an acting career and just wanted to get in better shape.
After working out on his own and noticing a tremendous transformation, Tony’s attention moved completely to fitness and training and Tony got busy learning everything he could about training. Horton’s expertise includes post-rehabilitation training, advanced stretching, yoga, weight/resistance training, cardiovascular/aerobic training, boxing, and kickboxing, plus circuit, cross, and interval training. Aside from his powerful programs with Beachbody® and operating ASH Fitness, a state-of-the-art training facility in Santa Monica, California, Tony hosts a minimum of three fitness camps per year, where he personally helps people meet their goals.
Tony’s training techniques have produced amazing results for celebrities such as Grammy-winning rock goddess Sheryl Crow, Without a Trace’s Poppy Montgomery and Roselyn Sanchez, former New York Giant Carl Banks, and current Philadelphia Eagle David Akers, who credits Tony Horton and the P90X Extreme Home Fitness program with helping him set the NFL record for most consecutive post-season field goals.
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i am doing p90 x, it is really hard to do it every day since i am a mom of 2 young children and have a full time job as a teacher…i did it almost every day for the first month….
how can i do this workout, that i really enjoy, but see results if i can honestly do it only 3 to 4 days a week?
i also would like to know when are the fitness camps tony does in california…and how much they cost.
thanks
Hi Martha,
Thanks for posting – I’m sorry I took a few days to respond, I had a case of the flu which kept me away. I’m feeling much better now.
I understand that it’s hard to find enough time – especially with your situation. I would like to help you with a modified workout but first I wonder if you could come back and post what days and how much time you have for your workouts. That will help me to help you put together the most effective workout routine possible.
Also, if you are working out less, you’ll need to be more restrictive with your caloric intake. Eat no more than 10x your body weight in pounds. So if you weigh 150lbs, eat no more than 1500 calories. Balance those calories out as 40% protein, 40% carb and 20% fats. That will equate to 150 gr. protein; 150 gr. carb and about 33 gr. fats.
I actually don’t keep in touch with Tony’s fitness camps so I cannot answer your questions about that.
Please come back and let me know your schedule and we’ll get a custom routine set up for you.
Coach Nancy
Hi there. I am a 35 year old female looking to getting into better shape. I am really interested in the p90x, however, when I was 12 I had steel rods placed in my back to correct my scoliosis. Therefore, I have some limited movement of my spine. Twisting, I have to be careful with and curving/arching my back is not really possible with the rods. Would I still be able to do the p90x workout and get good results?
Thank you,
~Stephanie~
Hi, I just received my P90X and am looking forward to it. My question is:
I have problems being on my knees for too long as I’m seriously out of shape and overweight. I’m waiting on resistance bands to modify the pull ups but I’m wondering if there is a modification to do the push ups until I’m able to handle being on the floor and the pressure on my knees?
Thank you for any help or advice
*Lynda*
Hi Lynda,
Well I’d like to see you do push ups from your toes which by-passes your knees. But if you are not strong enough for that now, then do your push ups from the wall. You put your hands, palm down, on the wall and put your feet out so angled and do a push up from there.
Nancy
Hello there am thinking of starting the p90x quite soon the thing is I work alternate shifts at work. Days noons and nights , am I best doing the training before or after I go to work ? Also I cycle 6 miles to work every day and back , should I need to eat more food while doing the program or stick to shat it says In the nutrition book
Thanks
Dave A
Hi Dave,
As for timing, I’d do it before work but it’s kind of a personal preference. I tend to get pumped up for awhile after intense exercise so it wouldn’t make sense for me to workout at night. Plus for me, getting it done in the AM means it did get done and the rest of the day can unfold as it does without me worrying about some event impacting my normal workout time. In general, I’d recommend a good 3 hour time frame between ending a workout and going to bed to ensure a good night’s sleep – you need good sleep for adequate recovery.
As for diet, if you are not looking to lose weight, I’d go for the recommended caloric intake at first and see how you do. Most people who are looking to lose weight cut their calories from what the guidebook recommends because it’s a very healthy (large) caloric computation. But as you are cycling quite a bit, you may have to add a bit more in. Look to your metabolism’s burn rate now for your guideline. Some people have high burning metabolisms and others don’t. So high burning metabolism, add a few hundred more in and slower or sluggish metabolism don’t. If you’ve been cycling for quite some time (more than 2 months) your body will become more and more efficient at the activity and so that will require fewer and fewer calories. Cycling on a flat course with a good bike actually can be done with much lower exertion than other forms of exercise covering the same distance.
Nancy
Thanks very much highly appreciated
Dave